The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-04-22
COMMON COUNCIL.
Common Council Room,
OWOsSO, April is. 1893.

Regular meeting of the Common Council
Mayor Thomas kerwin. presiding; aldermen
present Wiley, Gould Dewey, Copas, Shaw,
Jordan, Palmer Watson, Walsh.
Minutes OF last meeting read and approved
Aid. Copas presented the following petition,
signed by Dun & Detwiler and 55 Others which
was referred to the committe on ways and
means:
Owosso, April 10, 1895.
To the Honorable Mayor and Common Council
Gentlemen-We, the undersigned subscribers
OF the Michigan Telephone Company at Owosso
beg leave to request OF your honorable body
| pany now in use by the city of Owosso to remain
| In present location, so long as there is no ex
@ ton IRE feeling that they
Aid. Palmer presented the following remon
STRANGE, signed by X. B. Warren and ~ others,
which by vote OF ayes 8, nays 0, was referred to
the board of public works and q special com.
mittee OF three, consisting of Alderman Gould,
Shaw, and Copas:
To the Honorable Mayor and Common Council
Of the city of Owosso
We, the undersigned taxpayers residing on
Shiawassee street, south of the d. G. II. & M.
Ry., do hereby protest to our being taxed for
the sewer to be constructed on west Main
street, as we can not see whereby we are bene-
Sighed, X. B. Warren and % others
The following claims and accounts were pre-.
sented and referred to the committee on claims
and accounts:
From Contingent Fund-owosso Gas Co
$3.50
From Highway FUND.- Moss sl4.5O, john De.
Bailey 1900, J Doyle p &c., VIM BAH Bali 800 500 1
Burch 500, A Townsend 1888, d Speck 43S G
A Cole 1854
From Fire Departmental Tubbs 81.
Owosso Fire Department $500
From Water Works Fund-C Balloon 81 SO, @
Lawrence loo, Hunt 7.5O, A f Hollis 2s.O6.
AID. Shaw presented following resolution,
which was referred TO the committee on ways
and means; ayes Aid. Wiley Gould, Dewey,
Copas, Shaw, Palmer, Watson, Walsh-s; nays,
Aid. Jordan-1:
TO the Honorable Mayor and Common Council:
BE 1t resolved, that the mayor appoint q COM
mittee Of three to receive bids and specifica-
lions for the new bridge on west Main street.
Aid. Walsh presented the following resolu.
ton, which was adopted, ayes 8, nays O:
Resolved, by the Common Council OF the city
of Owosso, that the board of public works be
instructed to remove the stand pipe, located on
west Main street between Howell and Cedar
streets and place the same on the east side Of
south Cedar street, about 100 feet south of the
south line OF west Main street
The committee on printing presented a con.
tract with The Owosso Times and the OwOsso
Press for the publication of the council pro
oeedings, etc, for the ensuing year. Motion to
Dewey, Jordan, Palmer. Walsh"5: nays AID
Gould, Copas, Shaw, Watson.
The report OF the committee on printing was
laid on the table for one week; ayes q, nays3
The committee on claims and accounts re-
ported favorable on accounts as above present
ed; unanimous consent being given same we're
allowed, ayes 0, nays
The constable bonds of Harry Cole, the drug
gtsts bonds OF Sprague g. Co, and the liquor
bonds OF Thomas Gadoa. Charles F. Reins-
berg, and VIM. +. Steadman, were presented
and referred to the committee on bonds.
City clerk Ash notified the council that he
had appointed Percy Edwards as deputy clerk
On motion the appointment was confirmed ayes
Aid. Wiley Gould, Dewey. Jordan, Palmer
Watson, Walsh; nays, Aid. Shawl.
The matter of providing suitable Offices in the
city hall for the city clerk and city treasurer
was taken up and on motion of Aid Dewey was
referred to the committee on public grounds
and buildings; ayes 0, nays0.
The mayor appointed committee of three,
consisting OF Aid. Gould, Wiley and Shaw, TO
confer with committee from the G.. A. R.,
relative to the observance of Decoration Day
Aid. Dewey moved that the board of public
works be asked to report on the matter Of paw
Ing at the next meeting OF the council, which
was carried, ayes z, nays2.
Upon motion council adjourned for one week.
JOHN L. ASH, City Clerk.