The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1871-03-30
Published March o. 1871
CHAPTER 35o-JccyJ-

Published March q ISL
CHAPTER 359-LocvI.
AN ACT to amend chapter 2I5 of the private and
local laws of 1870, entitled act to incorporate the
city of Mantowoc.
The deople of State of Wisconsin, represented in
Senate and Assembly, do enact follows:
Section i. Section of chapter g OF chadter 215
of the private and local laws of 1870 entitled act
to incorporate the city of Manitowoc, is hereby
amended to read as follows; Section 4. AT the first
meeting of the Board of Aldermen soon there
after may be, the following officers shall be- ap
pointed; city Clerk, one city Marshal, and one
Policeman, or as many more as the Board of Alder
may think proper, one harbor aster, one bridge
tender for each draw bridge sexton or keeper of
cemeteries, sealer of weights and measures one
city Attorney city Surveyor one fire warden for
each ward Street Commissioner for each district
the first district to be composed of the territory with
in said city situated the south side of Manitowoc
river and the second district to he composed of the
territory situated the north side of said river and
such other officers the interest and welfare of the
city may require.
Sec .. Article of section of chapter of said
act is hereby amended by adding after the words,
'as they may deem proper" where those words last
in said article of said section the following
woIds 'sand the said Board of Aldermen shall have
power to pay to each active fremen a compensation
not to exceed ten dollars per annum, to each such
fireman prortded, hooerer, that such fremen shall
have served at least year in any company organ
lied under authority of any ordinance resolution
of said city, and shall be. and during that time have
been. active member in good standing in said COM
pany which facts shall be verified by the foreman
and secretary of such company and approved by the
further, that the number of such fremen drawing
compensation from the city herein provided shall
not exceed sixty members for each engine company,
and forty members for each hook and ladder, indie
pendent hose, sack bucket company, and no men,
Der of any such company shall receive compensation
who is the age of eighteen years The Board
of Aldermen may, by ordinance, prescribe the time
which the certificates verified lists of members
of such companies shall be submitted to the Board of
Aldermen.
See. 8. Chapter ten of said act is hereby amended
SO as to read as follows:
CHAPTER X.
LAYING OUT IMPROVEMENT, REPAIRING AND VACATION
PUBLIC GROUNDS, STREETS ALLEYS AND SIDEWALKS
Section 1. The Board of Aldermen hall have full
power order the parks and public grounds in said
city to be properly improved and beautifed by the
building of walks upon the same, by bnd
ing or repairing OF proper FENCES around or sidewalks
fronting such parks any part thereof, or by plant
ing and cultivating trees shrubbery flowers plants
upon such ground along the sidewalks around the
same: proUtded hoaYeceT, that the costs of making
such improvements or keeping them in repair Gull
tivating such trees, shrubbery, flowers plants
shall be paid by the special funds OF the wards the
side of the river where said parks public grounds
may be situated.
Sec. > The Board of Aldermen of said city of
Manitowoc shall have power to lay out and open
such streets avenues may be necessary to con-
meet any street in the city of Mantowoc with public
highways in the town of Manitowoc, the town of
Man!towoc Rapids proui1ed, that private proper
ty shall be taken without the consent of the owner
jury OF SIX dnnercsed property owners residing ID
the county of Mantowoc, may on application of the
Board of Aldermen be appointed by the county judge
OF the county OF Mamtowoc Who is hereby authorlz-
ed and empowered to appoint such jury, and if such
jury shall decide that it is necessary to take such
lands for the purpose herein specified they shall also
fix the price and consideration to be paid for such
lands and report their action to the said county
Judge; and such report if approved by said county
shall be filed III the office of the city Clerk; such GER
titled copy shall be prina fucie evidence of the le
gality of the proceedings, and the Beard OF Alder
men shall then be authorized and empowered TO take
such lands for the herein specified, paying for
the same the price fixed and decided upon by said
jury. Such connecting streels may be laid out with
in the city of Manitowoc within the town of Mani
Rapids and the of surveying, laying out
opening, grading and Otherwise improving, Except
plauking paving and building of sdewalks), such
streets of keeping them in repair and of buying the
grounds and property necessary to lay ont such
streets. shall be paid from the special funds of the
several wards such sides of Manitowoc river on
which such streets shall nave been laid out, opened
improved or repaired
Sec B. The Board of Alderman shall have power
to vacate any street alley any block part of
block in said city, upon written petition signed by
twenty more resident free holders of the ward in
which such street. alley block situated provided
that two-thirds of the aldermen elect shall be re-
quired to vote in favor of any such application be-
fore it shall be granted.
Sec. 4. The costs and expences of surveying the
and alleys said CITY, building bridges
across the Manitowoc river and over creeks and
vines the banks of which SO high or so far apart
hot exceeding fifty dollars, and of repairing cleaning
and tending such bridges, and the cost and expense
of making, building. repairing and cleaning csterns,
springs and reservoirs Shall be chargeable to and pay
able out of the general fund CT said city.
Sec. 5. Whenever the board of aldermen shall
deem it necessary to construct any sidewalk within
said city, they shall require commissioner
of thoper district to notify the owner or occupant
plated sidewalk by publishing such notice for two
weeks in the official paper papers in slch city, that
such sidewalk must be built within ten days after the
first publication of such notice. at the proper cost and
charge of such owner such work is not done with
in such time, and in the manner described in such
notice. the said street commissioner shall the
done. w
est responsible bidder and charge the expense there
OF to the lot or lots properly ehargeable Herewith
He shall also DE required to report to the board of al
dermen the amount charged each lot, which re-
port shall be verified by, affidavit, and upon examin-
alton and acceptance of suchsreport by the board CT
aldermen certificates shall be issued to the person
persons having made such sidewalk, in the same
provided in section eighteen of this chapter pro
ried that be fore the said board of aldermen shall
order the Construction of any sidewalk, petition
signed by at least half of the resident owners OF
the lands lots abutting the line of such propo-
sed sidewalks shall be presented to the board of alder
men. and allowed by vots of a majority OF all the
aldermen elect. Such votes shall be taken by ayes
ings of said board.
See. g. The opening grading graveling, other
wise improving of street, avenue, lane or alley,
any part thereof not less in length than block
shall be done by order of the board of aldermen up
on petition in writing signed by at least onehelf OF
the restuent properly owners OF iots or parcels OF
land fronting both sides such part thereof
if majority of ali the aldermen elect shall vote in
favor of such order prayed for in such petition by
a of two-thrds of the aldermen elect in favor
such order without petition, when IN their opln-
ion public interest and convenience shall require such
improvement. Such order shall state whether such
street part of street shall be improved to the
sstabhee gradeor only partially graded ana to what
extent; whether any clay, gravel or other material
shall be brought on the surface of such street. and
the width and depth such clay, gravel ether
terial, All votes taken the adoption of such
ders shall be by ayes and noes and entered upon the
records of proceedings of said board
Sec 4 Whenever any order for the Improvement,
grading or crawling of any street part thereof
shall have been duly made, the street commissioner
in whose district the said Improvement shall have
been ordered to be made, shall make to be
made careful and correct survey, estimate and
specification in writing, of the number of cubic yards
OF excavation or filling. both. to be done thereon,
the number, size and kinds of culvertss be maS
the same, the nsnSer of cubic yards of clay.
gravel other material if any, to be placed thereon
and the depth and width of the same. and the
in which the surface of such street, avenue, lane
alley is TO lie formed, together with estimate of
the whole costs such improvement which estimate
and specification shall be filed in the office of the city
Clerk Immediately after the filing of such estimate
and specification the city Clerk shall give notice