Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1907-03-21
CITY GOVERNMENT.

uCoeiuS vi ebe common cL neil was
this day held in the council chamber.
Called to order by Mayor Osborne.
Members present, Mayor Osborus,
Aldermen Weidenfeller. Ross, Horn a.,
'terrill, Potter. Fngels. Absent AID
errnen Blewett, Burns.
On motion the council resolved itself
into a committee OF the whole. On
motion OF Aid. Weidenfeller, Mayor
Osborne was appointed chairman. On
motion OF Aid. Horn, Aid. Potter was
appointed secretary. On motion OF
Aid. ierrill the council adjourned to
the upper room. The hearing OF the
charges filed by F. l.. Cork against
the city marshal was held at this time.
1t was agreed by the attorneys that
| the chairman should decide the object
| ions raised. 1t was moved by Fielder
d. Fielder, the attorneys for James
| Thrasher, that the complaint be dis
missed for want OF proof TO sustain
the charges alleged in said complaint.
On motion of Aid. Engels the coun-
Gil adjourned to Tuesday, March 10.
Mineral Point, Wis, Mar. 10, 1907
Pursuant to Adjournment of March Is,
| meeting of the common council was
| this day held in the council chamber.
Called to order by Mayor Osborne.
Members present, Mayor Osborne,
Aid. Weidenfeller, Ross, Horn. Ter
rill, Blewett, Burns, Potter, Engels.
The mayor then presented the fol-
lowing question: "Shall the common
council of the city of Mineral Point
| remove the city marshal. James
Thrasher, on the charges preferred by
F, l.. Cork.
The question was lost by the follow
ing aye and nay voc. Aye, no votes
Nay, Aid. Weidenfeller. Ross, Horn,
Terrill, Potter, Engels.
On motion of Aid. Horn both petit
tions preferred by f. l.. Cork be dis
missed. Motion carried.
The following veto of Mayor Os-
| borne was read:
To the Members of the Common Coun-
ell of the City of Mineral Point:
| GENTLEMEN Your honorable body
having amended the proposed contract
| between the City of Mineral Point and
the Mineral Point Electric Light Com
pany by incorporating in said proposed
contract provision providing for %
| incandescent lights to be installed in
the place of the arc lights provided for
in the contract which your honorable
body authorized and instructed the
proper officers of this city to sign, now
therefore, by virtue of the authority
granted me by law, hereby disapprove
of and veto your action in amending
said contract and veto the proposed
contract as amended. The amendment
above mentioned was made at the adj
journed meeting of the common council
neld on Monday, March II, 1907.
My reasons for vetoing the action of
the council are:
That | am convinced that the action
of the council is against the best inter-
ests of the city, and that your action
was taken without giving the matter
the consideration and attention that it
deserves.
The citizens of Mineral Point are en-
titled to better lighting upon their prin-
cipal streets, and trust that your body
will reconsider your action.
| am of the further opinion, that the
contract as originally presented was
more to the financial benefit of the city
than the contract as amended would be.
hn g
disappearing of your action. This is
the first time that | have felt it in
cumbent upon me to take such a step,
and feel certain that upon our taking
up the matter again we can easily come
to an agreement.
J trust that the council will not con-
slider that have acted hastily or arbi-
trarily in this matter, and that, in con-
sidering my actions in vetoing this con-
tract, they will believe that | acted
solely for what | considered the best
interests of the city.
Respectfully yours,
JNO. r. OSBORNE,
Mayor.
Dated this 14th day of March, ID. 1907.
The mayors veto was then sustained
by the following vote; Aid Weiden-
Teller, Ross, Potter, Engels voting in
favor of the adoption of the proposed
amended contract over the mayors
veto and Aid, Horn, Terril!, Blewett,
Burns, voting that the veto be sus-
tanned.
On motion of Aid, Potter The coun-
ell adjourned.
Attest, Jno. Il. Osborne, Mayor.
W. p. Bliss, City Clerk.