Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-11-09
COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS
(oFFiciAL.)

OOunCn Snd HlOef, Tfiudy. lNON. o. iSSc
Meeting called to order by Mayor
Bricker.
Roll call: Present-Mayor Bricker,
Aid. Madden. Hudson. Smith. Stout. a..
Absent Aid. Connell. Putnam. 2.
The minutes of the last meeting were
read and approved.
The following bids for sewers were re-
ceived:
Young and Summers 50 10 per lineal
foot. the city to furnish all sewer pipe and
manhole covers.
w. L. Shipman $500 per lineal foot.
the city to furnish all sewer pipe and
manhole covers.
No action was taken by the council on
the bids.
An ordinance to be known as No. 20
of the city Of Belding read:
Ordinance No. - OF the City of Beid-
ing.
An ordinance requiring railroad COM
panies, owners and managers of any rail-
road operating within the city OF Bedding
to station fagmen at street crossings, as
authorized by section 20 Of chapter 0 Of
the charter.
The city of Beding hereby ordains:
Section All railroad companies,
owners of railroads or m nareis Of same
running or operating railroad cars or
trains thereon within the city of Belding.
whenever the common council of saio
city has determined that it is a matter of
public necessity and safety to have flag
man stationed at any street crossing and
given notice of such determination to such
company, owner, manager or general
agent of any railroad. shall within twenty
days thereafter cause to be stationed at
the crossing indicated in the determine
ton of the common council, flagman to
be kept at such crossing at their expense
for such hours as may be determined by
the common council matter of public
necessity and safety.
Section 2-The common council of the
city of Belding, whenever it shall deter
mine that public nenessity and safety re-
CURES that flagman be stationed at any
street railroad crossing, shall adopt res
olution so declaring, ard cause the same
70 be entered by its clerk in the records
of the council proceedings. That certi-
led copy of such determination shall be
served by the clerk or marshall of the
city by delivery of the same to any chief
executive officer, manager, or operator Of
said railroad within fifteen days after the
determination of SAID common council.
Section 3-Any VIC alton of the provis-
ons of this ordinance and failure of said
railroad company, its owners, operators
until "a rttu Of oil
~ neglect or refusal to place a flagman
1t the street crossing designated by the
esolution and order Of the common coun-
I'll within twenty days after service of a
iopy Of said resolution and determination,
shall be punished by a fine of not less
han ten dollars nor more than one humid
ed dollars, and in default of the payment
thereof, by Imprisonment in the county
jail Of the county of lonia, until the same
hall be paid.
affect on the 25rd day of November, A.
D. 1905 and be known as Ordinance No.
20 of the city of Beldidg.
Passed and approved the 3rd day OF
November A. D. 1905
Vim. E Fisher, City Clerk
W. F. Bricker, Mayor.
Moved by AID Smith seconded by Aid.
Stout that Ordinance No. 20 be adopted
and approved as read which motion pre-
vailed.
Yeae-Ald. Madden, Hudson, Smith,
Stout, 4. Nays-none.
Moved by Aid Madden, seconded by
AID Smith. that estimate No of Hunt
ley & Co. $866 So for material furnished
and labor performed in the construction
Of the power house be accepted which
motion prevailed.
Yeas-Ald. Madden Hudson, Smith,
Stout, a. Nays-none.
Moved by Aid. Hudson seconded by
AID Madden that the following bills be
allowed and orders drawn for the same
which motion prevailed
Yeas-Ald. Madden, Hudson, Smith,
Stout a. Nays-none