HomeMy WebLinkAbout19410908_REGULARNinutes or" the regular meeting of
the Council af the Village of
Edina, held in Grange Hall an
September 8, 1941, at 8tOO
o'clo.ck p. m.
The meeting mas called to order by the President, the ralZ called
and all members of the Council were pr6sent.
Einutes of the regular meeting of the Council held an August 25, 1941, and the recessed portion af the same meeting duly held
on September 2, 1941, were read. On matian Vfillsan, they be
a2proved as read, seconded by Irgens and carried.
The Xiscellaneaus bills upan b.eing..duly examined and f aund correct
were on mation Irgens they be duly allowed and ordered paid,
seconded by %illson and carried, They are as follows:
T. V. Rosholt Ca. 1-Eadel F.lo8 Quincy air @ 174.60
Eiller Davis Co. Off ice Supplies 72.51
S. J, Fautsch 92 plumbing inspect ions Aug . 138 .OO
Edina Hardware Hardware-R & B supplies 27.50
Thompson Lumber Co. lumber 23.78 E, H. Bradley Line & Grade curb-gutter 48th St. 35.00
Xinneapolis G E Co. Tool Hause, overhead, I'SPA, ornamental
August service 585.87
10 . 10 J. B. Hammond Insurance premium - Ford
Oscar Roberts eC Co. Sand & Gravel - 48th St. c. 8c G. 16.18 Landers XQrblom
Christensen Co. R B B.- 50th and S. S. Bd. 14.82 Chas Olson eC Sons Repairs- R & B 28.12
Richfield Yard Inc. Expansion joint 21.60 Minnesota Sand &
Gravel Co. Ready Xixed Cancrete 464.36
8.10 Hennepin County Review Publication-vac. street-grading
Uptown Iron Store R &B 21.62
Minneapolis Iron Store Truck tire chains 68.76
1.00 HaydeYr No,t ar Cff . Lubricate Ford
Arthuq, Peters on August garbage collection 388.85
Dale Green Raad sand & gravel, loading 207.60
E. TI. Harris Gas & Oil for police car, truck 160.99 Sub. Hennepin County
Relief Board August orders, WA 300.52 Rural Hennepin County
Surplus Cam. Conim. August service 34.22
Clarence 0 'Halten General legal services-Aug. 75.00
I!!-W Bell Tele Co. Wh. 1666 14 . 15 m
Hardware Eutual Insurance m 4 Ca. of Uinnesota Premium policy 61.07
?==?! Phillips Petroleum Co. Distillate 20 . 16 QJ! T. V. Rasholt Co. Brooms , sho.vels 15.25
Bahlberg Bros, Inc. Services to police car 9.22 Lyle Signs Inc, Road signs 20 . 49 Eugene B. Thomas Vliring comn-pressor-labor & material 14,85
Jay 17. Craigg Go. Oil 1154 .OO Hennepin County Poor
Farm Service lhy, June, 8E July 138.00
Epls. Gas Light Ca. Gas- Tool House 2.98 Alex Creighton Bdg. permit fees- August . 160.70 Blackburn, f\Tictels ,
Butts Agency Insurance- police car eC radio 12 . 60
T. W. Rasholt Co. T~al House supplies 82 . 15
TSpls Iron store Supplies 119 . 98 Epls Iran Store Tools 25 . 50
Epls Iron Store Tools & supplies 27.14
10.17 Npls Iran Store Tools & supplies
Epls Iron Store Too~k-ii & Supplies 31 . 64
Sewer Dist . No. 8 Temporary loan 300 000 Butts Agency Fire & Tornado Ins. on Tool House 175.80
compressar @ $180 less 3% #
Village of Hapkins YEA sewing project 3.75
Uptown Iron Store Bsm. caal, 25 rags. 9.19
Smith Co. Insurance 30.65
Quaker RuhQer Carp. Fire hose 392.00
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Village and payroll accounts were carefully examined and found
correct, vhereupon Trustee Willson, moved they be duly alloned
and ordered paid, seconded by fTTyatt and carried. They are as
f ollovs :
Carl Vesterberg 2res.iden.t 50.00
Ben B. Eoore Record er 90,Oo
Victor Irgens Trustee 35.00
A. S. Vyatt Trustee 35.00 . "
J, J. Duggan Treasurer 30.00 ~
Dr. R, B. Erickson Health officer 30.00
T. E. Tilly Village Earshall 185.00
Hilding Dah1 Police officer 160.00 -
W. S, H-eydt Police off Bcer 160.00
John V. Lyon Eolice officer 160 .OO
R. J. Johnson Street Commissioner 180 . 00
S. J, Roberts Utility man 145 .OO
P. Dahfgren Tractor operator 145 . 00
John Tracy Truck operator 135.00
L. Stolgman Asst. Road foreman 135 .OO
0. U. Spande Park labor 125.00
RoBald Port Asst Road foreman 125.00
E. Eerfeld Road labor 109.20
Jas EticHellis Truck hire 152.50.
