The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1908-04-03
Common Council.
Common Council Chamber.
Owosso, Mich, March Both, 1908


Owosso, Mich, March Both, 1908
Regular meeting of the Common Council,
Mayor Dryden Fl. Lamb. presiding.
Aldermen present at roll call Appleton
Rundell, Lamfrom, Brown. Riglev, Conant
Lynch and Washburn. Later, Wren.
The minutes OF the last regular. meeting
were read and approved.
Aid Rundell presented the following petition
and resolution and on motion same were laiC
on the table until later in the session.
Owosso. Mich, March 80 1908.
To the Honorable Mayor and Common Council
OF the City OF OwosSo.
Gentlemen
The undersigned citizens and taxpayers re
spectfully ask that you appropriate sum moi
exceeding one hundred dollars to be used for
the purchase OF a corner stone for the Fedora
building to be erected In this city and to pay
the expenses incurred in laying the same.
Signed: M Bentley: II Sturtevant D N
Christian, ) Miner, + Woodland and 81
others.
Resolved by the Common Council OF the City
of Owosso that an order for the sum of 800 be
drawn on the contingent fund TO the order OF "a
committee OF three citizens to be named by
the mayor, said money to be used in purchasing
suitable corner stone for the Public buildiD g
to be erected in this city and to pay expenses
incurred in LAYING same
Aid. Lamfrom presented the report OF the
street commissioner for the week ending March
2Sth and on motion same was received and
placed on file.
Aid. Rigley presented the following claims
and accounts and on motion same were referred
to the committee on claims and accounts:
% CLAIMS AND ACCOUNTS.
Council Room, City of Owosso
March Both, 1878
To the Honorable Mayor and Common
Council:
Your committee to whom was referred the
several claims and accounts would respectfully
report favorablv on the following and ask unan-
imous consent OF this council that said claims
hn oil and fhn aff 1TNlr
orders for the same:
FROM CONTINGENT FUND
Dryden II Lamb, sl5 90; W Appleton, SIS;
Alton Rundell, $500; Lamfrom $1,000; w G
Wren, $500; Brown: Jr $1,000; g Rigley
w Washburn, SIS 90; II DumoDd S66.G7 ;
Mary X Dumond, s16.67; A + Hollis ,s035; II
Shuts Sl.7S; Mrs Ball, $685. John Brooks
q Son. s22.50; ID Cooper, $4,000 l. G Heyer,
S0.45
FROM FIRE DEPT. FUND
Jas Brown $1,000; Owosso Fire Dept, SlI 90:
Ed Martin. $1,000; VIM Beresford, Jr s25 !;
Frank Marvin, S25 90; Palmer Whitcomb $3.50;
A II Dumond. Clerk $3.50; same, sO.62: H ID
Edwards g. Co, $500: The Albert Todd Co.
s2.45; John Brooks g. Son, 1890; John Wood
$3.50.
FROM POLICE FUND
Bert Hodges, $500; F A Brown, siiOO:
Geo J Denyes, sl40O w Patterson. si4Oo;
5 G Burbank, si00; Jesse Clark, g025.
FROM WATER FUND
Owos' o & Corunna Elec Co. $500: Ann Arbor
Co.. G6 ~; e g Wells, 81. 90; same. 1885,
j 5 Hunt, $4,000: Chas Jackson, 5000: John
Ashford: $50 90; Floyd Bloomer, $50 90; Z II
Cossitt, 1880: s VanDusen, 5000; Ira G
Curry, t7.24
FROM FIRST DISTRICT HIGHWAY FUND
w Douglass, $0.45; II Douglass, f0.45.
FROM SECOND DISTRICT HIGHWAY FUND
II Douglass al. so: w Douglass Rf5O
FROM THIRD DISTRICT HIGHWAY FUND
DClapp, sos; M Ham, 81. so; NJ vanburen,
100; Benkelman e. Mulhall. S24S.
FROM FOURTH DISTRICT HIGHWAY FUND
K Koch, tl.1s; A N Goodwin ti.oo; A Geeck.