The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1899-03-03
Common Council.
Common Council Room, 1
Nosso. Feb. ~. 100. (

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| OSosso. Feb. "a, 90. I
Regular meeting OF the common council with
Mayor Thomas Kerwin presiding.
Aldermen present ~ roll cali, Wiley, Could
Jordan, Palmer, Watson and Walsh.
| and approved.
Ala Watson presented the following petition
which was referred TO the committee on streets
Owosso, Feb. e7th 1899.
| To the Honorable Mayor and Common Council
| Gentlemen:-We, the undersigned residents
| and taxpayers residing on Martin and Chapman
| streets. do hereby respectfully petition your
honorable body to construct a crosswaik across
| Chapman street TO connect with walk on the
south side OF Milwaukee street. This cross
walk is an absolute necessity as during the wet
find it impossible lespe cially ladies and chill
| dren) TO cross said street. By granting this
petition your petitioners will ever pray. signed
| by Frederike Steadman and Is others.
The following claims and accounts were
presented and upon motion were referred TO
the committee on claims and accounts.
From Contingent Funa.-N. Nielsen, $500;
| Charles Lawrence 81 90; Harry Ashford 25c;
\ Owosso Gas Light Co., aOc; Grove Payne,
| &.00
Fire Fund.-National Express Co s1.5s; d.
II. Blair, $1,000; John Ashford, $1,000; Fire De-
Highway Fund p. H. Carmody, sis.e4; Aug
nst Steadman, SlS9; Andrew Smith, Sl.76;
Dave Moss, $780, walter smith, T.OO; Louie
Marks, 81. 90; Albert Miller. Sl.76; Paul Drews,
| 81 20; Dell Butts, " SO; William Ball. $500; II.
Is. Sturteyant. S65l5; +. c. Achard, 1878; Geo.
From Water Works.Fund-Albert Todd g. Co,
S55 49, Albert Todd & Co., S6740; Albert Todd
4 Co, yes ~ OWosso @, Coal Co. So;SV; John nm
j. 81 Hunt, W 30.
District Sewer Furd.-Osburn & Sons, 1854.
Paving Fund.-American Pub Co., Sl0.1O.
General Sewer IL. Is. Sturtevant, Sl.47; M.
g. Whited, Si.25.
The committee on claims and accounts re-
ported favorably on accounts as above present
ed. Unanimous consent being given they were
allowed and the Clerk was directed to draw
orders therefore. Ayes-Wiley. Gould, Dewey,
Copas, Shaw, Jordan, Palmer Watson
The account of j. & H. Frieseke for s47. 80 for
tile was presented and upon motion was laid on
the table. motion pevaied.
Aid. Dewey moved that the matter OF the
General Improvement Bond" be taken from
Aid Dewey moved that the reports and reso-
luton relative to the General Improvement
Bonds as taken from the table, be accepted
and adopted
mittee offered the following minority report
which upon motion was accepted and ordered
placed on file.
