Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1868-08-19
COMMON COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.


ms Honor, the Mayor, presiding.
ffe8ent-Ald. Bertram, Chadwick, Gillett
Hennessey, Jones, Lndon, Moore, O'Byrne,
Prentiss and Wegerman.
Minutes of the last meeting read and
amended by. inserting the following resolution:
By Aid Moore.
resolved, That the Mayor be and he is
hereby authorized to employ an Attorney
whenever he thinks the interests of the city
require the same
Petition of VIM. Bucheit and others, pray
ing for the passage of on ordinance author
lzing the construction of a sidewalk. Read,
ana Ala. Prentiss introduced an ordinance
LOT the construction of q sidewalk on the
west slde OF Third street, in the First Ward
ordnance read first and second times, under
suspension of rules read third time and
| passed
Petition of Henry lander and others,
praying for the rebuilding of Second Street
bridge. Read, and referred to committee on
| Streets and Bridges
| The following accounts were read, under
suspension OF the rules allowed, and orders
| drawn on the respective funds;
| Against the First Ward Account of G.
Dodmeat, So rs; account of A. G. Woodland,
| S4I 70; account of J. B. Gil1ett $50 So, all
| for work on streets. Account of J. Hamliu
| q Co., for lumber furnished S21 At; account
Of I. Prentiss for S., 900 feet of second hand
bridge plank, bought for First ward, S27.
| Against the Second Ward Account of D.
& F. Kusel for nails, 81 49,
Against the Fourth Ward Account of D.
| & F. Kuset for one scraper and 10 #. chain,
! SO; account of James Mcmahon for work on
| Streets S16 26 .etr
Against the Seventh Ward Account f D.
& F. Kusel for nails, 81 95; account of J.
Hamlin s. Co. for lumber SIS 90. For work
on streets-Acceunt of John Mooney, $50 :;
NJ. Quinn, $27 so; Austin McGrail, SI4 25 :;
John Haggerty, $22 SO; J. Haggerty, S.
| The Aid. of the Second Ward, to whom
were referred the accounts of Marquart &
| Pritzloff, 81 Sc, and of James McMahon,
S52 "a, reported in favor of said accounts
| Report accepted and accounts allowed
| The Aid of the Fourth Ward to whom were
| referred the acsounts of james Husher, S6 :;
| John Huser, S43 rs; j. Mackey, $l3 so ;
| P. McHugh, ST So NJ Cummings So IS
and ]. Rieley, ST so, recommended the al
| lowance of the same. Report accepted and
accounts allowed.
| The Aid of the Seventh Ward to whom was
| referred tn account of Amos P. Wood, So IS,
recommended it's allowance. Report accept
| ed and account allowed.
! The Aid. of said ward to whom was also
referred the account of John McGorlick, for
work on streets with team, $31, reported
that they have examined said account. and
| recommended the same to be allowed at S25
Report accepted and account allowed as rec
| commended
| Thee ommittee on Fire Department reported
in favor of the bill of D. s. F. Kusel for goods
furnished, S12 81.
Thcommittee on Gas reported in favor of
the bill Of D. & F. Kusel, referred to them
Report accepted and bill allowed at $25.
! The Finance Committee to wnom were re-
| ferred the account of Langworthy s. Co., for
| lumber furnished, $731 Is, and account of P.
| Mautz, for work on bridges, $4S 25 reported
favorably on said accounts. Report accepted
and accounts allowed as recommended
The Judiciary Committee to whom were re-
ferred the proposals of D. W. Ballou and D,
| Blumenfeld, for printing, reportedas follows:
| The judiciary Committee to whom were re-
| ferred proposals of D. W. Ballou, for doing
| the city printing for the ensuing year, rec.
| ommend the acceptance Of said proposals
and the adoption of the following resolution,
| to wit:
| Resolved, That D. W. Ballou, publisher of
the Watertown Democrat be and he is hereby
| appointed City Printer, and the Watertown
| Democrat is hereby declared to be the official
| paper of this city, for and during the ensuing
year, and until another be appointed A; and
all printing to be done by said Ballou, shall
be paid for at the prices stated in his propo
sails, and the city will not pay for more than
one insertion of any ordinance or other mat
ter directed to be published, unless more than
one insertion be required by the Common
Council. THEO. PRENTISS,
August 1st, 1863 For Committee.
The Judiciary Committee to whom were re-
ferred printing proposals of D. Blumenfeld
for publishing in the German language, pro-
ceedings Of the Common Council and ordin-
ances, SC would report in favor of accepting
August Sd, 1868. For Committee.
On motion the report of the committee
| were adopted.
The following accounts were read and re-
ferred as follows:
To Judiciary ommittee-Account of F.
Hermann for assessing real and personal
property of the city, and for services as
member of the Board of Review, and for
| Clerk hire, $3.50.
To Committee ON Gas-Account of J. Good
row for painting % street lamps and for 10
lights of glass, 500 80.
To Committee on Streets and Bridges-Ac-
count of D. & F. Kusel for goods furnished
1872 go.
| To Committee on Fire Department-Ac-
count of J. E. Cook & Co., for painting,
stripping and vanishing engine and hose car
riage, $l6.
To Aid. of the Sixth Ward-Account of D.
& F. Kusel for nails, So IS.
To Committee on Gas to whom was referred
the ordinance for the protection of gas and
gas apparatus in the city of Watertown, re-
ported in favor of said ordinance and rec
commended its passage.
An ordinance for the protection of gas and
gas apparatus in the city of Watertown, read
third time and passed.
By Aid. Bertram:
Resolved, That permission be granted to J.
f. Krueger to occupy part of Fourth Street,
east of lot 6, block l, in the Second Ward, for
the time of two months, for building pur
poses. Adopted.
By Aid. O'Byrne:
Resolved, That the sum of $4,000 be and
the same is hereby borrowed of the city bond
fund for the city general fund and the Treas
urer is directed to make the proper transfer
on his books. Adopted
The Judiciary Committee to whom was re-
ferred the resolution in regard to city i'm
pro7ement bonds, held by L. R. Cady, made
the following report: The Judiciary Com
mittee to whom the resolution was referred,
recommend it be adopted.
Aid. O'Byrne moved that the report be re-
ferred back to same committee to ascertain
the amount of bonds and the amount of iudp-
ment held by L. R. Cady. Lost.