The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-08-19


The following opinion of the City
Attorney was read and referred to the
Printing Committee:
August 10, 1929.
To the Hon. Mayor and Common
Council:
In reference to the compensation to
be paid the official paper for publish
ing ordinances, legal notices and city
advertising / respectfully advise;
The contract for such advertising
was let pursuant to Section 925-iGa
upon the bid of the Official paper of 81
cents per folio for publishing all ordi-
nances, legal notices and city adycrtis-
ing for the current year. The contract
is plain and unmistakable and cannot
Abe made palmer by repetition. All
such notices are to be paid for at the
rate of 81 cents per folio, the folio to
be determined as provided for by sec
ton 2935, Wis. statutes. That section
provides:
"The term folio, when used as a
measure for computing fees or com
pensation, shall be construed to mean
one hundred words, counting every
figure necessarily used as a word; and
any portion OF a folio, when in a whole
draft or paper there shall not he a
completed folio and when there shall
be any excess over the last folio, shall
be computed as a folio"
1t has long been the custom to print
all such ordinances, legal notices, etc,
in six point or minion type as being a
legal publication under the contract
with the city, and to exact extra COM
pensation when any particular and
larger type was desired My opinion
however is that the regular contract
price only should be paid when type is
employed as large as'the reading mat
ter in the paper II display adyertis-
ing is called for it would not be within
the contemplation of the provisions of
the contract and special rates should
be arranged for whenever that style Of
printing is desired. OF course the pa
per is not authorized to use larger type
than reading matter type and charge
for it without authorization and spe-
cial arrangements with the city.
Respectfully yours,
(Signed) f.. l.. KELLEY,
City Attorney.
General City Claims numbered 1928
to 1922 were referred to the appropri-
ate Committees.
Resolution ordering Madison Street,
between Fourteenth and Sixteenth
Streets oiled, referred to the Street
Committee.
Resolution ordering Madison Street,
between Seventeenth and Twentieth
Streets oiled, referred to the Street
Committee.
Attorney Kelley reported that Major
Judson of the War Department had
been in the City end had conferred
with the Bridge Committee in regard
to securing longer Bridge closing
hours.
Moved and seconded that the appli-
cation sent to the War Department for
longer bridge closing hours be with
drawn
Novel and unanimously carried on
roll call "a POSTPONE action on the
foregoing matter until after recess
Ayes l3-Nays, none.
Committee to whom was referred
bid of John Hronck amounting to
SlS32.0O for the erection Of a con
crete retaining wall in Union Park, re-
turned same recOmming that the bid
he accepted Upon motion ON roll call,
Committees report was unanimously
accepted Mayor and Clerk directed to
enter into necessary contract. Ayes
l3 Nays, none.
Committee to whom was referred
the following resolution, returned
same recommending its adoption.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR
AND COMMON COUNCIL or
THE CITY OF MANITOWOC.
That the City of Mantowoc having
acquired by purchase and otherwise all
Of Block two GU of llcyroth's Sub
division and Blocks One ~, Two (2),
Three go, Four %, Five (5), and
Six COZ of Woodlawn Subdivision. be
ing all in one tract of land, for Gene
terry purposes and being now the own
er and in possession thereof and it be
ing necessary to rc-plat all of the said
property as cemetery ground and
there being several public streets or
highways and alleys traycrsing said
tract, to wit; Fair Street, Markham
Avenue, Madison Avenue, an between
Michigan Avenue ON the north and
Prospect Avenue on the south; and
Pearl Street, between Markham Ave
nue. on the cast and the right of way
of the c. x n. W. Ry. on the west, and
a public alley running north and south
in the center of Block of Ilcyrolhs
Subdivision and an alley running
north and south in the center of Block
and another running north and
south in the center Of Block in
Woodawn Subdivision aud public