Jas EcNellis Truck hire 48.00
E. Ensley Road labor 89 . 00
Sam EcCready Road labar 84.00
Silas Rerrett Road labor 61 . 00
Albert Young Road labor 41.00
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George A. Villsox Trustee 35 eo0
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A. C. Stringer KPA- R & B 25.00 .-
James Bcmes Raad labar 22.00
Silas Rerrett ESilage weed inspector 10.70
TcEtal 2602.40
Bills and accounts of Vatermain Improvement Eo. 1 District, for
construction, were on motion Irgens seconded by Billson, and
carried, duly allowed and ordered Paid as folloss :
Barnett &Record Cam 1st engineer's eqtimate $12,652.82
33. H. Bradley Engineering fees 569.00
Clarence 0. Holten Legal services 250 . 00 Eletcher, Dorsey, Barker,
Coleman- eC Barber Legal opinion. 70 . 00 Total $-I 13t5&4L*e2 .
After discussion, it was moved by Irgens, that, seconded by
Villson, and carried, that the following bills and accounts of
Sewer District 110. 8, be duly allowed and ordered paid,
J, A. Danens 42 Son Shovel rental July $ 948.64
J. A. Danens & Son Shovel rental June 982.98
J. A. Banens & Son 2000 gals gasoling 300.00
E. C. Pfeiffer Shovel operator 240,66
V. H. Ziegler Co. Shovel rental 437.58
19.3.0 N. fl, Bell Telephone Go. Wa. 656'7 Total 2 , 928.96
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Representives of Maegel Advertising concern appeared before the
Cauncil to request permission ta install an electric sign on
roof of Gregg Pharmacy building to measure 12 feet high and 85
feet long, which request was not agreeable ta any member csf the
Council.
2pr. L. E. Janes requested that the old Eden Praire County Road-
Barth of Eighway #169 and running East and Vest of Blake Raad-
be graweled and oiled- after discussion matter was left for
Recorder to take up with County officials.
m,.' P. D. Austin, appeared before the Council in the matter of
the Uinneapolis General Electric Company, having been merged vith
the Northern States Power Company, a Uinnesota Carporation, and
presented a suggested ordinance pErmitting consent of Village
Council af assignment of ordinance granting permission to operate
which upon being read, vas on motion Xoore &e referred ta Billage
attorney for report and recommendation, seconded by Yyatt and
carried .
