The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1867-05-30
Proceedings OF Village Board.

7th Meeting. Roll called. President
in the Chair. All present except John
Schuette
Proceedings of last meeting read and
approved.
The following resolution of W. Lyon
was on motion unanimously adopted
Resolred, That the Village Surveyor,
F. Armsby. be and hereby is instructed
to make out statement Of survey of the
I'd ward of the Village, and of the Har
Dor lines on Manitowoc River, and to re-
port the present highth of streets and to
propose the grade of the same, and also
of the wharf lines on both sides of Mani
towoc River, within one month from this
date.
The following resolution of w Lyon,
was on motion unanimously adopted
Resolued, That the Street Commission
ers in this Village be authorized and in
structed to allow during the ensuing year
for each double team with driver per day
of ten hours, to work on the streets,
81, %; and for each horse and cart with
driver s., 25, and for each laborer 81, so;
provided that no pay shall be allowed ex-
cept to such teams and carts as are fully
able to do all that reasonably can be ex-
pected from good teams
The following resolution was unani-
mously adopted:
Resolred, That the Street Commits
sioner for the I'd ward. Mr. Hanson Rand
be instructed to work ont the amount
now in the Treasury to the credit of 9Th
Street Ill repairing said street.
The petition of c. jacobson and others
to remove certain corpse buried on lot
in block ll8 were referred to Commit
tee on Sanitary affairs.
Petition of VIM. Bach and others was
referred to First Ward Local Com.
Petition Of Hemschemeyer and Others
was referred to the Third Ward Local
Com
The Report Of subcommittee on Streets
reported the following resolution or the
report Of the Marshal referred to them in
the last meeting, and said report was
adopted
Resoired, That the Village Marshal is
hereby instructed to notify the different
owners of the within described lots to re-
pair their side walk or side walks within
three days from the service of the notice
Nj hUHL,
II. ID. SMART
The Special Committee reported by the
following resolution on the resolution re-
terred to them in the last meeting which
was adopted:
WHEREAS, Our Fire Department is
deemed inefficient in It's present condition
and upon examination, and from what
information We can gain from mcnier.
OF the Department, we have become sat
istied that the Old Leather and Hemp
Hose have become rotten and nearly
worthless, and that FIVE hundred feet OF
new Rubber Hose Is Necessary to make
our Engines efficient more than one block
from the river. having neither wells, els
terms nor other reservoirs, relying en-
tlrely on the river for our supply Of water
in case Of fire; and
WHEREAS it IS deemed necessary that
Fire Nardens be appointed i'll each ward;
now therefore
Resotred, That Charles Luhng be re-
quested and authorized to negotiate with
such parties as he may deem advisable
for the purchase Of Five Hundred feet Of
new Rubber Hose, similar to shat now On
hand, and that We appropriate an amount
from the Village fund sufficient to pay
for the same. And be it further
Resotred, That this Board appoint two
Fire Wardens from each ward, whose du-
ty it shall be to examine the premises Of
the citizens Of their respective wards as
often as once in four weeks, and recon-
mend such precautionary measures as
they may deem advisable for the safety
of their respective localities, and they be
empowered TO enforce compliance with
their suggestions, and that their duties
not being any more arduous, nor half as
perplexing as the duties Of the members
of this Board, they be allowed the same
pay they are We would recommend Ii.
Berner and Chester Bucl Of the First
Ward, George W. Barker and Thomas
Robinson OF the Second Ward, and Chris
tan Christianson and Herman Meichen
of the Third Ward. w. LYON,
JNo. L. INNS,
GEO. PANKRATZ
The following accounts were reported
back and allowed.
Julius Block, examining sidewalks, Sc, 25
+. Borcherdt, surveying and draft
ing maps, 40. 90
S. A. Wood, for surveying, 20,0Q
A. Grcve, for repairing bridge 400
The following accounts were referred to
Committee on Claims:
Julius Block, forbuil(ling pound in
I'd WarL, rent of lot, &c. SO, 90
Julius Block, for removing carcass
aud for SIX notices to remove nui-
sances 7.75
An Ordinance relating to auctions was
adopted
The report of Ad Wallich, Chairman
of Committee on Printing was adopted
by the following vote: svotes was cast,
Of which the ayes received 4votes, Messrs
Zinns, Wallieh, Lyon and Smart, and
the noes received votes Dryer, Pank
ratz, Kuhl and Schmidt. Being tie
vote the President name was called who
decided IN favor of the ayes.
The resolution Of NJ. Kuhl presented
by him at the meeting before last was
taken up for consideration and said reso-
luton was on motion lost.
Adjourned till Monday June the Sd,
1867. f. ALTER. Clerk.
As there has beer considerable talk
about the bids for the Village Printing
we give them in full below, merely pre-