Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1905-09-21
Special Meeting OF Common Council.


Pursuant to adjournment of Sept. 8
a meeting OF the common council wa
this day held in the council chamber
There were present, Mayor Osborne
and Aldermen Bewett, Engels, Horn
Potter, Ross and Weidenieller; absent
Aldermen Crum and Day
The following ordinance was intro
duced by Alderman Horn and wa.
passed by unanimous vote:
| Whereas on the 9Th day of September, 100
all of the owners of the lots on that portion o.
Liberty Street in Twins Addition to the City
of Mineral Point. extending from the nortl
side of Sixth Street to TIE south side of Fourt,
Street in said Twins addition. and more than
two-thirds of the owners of lots or land on the
remainder of said Liberty Street, filed with
this Common Council petition asking that
said portion of said Liberty Street extending
from the north side of Sixth Street to the
south side of Fourth Street in said Twins AID.
dition. be vacated.
| Whereas. on the said 5th day of September
A. ID. 1905, this Council passed resolution
| ordering that said petition be acted upon at a
| special meeting Of this Council in the council
chamber in the city hall in said city. on the
| 10Th day of September, 1905. at o'clock D. m.
| and that the City Clerk should cause printed
| or written notice of such hearing to be posted
| in three public places in said city, stating
when the petition would be acted upon. and
what street or alley or part thereof is proposed
to be vacated: and
/ IL f,o,,, tba ~, nF
M. Priestley. Deputy City Clerk. that such
printed notices for such hearing were posted
| by him ON the 9th day of September. 1905. In
three public places in this city. to-wit: one on
front of the city hall, one in the postoffice and
one on a telephone post at the corner of High
Street and Henry Alley,
Said petition now coming on to be heard be-
fore said Common Council at said special
meeting thereof in the city hall. on this 10th
day of September. 1905, at o'clock p. M,
Now therefore. the Common Council of the
City of Mineral Point do ordain as follows;
| Section /. All that portion of Liberty Street
1 in Twins addition in said city extending from
the north side of Sixth Street to the south side
of Fourth Street in said Twins Addition be
and the same is hereby declared vacated.
| Section 2. This ordinance shall take effect
from and after it's passage and publication.
The following dedication was then
presented to the council, and on
motion of Alderman Weidenfeller was
accepted by unanimous vote:
To the Common Council OF the City OF Min
eral Point:
| The Mineral Point Zinc Company, a corpor-
| alton existing under the laws OF the sta te Of
Wisconsin. and the owners of all the lots here
matter mentioned hereby dedicates for pub
| lie street or thoroughfare: Portion OF lots
Nos. 1874, 135, 146, l47, 165, $50, In r.
wins addition to the village, now city. Of
| Mineral Point, described as follows A strip
| of land IL zee, wide on each side OF a line
beginning At II point on the north line OF
Sixth streeU 30.S feet east OF the west line OF
lot $50 In said addition, thence north parable
to said west line OF said lot, 263 feet to a
point In the south line OF Fifth street 30S feet
east Of the west line Of lot 165, thence in a
northeasterly direction l53 feet TO point
sl.5 feet north and 25 feet east of the south
west corner OF lot LAT, thence in northeast
erly direction 40 feet to Il point on the west
line OF Liberty street % feet south OF the
south line of Fourth street Also all land
between the cast line Of the land above
described and a line drawn parallel with and
six feet distant-from the west side of the
railroad track little east OF said land above
described.
This dedication to take effect whenever
you vacate that portion OF Liberty street In
said Twins addition extending from the
south side OF Sixth street to the north side OF
before Said vacation to be considered
an acceptance OF this dedication. The
said Mineral Point Zinc Company
agrees to build and maintain substan-
| tial fence on the west side OF the said railroad
track where 1t passes through said lands.
| THE MINERAL POINT Zinc COMPANY,
| By DAVID Is. JONES. Pres.
| THOMAS ID. JONES. Sec.
The license bond OF PATRICK McMur-
rough was accepted and ordered
placed on file.
The following bills we're audited by
the finance committee and were on
motion allowed:
j. p. Penhallegon, Mdse 2s
JOS. Hupperts, labor. ............... DC
On motion of Alderman Weidenfel
Ter, the following resolution was
adopted:
Whereas. there was filed In the office OF tbs
city clerk OF the city OF Mineral Point, on The
9th day OF September, A. d. 1905, certain
plat entitled "a plat Of Oates Subdivision o
part OF lots 145 and LAG OF Harrison's Surve!
OF Mineral Point. Wisconsin, which SAX
plat was duly certified and acknowledged b.
i those VINO caused the same TO be mappet
and surveyed, therefore be 1t
Resolved, by the Common Council OF tn
city OF Mineral Point, that the said pla
entitled "A Plat of Oates Subdivision o
Part OF Lots 145 and lag Of Harrisons sur
vey OF Mineral Poiat, Wisconsin" be, and tn
same is. hereby approved.
RI approve the above resolution.
Il JNo X. OSBORNE, Mayor.
There being no further business tn
council adjourned.
J. II OSBORNE, Mayor.
Attest, T M. PRiESTLEY,
Deputy City Clerk.
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will be held in this city Oct. goth
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