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Village Attorney Halten, being present , advised the Council
he had studied the ordinance and recommended it be passed,
%hereupon Eoare offered the following Resolution and moved its adoption:
AX ORDINANCE APPROVING TKE ASSIGKUENT TO TTORTKERN STATES POXER
COIGANY, A EINBZSOTA CORPORATION, OB ORDINANCE OF TEE VILLAGE
(2%' EDINA, HENNEPIlT COTIBTY, EmESOTA, PASSED AETD APPROVED
MRIL L2, 1937, GRANTIBG PEREfISSION TO THE &fIMWEAPOLIS GBHXRAL
ELECTRIC COPIIPANY, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, TO ERECT ENLARGE ,
TRANSllISSIOF LI3!BS AJ!D ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTING SYSTBI, IPTCLUDING
IECESSARY POI# LINES, EASTS, VIRES AND FIXTURES, FOR THE BURNISHIIJG
EITTING ELECTRIC ENERGY IHTO &ID THROUGH THE VILLAGE, AND TO USE
TIE3 STFilXETS, ALLEYS AND PUELLC GROUNDS OF SAID VILLAGE FOR SUCH
PURPOSES ,
-_ OSEMTE A3CD DllAINTkIN, IN THE VILLAGE OF EDIITA, HmSOTA,
QF ELEXTRIO EKERGY TQ TI-fE VILLAGE AXll ITS INNABITANTS, AND TRANS-
THE VILLAGE COUXCEG QB TKE VILIAGE OF EDINA, HENYiEPIE? COUHTY,
lilINl?ESOTA, DOES ORDAIH AS FOLLOWS:
Sectioii 1, WHEREAS, there was passed and approved on April
12, 1937 aniordinance of the Village of Edina, Hennepin County , Minnesota, granting permission to the Minneapolis General
Electric Company, its successors and assigns, ta erect, enlarge,
operate and maintain ilz the Village of Edina, Xinnescrta, trans-
mission lines and electric distributing system, including
necessary pole lines,.masts, wires and fixtures, far the
furnishing of electric energy to the Village and its inhabitants,
and transmitting electric energy intoe and through the Village,
and to use the streets, alleys and public grounds of said Village for such purposes, and .
. . ViEAS, there has been a statutory merger effected as of
August 29, 1941, of the Ninneapolis General Electric Company
St, Craix Palls Xinnesota Impravemevlt Company and Ninnesota Brush
Electric Company Zato Morthern States Power Company, a Ninnesota
corporation, in pursuance of Title 14 of the hTew Jersey Revised
Statutes for 1937 and Chapter 58 of &sonts Einnesota Statutes,
1938 Supplement, of the State of Ninnesata, and the Ninneapolis
General Electric Company proposes to execute and deliver to
Earthern States Pomer Company, a Yinnesota corporation, a
confirmatory assignment of the above rnent ioned ordinance , and
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VHEBEAS it is deemed to be ta the best interests af the
Village of Edina, that it consent to the assignment of said
Ordinance refereed to above, from the Einneapolis General Electric
Company to Northern States Power Company, a Hinnesota corporation, its successors and assigns, and in the manner specified in Section
5 of said Ordinance above referred to,
Section 2, NOW, THEREFORE, the Village Council af the
Village of Edina daes hereby approve the assignment of said
Ordinance referred to above to Moxthern States Power Company, a
Minnesota corporation, its successors and assigns, provided said
Narthern States Power Company shall, witlriin sixty 160) days after the effective date hereof, file with the Village Recorder a
written acceptance af said assignment, Faherein it shall agree to became subject to the terms and provisions of said Ordinance
referred to above.
from and after its publication as provided by lam,
The motion ta adapt was seconded by Trustee Willson and the vote was upon the question of the adoption of the resolution, mherein
there vere five ayes and no nays and so the resolution wag
declared duly passed and adopted,
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SECTION 3, This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect I
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The matter of vacating all ar part af Garder Avenue as petitioned
and in accord vith notice duly given, next came before the
Council and mas studied by those concerned. After discussion
Trustee Irgens moved that the matter of vacation of all or part
of Garder Avenue be duly continued to the regular meeting of the
Couriciai to be held on September 22, 1941, and that meanvhile the
matter be referred to V"i1age Engineer & Road & Bridge Committee
far study and recommendation to the Council, seconded by Xoore
and carried.
