The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1867-04-27
Council Proceedings.
SPECIAL MEETING,

OTTAWA, April 10, 1867
Present-Mayor Canr-. Aldermen Howiand,
Vette, I. o. Miller, Pier,, Brunker, Fenne Car
roll, Colwell, Ravens, Peter Miller, and Moore
After statement by the Mayor of the purposes
for which had been convened. Petition of D. +.
Cameron and others was read prayinr CITY Coun-
Gil to so reconsider the action lately taken. in re-
gard to subscribing to the capital stock of the Ota-
wa Hotel Company, as to increase the amount
proposed to be subscribed, to q sum not exceeding
$20,0U0.
On motion ofColwell-received.
Motion of Miller, to reconsider the "Hotel Loan
Ordinance" was carried
On motion Of Colwell, :
| Section one of "Hotel Loan Ordinance" adopted
| at a meeting of City Council held April 49, 1867,
was amended so as to read:--That the Mayor Ofthe
city Of Ottawa be. and he is authorized to issue
bonds in the name of the city, to the amount often
Thousand dollars (instead of five thousand dollars
as In ordinance as adopted) &c. And ordinance
thus amended was adopted.
Ayes-Fette, Pierce, Brunker, Fennel Carroll
Colwell, Ravens.
Noes-Howland, Peter Miller, and Mcore--3
On motion Of Colwell, Cerkw directed to have
ordinance published as amended in the corpora.
tion newspaper, to be issued April 20, 1867
The following communication from the Building
Committee Of Board Of Education, was submitted
with ordinance accompanying the same. which
| on motion of Miller, was received and ordinance
adopted.
10 tie honorable .Hdy9r and Common Council Of tile
CITY Of Ottdipa.
The undersigned, the badng COMMITTEES of the
Board of Education Of the city of Ottawa respect
fully represent to your honorable body that ut Il
full meeting of said board held at their rooms on
Thursday evening, April IS. inst, after a full and
free expression of opinion, having in view the high
est interests OF the city as regards the education of
its children, and considering also, the credit and
character which would certainly attach to the city
by udicious, vet liberal policy it was resoly cd
that the Board of Education should ask of the city
the sum of ten teousand dollars, for the use and
purposes hereinafter recited.
AS the duty of preferring this request was i'm
posed on the building committee of said board the
building committee do hereby in persuance of their
said duties. respectfully represent to your honor
able body, that the inhabitants of the second ward
Of the city, have submitted long and patiently
as they could to the inconv enence of totally in
| adequate school Accommodations.
| Years ago when your present admirable system
(sdmirable only. however, when fully carried out)
of public schools was inaugurated, the second ward
voluntarily donated to the general school fund.- the
| sum Of 1886, which it had collected Of its own in
| habitants, fully believing that it would receive in
return its just proportion oituture revenues How
| il has been continuously disappointed and put oh
, the committee need not recite to you.
The committee desire, also, to call your attention
to the fact that the residents Of the second ward
| pay more than one-hfth Of all the city and school
| taxes. In view of all these facts the committee
and the board believe the present to be most
opportune time for building school house in that
ward which shall at once meet the necessities of
| the residents of the ward and give credit and
| character to the city.
| The committee also respectfully represent, that
the capacity of the school houses in the sixth ward
and IN the seventh ward of the city are totally in
| adequate to the requirements Of the children of
each ward, the necessity for immediate enlarge
| ment is urgent, and the committee feel that they
would be neglectul of duty did they fail to endea-
vor by every reasonable means to impress upon
your honorable body the urgent necessity of in,-
mediate action upon this important subject. They
have carefully estimated the cost of proper school
house in the second ward and such additions to
| the school houses of the sixth and seventh wards
Ms their growing wants require and beg respect.
fully to assure the council that the sum Of ten
Thousand dollars, economically used will not more
than snice for the present wants of the city. 9th
er cities do not hesitate to make large loans to
build up and make permanent their school sy ystems.
and there are no loans that the people are more
willing to be taxed for, and no loans which appeal
more directly TO the ,populsrhe Respectfully.
W l. GIBSON, Committee
| II, r. CLARK, on
, u. u. GRIFFITH, J Buildings.
BsH orb nsd by the ciiy Council Of he CITY Of Otdpa:
sse l. That the May oi the City Of Ottawa I've and he
hereby authorised 10 Issue bonds IN the of the city,
rate OF Of interest not exceeding ten per cenun
and Tor length 81 time not exceeding ten years for sun
not exceeding ten tos md dollars The Sonds shall bs
sued In MT less than hundred dollars and not
| 0esJmg one Thousand dollars.
SAC Tile bonds when issued aforesaid ahNll be deliy
red .hr oard E, aon Of tls city of Ottawa bs b.
them is or h"gae AID the procosus tn rsof sxpends
" said Board tor tile purpe Of building sehos house In th
sIcn wa and Tor repairing snlsrgnR the school
IN Tie s>tb AMI seventh wards o siA city In such
| '"i' B'' u VI Edus~ton shall dee" proper.