Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1877-12-22
Your COMMITTEES are unable to learn

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the $l42 was refunded by the Council,
but have been'informed that it was owing
to the fact That large proportion OF the
saloon keepers failed to pay their license
that year, and that on account OF the un-
certainty as TO the legality Of the village
organization at that time, the collection
of the license money was not generally
enforced, and for that. reason it was
deemed but just to those engaged in the
same kind of business, who had paid,
should be reimbursed. But your COM
mittee are unable to discover any such
consideration bearing upon the question
before them. 1t would seem that Ii
cense to carry on Il certain business is not
only source of revenue to the corpora
ton, but is also in the nature of a pro-
lection to the parties carrying on such
business. IG would follow. therefore,
that the parties paving such license nat
urally received the ordinary benefit aris-
ing therefrOm, i'm the protection that it
gave them by way of competition. As to
the policy OF granting such license, or re-
quiring payment therefor, your commit
tee express no opinion. But your CON-
mittee are of the opinion that the refund
ing money to parties who may have paid
for licenses three years AMI more since,
would be unwise, and calculated to es-
tablish a precedent not at all advisable,
except. perhaps, i'm cases of very great
hardship.Or injustice. Therefore your
committee would recommend that the
tiIrt her consideration of the matter be in
definitely postponed.
Yours Respectfully.
WM. +. De PUY.
Chairman Of Committee.
ChebOygan, December 18th, 1877.
Report received and the recommenIa-
ton of the committee adopted.
The committee to whom was referred
the matter OF the condition of the fire en-
gine, state that they found the engine in
good order.
RESOLUTIONS.
BY Trustee Perrin:
WHEREAS, George B, McAuley, who
was elected to the Office of Assessor of
the village at its last election. has re-
moved from the village and taken up his
| residence in another place; therefore be
| it
Resolued, That the office of Assessor of
declared vacant.
Adopted as follows:
Yeas-Trustees Perrin. De Puy. Hall
McKervey, Farrell and McGinn-6.
Nays-None.
By Trustee De Puy:
Resolved, That S. H. Taylor be and is
hereby appointed to the office of AS
SCISSOR OF the village of Cheboygan. to fill
the vacancy occasioned by the removal
from the village of George B. McAuley.
to hold said office and discharge the dn-
| ties thereof until his successor shall be
elected and qualified.
Adopted as follows:
Yeas-rrustees Perrin, De Puy, Hall,
McKervey. Farrell and McGinn-6.
Nays-None.
BY Trustee Farrell:
vide proper Hooks and put them up in
the rOops Of the new hall to accommo-
date chandeliers.
| Adopted.
By Trustee McGinn:
ResvlUed. That the Marshal be and Is
hereby instructed to cause the hay and
straw stalks in close proximity to the
buildings in the village to be so enclosed
or otherwise protected that there may be
no danger Of such stacks catching fire
from sparks, and if parties owning ol
having such stacks In charge shall neg.
lect to so protect them within reasona
BILE time, in the judgment OF the Marshal
after having been notified to do so, then
i'm such case, the Marshal shall caust
such stack to be removed to some SAT,
place.
| ted:unanimously.
I Mr.. Weed stated that be appeared be-