The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1921-02-24
SPECIAL MEETING.
Washburn. Wisconsin Feb. 10. 1921.

Special Meeting was called by the
Mayor at the Commercial Club
rooms. on this date for the purpose
of considering certain legal actions
Meeting was called to order &c 8
p. NJ. by the Mayor. All members
were present.
The Mayor stated to the council
that he had been served with writ
of mandamus in re: Gray-Robinson
Construction Co. and E. M. Schefiow.
1t was moved and seconded that
the minutes of the last regular
meeting of the council were found
to be erroneous and that they did
not state properly the councils ac-
ton at that meeting relative to the
report of the special committee to
investigate the Gray Robinson Con-
struction Co. and E. Nj. Scheffow
litigation. and that the minutes be
corrected to read as follows; and
the former record be stricken out.
"Reeert of the committee to in
yestigate the sewer constructed by
the Gray Robinson Construction Co.
and E. M. Schefiow, which report
upon being read by the clerk, the
Mayor ruled that the nature and
amount involved in the report were
such hat the report should be treat
ed under the same rule as a resolu-
ton or ordinance. The motion was
therefore on the suspension of the
rules, those voting in the affirma-
tive were 8, with aldermen Swan
son, Thompson and Bryan, voting
sNo." Under the Rules of the
commen council the matter was laid
over to second reading at the next
meeting. The motion was carried
unanimously on roll call.
BY unanimous vote of all mem
bers of the council, the matter of
the purchase by the city of Wash
burn of the Washburn Water Works
plant and system was taken up for
consideration.
Alderman Bryan introduced the
following resolutions which were
read at length.
Resolved by the common council
of the City of Washburn, at a special
meeting thereof, this 10Th day of
February, 1921 that the annexed
proposed resolution for the pur-
chase by the City of Washburn, of
the Water Works plant and system,
operated in said city of Washburn
by the Washburn Water Works
Company, and the same is hereby
approved as to its provisions, and
that the same be published in the
official paper of said city Of Wash
burn for one week, as required and
provided by Section 927-1l of Wis
consin Statutes, and that after the
expiration on one week after the
publication of said proposed resolu !
ton, the adoption of said resolution
be further considered by this coun-
Gil.
Signed
EDWIN BRYAN.
A PROPOSED RESOLUTION FOR
THE PURCHASE OF THE
WATER WORKS PLANT AND
SYSTEM OF WASHBURN
WATER WORKS COMPANY BY
THE CITY OF WASHBURN.
A resolution to provide for the
purchase of the water works plant
now operated in the City of Wash
burn by the Washburn Water Works
Company, and for submitting to
the electors of said city of Washburn
the question of whether or not said
city of Washburn shall purchase
the Water Works aforesaid
Section 1. BE 1T RESOLVED
by the common council of the city
of Washburn, in Bayfield, County,
Wisconsin,, that said city of Wash
burn shall purchase and acquire the
Washburn water works plant and
system of Washburn Water Works
Company, now operated in the city
of Washburn, in said county, toget-
her with all property used and use
full for the public benefit and con-
venience in connection therewtth
now purporting to be owned and
operated by Washburn Water Works
Company.
Section 2. 1T is FURTHER RE-
SOLVED That the expense of such
acquisition of said water works
plant and system shall be paid by
the issue of bonds, and that such
bonds shall be issued and sold in ac-
cordance with the provisions of Sec
ton 927-16-8 of Wisconsin Statutes,
and that said water works plant and
system be purchased, acquired and
paid for in accordance with the pro-
visions of Sections 927-16.1, OPTIC.
2, 927-16.3, 927-16.4, 927-16.5, 927-
1876, 927-16.7, 927-16.8, 927-16.9,
927-19.1O, 927-16.11, 927-16.12 and
927-16.13 of Wisconsin Statutes.
Section 8. BE IT FURTHER
RESOLVED That the question of
the purchase. by said city of Wash
burn Of said Washburn Water Works
Company's plant and system, toget-