Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-03-11
PROCEEDINGS
COUNCIL
(OFrICIAl.)

Council Chamber, Friday, March 8, 90.
Meeting called TO order by Mayor
Bricker. Roll call: present, Mayor
Bricker, Aid. Crawford, Hudson, Hull,
Menkee, Putnam, Scott, 9. Absent, o.
Health Officers report for the month
OF February as follows: Number of
complaints of nuisances, 6; Nuisances
ordered removed, 5. Number of cases
of contagious diseases reported: Mea-
sizes, 8; chicken pox, 20; typhoid fever,
2. Number of calls made upon the
city poor, 33. Respectfully Submitted,
i. S. Morris; Health Officer.
Moved by Aid. Hull, seconded by
Aid. Crawford, that the report of the
Health Officer be accepted, which mo-
ton prevailed. Yeas, Aid. Crawford,
Hudson, Hull Menkee, Putnam, Scott,
Is. Nays, 0.
To the Hon. Mayor and Common
Council of the City of Belding:
conference.-the the undersigned,
respectfully petition your Honorable
body to cause a.street arch light to be
placed at the corner of Pleasant and
Depot streets and the corner of Pleasant
and Congress streets. We believe that
they will be of great benefit TO large
number of people and add to the beauty
of the city if placed in these locations.
Signed by Underwood Bros. and %
others.
The foregoing petition was referred,
by the Mayor to the Street Lighting
Committee.
Bedding, Mar. 5, '09.
Gentlemen: Your special committee
to whom was referred the matter. of
street signs and sign posts, wish to
further report, that we have counted
the number of signs and posts needed
and instructed the clerk to order the
same. Signed +. Il. Hudson,
w. r.. Menkee,
Geo. G.. Crawford.
Moved by Aid. Hudson seconded by
Aid. Crawford that the report of the
Committee be accepted. Which motion
prevailed. Yeas, Aid. Crawford, Hud-
son, Hull, Menkee, Putnam, Scott 6,
Nays 0.
Wheareas, the Board of Health of
Bedding, has inspected the building on
the west side of South Bridge street, be-
tween west Main street and west Con-
gress street and owned by the Bedding
Land and improvement Company, and
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livery barn, and has declared the said
building TO be in an injurious, often
sive, unhealthy condition, which tends
To promote disease and is dangerous to
life and health; and
Whereas, the Board of Building In
spectors of the City of Bedding has ex-
amined the above described building
and has declared the same to be i'm an
unsafe and dangerous condition and q
menace to life and the adjoining prop
erty;
Now Therefore be il Resolved, that
the said building be and the same is
hereby declared to be public nuisance
by the Common Council of the City oil
Bedding, owing to the fact that il is
dangerous to life and property and
tends to promote disease and sickness
And Be it Further Resolved, that the
owner or owners thereof be and they
are hereby required to abate the said
nuisance on or before the first day o.
September A. ID. 1909, by causing the
said building to be torn down or re
moved and upon failure TO comply with
this resolution within the time anC
manner stated above, that the Common
Council take the necessary steps TO re
move the said nuisance, at the expense
of the said owner or owners, under tn,
powers granted therefor by the Charte
of the City of Bedding and the genera
laws of the State of Michigan; and,
Be il Further Resolved, that the City
Marshal serve certified copy of thi
resolution on the owner or owners o
said building or their authorized agen
and shah also serve certified cop,
hereof on the said o. 4. Webster, tn
present occupant of the said buildin,
within ten days from the date hereof.
Dated at the Council Chamber, thi
9TH, day of March, A. ID. 1909.
Moved by Aid. Menkee seconded b.
Aid Scott that the foregoing resolution
be adopted which motion prevailed.
Yeas, Aid. Crawford, Hudson, Hull
Menkee, Putnam, Scott 8, Nays 0.
Moved by Aid. Hull seconded by AL,
Crawford that the following bills b
allowed and orders be drawn for tn
same, which motion prevailed, Yea
Aid. Crawford, Hudson, Hull, Menkee
Putnam, Scott 6, Nays0.
+. Waterman, splitting wood for Mrs
Wellman, s
Lamb Bros, oil for clerks office 4
Porter & Torrance, repair work IL
Bedding News, printing notices IL
Miller q Harris, windo shades for