Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1864-09-13
COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.
Room of the Common Council,
Joliet, Sept. 9Th, 1864,
Regular meeting

Room of the Common Council.
Joliet, Sept. 9Th, 1864.
Regular meeting.
Present his Horror the Mayor and Aid.
Hisinbotnnm. D0uiit;ls. lIerschSscb, Hun
ter, Cl5ich, Austin, Clabby, Tighe auG
Csswdi.
Minutes of previous meetings read and
approved.
FETITIuNs.
Petition Of Frsncrs Hutchinson and 9th
ers. ssking tie council 10 deepen the ditch
Oh NJ anrOe street Two feet or more, So as T.
drain the water from Chicago street, was
presented, and. % riJIi5u Of Aid DJUliltie,
c!errcd IL Commute On Streets and
Bridges.
Petition Of Wm Alan and others for q
side wa!k 90 The cast side of D5s plaine.
street, between CSss ouG Jefferson streets
said side walk to be feet " de, was pre-
scented, n melton Of Aid. Higinbvth am
prayer Of petition gran;rd.
Williams and Carhsry. Police Magis
traies, submitted their monthly report
which WAS. On motion of aid CasHell, re-
ferrcd to Ciry Attorney
The com II issiuuers heretofore appointed
by be cuumvn council t. recommend al
Centre street, from Cross street 70 the
Chicago & REX Island Railroad, submit
ted the repUrI, which, On motion Of Aid
Casweli, was received, and the clerk or.
dered 10 give the requisite notice
o. motion of Ali. Cdswell, it was or.
dsred that the return Of the warrant for
the Collection of the special assessment,
levied on Exchange street. for the purpose
OF grading the same, be and is hereby sx-
tended Thirty day. frym this date.
Or L ot'ur Of Aid HIn,er,it was ordered
that the Mayor aud Clers be and they are
hereby authorized 70 execute deed to Ms
Ellen Fellows: !yT LIZ 10 BlJck - OF
Townsef Joliet, GLd anicdate the same.
Ga motor .! All D,Jl,,.le. the applica.
ton Of Mrs, CaS,iddy, Tor decG OF VI Il
Block 81 Stheui Section adj. 10 Joliet, Was
referred 10 tue CIty Attorney.
o. motion Of A!u. D.. tile, il was or
dered Eha: the amount Of the assessment
levied for the ruspare Of opening FIRST
Avenue u Eastern Ayerue. Gu Lot in
Block Canal Trustees Subj y ! Section
10 belonging TO Heory LogaD, be and il
hereby refunded.
The commissioners heretofore app ointed
BY the mmon council 10 recommend n
assessment for the purpose uf building a
side walk IN the north side Of Exchange
street, between Broadway and the west
side Of Lot IL il Bi OK 50 Canal Trustees
Su'd w Section . Z. IS K 10 L, having
ia Id to make q rrp'Tt, On motion Of A d.
uuGter, Wm. I. Barrett. John Curry aud
Thomas kscgin were appointed commis-
siOners on sCij side walk
The chairman from the special commit
tee appoiated to confer with. the Chicago 4
Alton Railroad. IN relation to removing
their Gepois offered 40 ordinance as the re-
port Of the committee, on motion of Aid.
Hunter, said ordinance was passed. (See
ordinance.
ID. IL Pinney, City Attorney, to whom
bad been referred the matter Of drawing
up an ordinance to Teach non residents aad
compel them to repair their side walks.
Submitted go ordinance, which, on motion
If All Ti3he, MAS GdOyted. (Sse ordi-
nance.
City. Attorney also reported in favor of
w. d. liawley, bill for redemption Of Let
IL IN Block 2 West Juliet. amounting 20
81 20. 90 Motion Of Aid. Caswell, re-
port concurred IN.
% motion 0! Aid. Hunter, it was or
deIed that the Cry Collector be and is
hereby authorized 70 take the property
owner receipts for the difference between
the benefits aud damages on opening First
avenue 10 Eastern Avenue.
On motion Of Aid Ceswell, it was order.
cd that the Mayor AMI Clerk be and they
are author zsd u execute deeds in their of.
hcIsl capacity, to llervey Lowe, for Lot 6.
IN Block East Joliet. Lot / in Block 8
North Joliet, Lot IL il Subd. Of Nj Block
80 School Sec. add, 20 Joliet, Sub Lot 10
IN Suhd Of in Book 10 West Juliet, M
aud 81 Lot I III 81 OK % Cssseday's add. /
10 Joliet. all in the city Of Joliet.
On motion d AID. Dyohttle, the matter
Of levying the taxes !or the year 1864 ives
~ committee ~ Finance,
Ga motion Of Aid. lIrgiDbothan1, Z. B. |
Jones. w. w. Stevens aud John A Bows |
mau were appointed commissioners to es- |
timate the e2uense aud r, commend an AS
SessDent for she purpose Of builiiug eide /
" ak on the west side Of Mississippi Ave- |
Tue.
The com nissi)uers heretofore appointed !
by the common council to estimate the ex.
peOse and recon mend 40 assessment for
the IRrpose Of building a side walk ID the /
west side Of Van Buren, street, from Chi.
csgo street to Eastern Avenue, having
ailed to make any report. on motion coun-
,Il appointed Adam Comstock, Rodney
House and w. q. Thompson commission.
Prs on said side walk
The committee on claims to whom had
been referred the petItIon of City Clerk
Ind Marshal, for iucrsass Of salary. cub
nitted report that new committee be
ard On motion Of Aid DoClittle.
AID. Scheidt Ifuuter and Caswell were
appointed said Committee.
On motion of Aid. Clabby, I. T. Mills
'augb, city Assessor for the year 1864,
vas allowed the sum of two hundred dol.
ars, for services as ga d Assessor.
The application Of Jas. Goodspeed and
Lowe, TO refund the amount Of tax sale
certificates sold in error, was, on motioo Of
AID HigihbOthcm, referred to'Crty Attor-
icy.
Bill Of Henry Young for the sum of
y 70, for experimenting aud taking Josepb
fitzpatrick to brideWeli, was 90 motion of
Nd. DJVli,tle laid on the table.