The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1911-08-11
COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.

COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS. .
Council Room. City of Owosso.
August 2, 1911.
Regular meeting OF the Council, Mayor Otto
L Sprague presiding
Mcdonald. Clark, Sutfn. Brown, Conant,
Chavey Absent; BRANDED, Palmer, Wash
burn.
The minutes of the last regular meeting
were approved a. printed.
Petitions.
AID, Brown presented the following petition,
which was on motion referred to the superin-
tendent of the Board OF Public Works:
Petition No 1917
To the Mayor and Com mon Council of the City
of Owosso:
We the residents and taxi ayers of Alger
avenue, petition this honorable body to extend
farther south and place the hydrapt at the
extreme end We agree to attach to and use
water therefrom.
o. s. Armstrong and Others
Commu nj atoms.
The following communication was presented
and on motion received and filed:
Owosso, Mich Aug. 7th. 1911
To the Honorable Mayo and )mmon Council
of the City of Owosso:
We the undersigned members of the Board
of Health of the city beg leave to report that
we have visited and inspected the plant Of the
OwOsso Gas Light Co., and find the existing
conditions such thaNtn our opinion sanitary
sewer is an absolute necessity We therefore
recommend that your honorable body cause
such sewer to be b Tilt at once.
Respectfully submitted
w. E. WARD,
Health Oficer.
r. D. Collamer,
Secretary Board of Health.
The following communication was presented
and on motion ref, rred to the City Attorney:
Owosso Aug. 5th. 1911.
To the Honorable the Common Council Of the
City of Owosso.
Gentlem n:
We the undersigned respectfully beg leave
to inform you that at the May. 1911, meeting OF
the Board of Review 1t was agreed to reduce
the assessed valuation OF the Wesener block
property, situated on the north % feet OF lot
and the south "A feet of lot 8. block 81, from
twenty-five thousand to twenty Thousand dol
lars, at which 1t had been assessed prior TO
1910. -------- --.--
We were informed over the phone by the
City Clerk and also by our representative.
whom we had go before the board, that the
board had passed upon and had fixed the
assessed valuation OF said property at twenty
thousand dollars for the year 1911. Evidently
through an oversight OF the board the change
valuation was not recorded ana the under
signed, through this mistake are consequently
obliged to pay taxes now assessed on SAID pro
perry on a twenty-five thousand instead of
twenty thousand valuation.
The undersigned have attached herewith
check for S3O5. 96 being the amount now spread
on the roll against said property for taxes now
due. and hereby petition your honorable BODY
to rebate the sum OF 1927. 80 which is the amount
due US we're the said property assessed at
twenty thousand dollars as was the intontion
of the Board OF Review.
Hugo G. Wesener,
John A. Wesener,
Grace M WeSener.
By II. G. wesener.
Presentation of Accounts
Aid Reneke presented the claims and
accounts as noted below and on motion same
were referred To the committee on claims and
accounts.
iReports from City Officers.
Aid. brown presented the report of the JUS
tice of the peace showing $40 50 received in
fees and fines during July and on motion same
was received and hled.
Aid sutfn presented the report of the street
commissioned for the week ending August 9th
and on motion same was received and filed.
The Clerk presented the following report,
which was on motion received AND accepted:
Estimates For3Sewers
Division Street Sewer
337 feet of In sewer al sl.00 337 90
II Y branches extra 43c 81
Manhole a. 400 az %
1891 81
Ten per cent Supervision, etc, 80 10
si3O Al
Lee Street Sewer
GOO Feet Of in Sewer 90 75c $50 90
s Y branches az 43c extra a.
z Manhole a. GS 90 40 w
Lamphole 0 $500 D %
1886 Al
Tenlper cent Supervision, etc. SO 81