Consideration was given for bids for construction of sanitary
sewer in Sever District No.. 9, mhereupon Trustee Irgens moved
the matter be referred ta Village Engineer and the Council. as
a mhofe for further consideration to be taken up at 8:OO olclock
p. m. September 15, 1941, and that mhen this meeting adjourns it
da so adjaurn until 8rOO o.lclock p. m. on September 15, 1941,
seconded by Xaare, and carried.
It vas moved by Recorder Noore, that the Public Examiner he
requested to audit the books, records and accounts of the
Village for the period Nevember 15, 1940 to December 31, 1941,
seconded by Wyatt and carried.
It was moved by Irgens, that Sewer District >To. 8 Bund be
advanced the swn of $3000.00 from the General Pund, to be repaid
on sale of Sewer District No. 8 warrants, seconded by Vyatt
and carried.
Trustee Nillson offered the follovcing resolution and moved its adoption:
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING AN ORDINANCE CFUUTING,
RITORY OF A SEWER DISTRICT IN THE VILLAGE OF
EDINA, HE;"EpIN COUNTY, MINNESOTA
ESTABLISHING, AND FIXING THE LIMITS AND TER-
The Village Council of the Village of Edina, in Hennepin County, Elinnesota,
does ordain as follows:
Section 1. That the ordinance adopted by the Village Council
of the Village of Edina, Hennepin County, Minnesota, on the 5th dapof
August, 1940, creating, establishing, and fixing the limits and territory of a
sewer district in said Village, described as Sewer District No. 8, be and the
same hereby is amended to read as follows:
Section 2. That certain real estate and territory within the
corporate limits of the said Village of Edina is hereby created and established
as Sewer District No. 8, and shall consist of and include the territory ana real
estate lying v~thin said Village of Edina, described as follows, to-wit:
z Commencing at a point in the center line of State
Aid Highway No. 20 (West 50th Street) which is
distant $30 feet Southwesterly measured along said
center line fromthe center line of Nooddale Avenue;
thence Westerly along said center line of State
Highway No. 20 to its intersection vcith the West line
of Section 18, Township 28, Range a; thence South
along the \Vest line of said Section 18 to the Northerly
line of Hopkins Road as platted in Tingdale Brothers
Brookside, Hennepin County, Idinn.; thence Westerly
along the Northerly line of said Hopkins Road to the
Southwest corner of Lot 7, Block 8, Tingdale Brothers
Brookside; thence North to the Northwest corner of
said Lot 7; thence West along the South lines of Lots
2, 3 & k in said Block 8 to the Easterly right of way
line of the Hnneapolis Northfield and Southern Railway;
thence North along said railway right of way line to the
center line of \Vest 48th Street; thence West along the'
South line of Brookside Terrace and the South line of
Clevelands Subdivision of Etmma Abbott Park to the South-
vest corner of Lot 12 in Block 2 of said Cleveland's
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Subdivision; thence North to the Southwest corner of
Lot 9 in Block 15 of said Cleveland's Subdivision;
thence East to the Southwest corner of Lot 13 in
Block 14 of said Cleveland's Subdivision, thence North
along the center line of said'Block 14 and the same
extended to the Southerly line of Lot 19, Emma Abbott
Park; thence Easterly along the Southerly line of said
Lot l9 to the Southeast corner thereof; thence North
along the East line of said Lot 19 to the Northeast
corner thereof;, thence East along the North line of
Section 28, Township 117, Range 21 to the Northeast
corner of said Section 28; thence South along the East
line of said Section 28 to the Northwest corner of
Section 18, Township 28, Range 24; thence East along
the North line of said Section 18 to the Southerly
right of way line of the Minneapolis & St. Paul Subur-
ban Railway Co.; thence Southwesterly along said rail-
way right of way line to the West line of said Section
18; thence South along the West line of said Section 18
to, the Northwest 'corner of Lot 7, in Block 3 of Country
Club District, Brown Section;- thence Easterly to the
Northeast corner of said Lot 7; thence Northeasterlyto
the most northerly cornel of Lot 18, Block 4, Country
Club District, Brown Section; thence Southeasterly to
the most Easterly corner of said Lot 18; thence South-
easterly to the Northwest corner of Lot 7, Block 6,
Sunny Slope Section, Country Club District; thence
Northeasterly along the rear line of said Block 6 to
the Northeast corner of Lot 5 in said Block 6, thence
Southeasterly along the reas lines of Blocks 6 and 3
in said Sunny Slope Section to the most Easterly corner
of Lot 9 in Block 3,of Sunny Slope Section; thence
Southeasterly along the Westerly shore line of Mimehaha
Creek to the point of beginning.
