The Detroit times., 1911-02-01
Charter City LEGISLATION.

To the Honorable the Common Council:
Gentlemen-Your Committee on Char
ter and City Legislation, To whom was
referred the communication from the
Commissioner OF Police requesting that
the Charter be SO amended 40 as TO
provide that all licenses which are now
issued at Police Headquarters be issued
at the city Hall and that the money
which is now paid TO the License Collec-
tor be paid direct TO the City Treasurer
by the licenses when getting license;
also the resolution presented by Aid.
Gilman. requesting your committee to
consider the advisabillty OF drafting "a
bill 10 provide for the confirmation by the
Common Council OF all contracts entered
sions; also the resolution presented by
Aid. Keusch, requesting presentation of
bill for dividing the Seventeenth Ward.
and also resolution presented by Aid.
McCarty for bill granting to the City OF
Detroit the right TO condemn private
property for the erection OF public
buildings. respectfully report that we
nave had all OF said matters under con-
sideration and beg leave to state that
In regard to the issuance of licenses, we
concur In the Recommendation OF the
Commissioner Of Police and believe that
oil licenses should be issued by the City
Clerk and the fees collected by the City
Treasurer. We also concur I'm the resolu-
ton presented by Aid Gilman provid-
Ing FOR the confirmation of all contracts
by the Common Council. and the resolu-
ton OF Aid. Kcusch for dividing the
Seventeenth Ward As TO the bill
requested I'm the resolution OF Aid. Nc
Carly, We are Informed by the Corpora
ton Counsel that there IL no necessity to
draft such bill because the city now
has power TO condemn private property
for public purposes. We. therefore. sub
init the following bills covering the
ma terss hereinbefore mentioned:
A BILL TO provide for a division OF the
| territory OF the Seventeenth Ward OF
the City OF Detroit as II Is now estab-
t..Nz ar1a 20. h. I...
known as the Seventeenth and Nine
teenth Wards and to provide for rep
resentaticn OF said wards upon the
Board OF Supervisors OF Wayne County.
The People OF the State OF Michigan
and the People OF the City OF Detroit
enact:
Section l. That the territory now
| comprising the Seventeenth Ward OF
| the City/of Detroit be and the same
is hereby divided into two wards TO
| be hereafter known as the Seven
| teenth and Nineteenth Wards as
follows: The Seventeenth Ward shall
| hereafter consist OF ali that part Of
said city lying between the center
l10 line OF Field avenue extended north
! II erly and southerly to the city limits
! ~ and the center line of Crane
;s avenue extended northerIy aud
IL southerly To the city limits The
| is Nineteenth Ward shall hereafter con
/ Is sist Of all that part OF said city lying
I17 east of the center line OF Crane ave
rs nue. extended northerly and southerly
10 TO the city limits.
Sec. 2. The Common Council shah
| designate by resolution one alder
/ man from each OF said wards To rep.
| resent the said wards upon IN,
Board OF Supervisors OF Wayne
1 County
Sec .. All acts and parts or act.
| contravening the provisions o. thi,
/ act are hereby repealed.
| A BILL TO provide that all contracts u
which the City OF Detroit IL "A party OF
IN any wise interested shall befor,
they become valid. be approved an,
confirmed by the Common Council %
4 the City OF Detroit.
The People OF the State OF Michigan
and the People OF the City, OF Detroit
enact:
| Section 1. That hereafter all con
i tracts TO which the City of Detroit I,
party OF In any wise interested
shall. before they become valid b,
approved and confirmed By tn,