Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1894-03-16
Mineral Point City Ordinances.
AN ORDINANCE

Entitled an ordinance to perpetuate
the Ordinances at Present in Force.
The common council of the city OF
Mineral Point do ordain as follows:
Sec. l. ALI ordinances heretofore
passed and in force under and by
virtue of the Charter of the City OF
Mineral Point shall continue to be in
full force and effect until amended OF
repealed by the common council
under the general charter law adopted
by the city of Mineral Point.
Sec. 2. This ordinance shall be in
force from and after its passage and
publication.
Dated, Mineral Point, Iowa county
Wis, March 5, 1894.
AN ORDINANCE
Providing for the Eelection Of Ger.
tain officers by the Common Council.
The common council of the city OF
of Mineral Point do ordain as fol.
lows:
Sec. l. The City Clerk, City Attor.
ney, Street Commissioner and JanitoI
shall be elected by the common coun-
Gil and approved by the mayor.
Sec. 2. This ordinance shall take
effect and be in force from and after
its passage and publication.
Dated, Mineral Point, Iowa county,
Wis, March 5, 1894.
AN ORDINANCE
Entitled the Laying and Construction
of Sidewalks in the City of Mineral
Point, Iowa County, Wis.
The common council of the city of
Mineral Point do ordain as follows:
Sec. l. Sidewalks may be con-
structed upon the application Of tax
payers, whenever three-fourths of the
resident lot owners upon which a
sidewalk is asked for in said city shall
make and deliver to the city clerk a
petition in writing setting forth the
streets and abutting lots and blocks
on which they desire to have side
walk constructed; it shall be the duty
of said clerk to file said petition in his
office and lay it before the common
council at its next meeting thereafter
when it shall be the duty of said coun-
Gil to examine the matters set forth in
said petition, and if in the opinion OF
a majority of the said council, the
sidewalk described in said petition
will be general advantage the COM
mon council shall pass resolution
ordering the construction thereof by
the owners of the lots abutting on said
proposed sidewalk, and prescribing the
width, length, material, method OF
construction and location of the same
and prescribing the time within which
said sidewalk shall be constructed
which time shall not be less than ter
days, nor more than thirty days after
service of notice upon said lot owners;
which notice shall be served as fol
lows: such of the lot owners as are
residents of this city shall be served
personally with a copy of the resolu
luton by the street commissioner
Such as are non-residents and theil
address is known the city clerk shall
mail copy of the resolution securely
inclosed in an envelope, the postage
prepaid and the envelope plainly ad
dressed to the lot owner at his post
office. To such lot owners as are non.
residents and their post Office is un.
known, notice shall be given by pub
LEGATION of the resolution for three
successive weeks in the official news
paper of the city.
If the owner of any such lot shall
not construct his sidewalk, as afore
said the common council shall direct
the street commissioner to cause the
same to be constructed at the expense
of the lot owner, which may be by
resolution of the common council
based on the sworn statement of the
street commissioner, levied as 8
special tax against such lot.
The construction of any such side
walk by the city after default made
by the lot owner, shall be by CONTRACT
to the lowest bidder and notice shall
be given by publication in the officia
newspaper of the city for at least ter
days prior thereto of the time and Of
opening said bids; the bids to be de
liqered sealed and properly inclosed
to the city clerk.
Sec. 2. All moneys expended by
the common council in the improve
ment of streets and sidewalks shall b.
expended upon the streets an6
sidewalks in the several wards
in proportion to their relative
value of taxable property an(
poll tax assessed and collected in thu
several wards unless the common
council shall unanimously otherwise
direct.
ALI sidewalks now in use in THU
city such as shall be hereafter con
structed as herein provided, shall
hereafter be maintained and kept il
repair at the expense of the whole city
and all provisions of the charter o.
said city and all ordinances relating
to the construction. repairing anG
maintaining of sidewalks in contiic
with the provisions of this ordinance
are hereby repealed.
Sec. 3. The common council OF
said city shall have power to levy al
annual tax, not exceeding eight mills
on the dollar Of the assessed value o.
property in said city for the improve
ment Of streets and sidewalks an(
may by resolution determine the time
and manner for collecting and paying
the same. The delinquent return Of
unpaid taxes shall be made by the city
treasurer or by the person collecting
the same. and the same shall be put il
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