Show THE NEW last years municipal business wound up and the new officers assume control F APPOINTED to adl vacancy caused by absence of dr donoher bircumshaw for fire chief watson retained rewarded other appointments made tie new council was called to order by major twilson all members being present one vacancy being occasioned 0 course by tl e abacuc ot D donoher the new councilmen answered the roll call and a resolution declaring dr donoher a office was read and on motion adopted it was also moved that the acney ac ncy be filled anil tome d 8 cassion ensued as to whether the new member should berve two or four ear attorney igat giving it as his opinion would ba a four martenn ear tenn it was co decided and mayor allion placed the name 0 irad 1 aaland before the council to be doted upon rr briefly to the work already done by sir the first ballot resulted in a tie vote aye 2 nay 2 tl e second ballot resulted the same and 11 e major iho deciding vote doted ae and mr I 1 abaid nag declared elected recess was taken until the neally elected member of the council arned mr thanked the council lor the action taken in selecting liioi tor the vacant office and tl e election of a dent ot the council was declared to be in order councilman johnson nomi bated sherman falgo who to in favor of mr staling that the latter 1 as more experience and bad already elionne ins ability mr fargo was prevailed upon to accept the office however and was declared elect ed mayor ilson selected it e following standing committed comm ittes but aided permission to them it necessary later on claims and accounts fargo Pas band welsh fire and water daily fargo sanitation and public health elsh johnson husband streets aldeis and bridges johnson V elsh kabb ind license dally fargo vi elsh tit property dailey fargo johnson laag daily johnson financial and auditing fargo johnson elsh coin cilman moved that bartley mcdonough be appointed street corn missioner motion carried and mr me donough was appointed and his bond accepted till appointments the appointment of the necessary city officials was now taken up by the conn ell and very harmoniously carried out for city attorney the mayor presented the names of II 11 8 townsend and L B wight vr bights nam being doted upon birst and receiving four affirmative lotes one vone being blank waa de dared elected for fire chief the names 0 fred simon david morgan and willard bircumshaw were presented the balloting resulted as follows si mon aye 1 cay 4 morgan aye 2 nay 3 Lir cumshaw aye 3 nay 2 the latter baying a majority ot the rotes cast be ing declared elected win A gidley was selected as city sexton a fitting becom mao dation of th valued services be renders the city for the position of city janitor aepli had been presented by A A fred grose john A johnsoa V in denileon joe goodall and ed james sr ambrose woods was ballot ed upon first and receiving aur and one negative vot was declared elected for nty ec avenger the name of cleber elwood wa voted on and receiving ahne am votes he was declared elected lor assistant scavenger tl e ni joe hare P L richardson aej m n ahe boing re suiting 8 nim aye 1 nay 4 14 aye 4 nay I 1 the latter being declared elected now tollow bd 0 e appointment ol 01 tl e police officers and 0 o more interest ww han in any of tl e other offices both by clr applicants ami tl e public applications were r rom the anen geo A ingon S W talker F 8 young J T illiana illi aua A II 11 camei hamilton frank lake alez II 11 villiam J potti date vaton da ye ton W J mother I 1 H gwilliams Gwilli amB 0 T kelly the ballot ine resulted resul teJ a follow B geo A koban son aye 3 may I 1 hank 1 J T ft 11 iiama aye 2 nay 3 A 1 peters n aye 4 nay 1 jamea hamilton aye 3 nay 2 frank lake aye 4 nay I 1 jamea lonny ay 2 3 daye V aaion aye 3 aay 1 blank 1 dave adeo nay 4 blank 1 ancil johndon aye 1 4 U H gwilliam ayel nay 4 rele raon hamilton aiala and lake majority of tl e cast wera declared elected 11 ft of n inspector aej left over until tie next meeting and no fertl er bunneau commit befaro the aj waa taken uncil cali ITS LAST MEETING city council of 1903 metti for the last time and finishes up bull bill and account etc elected in 1902 to con tl e city duct U e affa r of ll 11 11 city ariet moi 1 ly for tl 0 laet tin e aul up tl e ban ea of mayor IV ilano ballod ll 11 e term of oi ie meeting to order all u ember alwer ing the roll call it being the first meeting of the month the bills and ac counts as follows were presented after the reading and acceptance of the min utes of the last beaular session id dison i son it 10 CO M S ancl I 1 rim co 54 55 I 1 C L II 11 P co 35 1 0 co park I 1 ecord 93 20 john diem 2 15 john brink 1 00 fc D fulton co koy mercantile co X lumber co K V mcdonald 17 CO P C livery stable 3 00 F W bern 27 afi M D K D 1300 C M ilson 3 75 rork pharmacy 8 aj P C coal co 29 00 total GO on motion 0 coun allman osband these bills were allowed with the excel lion ol 01 2 aj on the M D bill which was belt oer or investigation CITY PAT ROLL i tl e city i ay roll lor the month 0 Decem lier cita OR cera lolice Dept 00 sexton street alices i n ages iges 23 00 total REPORTS OF CITY OFFICERS 1 e reports of city ob cers aa follow a ere read by the I 1 ec order accepted and bordere 1 placed on file city treasurer bal on 1 and dec 1 1903 1907 ja licenses received in dec received po ice court 00 sexton 00 1 oil tax 27 00 earsl al for iron 5 92 total 58 grand total 50 arlanta pai I 1 in dec 61 bal on 1 and jan 1 1904 wa 89 the treasurers ers report from jan lat to ath awl was as follows collected for licenses 00 rec d from county treasurer taxes tor 1903 53 received for baik takes 71 40 total 93 bal on hand jan ast 1st 1903 2071 89 total fund jan ath 1904 the cita recorder reported as follows bal on hand dec 1 1903 17 receipts for dec 58 total 75 V arrants issued in dec 1912 91 bal on hand jan ast 1st 2041 84 receipts for jan 1004 to date 43 total funds on hand jan 4 04 27 outstanding warrants 30 ck city justice ef the peace reported in fines imposed of which was paid