The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-05-19
ACTION BY COUNCIL
TAKEN LAST NIGHT
FULL PROVISIONS WERE
PASSED UPON
ACT IS GIVEN IN FULL
Section Objected To By The
Street Car Company Re-
mains Intact.

Saturday, June 10, has been de-
cided upon by the members Of the
city council as the time for the sub
mission of an ordinance, which ii
adopted is designed TO relieve the
street car company from the burden
or paying for the pavement between
the rails OF its nght OF way and
one foot outside the outside rails.
This was the decision reached last
night at a special meeting held by
the members of the council last eV-
ening at 7:30 O'Clock
City Attorney c. E. Gilmore said
that he doubted very much whether
the question could be voted upon at
the coming primary election June
10, owing to the fact that the law
specifically provides that the cleo
ton is held for the sole purpose OF
nominating candidates TO be voted
The law also provides that there
shall be ballot boxes for only this
purpose used at the primaries.
Owing to that fact, IL was decd
ed by the members of the council
last night TO call the special cleo
ton for the consideration of the
question on Saturday June 10.
Passage of Resolution
The resolution unanimously pass
ed last night al the special meeting
is as follows; and the wording OIL
proposed ordinance TO be submit
ted to vote of the people on June
10 follows
The council of the city of Man
kato do resolve as follows:
Section /. That special cleo
"a -
sofa, is hereby ordered to be hem
on the 10th day OF June, 1922, from
the hour of a. M to the hour or
9 D. m. for the purpose OF voting
for and against the attached ordin-
'ance, marked Exhibit A, and made
a part hereof Dated this 18th day
of May, 1922" S..
The Proposed Ordinance
The following is the proposed or
dinance:
The council of the city of Man
kato do ordain as follows:
Section 1. That paragraph three
of Section 5 of that certain ordin-
ance of the City of Mankato, Min
nesota. entiued,s AN ordinance au-
thorizing the construction, equip
ment and operation in the City OF
Mankzto, Minnesota. OF streeJ
railway. and granting to the Man
kato Electric Traction Company
certain rights and privileges in re-
Iaton thereto passed on the 18th
of May, 1916, which paragraph reads
as follows, to-wit:
"If at any time the city shall de-
termine to pave or repave any OF
its streets, DIR parts of streets or road
upon which. the company has laid
its tracks, the latter shall pave in
like manner at the same time at its
own expense its road bed between
the rails and to the end of the ties
outside of the outside rails provid-
ed, however, that the character OF
said pavement may be changed with
the consent OF the Council"
is hereby amended to read as fol-
lows. to- wit: -. .s.r>
The company shall not be re-
quired to pay for any future paving
OF its road bed, between the rails
an to\the end of the ties outside or
the outside rails; provided. howev-
er, that this amendment shall not
be construed to relieve the SAID
company from maintaining and
keeping in good repair, at it's own
expense, its said road bed after it is
paved, or to relieve the said com
pany from replacing, at its own ex-
pense, paving torn up or removed
by said company in any extension
or construction work. Said future
paving of the said road bed of the
said company shall be paid for out
of the permanent improvement fund
of the said city, which permanent
improvement fund is maintained
from taxation of taxable property
in the said city, without special as
sessment for said paving"
Ordinance Must Be Published
City Attorney Charles e. Gilmore
announced last night that according
to the provisions of the city charter
that the form of the proposed or
dinance will have to be published
a few days previous to the special
election. so as to acquaint the vot-
ers with its provisions. 1t was so
voted last night ..
Councilman Anderson brought UP
the matter Of the construction of
sidewalk and curb and gutter along
several of the lots abutting on
Moreland avenue, West Mankato.
One of these is owned by H. E.
Hance, he said, who had been given
the proper notice to make the i'm
provement last fall, but who has
failed TO comply. II was decided
last night to have the city go ahead
with the improvement, and have 1t
assessed to the abutting property.
FT0ufinnod IN po0a Of