The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-12-23

account Of City of Ely Water & Light
Improvement SEQ Bonds:
Semi-annual interest, $630O0
Il of 1e6 interest collection
charge, 1.56
l-8 of 20 principal collection
charge, .................. 625
TOTAL, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 637 81
Moved by Alderman Tauzell, sup
ported by Alderman Koschak, that the
communication be accepted and filed,
and that the City Clerk be authorized
to draw an order on the City Treasurer
in payment of this amount. Carried.
Statement of real estate taxes
amounting to $48.97 against Lots l and
2, Shagawa Plat, for the years 1929,
1880, and 1881, was read.
Moved by Alderman Koschak, sup
ported by Alderman Kapsch, that the
matter of unpaid taxes against Lots l
& 2, Shagawa Plat be referred to the
City Attorney and City Assessor to in
vestigate and report. Carried
Mr.. F. B. James, City Assessor, at this
time thanked the Council for their
action in recommending him for ap-
pointment as member of the Mime
sofa Tax Commission
Mr.. F. B. James, City Assessor, orally
reported for the special committee APP
pointed by the Council to attend the
hearings before the Minnesota Tax
Commission in the matter of horizon
tai reduction of 209o in taxable value
of unmined iron ore. A copy of the
official proceedings of the Minnesota
Tax Commission as recorded in its
minutes under date of December a.
1882, in the matter of the petitions of
| mining companies requesting hori-
zontal reduction of 900 in taxable
value of unmined iron ore was read and
ordered filed.
Applications from the following for
permits to conduct public dances were
read:
Flebb's Dance Band; Ely Workers
Hall, December %, 1892;
| Frank Lozar Post No. 248, American
Legion; Washington Auditorium, Dec
81, 1882;
Slovenian Ladies Club; Jugoslav Ma
tional Home building, January 2, 1888;
st. Anthony Lodge No. u; Jugoslav
National Home building, January T.
1888.
Moved 10y Alderman Koschak, sup
ported by Alderman Banovetz, that the
applications be accepted and filed, and
permits granted upon payment of the
proper fees. Carried.
WITNESS there are certain bonds of
! the City of Ely outstanding in the
amount of $21,0OO.OO, known as the
Water & Light Improvement bonds,
negotiated through the Northwestern
Trust Company of ST. Paul, Minnesota,
which may now be retired in part or
in full, and
WHEREAS it appears to the best in
terest of the City of Ely that said bonds
to the amount of 100000 be called in,
paid for, and returned to the City for
cancellation, and
WHEREAS there is in the Sinking
Fund of the City of Ely sufficient funds
available for the payment and retire
ment of 100000 of said Water & Light
Improvement bonds.
THEREFORE, BE 1T RESOLVED.
that the City Treasurer of the City of
Ely, Minnesota, be and hereby is auth
orized, empowered and instructed to call
in and purchase 100000 of said Water
& Light Improvement Bonds and chat
the money used therefore be taken out
of the Sinking Fund
The foregoing resolution was moved
by Alderman Banovetz, seconded by
Alderman Koschak, and declared car
ried on the following vote:
Ayes: Alderman Banovetz, Homer,
Kapsch, Koschak, Tauzell, Thompson,
Mayor Wolff
, Noes: None
The Council dissolved into Com
mittee of the Whole to consider the
matters referred.
Alderman Homer, chairman of the
Committee.
Recess declared.
Meeting called to order.
Report of the Committee of the
Whole was read as follows:
Ely, Minnesota, December 20, 1892.
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 follows:
| l. That the City Attorney be directed
to offer Riley Whitmore the sum
of $4,000 in full settlement of his
claim against the City.
Q. That special election be held on
Tuesday, February %, 1893, for the
purpose of submitting to the voters
of the City of Ely the proposed
new Charter, as delivered to the
Mayor by the Charter Commission.
3. That the matter of publishing the
proposed new Charter for the City
of Ely be referred to the Com
mittee on Accounts & Finance with
power to act
Respectfully submitted,
The Committee of the Whole.
By HARRY j. HOMER Chairman.
Moved by Alderman Tauzen, sup
ported by Alderman Kapsch, that the
report of the Committee of the Whole
be accepted and filed, and the recon-
mendations be carried out. Carried.
Moved by Alderman Tauzell, sup
ported by Alderman Banovetz, that a
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