The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1908-05-22
COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.
Council Room, City of Owosso'

Regular meeting OF the Couhcll, mayor
Wallace ID. Burke presiding.
Aldermen present at roll call, Rundel,
Sturtevant Wren, Barrett, Brown, Bran
del. Conant, Palmer, Washburn ana Per
rigo.
The minutes of the last regular meet
ing were read and approved
Aid. Perrigo presented the following
> petition and moved that the prayers OF
the petitioners be granted ana the elec-
I trio light company be instructed TO move
the light at once, which prevailed, ayes
10, nays 0:
To the Honorable Mayor and Common
Council of the City of Owosso:
We, the undersigned residents and tax
payers of the city do humby petition your
honorable body to cause the electric
light now placed in front of Fred Lab
mans residence on Cedar street, 10 be
moved to the corner of Fletcher and Ce-
dar streets, and your petitioners viii eV-
er pray.s
stead and six others.
Aid. Conant presented the claims ana
accounts as noted below and on motion
same were referred to the committee on
claims and accounts.
City Attorney Lyon presented a con-
tract as offered by the Union Telephone
Co. for telephone rentals and on motion
same was received and filed.
Aid Rundell presented the report OF the
Street Commissioner for the week ending
May 18th and on motion same was re-
ceived and filed.
Aid. Sturtevant reported that the spec
ial committee to confer with the Shia-
Wassee Light q Power Co. had not COM
pleted its work and asked for further
time, which was on motion granted;
Aid. Perrigo presented the following
report which was on motion adopted,
ayes 10, nays o.:
May 1S, 1908.
To the Honorable Mayor and Council;
Your committee to whom was referred
the several claims and accounts would
respectfully report favorabiy on the fol-
lowing and ask the unanimous consent
of this council that said claims be allow
ed and the City Clerk instructed to draw
orders for the same.
from Contingent Fund.
S. A. French, $1.60; Owosso Press Pub.
Co., $3.50; e. Koch, $1.50; A. II. Dumond,
clerk, $685.; f. w. Pearce $272; Stafford
Stamp Works, $3.50; John VanKammen
$500; n. Johnson, $500.
From Fire Department Fund
John Brooks & Son $50 a. las Jas; Brown T
min. S25; Palmer Whitcomb, $50; FRANK
Marvin, S25 VIM. Beresford, Jr., $25; Ed
ward Martin, 500; Harry Thompson 81
From Police Department Fund.
Bert Hodges, SIS; George Denyes, $l4;
w. Patterson, $l4; F. A. Brown, $l4; g.
C. Burbank, 81; II. M: Post & Son. $1,000
From Water Works Fund
Castree & Son, $O.25 The Evening Ar
gus, S2.52; e. M MILLER, $11; R. F. Dutch
er, $5.25; Winfield Co., $4$.25; A. H.
Dumond, clerk, sO.95; A. H. Dumond
From re First District Highway Fund.
w. Douglas, $1:50; E. Hayes, $1.4O;
George Erect $1.40.
E. Hayes 81; George Erect, 81; ]. King,
$S.15; II. Douglass. .$1.50:.
From Third District Highway Fund.
d. Clapp, S7.S7; NJ. Roe, $S.5l; II. Traf-
ford $7.S7; d. Fillmore, %.S7; j. King
S13. 50 j. Simmington, $7.S7; G.. Bake,
$40; ]. King, $1.2O; S. Plant, $40.
From Fourth District Highway Fund.
M. L. Parker, S1.75; r. Rourke, $1.75.
From Fifth District Highway Fund.
M. L. Parker. SO. 4O r. Rourke, $40;
Thos. Atkinson, $3.50; ]. Young, $OSS;
From General Highway Fund;
NJ l.. Parker, $3.50; D. speck, $1,000;
J. Het, $1,000; L. Freass, $1,000; =; "A.
Crane, SIS; George Erect Sl.75; william
~ From General Sewer Fund:
j. simmington, 500; j. D. mi Nichols ctn1s
1910; d. Fillmore, 1910; II. Trafford,
1910; D. Clapp, 500.
From Health Fund
Owosso Press Pub. Co., $1.96; The Ev-
e"'''e From ron Sprinklng Fund.
NJ. l.. Parker, $12.25.
Aid. Wren moved that the city survey
or be instructed to make surveys and es-
innate of cost of proposed drains on King
and east Mason streets, which motion
prevailed, ayes 10, nays o. s-,,..,...
. Aid. Barrett presented the toHoWlhs
Resolved, BY the Common Council OF
the City of Owosso that the Ways and
Means committee be and is hereby IN
structed to contract for sprinkling such
streets as the city may direct for the
season of 1905:
Aid. Sturtevant moved as an amend
ment that the several districts be let
separately, which prevailed, ayes 10,
The vote then being taken on the reso-
luton, same was adopted, ayes TO- nays,
Aid. BRANDED presented the following
resolution and moved its adoption:
Resolved, BY the Common Council Of
the City of Owosso that the street Com
missioner be and he is hereby instructed
to continue the cleaning out of the drain
on Corunna avenue.
ject be referred to the committee on
streets and alleys, which prevailed. ayes
Z, nays, Brown; Aldermen Rundell and
Mashburn being excused.
Aid Washburn presented the following
ordinance and moved that it be read the
first and second times by its title, which
An ORDINANCE - To Regulate the
Granting Of Licenses to Shows and
Public Exhibitions or Amusements
and to Prohibit the Same in Certain
Cases:
The CITY of Owosso Ordains:
Section 1. No person shall, within the
limits of said city act, exhibit, play, per
form or operate any play, farce, show,
cnera or other theatrical performance,
riding. or other feats of horseman-
b, mena gerie or exhibition of animals,
anna panorama. painting, sculpture,
D sura1 curiosity tricks of legerdemain,
usical party, concert. whirligig, or any
her exhibition, entertainment, show or
useum Of whatever name or nature. for
hitch money or any other reward is IN
my way demanded or received, without
procuring q license or permit for that
nurpose from the city clerk, which license
shall express to whom and for what it is
granted and the time 1t Is to continue.
Section 9. The person or persons TO
whom a license isNgranted to conduct
any exhibition. show or performance as
aforesaid shall state plainly on any pla-
card or newspaper advertisement an
'nouncing such entertainment or exhibit
tion the price of tickets. of admission to
such entertainment or exhibition and no
tickets of admission shall be sold at any
place of sale i'm said city I'm excess of the
prices named i'm such placard or adver-
tisement
section g. The city clerk shall not de-
liver such license or permit TO any per-
son or persons until he or they shall
have paid to said CITY clerk or ms depu-
, ty the sums hereinafter named;
For circus riding or feats OF horsetnah-
shin or menagerie Of animals charging
fifty cents or more for any single admls-
sion the sum of, Forty Dollars.
For circus riding or feats of horseman
shin or menageries Of animals charging
more than twenty-five cents and less
than fifty cents for any single admission
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