To the Mayor and Common Council City of
AS a member of the ways and means commit
tee, TO whom was referred the disposal OF GER
tain general improvements bonds and the pro-
ton of this council, Nov. 2S. 1898, and as
minority of said committee have the following
TO report: Sec. 20 of Chapter 30 OF the City
Charter says that the amount of money to be
voted or raised by the electors shall not exceed
2 per cent of the assessed valuation OF the city
This amount of bonds in addition TO that already
issued, will far exceed the amount allowed, and
will consequently be unlawful and the bonds
therefore unmarketable The majority OF this
committee have seen nj to abandon TO great
degree the subject matter of the resolution and
enter upon discussion OF the question OF
granting a bonus.to private individual viz:
l.. e. Woodland, of public moneys which SAID
moneys are to be raised by sale of said 49,
600 general Improvement bonds voted by the
people on the 9Th of November, 1898, for the
purchase of a city market Site The drift OF
their report is quite natural for they but voice
a general and tacit understanding that private
enterprise was 10 receive the appropriation
thus to be raised under the guiSe of public
general improvement. The merits of this par
ticular case OF private enterprise ana whether
IL should receive aid from the enterprise and
generosity of our people at large L snail lot
report upon, it being a simple matter for in
dividua judgment. AS an individual L should
deem the cause worthy of individual help, but
as an officer of the city together with yourselves
in charge of public funds of the city, L cannot
myselfor recommend to you that we as a coun-
Gil should set aside the direct and plain
dictates of the charter as set forth in Secs. rs
and 90 of chapter 30, wherein IL expressly states
Sec. IS: "If any officer OF the corporation shall
directly or indirectly appropriate or convert
any of the moneys-or any property whatsoever
belonging to the corporatlon-to any other
purpose than that for which such moneys or
property may have been appropriated, raised,
or received, or to any purpose not authorized
by law, he shall be deemed guilty OF wilful and
corrupt malfeasance in office, and may be
punished ETC." And again in Sec. 29-"It shall
be unlawful for any officer of such city to sign
orissue any such bond without such matters are
set forth on the face Of the same or to use such
bonds or the proceeds from the sale thereof for
any other object than that mentioned on the
face of such bond" On the contrary would
recommend that you study with thoughtful.
ness these sections of the charter and see IL
you are not precluded from following the recon-
mendation OF the majority report OF this COM
mittee as presented TO you at the meeting of
port unfavorable on the issuance or sale OF such
bonds and recommend that the committee be
relieved from further duty under the resolution
+. II. Gould.
Aid Dewey referred in his motion be read. 1t
was so read by Aid. Dewey as follows:
Resolved, by the common council of the city
of OwOsso, that an order for thirteen thousand
dollars (8l3, 000) be drawn in favor Of Lyman f.
Woodland and turned over to special commit
tee consisting Of Thos Kerwin, J. T.. Walsh,
/ II. Keller, A. d. Whipple, T. M. Wiley, and
@. ID. Stewart and to be delivered by this COM
mittee to Lyman e. Woodland upon the fur
nishing of a bond and agreement as specified In
the report submitted by the majority of the
ways and means committee accompanying this
resolution. Said order to be paid out of the
general Improvement fund In the form Of
thirteen, one thousand dollar bonds dated
March 9Th, 1899, drawing interest at the rate of
four per cent per annum and becoming due and
payable in fifteen years"
Alderman Copss moved that the resolution |
be amended by changing The amount Of money |
specified therein from thirteen thousand dol |
lars to ten thousand dollars. The amendment |
did not pass, ayes. Copas, Shaw and Walsh-3;
nays, Wiley, Gould, Dewey, Jordan, Palmer and |
Watson-6 |
The original motion as made by Alderman |
Dewey was then passed. Ayes, Wiley, Dewey |
Shaw, Jordan. Palmer, Watson and WalSh-7; |
nays Copas and Gould-2
Alderman Shaw moved that the account of |
the Owosso a. Corunna Electric Co., which was /
laid on the table at last meeting, be taken from
the table Motion did not prevail.
Alderman Walsh stated that q sidewalk tax of |
81443 had been assessed twice against property |
on River street, and had been paid once. He |
moved that an order for $i4.43 be drawn I'm favor
of the county treasurer to settle up the matter.
The motion did not prevails ayes, Wiley,
Dewey Palmer, Watson, Walsh-5; nays,
Gould, Copas, Shaw, jordan The matter |
was referred to the committee on claims and |
AID Dewey offered the following resolution
and moved its adoption, which motion prevailed:
Resolved, BY the common council of the city
Of Owosso, that the following persons be and
are hereby designated as election commission
ers for the election to be held Monday, April
3D., 1899: w. e. Hall, John s. Haggart, X. ID.
Crawford.
Aid Gould moved that the Mayor appoint |
committee to audit the accounts Of the city