The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-07-01
OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS
OF THE
CITY COUNCIL
CITY OF ELY.
Council Chamber, Ely, Minnesota.
Thursday. June %. 1892.

Council Chamber, Ely, Minnesota.
Thursday, June %, 1892.
ADJOURNED REGULAR MEETING.
Adjourned Regular Meeting of the
City Council was called to order at 800
O'Clock P. NJ, by Mayor w. p. Wolff.
Present: Aldermen Banovetz, Homer,
Kapsch, Koschak, Tauzell, Thompson,
Mayor Wolff.
Absent: None.
Financial statement of the City Clerk,
showing the condition of the City's
funds as at May 81, 1892, was read and
ordered filed.
Requisition for supplies from the
Water and Light Department was read.
Moved by Alderman Homer, sup
ported by Alderman Kapsch, that the
requisition be accepted and filed, and
referred to the Sales and Purchasing
Committee with power to act. Carried.
Application of Frank Lozar Post No.
248, American Legion, for permit to
conduct a public dance in the Washing
ton Auditorium on July 4, 1892, was
read.
Moved by Alderman Banovetz, sup
ported by Alderman Thompson, that
the application be accepted and filed.
and permit granted upon payment of
the proper fee. Carried.
Communication from the Treasury
Department, Office of Collector of In
ternal Revenue, st. Paul, Minnesota,
submitting copy of regulations No.
AZ, relating to the tax on electrical
energy under the Revenue Act of 1882,
was read. The Revenue Act of 1882
provides that a municipality vending
electrical energy which it purchases
from a power company must collect
a tax at the rate of $50 on the amounts
paid to the municipality by the users
of electrical energy which is furnished
on and after June %, 1882, and must
make monthly reports to the Collector
of Internal Revenue in the same man
ner as an operator of a power plant.
Moved by Alderman Tauzell, sup
ported by Alderman Homer, that the
communication and regulations be &C
cepted and filed, and that the matter
of carrying out the provisions of said
revenue act of 1882, relating to the tax
on electrical energy be referred to the
City Treasurer in conjunction with the
City Attorney, with power to act and
that they report to the Council at the
next regular meeting. Carried.
The matter of arranging working
schedules for part-time Light and
Water Department employees and part
time truck drivers in the Street Com
missioner's Department, was referred
to the Committee of the Whole.
The Council dissolved into a Com
mittee of the Whole to consider the
matters referred.
Alderman Homer appointed Chair
man of the Committee.
Recess declared.
Meeting called to order.
Report of the Committee of the
Whole was read as follows:
Ely, Minnesota, June %, 1882.
To the Honorable Mayor and City
Council,
City of Ely, Minnesota.
Gentlemen:
We, your Committee of the Whole,
to whom certain matters were referred,
beg to report and recommend as fol-
lows:
/. That the four hnemen in the Light
and Water Department are to work
half-time and the Committee on
Fire, Light and Water, with the
Superintendent, be directed to
select eight additional linemen to
work six days per week, one-fourth
full time, at the rate of SAB per
day, this arrangement to be effec-
tive July 1, 1882, and to extend not
longer than the present unemploy-
ment emergency.
2. That the three engineers and the
janitor at the Light and Water
Plant are to work half-time and
the Committee on Fire, Light and
Water, with the Superintendent, be
directed to select three additional
engineers to work half-time and
five additional janitors to work
half-time, the present engineers
to be paid at the rate of $1,000 for
the half-month, the new engineers
to be paid at the rate of $1,000 for
the half-month, and the janitors
to be paid SAB for the eight-hour
shift; this arrangement to be effec-
tive July /, 1882, and to extend
not longer than the present unem-
ployment emergency.
3. That the regular truck drivers in
the Street Commissioners Depart
ment shall work half-time and the
Committee on Streets, Sewer, and
Sidewalks, with the Street Com
missioner, be directed to select
eight additional truck drivers to
work one-fourth full time, at the
regular daily rate paid City truck
drivers; this arrangement to be eff
fective July l, 1882, and to extend
not longer than the present un-
employment emergency.
4. That the Committee on Streets,