Reference is hereby made to the plats of said Additions
on file and of record in the office of the Register of
Deeds in and for said Hennepin County.
+)* Section 3. That all ordinances and resolutions and parts of ordin-
ances and resolutions inconsistent with the provisions of this ordinance be
and the same hereby are repealed.
Section 4. That this ordinance be in full force and effect from
and after its passage and publication. m
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m a The motion to adopt was seconded by Trustee Irgens, and the vote
was upon the question of the adoption of the resolution, wherein there were
' five ayes and no nays, and so the resolution was adopted.
. Passed September 8th, 1941.
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1 Trustee Wyatt offered the following resolution and moved its adoption:
- RESOLUTION DET-ING NECESSITY FOR EXTENSION
OF YJATEFUAINS IN AND ALONG UNITY AVENUE -
WEREXS, the Village Council has met at the time ahd place specified
in a notice to all property owners whose property may be assessed for proposed
construction of Village watermains in and along Unity Avenue, fromits inter-
section with Wind Road, ad extending southerly along said Unity Avenue, a
distance of 658 feet, to its intersection with Southview Lane, published in the
Hennepin County Review on August 28th and September &thy 1941, and has heard
all persons appearing at said meeting and duly considered said proposed improve-
ment, now therefore, I .
BE IT RESOLVED by tne Village'Council of the Village of Edina that
it is hereby determined to be necessary to construct Village watermains in
and along Unity Avenue, from its intersection with \Tirid Road, ad extending
southerly along said Unity Avenue, a distance of 658 feet, to its intersection
vdth Southview Lane, and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that it is hereby determined to be necessary
to construct a connecting watermain in and along Golf Terrace, from its inter-
section with Cherry Lane, and southerly along said Golf Terrace to its inter-
section with Lakeview Drive; that said watermain shall be for the purpose of
forming a connection with the present water supply main at the intersection of
Golf Terrace and Cherry Lane; that no additional water users ~~1 be served
thereby, nor will any owners of any lots or parcels of land be specially
assessed for the cost of said extension, other than those to r7hom "Notice of
Hearing on Proposed STatermain Extension" was directed by notice published in
the Hennepin County Review on the 17th and 24th days of July, 1941, and
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that B. H. Bradley, Village Ehgineer, is
hereby appointed engineer to prepare plans and specifications for such water-
main construction, and I BE IT FURTHER RE;SOLVED, that in contemplation of said improvement,
said Bradley, having heretofore prepared plans and specifications thereof,
which mere filed with the Clerk of the Village of Edina on the 8th day of
August, 1941, which plans and specifications are hereby accepted and approved
as the plans and specifications of said improvement, and,
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the cost of such improvement is to be
assessed against the property benefited thereby, as authorized by.Chapter 425,
Larrs of 1921, as amended.
The motion to adopt wes seconded by Trustee Irgens, and the vote was
upon the question of the adoption of the resolution, wherein there were five
ayes and no nays, and so the resolution vias adopted.
