Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1857-03-31
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COUNCIL CH,apsR,l
March ~, 1851
PRESENT.
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March ~, 1857 !
PRESENT.
ALDERMEN.
IL, Waid, John Sc.ati, J. U bti.n.
2d A. Smallfeld
I'd J. NJ. Bowling. Austin toro'n,
ifa John Forres',
oih = samuel SsOdoris.
The Cle' being absent, on motion Of
Aid Corbin, X. VI. Litter was appointed
Clark pro TEN.
Minutes Of Las, IN Getting read and APP
proved.
AID. Forrest from the Ordinance Gem
mttee Reported an Ordinance requiring
owner u Property 90 north eide OF
Third street b.txeen Western Avenue
and FILM ore streets, 10 lay PLANK SIDE
walk ~ front OF their Prop ertv, the same
10 be completed by the l.s of May next,
II NOT COUPLED With, TITO same, to be
done by The City Marshal, when was
adopted.
lid. FOffesf irom the Ordinance Com
m!ttee Reported al Ordinance concern
ine Street Lamps, reqnir.ng the City
Mar hnl TO take sharge OF tho same, see
ing tia, they be regule.ly lighted and
KEEP, IN repair, on motion adopted.
AID. Forrest from Ordinance Commit
tee reported .n ordinance to amend sec
ton five OF Cnapter Twenty OF Revised
+ D.t.inance.. By striking from the third
lins in said section the word Fifty and
inserting one hanIrej,on mosion adopt
ed.
ALI. Corbin offered the following Res
ol1tion:
lie olvei. That, the owners Of prop.
er,y fronting on Third street and Ripley
street. 10 Block No. Nine, and where there
is nat !. sidewalk already laid of twelve
feet IN With, be and they are hereby
required to lay sidewalk OF plank in
front Of sand property, Of al least two
inches in Thickness, Of tw, I've feet in
width, and which shall be LAID according
I, tho Established grade Of SAID streets,
IA IA pe,manent und substantial manner,
uuier the direction oil tho City marshal.
completed by the 20,h day II April next.
Resolved. That, in default Of the Law
ing of eaid walk bv the property owners
"a afors- ani, Tie Gity Marshal Is order
"a 10 lay Inc same according to the pr
visions OF an ordinance for tn. LAYING nf
| sliewa Ks, paving stree Is, de-, and - d
j the property, OF Sufficient thereof, to pay
the cost .. .aS.hg SAD sidewalk, which
was adopted.
Az. Forrest presente! petition from
property ho,,!ers On Perry street betwrcn
Third aud Sixth streets, asking to ha,e
said street era led .nd macadamizel, in
offered the following He-olu,i9n:
Resolved. That the street. commission.
- f'"S''' - 'So-' ~ - 'VsiSbhIS 10
grad perry street, from Fourth 10 til
south siie Of 5 XII s;re.t, soy u pre-.
pare the same tor maeaia,... @.re
Resolved. That, ,he city hrcineer
cause the gutter o; .aiJ street to Re "a
we'd WITHIN the m,is ',fertS,II. al ,he
sffest 10 be It.ti4n,'3at, AID euro
.tones procureA AZ. 1T aI.iln .s. lin,
10, ~ ac:orjarc. VIZ thc ;tuv:-ions ct
Chez ter II o. the i,eg.sel Ordinances.
On motion aiaated,
lid Cotbin offered J, Resolution. CIV.
lag permission % Iniependen, FIRE En-.
CINE and Hose Company, 10 bol their
meetings ia the Counei Chamber until
otherwise provided.
Gu motion adopted,
lid Bo,cling c.serel y Resolutioa re.
guessing the Mayor to issue an order to
Mr.. McIntosh street commissioner for
bis taxes.
On motion aioIteJ,
As0. IOJoW presented rtliBquish-
ment Of L.C.Dassaint,anl other properly
holders on Brady street, giving ten feet
from Oft the front of their respectiye
lots tor the purpose Of widening said
street. On molten the following Reso.
luton offered BY ALI Cor6i1 was adopt-
el.
Resolved. That, the written relirqui,h.
ment OF land damages for widening Bra
dy street, signed BY l.. G. Dsssains, and
others, and fled by order Of Council be
accepted as sufficient. Provided, how.
ever. that the proviso therein contained
shall not be 80 construed as to prevent
the city from widening said street here.
after. but in case il ia sya;n ,,;l,