Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-04-12

Ed Brown, / mos sal incid,, / 10. 20 80
The mayor made the following re-
port regarding the placing of a Tag
man by railroad at crossing men
toned in ordinance passed Feb. 8,
1900:
TO the Chicago, Milwaukee and St.
Paul Railway company
You will please take notice that a
certain ordinance requiring You to
keep and maintain a Ilagman at "A GER
tain crossing in the city Of Mineral
Point, was passed 10y the common
council of said city on the 9th day of
February, A. ID. 1900, of which said
ordinance n copy is hereto annexed !,
and that any violation of said ordn-
auce will be punished as therein pro-
vided, JAMES SPENSLEY,
Mayor Of the city OF Mineral Point.
Dated March II, 1900,
Stage of Wisconsin. Iowa county:-ss
James Speusley, being first duly
sworn on oath, says that he is the
mayor of the city OF Mineral Point,
and that on the Nth day of March, A.
d. 1900, he served the notice hereto
annexed personally upon the Chicago,
Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway
company, by delivering to and leav-
ing with N, II. Snow true copy of
said notice. and that said service was
made at the city Of Mineral Point,
Iowa county, Wisconsin, and that
said n. IT Snow was at that time an
agent of said Chicago, Milwaukee
and ST. Paul Railway company.
JAMES SPEN SLIlY.
Subscribed and sworn TO before me
this llth day Of March, A. d. 1900.
f.. G.. Fielder,
Notary Public, Iowa county, Wis.
AN ORDINANCE
requiring the Chicago, Milwaukee,
and St, Paul Railway company to
keep lagman,
The common council of the city Of
Mineral Point do ordain as follows:
Section |. The Chicago, Milwau-
kce and ST, Paul Railway company is
hereby required 60 keep and main
tain, at its own expense, a tlagman at
all times duri q the moving of trains
or cars over the railroad crossings
just north of the railway depot, in
said city, whore the tracks of said
railway company cross the public
streets at the intersection of Com
MERGE street with the street running
castwardly from said Commerce
street, and commonly called the Oar
liugton Road; and 10y its tlagman to
reasonably signal and warn all per-
sons about to pass over any of said
crossings of dagger from approach
ing or passing engines on ears.
Section = Ii said railway COM
pany shall fail 10 comply with my of
the requirements of this ordinance,
said company shall pay to the city of
IMMORAL Point the sum of fifty dol
lars for such failure or neglect of
duty: and the further sum OF fifty dol
lars for each day that said company
shall fail or neglect to comply with
said ordjuare, after notice i'm writing
from the mayor OF said city, which
notice shall be served hy delivering
copy thereof 90 some agent of said
company.
This ordinance shall be in force
and effect from and after its passage
and publication.
Passed Feb g, 1900,
JAS. SpENsLEY, Mayor.
Attest. EpW ARD BROWN, Clerk.
The committee To whom was re
ferled the pump question recommends
chat % 300 gallon duplex pump bc
bought 10y the city whenever % sees
fit, and chat the pump at pumping
station be examined twice year,
during thn months OF January and
July.
Moved ANA carried that Mineral
Point become membor OF the Nuui-
eiWai League oI Wisconsin, 10y remit
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