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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1903
Page
2
City council member J. Le Warren argues ordinances are invalid under Iowa code and urges repeal to return funds to the treasury. He cites Section 680 and 669, claims no authority to set beyond one dollar per meeting, and presents legal opinions while proposing special committee reviews.
Opinion from Pella Iowa dated February 9 1903 explains Sec 669 of the code limits councilmen compensation for second class villes. The writer addresses an inquiry about proper construction and finds no room for difference of opinion on the matter.
In response to your inquiry about compensation for city councilmen in second class cities, the statute limits pay to not more than $50 per year plus $1 for each meeting up to fifty. Extra duties are not provided for, and councilmen may not receive additional compensation. Historical cases confirm limits on pay for related duties. the author urges civic service and notes resignation if statutory pay is insufficient.
Opinion III from OsKaloosa Iowa dated February 10 1903 states that a $50 limit applies to councilman pay with excess only for a three hour session of board of review. No pay for committee work and any ordinance allowing extra pay would be void. Indictment possible for improper fees and funds must be refunded. Signed Malcolm AYN 004.
A truncated opinion notice from Des Moines on February first appearing in 1903 records. The fragment hints at a legal or civic decision but provides no substantive details or named parties.
The Iowa Supreme Court rules that a city alderman cannot receive extra pay for services as a member of the board of equalization beyond his statutory salary. It cites Waterman and Adams County cases to state that public officers may not be paid beyond fixed legal compensation, except as the statute allows for board of review duties. The decision emphasizes that resignation cannot compel higher pay and that extra compensation is unauthorized and void.
A fragment shows a formal warning against accepting compensation. The text reads We do not express an opinion but advise you not to accept any such compensation. Enclosed, we hand you our bill. Yours very truly, Dowsit & Parsee. The source presents a business correspondence tone with a pending payment and advisory statement.
The Iowa Supreme Court notes under section 669 that a second class city council member may receive one dollar per regular or special meeting, with a yearly cap of fifty dollars. The council cannot set aside extra pay for committee work, and the treasurer must enjoin payments exceeding fifty dollars if annual meetings fall short of the cap.
Opinion No VI analyzes Section 669 of the Iowa code of 1897 on council compensation. It covers first class cities paying up to 250 dollars annually and non first class cities paying up to one dollar per regular or special meeting with a fifty dollar annual cap, plus one dollar per session for three hours as board of review members, paid from the county treasury. The issue is whether fifty meetings are required to earn the full pay or if remuneration for other services is possible.
Judge Thomassen argues statutes and city charters must be read to favor the public, warning against vague duties and extra compensation for local officials. Citing Council Bluffs Waterman and Burlington cases, the piece advocates constraining councils to one dollar per meeting and fifty-dollar caps unless clearly authorized.
In Des Moines on February 14 1903 ex chief justice C C Corr of Drake University Law Department writes Mr Geo Thomassen of Pella Iowa acknowledging receipt of his opinion and stating that Thomassens conclusion is correct and well founded in law.
J. B. Orner of Franklin Grove Illinois suffered a four year leg ulcer after a runaway incident. Doctors failed to heal the wound until Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured it quickly. The ad promotes the salve as effective for burns bruises skin eruptions and piles priced at 25 cents at Keables Drug Store.
Rev. W T Nickerson of Second Baptist Church married Sunday night in a colorful ceremony attended by about fifty guests including white observers. Bride wore pineapple tissue gown with light blue silk and carried pink and white carnations. Sister Mrs Benjamin Baker and brother Charles Gilmore Jr served as attendants. Nickerson and bride to attend Central University of Iowa in Pella after wedding. he will continue church duties in Marshalltown and Saylor.
Get a free sample of Chamberlain's Stomach and liver tablets at Allen and Stubenrauch's drug store. They are easier to take and more pleasant in effect than pills. Use is not followed by constipation as with pills. Regular size costs 25 cents per box.
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