The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-03-20
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March 10, 1885.

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Council Chamber. Virginia, Mimi.
Regular meeting,
Council called to order by the President.
Roll call
Present-A1dermen johnson. Laviolette.
Trezona. Mattson, Mr. Presidents
Observation-Disclosures Boylan.
Readingsminutes of previous meeting.
and supported that the minutes
be approved as read.
Carried.
The Clerk read communication from r.
K. Bailey in answer to letter written to
Mr.. Bailey by the clerk upon instructions
from the council, the same being relative
to thesunprotected sand pit in the Great
Northern Addition.
Mr.. Bailey stated in reply that for the
past ten years the city had taken, without
permission, gravel from this pit for which
nothing was charged and did not think it
more than right that the city should at
least put a fence around the pit stating,
however, that if the city still insisted he
would place the surroundings to the pit in
was in dangerous way.
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placing the sand pit in safe condition be
referred to the committee on streets, alleys
and sewers.
Carried.
II. K. Bailey, in conservation with the
city clerk, stated that he desired to have
taken from the assessment roll of 1904, the
matter of assessments against certain lots
and blocks in the Great Northern Addition
and which were plated in said Great North
ern Addition into lots in Virginia lake,
stating that at the time the easements
were made for the general sewer, these lots
and parcels of land were included in the
assessment.
Mr.. Bailey also mailed to the clerk copies
of letter to be signed by the clerk direct
ing the county auditor to remove from the
tax list the several lots and blocks above
mentioned, and the clerk. upon figuring
the amount that would necessarily be
taken off by such removal from the as
sessn1ent list to be $369.61.
Moved and supported that the matter of
removing from the assessment roll of 1904
charge tor general sewer against property
in the Great Northern Addition and which
has been plated in the.-lake. be referred to
the attorney.
Carried.
Chief Thayer submitted a written notice
to the council that he had appointed James
StiCkney as first assistant chief of the fire
department and desired to have the ap-
pOintment confirmed by the council
Moved and supported that the appoint
fnent of James Stickney as first assistant
chief of the fire department be confirmed
and the communication ordered filed.
Carried.
The clerk notified the council that this
was the date and hour set for the opening
of bids for the sale of a team of horses and
that he had on his desk one bid, this being
from L. Hamnel Company.
Moved and supported that the bid for the
sale of the team of horses be now opened.
Carried.
team of horses was opened the price men,
toned being $6S.OO. the company guaran-
teeing to secure the city against ordinary
horse failures for term of three years and
were in position to give bill of sale for the
team at any time.
ACCOMPANYING this bid was a certified
check in the sum of $500.
Council Chamber, City of Virginia. Minn.
March 10, 1908.
Resolution No. 81. 1885,
Resolution accepting the bid of L. Ham,
mel Company, for team for fire depart
rnent.
BY Alderman TrezOna.
Resolved: BY the city council of the city
of Virginia. That the bid of L. Hamnel
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city of Virginia, in the sum of $625.OO &C
cording to the specifications on file in the
Office of the city clerk which was properly
filed in the office of the city clerk and read
at a regular meeting of the city council of
said city on said date as required by the
advertisement for proposals be and the
same hereby is accepted and the city clerk
is hereby ordered to file the same in his
office and endorse it as accepted.
Moved by Alderman Laviolette. support
ed by Alderman Johnson, that above reso-
luton be adopted.
Ayes - Aldermen Johnson, tLaviolette,
Trezona, Mattson, Mr.. Presidents.
Nays-None.
Adopted March 10, 1905.
A. c. OSBORN.
President of city council.
Approved March II, 1908.
A. HAWKINSOM,
Mayor.
Attest:
ALBERT E. BICKFORD,
City Clerk.
Presented to the mayor March II. 1905.
Returned by the mayor March II, 1903.
(SEAL)
The committee on fire and fire DEPART