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- RESOLUTION CONSOLIDATING VARIOUS \VATEXHAIN
EXTENSIONS IN THE WATEFMAIN IEPROVEE6ENT
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Trustee Irgens offered the following resolution and moved its adoption:
VJHEREAS, the Village Council has heretofore adopted a resolution,
determining it necessary to construct Village watermains in and along the streets
and avenues of Golf Terrace Heights Addition, Hennepin county, AbeSOta, Commencing
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at-the intersection of Golf Terrace and Cherry Lane; thence southerly
along Golf Terrace to its intersection with Lakeview Drive; thence south-
erly along Lakeview Drive to its intersection with Unity Avenue; and thence
southerly along Unity Avenue to its intersection with Wind Road, and,
WHEREAS, by resolution, said Council has determined it necessary
to construct Village watermains in and along Unity Avenue, from its inter-
section with Wind Road, and southerly along said Unity Avenue, a distance
of 658 feet, to its intersection with Southview Lane, and
WHEREAS, said watermain improvement projects are in the process
of being completed; and that they are joined together and form one continuous
watermain, and can be more economically completed if consolidated and joined
together as one project, now therefore,
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BE IT RESOLVED, that said watermain extension projects, herein-
before named, be, and the proceedings therein hereby are consolidated, pursu-
ant to Chapter 156 of the Minnesota Session Laws for the year 1939, into
one project, which shall be known as "Watermain Improvement No, 2";. that
all subsequent proceedings shall be conducted in dl respects as if such
various and separate proceedings had originally been started under one
proceeding.
The motion to adopt was seconded by Trustee Willson, and %he vote
was upon the question of the adoption of the resolution, wherein there were
five ayes and no nays, and so the resolution was adopted.
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-- FtESOLUTION RATIFYING LETTING OF
CONTRACT FOR WATEXUAIN WROVF&ENT -
Trustee Irgens offered the following resolution and moved its
adoption.
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WHEREAS, the Tillage Council heretofore by resolution determined
it necessary to construct watermains in and along Golf Terrace from its
intersection with Cherry Lane, and southerly along said Golf Terrace to its
intersection with Lakeview Drive; and in and along Lakeview Drive from its
intersection with Golf Terrace to its intersection with Unity Avenue; and
in and along Unity Avenue from its intersection with Lakeview Drive to it?
intersection with Wind Road, and,
WHEREAS, on the 7th day of August, 190, notice was published in
the Hennepin County Review, inviting bids for the furnishing of labor and
materials fo? such wqtermain construction in and along said streets and
avenues; and that bids were duly received and opened at a meeting of said
Council, ddy held on the 25th day of August, 1941, and,
'WHEREAS, at said meeting, Messrs. Carl M. Hansen and Ben M. Parks,
owners of the lots and parcels of ground abutting upon Unity Avenue from its
intersection with Wind Road, and southerly along said Unity Avenue, a dis-
tance of 658 feet, to its intersection with Southview Lane, appeared and
requested that watermains be constructed along said Unity Avenue as afore-
said; and the low bidder for construction of watermains in the first named
streets and avenues agreed to construct watermains in and along said Unity
Avenue, from Wind Road to Southview Lane, for the same price per foot as
contained in its bid for the construction of watermains in and along Golf
Terrace, Lakeview Drive, and Unity Avenue to Wind Road, and,
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\DS,*a Contract was entered into on the 30th day of August,
190, between the Village of Edina and the Barnett & Record Company of
Minneapolis, Minnesota, for the furnishing of all material and necessary
tools and equipment, work and labor, necessary to construct and install
watermains, hydrants and fittings in and along said Unity Avenue, from
its intersection with Wind Road, to its intersection with Southview Lane,
for the sum of $1,&76.16, and,
7;JHEREAS, proceedings mere thereafter duly had, whereby the
Village Council determined it necessary to construct Village watermains
in and along said Unity Avenue, from its intersection with Wnd Road, and
southerly 658 feet to its intersection with Southview Lane, now therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED, that the contract so entered into, as aforesaid,
be, and the same hereby is, in all respects adopted, ratified, and confirmed,
and the acts of the President and Clerk in the execution and delivery of
said Contract be and hereby are authorized, adopted, ratified and confirmed
as the act of this Council.
The motion to adopt was seconded by Trustee \Villson, and the
vote mas upon the question of the adoption of the resolution, wherein there
mere five ayes and no nays, and so the resolution was adopted.
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