Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-10-05

the city clerk of the present city of
Grand Rapids shall in the manner
provided by law call an election in
said consolidated city. at which there
Shall be elected a mayor, city treasurer,
assessor. assistant assessor. and two
aldermen in the Fifth ward, two
aldermen in the Sixth war(.. two alder
men in the Seventh ward and two
aldermen in the Eighth ward of said
consolidated city. The mayor, city
treasurer, assessor and assistant asses
SOr shall be and are deemed to be the
successors to the mayor, treasurer and
assessor of the present city of Grand
Rapids. now in office, and shall hold
their respective offices until their
successors are elected at the annual
election to be held in said cityof Central
Rapids on the first Tuesday of April.
1900: the aldermen in the Fifth. Sixth.
Seventh and Eighth wards of such con-
SOlidated city who shall have received
the largest number of votes in his
ward shall hold his office until a sue
ceSSOr is elected at the annual election
to be held for such consolidated city
on the first Tuesday of April, 1901. and
the alderman elected who shall have
received the next largest number of
votes in his ward shall hold his office
until a successor is elected at the
annual election for such consolidated
city to be held on the first Tuesday of
April, 1900. The supervisors elected
in the several wards of the city of
Grand Rapids and in the city of Cen
tralia at the annual election held on
the first Tuesday of April, 1899, shall
be the supervisors for their respective
precincts III said consolidated city.
The mayor to be elected at the special
election hereby provided for shall ap-
point all the other city officers as
provided for by the charter of said city
of Grand Rapids, said appointive
officers to be chosen, One-half from the
territory east of the river and the
other half from the territory west of
the river.
Section 1:-All moneys in the city
treasures of the present cities of
Grand Rapids and Centralia shall be
turned over to the treasurer of said
consolidated city of Central Rapids
and all and every sum or sums of
money due or to become due to said
cities or either of them, whether for
taxes or otherwise, shall be collected
by the officers of said consolidated city
in the manner prescribed by the char
ter and ordinances of the present city
of Grand Rapids, and shall become
the property of said consolidated city
of Central Rapids.
Section S:-The fire alarm system of
the present city of Grand Rapids,
shall after such consolidation be at
once extended into and maintained in
the territory of the present city of
Centralia, and there shah be placed at
leaSt--tire alarm boxes at such
points as the aldermen from the Fifth,
Sixth, Seventh and Eighth wards may
designate.
Section 9:-The fire departments of
the present cities of Grand Rapids and
Centralia, respectively, shall be main
tanned by said consolidated city in
substantially the same manner as they
are now maintained by said cities
respectively.
Section 10:-Said consolidated city
shall be divided into two street dis
triCtS: all that part of said cOnSOli-
dated city lying on the easterly side
of the Wisconsin river shall be known
as and constitute Street District No.
One, and all that part of said cOnsoli-
dated city lying on the westerly side
of the Wisconsin river shall be known
as and constitute Street District No.
Two. The mayor of said city of
Central Rapids shall appoint super
intendent of streets and one assistant
superintendent, bat not both from
the same district, and whenever the
superintendent or the assistant shall
remove out of the district in which
he resided at the time of his appoint
ment, the Office shall be deemed va
can't and another shall be appointed
to fill the vacancy.
Section 1.-THE people of the con-
solidated city of Central Rapids
hereby pledge themselves to use their
best efforts to procure the establish
ment and maintenance of two post
offices in said city, one on the east and
one OH the west side of the Wisconsin
river.
Section 12:-This ordinance shall be
in force and effect from and after it's
passage and publication, by said cities
Of Grand Rapids and Centralia, re-
spectjvely, through their common
councils and aftera ratification by the
electors of said cities, respectively.
Dated this day of September,
\. d. 1899.