The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1910-07-01

| wren, Brown. BRANDED, Conant, Palmer
Chavey; later, Mcdonald Clark, washburn.
The minutes OF the last regular meeting wer'
| approved, as printed.
which was on motion referred to the commit
tee on lighting:
To the Honorable Mayor and Council OF tn,
City OF Owosso:
The undersigned citizens and Taxpayers
| respectfully petition your honorable body u
| place an incandescent electric light on South
Washington street. near the flowing well @
| Gute's Hill.
| Signed,
Mrs w. o. Nease and others.
Aid Chsvey presented the following petition
which was on motion referred 10 the city at
torney and city assessor:
To the Honorable Mayor and Common Council
OF the City OF ow0sso:
Your petitioner. Gustav lie Haine. respectful
| ly shows that he has been q resident Of the City
| OF Owosso for the last IL years, and has beer
the owner OF little home consisting OF . house
and two lots for The last past IL years, which
said property described as lots one and three
tLots and 81 block four (blk Al City Assessors
plat No. a. mo. ~
German, snd can neither read, write or speak
the English language That when he hrs
| purchased said property IL was entered for
| tar alton, and when receiving his receipts fol
could read them, found them correct and filed
them with his business papers; that thereafter
he paid his taxes every year as usual, found the
amount 10 be about the same at every tax per
| iod, and assumed therefore that IL had no error
end that he was paying his entire taxes and
filed his receipt as usual without having them
looked over by any other members OF his
family.
ing the year 1904, his said home including Lot
Three we're assessed at $4,000 and that they
were assessed together as one parcel, but that
In the year 1905 he now finds that for some
reason the assessor has assessed the two lots
separately. Lot one upon which his residence
Is at $3.50, and Lot Three which is his vacant
lot and was then worth not to exceed 5000,
was assessed at S400 90 in another name. That
in said year 1905 and each year since said time
he has come TO the City Treasurer's office, paid
his tax. as he supposed In full. received his
receipt and filed IL as usual that his attention
was not called to the fact that in assessing. the
lots had been separated and that he never
knew what had occurred, that the amount of his
taxes which he paid was about the same as II
had been each year previous, and therefore he
had no superstition that there had been any
change in The manner OF assessment.
Your petitioner shows that recently he has
learned that said lot No. Three has been sold
taxes OF 1907 SO are still unpaid, and that in
order to pay up the said taxes and redeem
from those holding his interest through the tax
sales, IL will cost him the sum OF VS. ".
be &C nsldered; that your Honorable Body may
by resolutions cause TO be paid to him the
amount so made necessary for him to spend,
and for which he feels he has been in no way TO
blame or at least that you refund to him the
amount of the city taxes included In the same,
and your petitioner will ever pray, etc.
GUTSAV LIE HAINE.
Subscribed and sworn to this 9Th day Of
June 1870
GUSTAV F. FRIEGEL,
Notary Public.
MY commission expires July 49, 1911.
Aid. Wren presented the following petition
which was on motion referred TO the commit
tee on ways and means:
To the Mayor and Common Council OF the City
OF Owosso:
Gentlemen:
reet, between Oak and Dewey streets, hereby
petition for the sprinkling OF said Mason
street east to the east line OF alley on
north side Of street, between the streets named
during the season of 1910. We hereby several
~ agree to reimburse the city Of ,.wosso for
the expense OF said sprinkling at the close OF
the season and In default of pay ment that the
amount may be placed as special assessment
upon our property located in said sprinkling
district.
Mrs Bilhimer and others.
Aid. Clark presented the following petition
which was on motion referred to the commit
tee on ways and means:
To the Mayor and Common Council of the City
OF OwOsso:
Gentlemen:
We. the undersigned residents of East Main
street. between lakewood and Dimmiok a ais
lance Of one block, hereby petition for the
sprinkling Of said East Main street between
the streets named during the season of 1910.
We hereby severally agree to reimburse the
city of Owosso for the expense OF said sprink.
ling at the close OF the season and in default OF
payment that the amount may be placed az a
special assessment upon our property located
in said sprinkling district.
G. d. Bartlett and others.
Aid. Conant presented the following petition
which was on motion referred to the commit
tee on ways and means:
To the Mayor and Common Council OF the City
OF OwoSso
Gentlemen:
We, the undersigned residents OF River
street, between Cedar and Howell streets,
hereby petition for the sprinkling of said
River street between the streets named during
the season OF 1910. We hereby severally agree
to reimburse the city OF Owosso for the expense
OF said sprnkling at the close OF the season
and in default of payment that the amount may
property located in said sprinkling district.
Frank Weidman and others.
The following communication was presented
and OH motion referred TO the street commits
sioner.
CITY Clerk, Owosso Mich.
Dear Sir:
We have sold the - foot strip off the south
line of our planning mill property between
Water street and the Shiawassee river. The
city's voting booth is located on this lot and
also considerable of their stock, water pipes
etc. We hereby wish to notify you that any
further arrangement in reference TO this should
be made with A. Il. & Walter Hollis, OF this
city.
Yours truly,
Owosso Casket Company
A communication was pres ented from the
OF the State Board OF Hath calling
attention TO the unsanitary condition of the
Of lack OF sewers and proper ventilation, and
urging that sewers be provided for said schools
1T once. On motion the communication was
received and HE'D, and on motion OF Aid, Bran
del the city engineer was instructed to prepare
plans for sewers TO provide for the schools.
The following communication was presented
and on motion the rec0mmer dalton was receiv-
ed and adopted ayes Mcdonald, Reineke, Wren
Clark. Brown, BRANDED. Conant. Palmer, Wash
burn, Chavey, nays none:
June 27th, 1910.
To the Honorable Mayor and Councils
Gentlemen:
Complying with instructions OF your honor
lble body the Board of Public Works has
received bids for the construction OF q sewer
Ind would respectfully recommend that the
contract be awarded to Andrew Geek. his bid
If si9l2 a being the lowest.
Respectfullv submitted