The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-06-25
COMMON COUNCIL.
Common Council Room. |
OwOsso, Mich, June 81, 1897, (

Dewey, Zimmerman, Shaw, White, Jordan, Wat
Minutes of last meeting read and approved,
Aid. Zimmerman presented the following peti.
ton which was referred to the committee on
streets and sidewalks.
To the Honorable Mayor and Common Council
We do humbly petition for sidewalk to be
| constructed on lakewood avenue, east side, COM
mencng at the end of walk now built running
| south to Corunna ave. David Duff, @. G. Handy.
Aid. Perrigo presented following report which
| was adopted; ayes 10, nays o.
OwOsso, Mich. June 81, 's7.
Your committee and chief of fire department
instructed to sell one of the city teams would
that duty and sold the old team for ninety dollars
$4,000 ana have placed that AMOUNT in the
for the same. Geo. Perrlgo, T. M. Wiley, G. J.
| Shaw NJ Keyte, committee.
The following claims and accounts were pre-
| sented and referred to the committee on claims
| From Contingent Fund-Am. Express Co.. 49,
same, .35; w. A. Richardson. 81. 90; John Ham.
mond 220O;. j. E. Cady 200; VIM. BarrsfOrd,
From Highway Fund-Charles Beatty, $780,
| J: Doyle, $50; w. Ball. 900; w. Douglass. 9.OO
M o s. Tanner, 30; +. Dyer 1000; George Erect
| Curry, 1902; l.. L. Woodland, 1929.
From Water Works Fund.-. s. Hunt $3.50;
A. Hollis, 1896 Times Printing Co., 400; A. f.
I1OlllS, lolz; IL. hODDluS ~ DOH, 800.
1t was moved and supported that unanimous
consent be gwen and that the accounts be allow
ed as presented, which did not prevail; ayes
Wiley. Dewey, Shaw, Jordan, Walsh; nays, Per
rigO, Copas, Zimmerman, White, Watson.
1t was moved and supported that the accounts
as above presented be allowed with the excep-
ton of the sewer account, which was carried;
ayes 10, nays 0.
Aid. Walsh presented following est innate.
which was received and ordered placed on file.
CwOsso, Mich, June 21st 1897.
John T; Walsh, ESQ.,, Chairman Committee on
Ways and Means.
Dear Sir-Agreeabe to the request of your
committee, submit you the following estimate
of the cost of brick pavement on Washington
buttons passed at the last session of your COM
mon council.
The improvement contemplated by this esti-
mate consists of brick pavement of vitrifed
paving brick, laid on concrete foundation six
inches thick; the pavement itself to be SO feet
wide between curbs, and has total length of
work is about $40, 10000, which includes curbing,
excavation, furnishing and laying brick, etc, The
estimated cost per lneal foot of street would be
$1,000 or $3.50 per foot front on each side of the
street. making az average cost of about 81 90 per
square yard of street complete.
The time required to complete the work would
be from 20 to 80 days.
Trusting the foregoing may contain the infOr-
nation you require, am,
Very respectfully yours John j. Granville.
Aid. White reported that there was no consta-
roe moving out of the ward.
1t was moved and supported that Benjamin +.
Retain be appointed to fill the vacancy, which
Aid Dewey offered following resolution, which
was adopted, ayes 5, nays o.
Resolved. by the common council of the city of
Owosso that special election be held In the city
of Owosso on wednesday, the 18th day of July,
1897, for the purpose of voting upon the following
propositions:
First-Shall the City of Owosso raise thirty-fiye
thousand dollars, by loan, for the purpose of
paving Washington street in the city of OwOsso,
from the north line of Mason street south TO the
north line of the bridge on Washington street.
which crosses Shiawassee River, and for the
purpose of paving Main street in the city of
Owosso from the east line of Park street west to
the east line of the bridge which crosses Shia- |
wassee river on Main street. and for the purpose |
of paving Exchange street in the city of Owosso, |
from the east line OF Park street to the east line
of Water street.
Second-Shall the city of Owosso raise one |
thousand dollars by loan for the purpose of con-
structing sewers In the city Of OwQsso.~
se city clerk sealf dsliyer 10 the inspectors of
OwossO notice in writing, stating the PROPOSE !
ton to be voted upon, and the day and place |
where such election Is to be held
Aid. Dewey offered following resolution. 1t |
was moved and supported that same be adopted, |
which did not prevail; ayes, Perrigo, Wiley, |
Dewey, Shaw White, Jordan, Watson, Walsh; |
nays, Copas, Zimmerman.
Resolved, by the common council of the city of |
OwossO, that there be and Is hereby established
q fund to be known and designated as 1.-The Wa
ter and oliver street District Sewer Fund.-" and
that the treasurer of the city of OwOss0 be and |
is hereby authorized and instructed To borrow
from one of the banks of the city the sum of $500
to be placed to the credit of said fund for the |
purpose of paying for the labor and material |
used In the construction of said sewer.
Aid. Perrgo presented a communication from
A. M Bentley, asking the council to take some
action in regard to constructing water main on
State street to their property.
It was moved and supported that the following
ordinance be read third time In full and placed
ey, Zimmerman Shaw, White, Jordan, Watson,
Walsh: nays, Perrigo, Wiley.
An Ordinance
To provide for the inspection of weights and
measures and to prescribe the duties OF the seal
or of weights and measures, and the penalty for
using false weights and measures.
The city of OwOssO ordains:
Sec. l. There shall be appointed by the COM
mon council of the city of OwOssO, at the time of
appointing other officers In each year, or as soon
thereafter as sealer OF weights and
ONCE for one year, subject to removal under the
charter. Before entering upon his office he shall
Conditioned to faithfully discharge the duties of
his Office and perform the duties required of
him by this ordinance, in the penal sum of five
hundred dollars.
Sec. O. 1t shall be the duty of the sealer of
weights and measures to try and prove all scales,
beams, weights and measures used In said city
for the purpose of buying and selling as often as
conformable to the standards kept in his Office
he shall stamp with the word approved" or the
letter M" and the month and year In which
such inspection is made; and such as are found
not comic. mable to the standard in his Office he
shall stamp with the word condemned" and
the month and year in which such Inspection Is
made.
Sec. 8. The sealer of weights and measures
shall be provided by the city of Uwosso with
book to be kept In his office, in which he shall
register in alphabetical order, the names of each
person whose weights, measures, scales, beams,
or other instruments he has inspected, the num-
Der and size of the same, and what number of
each was approved or condemded with the time
of inspection; and such book shall at all reason
able times be open to the inspection and examin-
alton of the public. He shall also make
monthly report to the common council, showing
the number and size of the weights, measures,
scales, beams, or other instruments Inspected
by him during each month, and what number OF
each was approved or condemned.
Sec. 4. The sealer OF weights and measures
shall receive three hundred and fifty doars( $500
salary per year, which shall be paid monthly ;and
saIdlsealer of weights and measures shall be q ,
pointed by the mayor by and withlthe consent of
the common council.
Sec. 3. No person shall neglect or refuse to ex-
bihit waiOhte meaeurps scales beams