Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-03-05
COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.
CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER. I


Mch. 2, 1891. {
The Common Council met III regular
session, Alderman G. w. Baker, presi-
dent in the chair.
PRESENT. Mahoney, Lutz,
Timm, Case, St. Amour and Emmons.
Minutes Of last regular meeting read
and approved.
On motion the following resolutions
were adopted:
BE IT RESOLVED, By the Common
Council of the city Of Grand Rapids
that each and every piece, parcel and
tract Of land contained within congress
sional Subdivision situate within the
limits Of said city, where said subdivi-
sion is owned by two or more persons
in severalty, and which piece or parcel
Of land is not plated and the platt
thereof recorded in the office of the
register Of deeds, of Wood county, has
description which in the judgment of
the common council cannot be made
sufficiently certain and accurate for the
without noting the metes and bounds of
same.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That each
such piece, parcel and tract of land
whether out lot or in lot, or otherwise
be plated and the platt thereof record
ed according to law. Geo. W. Baker an
officer of said city is hereby directed
and empowered to platt the above men,
toned lands to be plated or to cause
the same to be plated according to law
and to proceed therein either under the
provisions Of the charter of said city, or
the general laws Of the state, and to
hire the necessary help to do the same
accurately and according to law, and he
is sempowered and authorized to proceed
with said work until the same is COM
pleted not to exceed two months from
the Date thereof. Compensation for
said services are hereby fixed at 50 80
per day for each day of eight hours
actually and necessarily spent by him
in said service
Dated March I'd, 1891.
GEO. w. BAKER, acting Mayor.
On motion Geo. W. Baker authorized
and given charge of the plating of the
unplatted parts of this city be instructed
to give the persons having unrecorded,
but recordable platts Of their land notice
to record their platts, or platt their
lands, or that the city will do so (as
required by law and in case such un-
recorded platts be recorded within Is
days thereafter, then that no cost for
plating the land covered by them be
made.
Be it resolved by the common council
of the city Of Grand Rapids 1T their
regular monthly meeting for the month
of March A. D. 1891, that from and after
the beginning Of the next official wear,
the compensation Of the assessor of said
city for the making Of the assessments
and the performance of all of the other
duties required of him as such assessor
by law or by the ordinances of said city
or prescribed by said common council.
shall be, and hereby is fixed at the sum
of, and shall not exceed the sum of
three dollars $500 for each days SER
vice actually and necessarily performed
by him, in performing all of said duties
but the entire compensation that said
assessor shall receive for performing all
of his said services, shall not exceed
the sum o. One Hundred Dollars (S100|
and said last mentioned sum is hereby
fixed as the upper limit of the compen-
sation of such assessor for the perform
ance of his official duties for any one
year.
Dated March 2nd A D. 1891.
GEO. W. BAKER, acting Mayor.
The following bills were allowed un-
der suspension of the rules:
Mrs. Slattery, keeping tramp Soc
A. L. Fontaine, printing $500
R. Parrish & Bro, nails. ETC. 65c
W. Smith, snow plow, cutting wood,
etc. $3.50
/ On motion the bridge committee were