Show A VERY SHORT twenty five minutes of the city A business shortest session of the city council for many moons there was nothing cf importance routine business the city council met last evening with but six members present the oth ers being absent it is thought at the democratic primaries the committee on claims reported claims to the amount of which were allowed and ordered paid pay rolls to the amount ot were also paid bill ot 67 of batley and nowlan tor painting the city hospital was allowed the city recorder reported that the republican democratic and silver republican parties had submitted a list of the qualified electors ot the city from which ithe election committee was to select the judges for the coming city election the matter was referred to the committee oa elections with power to act city auditor emerson submitted her quarterly report showing disbursements in the sum ot tor the quarter ending october ast 1st and receipts in ane sum ot overdraft on treasurer cash in sinking funds street foreman saunders reported that there had been expended on the streets tor the last quarter 2073 73 and had been expended in sprinkling eighteen miles ot streets 1224 had been collected in poll tax sanitary inspector moyes asked that he be allowed to change tho form of death certificate to conform with the government certificate per peterson ported reported re 21 strays impounded em during the past month 14 were clah ned 1 sold 3 remitted 3 unclaimed and 15 paid into the city treasury drs J X alien D N smith G L bateman an dJohn driver asked that the license they paid be remitted allowed comellus Oo osborne mrs wm N purdie mary A greenwell ida burt and john ginver asked help toward the payment of their taxes refereed Refe to the special tax committee the council then adjourned for two weeks |