The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-10-06
MUNICIPALITIES
LEAGUE HOLDING
STATE MEET HERE

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son, audtor OF Grand Forks. chair
man Of his group.
AS committees. the Devils Lake
mayor named Charles G. Evanson,
Grand Forks, A. II. Miller, Wahpeton,
and M. w. Kell.'. Napoleon, on audit:
Otto Bauer. Mandan, j. H. Whitesell,
Cakes, and George Bresnahan.
Casselton, on nominations; and A. o.
Christensen, Rugby. A. w. Bartz,
Garrison, and H. v. Burneister, Bow
man, on resolutions.
Has Money on Hand
Myron H. Atkinson, as secretary
treasurer, reported a balance on hand
last November, Of 1927. sc. Member
ship fees to the amount of $44D have
come In, making a total of receipts
IN the treasury Of $776.96. Expenses
during the year totaled $256.59, leav-
Ing a balance of $52O.37.
He said the league should have a
membership Of at least 100 cities,
towns and villages. At present the
member municipalities are Belfield,
Beulah, Bowman, Bismarck, Cassel-
ton. Devils Lake, Dickinson, Edgeley,
Enderlin, Fargo, Glen Ullin, Grand
Forks, Harvey, Jamestown, Garrison,
Kenmare. Mandan, Mohall, New
Rockford, New Salem, Minot, North
wood, Cakes, Ri ;hardton, Rugby,
Valley City, Wahpeton, Walhalla and
Washburn.
Announces Water School
Secretary Atkinson also announced
the coming waterWorks school to be
conducted at Grand Forks by A. l..
Bav0ne, state sanitary engineer, in
November. He urged cities to send
their waterworks staff. to the school,
as the course will be a very instruc-
tive one for them.
At the auditors conference, sub
jects considered included the budget
law in the aspects of workability,
conflicts with other laws relating to
finance and application to utilities;
methods OF handling special assess
ments when property is subdivided or
part payments are made; examina-
ton Of audits and how often made.
Topics Before Attorneys
The attorneys conference consid-
cred general revision of all laws re-
latin gto municipalities, Torger Sin
ness. city attorney Of Devils Lake,
leading the discussion: clariflcation
OF the poor laws, led by M. q. Knee
land, jamestown; discrimination in
the issuance Of marriage licenses,
with special reference to the insane
and improvement In laws relating to
the maintenance Of b0ulevards by
cities, led by G. L. Young, Bismarck;
the question as to the extent to which
cities should legislate through ordi-
nanceS against public offences fully
legislated against by the statutes of
the state, also led by G. L. Young;
the inability Of municipalities to meet
unexpected expenses by reason Of the
budget laws and the amendment of
section 2677 in 1927, led by M. G..
Kneeland, jamestown.
Those In Attendance
Attending the convention are May
or A. p. Lenhart and Commissioners
John French. George Humphreys,
Paul Wachter and John A. Larson,
Bismarck; City Auditor M. H. Atkin-
son, City Attorney G. L. Young, and
John Graham, assessor. Bismarck;
Charles Cooley. mayor, and Otto
Bauer, commissioner. Mandan; Mayor
A.. v. Haig, Torger Shines, city at
torney, and Charles Pillsbury, COM
missioner, Devils Lake; w. G. Gull,
city attorney, II. F. Stoltz, auditor. A.
W. BartZ, mayor, and e. E. Walker,
commissioner, Garrison; j. L. White
sell, mayor, and II. e. Dady, auditor.
Cakes: G. L. Kachelhoffer, city at
torney. and A. H. Miller, auditor,
Wahpeton; j. J. johnson, mayor,
Grenora; H. v. Burmesierer, mayor,
j. H. Kvalness, city attorney, and r.
A. Herzig and q. r. Fleming. COM
mjssioners. Bowman: A. o. Chris
tianson, mayor, and l.. N. Torson, city
attorney. Rugby; J. II Hulteg, mayor,
Charles G. Evanson. city attorney,
and J. D. Turner and ]. A. Dinnie,
commissioners, Grand Forks: Harold
N. Bjornstad. clerk, and A. r. Amph-
lit. mayor, Glendale: George Bresh.
ahan, mayor. Casse.ton: M. w. Kelly,
mayor. Napoleon: M. g.. Kneeland,
city attorney. jamestown; ard M. B.
Lsmbie. secretary of the League OF
Minnesota Municipalities. q. J. Man