The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-07-09
SEARCH FOR VILLAGE LAWS
REVEALS ODD old RECORDS

| III Is probable tnat some time before
the first of the next calendar year
the village of Houghton will be pre-
scented with a brand new and up-to-
date set Of ordinances, some of which
will be those now i'm force and some
of which will be based upon more re-
cent state laws than are those now
upon the books of the village. In or
der that all the present ordinances can
be gotten together for the purpose OF
wedding out those which are not i'm
harmony with the latter-day legisla-
tion at Lansing, the present village
officials have been searching all the
odd and out of the way corners Of
the village hall for the ordinances
that have been passed in the years
gone by.
Village Assessor and Water Col
lector Oliver Marion, who has taken
an active interest i'm the impending
rehabilitation of the village ord-
nances, has brought to light from some
dark corner three old record books,
one of which contains in the forward
part of 1t docket of the cases tried
by Police Justice John Atwood from
January. 1862, to August, 1868, which
record was continued after that time
by Justice Atwood's successor, f. l..
Chadbourne. The last part of this
volume, which is about the size of an
ordinary small merchants day-bool. |
has been devoted to n record of the
ordinances enacted by the village
boards. Some of these are written |
into this book, while others are past |
ed or only laid in on separate sheets |
while still others are copies of the |
ordinances clipped from newspapers |
and pasted into the book. 1t is from |
This Heterogeneous mass that the viii
age officials are going to try to find |
I sufficient number of disable ordi-
nances upon which To build a munich
pal code.
Another Of the three books resur-
'ected is a record of the minutes of
he meetings of the Continental Fire
company from September II. 1871. To
august II. 1876. This book was origi-
lally the roll book and log Of the EN-
'lre Hose company 40 of the city of
New York, containing the record of
nat company from May, 1868. to Oc-
oDer 1865, and the book was ac-
ordlng to the inscription on the fy-
ear presented to Richard Hoar by
'eter p. Pulls, n member of the New
ork company. 1t appears that the
ook was pressed into service by
ne continental company and some of
ne entries are extremely interesting. ;
The account of the regular meet
lg Of the Continental Fire componv
eId on the evening of September II.
Sl, written by the secretary of the
John p. NJ. Butler. tells of
he election to membership in the
ompany of Anton Miller and the ac-
ount of this meeting ends with the o
moving postscript: After adjourn
~ the engine was worked a few min S
'es ana round to be i'm good order.
the request of our newly elected :
John Bitzler and Charles
utheil, number of the companv
'palred to the residence of John Ritz- I
r where they were refreshed with b
something to eat and drink and n g
lake of the fantastic toe. Good mn .
c i'm attendance" !,
announcer mention of the cornwall n
y ana the spirit of good-followshin
men has always characterized the
e company is to be found I'm tho oc- n
'uht Of the Fourth of July of the year
lowing the above reference Nh
count tells of the parade Through
'eiueh street ms far as John Betz-
> came to halt and after worI5inr
e engine for a while. the process
oh again formed and walked hack
the engine house" and the account
the day. which was written hy
MI f. Matzeld, the secretary at that
me- ends with this inscription. "N
AT the request Of brother fro
an Mr.. Fox from Green Bov tho
ihpahy repaired to the Douglass
use ana took hearty drink with
G gentleman"