and 1500 committed fir labor the marshal a report contained a re drw 0 th years work on the trela and a summing op of the tools etc owned by the city for dec 1903 44 arrests nere reported and 2700 poll tax collected in cash and 6 00 in labor the city sexton reported 5 deaths tor the month 4 males 1 female one body shipped to for interment one to bieber and one body brought from litber tor burial 3 adults and 1 child interred in city cemetery all money due the city has been collected the exception of 00 which the sexton mil make every effort to obtain as soon a possible 00 was collect ed and turned over to the city treasurer this month there were 93 deaths in park city during the year the fire chiefs report was missing but would probably have read 1 fire scare chimneys built for liquor licenses accod by bonds read from m donovan pat dark m kampe and john dul ler on motion ot 1 aag tl e boadt were accepted aej 11 e licensed ordered REPORTS or the on street amine and louse numbering reported that 0 0 had lien placed in charge of tb nork and 1 ad already in alie of 1 is duties I 1 D greez aco 1 aye been given the contract or painting and the street B agn tl bugli ra yet no orders 1 lie been eiven for tl ein to cosmenco com menco the work 1 iteen 1 un ired 1 oliga humbert have through tl e helali Orla coll 11 uck aal will I 1 e 1 ere in the i oar future on motion of milton tie nag te 1 A latter a report fro n mr lock 1 art K lat 1 t I 1 1 ixon dor e wa brouil 1111 u 1 read to the council mr bockhart bated that tie proad had been gene oer and numbers besig nabeil for both eijia u jiin bhreel and tt e easterly gi ie ot I 1 ark avenue on root on 01 lie and a bill of 0 for labor numbers etc ori lerel pail aliat mr bockl art be led be kept in cl argy of 11 e flork by tl new council n i con mitt e liavine tl e alon 0 t e county bills indigent al SIc Pride abul it e en all cown tattle latter bill awn carel illy got e oer revised an I 1 1 to tie II 11 ey were unable I 1 wl y tie bill I 1 ad i t paid ai I 1 a moll n 1 y guiton tl at ir coming council tako i lar to nee that 1 I e te maled up carriea tie bonila of t e newly elected rit olli cial were ond no furll laure 1 I e beeding reco a ealter ui til twelve 0 noon when the new fity councilmen took up the niini 0 government meeting the first regular meeting of the UK ulli was beld wednesday evening mayor ling ad all members anns waring the roll call the minutes 0 tie two last meetings were read and accented bihl AND ACCOUNTS bills from the city policemen for biane between january lit and ath were rial anil warrants ordered drann for their payment joseph gent ft bill in or or extra work alleged to have been performed by him during the past IS mantl s it was decided that mr bo asked to come before the council at its next regular meeting ta tell and ex lain just what the work was and why in any event t e should expect extra pay or it the hurlbut bill of 5 20 was found to be 0 K an 1 or ie ed paid as was a bill of 9 50 tor hay rom m reynolds pail bros ilon a bill for 1 I 85 was left over until I 1 ext meeting as it bad not been looked into tl n greater num berot bills of course ikeie attended to at tl e meeting monday A petition for liquor license accod danied by bond from M M condon was granted on motion of chairman dailey of the committee on licenses licences licen ces BUSINESS the mayor asked for the sentiment of the regarding abe office of inspector of weights and measures nl ether it should be a distinct office or whether it could be combined with tl 0 duties of boire other for tie beneo of tl e new coonc am n tl e ardi nanca was read that ais full meaning t be made clear councilman dailey tho ight aa extra man would be entirely unnecessary mr jol being of tl e bame 0 iliou A coi eider able discussion occurred here as to the weight of a roll or pound of butler tie questions were i ot in a ly a an ner and came up with er points it is one of tie many things tl at must be decided by the inspector lowcher wheal er when one burcl aag a pound of butter I 1 e gets a pound or a roll coun biln an elsh moved tl at the fir chief alio attend to abe duties of tl is office but received na secba 1 dailer deved that tl gome other fill abe position at a salary of 00 per month motion was seconded by hatband and carried the fira chief was asked it he bould care to accept this office and applying in the affirmative be was appointed tl e ma or presented the name of L K V ard for quarantine and this gentleman was so elected with no fixed salary but to charge for cases as they co i e the inspector ol 01 Is and nabas ures was instructed to correspond with the secretary ot state with a yiew of get ting 0 att of standard we abts and measures the official bonds ot Georga robinson james hamilton and J W bircumshaw accepted on motion of welsh and fargo councilman spoke of the sleigh riding and on the side walks and suggested that aba marshal look into abe matter and see that it was stopped complaint was also badre garding abe condition of abe sidewalks during the winter and of alie tact thai drug stores sell booze for other than medical purposes the marshal was instructed to par chase what apparatus in the ways of guns nippers night lanterns etc that might be nece aary the fire chief stated that ne had made as thorough an inspect tion of the fire apparatus etc as possible and found them to be in a verr unsatisfactory condition he la now worine hard to pit tl em in first dais spurred on no doubt by the recent theair disaster in chicago councilman asked regarding aba exits in the carpenter buil Jine themire schools and other structures from B 1 at mony nas present it nas easily deter mined that they ere ins efficient to say the least and eh auld be improved after considerable discussion on tl e matter the city attorney waa instructed to draw up an ordinance erdi nance providing for the ing of ore escapes on public buil jines and places of amusement finance committee nas left in charge of the leanty small pox bill and no fertl er business appearing council aj journal |