The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-02-19

5 ready Tor Sale very SOON, MI lnueo HAS
already won warm place in tie hearts
Of the people Of this community Of every
class If he had the money that some Of
our wealthy citizens have, we would Wa
ger dollars to dimes thatit would not be
locked up and used entirely for his own
selfish ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. He has already
done more for this community than some
Of the Oldest inhabitants. This is not
written for Mr.. lines benefit but for the
benefit OF some Of the d:ied up fossils
who have laid down on this place for 50
long.
Proposed Amendment to Inc City Charter
4 Bill to amend Chapter s Of the Charter
OF The CiJy Of Kenosha, wisconsin, be
ing Chapter S Of the Private and Local
Laws Of the State OF Wisconsin for the
year 1857, and the several acts amenda-
tory thereof.
The people of the State Of Wisconsin
4 represented in Senate and Assembly, do
enact as follows:
Chapter 8'of the Charter Of the City Of
Ktncsha, Wisconsin, being Chapter OF
the Private and Local Laws Of the State
Of Wisconsin for the year 1857, and the
several acts amemdatory thereof are here
By amended 50 as to read as follows:
CHAPTER VIII.
Of Streets, improvements and Sewers.
Section l. The Common Council Of the
city Of Ken0sha shall have full power
and authority to determine the ADVISABLE
ity and necessity Of building, rebuilding
and repairing sidewalks within the cor
porate limits of the city of Kenosha, and
shall by ordinance prescribe the streets
upon which the same shall be built re-
built or repaired, and shall prescribe the
width, manner and style of building, re-
building and maintaining the same, and
shall cause written notice Of their determ-
ination to be served upon the owner or
owners OF lot or lots adjoining thereto or
abutting thereon, and shall in said notice
REQUIRE the said owner Or owners to build,
rebuild or repair said walks within such
time and in such manner as they shall
designate in such notice. The expense of
building, rebuilding and repairing OF SIDE
walks shall be charged to the property
where such improvements are made, and
in case the owner or occupant OF such lot
or parcel of land, after such due notice in
writing, shall neglect or refuse to build,
rebuild or repair any such sidewalk, the
Street Commissioner shall, in pursuance
Of the order of the Common Council,
cause the same to be done at the expense
Of said lots or parcels Of land adjoining
thereto or abutting thereon; and the Street
Commissioner SHALL prior to the first
Monday in November in each year, make
a report in detail to the City Clerk, duly
verified, of the amount of tax properly
chargeable against such lot or parcel Of
land for all work done and unpaid for
under the provisions of this Section, and
such amount shall be lien on such lot or
parcel of land, and with other like special
taxes authorized by this act, shall be lev
led thereon by the Common Council at
the next succeeding annual levy Of taxes
in said city, as special tax, with all the
legal consequences both as to the cOllec
tOn of taxes and the sale of such lot or
parcel of land for unpaid taxes prescribed
BY the Charter Of the City of KenOsha Or
the general laws Of the State of Wisconsin
for special taxes If at any time the
Street Commissioner shall be absent or
such office be vacant, the Common Coun-
Gil may order that the duties devOVed by
this act upon such Street Commissioner
shall be performed by the Chief of Police
of said City of Kenosha, or by such other
person as may be designated by said
Common Council, which said Chief OF
| Police or other person designated as afOre-
said shall proceed in all respects as the
Street Commissioner, and shall make full
report of his doings to the City Clerk, un
der oath, and the acts or dOingS Of the
Chief of Police or other person designated
as aforesaid shall have the same force,
effect and validity as the acts of the Street
Commissioner The Common Council
shall have full and complete authority to
adopt all necessary and proper ordinances
and general regulations relative to the
cleaning Of Streets alleys, lanes avenues
highways, bridges, sewers, sidewalks and
cross walks and public grounds and shall
have full and complete pOWerand author
ity TO compel the occupants Of real estate
adjoining or abutting upon any sidewalk
to keep said sidewalk free from snow and
ice and all other distractions, and to pass
such ordinances as may be necessary and
proper to carry such power and authority
into effect and with such penalty as may
be necessary and lawful.
Section 2. The Common Council Of the
City of Kenosha shall have full power
and authority, by an affirmative vote OF
two-thirds of all its members, to order and
contract for the making, grading and
paving Of streets and parts of streets and
alleys, and for clearing streets and alleys,
and for clearing streets and alleys and
public grounds, and to order and contract
for the making and construction Of sew
ers, reservoirs and cutters in the manner
hereinafter mentioned, and the said Com
mon Council shall direct and control the
persons employed on such works.
Section g. The costs and expenses of
surveying streets, alleys, sewers and gut
tiers, and of estimating work thereon, in
the execution of any public improvement,
shall be chargeable to and payable by the
city of Kenosha at large. The costs and
expenses of opening, grading, graveling,
planking, paving or repairing OF streets
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