The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1903-04-24
I Sections. This ordinance shall take imme,

! Sections 8. This ordinance shall take imme,
date effect.
Passed and approved April Goth. 1903.
A. l.. ARNOLD, Mayor,
FRED EDWARDS, City Clerk.
| AID Washburn offered following resolution,
winch VAS upon motion adopted, ayes ~.
nays q: II
Resolved, That the superintendent of public
works be and is hereby instructed to obtain
estimates and report TO this council as speedily
as possible the cost OF cleaning out and deep
ening the Comslock creek drain, the same TO be
deepened as much as possible, conforming to
the original profile OF said drain.
Aid. Densmore pre- scented following ordin.
ance. IL was moved and Supported that the
same be readthe third time In full, placed upon
lis passage, and passed, which was carried
+ AN ORDINANCE
AN ordinance 10 amend Sc ctions one and three
OF an ordinance entitled: An ordinance 10 pro-
vide for the building, repairing and construc
Ting OF stone, artificial stone, brick and Tar
sidewalks and crosswalks In the City OF Owes
SO, ana Tor the purpose OF keeping the same
clean from snow and Ice and other nuisances,
as the common council may deem necessary to
The City of Owosso ordains:
Section 2. Section ! shall read as follows:
That all sidewalks and crosswalks hereafter
Shall be built and constructed Of stone or
artificial stone, commonly called cement walks.
Section shall read as follows All sidewalks
hereafter built shall be built at the expense of
the property owner under the supervision OF
the common council OF the City of Owosso, and
when such walks are built under the supervs-
ion OF the common council shall foreverafter be
maintained and repaired at the expense of the
city at large. And all such sidewalks shall be
built or constructed OF stone or artificial stone,
commonly called cement sidewalks, and the
cost of the same to the property owner shall
not exceed the sum of eight cents per square
foot: But property owners may contract for
the building OF their own sidewalks of cement,
but the said walks shall be built to the grade
given 10 them by the street commissioner but
walks built by the property owners shall not
hereafter be maintained or repaired by the
city at large.
Before any walks are built the street commits
sioner shall serve notice on the property owner
or leave subj notice with the occupants OF the
said property, that the council intends building
said sidewalk at the cost OF the property owner
as mentioned in this section; but this section
does not mean to furnish ~ beams or areals
over arches excavated between property lines
and curb lines mentioned in Section of this
ordinance, such expense must be borne by the
property owners
Section 3. This ordinance shall take imme.
date effect.
Passed and approved April goth. 1928.
A. L. ARNOLD, Mayor.
FRED EDWARDS, City Clerk.
Aid. Van Slice reported that the roof on the
sheds back of the city hall were IN very bad
was moved and supported that The committee
be instructed to make the necessary repairs,
which was carried, ayes 10. nays0
It was moved and supported that the COM
mlttee on SIDEWALKS DC purchase
sufficient tar TO complete the tar walks which
have been started, which was carried.
1t was moved and supported that the petit
ton for q tile drain on Grand avenue be refer
red to the committee on streets and alleys,
which was carried, ayes 10. nays0.
Aid. Densmore reported that Miss Kate Rus.
sell had a sidewalk built last year, and that the
same did not give good satisfaction, and asked
to have the committee go over and look the
same over, and II II was not right to make the
same good, then she would pay for the same.
Mayor appointed as member of board of
resignation of John s. Haggart, George Peril
GO 1t was moved and supported that the APP
pointment be confirmed, which was carried,
ayes 10, nays0.
Upon motion council adjourned.
FRED EDWARDS
City Clerk.