The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-10-07
Devils Lake Is
Chosen as 1881
Convention City

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these the desirability Of entering the
organization.
A. L. Bavone, state sanitary engi-
neer, annnouced that on some dates
between December / and Is, he will
conduct q waterworks school at Grand
Forks, to which the municipalities
with water plants are urged to send
the STATS OF their stations.
No Special Assessment Change
Fred J. Kneeland, city attorney Of
jamestown, as chairman Of the legis-
lative committee, presided when the
report Of that body was taken up.
No action was taken, Is recommended
by the committee. on the proposal for
discontinuance Of special assessment
commissions and assignment Of such
work to the city assessor or city engi-
neer.
The proposal for IN increase in
compensation Of executives and MEM
bers Of governing boards In cities
having q population greater than TO-
600 was referred to the mayors Of the
four such cities In the state-Fargo,
Minot, Grand Forks and Bismarck.
May Change Park Taxing
Discontinuance Of park boards as
taxing units and assignment OF those
powers to city councils or boards Of
city commissioners, also was referred
to the legislative committee, to take
such action before the Legislature ~
might be deemed advisable. The sug-
gestion was made that some Of the
| cities and towns under 1000 popula-
ton might desire such . law.
Two Of the proposals before the
meeting dealt with fire department
matters. One was for standardiztne
| Of all threads on fire hydrants. lire
hose, couplings and n0Ezles. the Oh.
| ject being to make assistance from
other cities available in the case o.
big fires. It was suggested that thu
standardizing could be attained BY
educational methods and the mat.
ter was left in that state.
No action was taken on the othel
proposal to discontinue the present
system Of volunteer firemen In citie'
having partly paid fire department.
and placing such cities on q call mel
basis.
Mlnot's Flood Menace Up
Standardization Of traffic signal
was discussed as desirable, but In
vestments In signal systems In SOM
Of the cities was regarded - pre-
Guiding action for the present.
A proposal based on the Nous
river flood menace TO Minot was ex
planned by Mayor Bratsberg, who va
the author Of the idea. It proposes
tllat power to regulate streams, river
and drainage within the limits q
cities having q population Of 5000 Q
over be transferred from the count
commissioners to the governing bod
c6 the municipalities affected. Sine
tho 1927 Hood, said the mayor, ia
city has been hobbled In the matte
Of relief by the discovery that thel
I no law by which It can spen
money to control the river. It Or
peared that the situation was cor
fined to Minot and The meeting too
no action
: Mayor Bra&sberg explained anothl
Proposal. It was to shift from Il
|, county commissioners the control 4
. bridge building over streams In mi
: inequalities having . population
5000 or over. giving control to Il
governing body Of the municipahtte
No action was taken.
It was decided to appoint . speci
committee-this to report to the 'le
. islative committee 90 that action mi
be taken during the coming legislatt
session-on . proposal tor the esta
Z lishment Of m appeal beard. und