The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1902-09-12
COMMON COUNCIL.
Common Council Chamber,
Owosso, Mich, September s,


Owosso, Mich, September s, 1862
Regular meeting of Common Council May
or Werner NJ. White, presiding.
Aldermen present at roll call: Pierpont,
Wiley, Nichols, Detwiler, Ketcham. Jordan,
Washburn, VanSice.
Minutes Of last meeting read and approved.
City attorney presented following agreement
which was. upon motion, referred to the COM
mittee on Cemetery, with instructions to find
out how many free burials there were in the
Potter's field, and report the same at next
meeting.
Oak Fill Cemetery Company, Of Owosso,
Michigan, for the consideration of the transfer
to II by the City of Owosso, of that part of Oak
and known as the the Potter's Field. to be I'M
corporated with said cemetery and to become a
part thereof (subject to the rights of all per-
sons interested in any way i'll burials hereto
Hereby agrees with said City of Owosso, to
provide and furnish for all persons entitled to
free burial, when so determined and certified
to said company by the proper city officer, as
many free burial places as now exist in said
city cemetery or Potters Field Said company
also further agrees to keep such burial places
in proper condition and to keep correct rec
ord of burials so made and the location there
OF, and to prepare graves for and attend TO the
company by said city of the expense of such in
terlnents, and for such care of lots so devoted
to such burials, as may be reasonable.
City attorney presented following communi,
Toledo, o. September 1, 1902.
JAMES w. TURNER, ESQ,
City Attorney.
Dear Sir:-Yours of August 2sth received.
Some time ago received notice from you about
this drain and wrote you asking where il was.
You replied, saying il was a drain leading from
the north to the south. Could not locate it
from such a description but could not read all
the letter, so found out from agent where it
was, and have ordered the tile for it. You
know that when we are called on to lower or
o llarge pipe drain, putting extra hardships
OF any company, the company will have to be
taking advantage of this law in this case, but
cannot do the work until get the pipe, If you
will have patience this will all be worked out.
o. D. RICHARDS.
Aid. Pierpont presented following remon-
STRANGE, which was upon motion, received and
ordered placed on file:
To the Honorable Mayor and Common Council
of the City OF Owosso:
We, the undersigned property owners ada
cent TO the alley running from Ball street into
the Block 90, between the property of Hall
Bros and Struber Bros. and other parties,
hereby demonstrate against the paving of such
alley, and protest against such action being talk
en- by the Common Council of this city as will
pave the same, as the expense for such paving
is not called for, and has not been asked for by
a majority of the property owners abutting on
such alley, and was not contemplated at the
time of making up the Annual budget for the
city, and such alley way is not dangerous or in
need OF paving any more than any other alley
in the City of Owosso, and II such improve
ments are to be done the property owners
should be consulted, in measure at least, and
ascertain what9their wishes are in the matter.
The proposed pavement is against our wishes
and we protest against it, and if your honor
able body persist in making such uncalled for
Improvement and imposing taxes upon our
property we shall have to look to the courts to
set the same aside if possible. Chas. Jackson,
and four others.
Committee on Claims and Accounts made the
following report:
Council Room, City Of Owosso, Sept s, 1902.
Your committee to whom was referred the
several claims and accounts would respectfully
report favorably on the following and ask the
claims be allowed ond the city clerk instructed
to draw orderf for the same, provided there be
sufficient money in the funds.