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Beloit City Government report

©1900 Beloit, Rock County, Wisconsin

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ises lying and being in the city of Beloit, county of Rock and state of Wisconsin, to wit:
"A part of fractional lots 1 and 2, in section 26, town 1, range 12, bounded on the south by the quarter section line
which runs east and west through said section; on the east by Rock river; on the west by a highway which leads from the city of Beloit to the village of Afton; and on the north by lands formerly conveyed by A. B. CARPENTER to S. S. SLAYTER, and occupied by said SLAYTER on April 1st, 1878, excepting therefrom that part of said premises conveyed by Geo. B. SANDERSON to the Beloit & Madison Railway Co., now the C. & N.W.," and that the Common Council of the city of Beloit will act upon said petition on the 21st day of May, 1900, at 8 o'clock in the evening of that day at the Council Chamber in said city of Beloit.
Dated May 7, A.D. 1900.
-- City Clerk.
Ald. POLLOCK for the Judiciary committee reported approving the bonds of Geo. B. INGERSOLL, City Clerk,
 
J. C. ROOD, City Attorney, J. A. LOVE, City Treasurer, Geo. M. APPLEBY, City Marshal, J. D. QUACKENBUSH, City Sexton, and Geo. B. MERRILL, R. H. BROWN, S. W. MORSE, R. G. SCHEIBEL and A. T. SABERSON, Constables.
On motion the report was adopted and bonds accepted.
Ald. MERRILL, for the committee on Printing, presented the following report which was adopted unanimously:

Your committee on Printing to whom was referred the bids for city printing for the ensuing year
respectfully report that they have carefully investigated the bids and find that the bid of the Free Press is the lower bid and therefore recommend that the proposition of the Free Press be accepted and the Free Press be made the official paper for the ensuing year.
        S. R. MERRILL, E. A. DAY, R. H. SHARP, Isaac BUCKERIDGE, J. C. CLARKE.
Ald. SHARP, for the Aldermen of the Third and Fourth wards, reported as follows:

Your committee of the Third and Fourth ward aldermen to whom was referred the petition for the
removal of the water that accumulates on the corner of E and Hackett streets and has no outlet except the natural one of absorption and evaporation, report that they have investigated, and caused the same to be surveyed and a profile of the same to be made; and which is submitted with this report. We find that the cheapest and most feasible way is to construct a surface water sewer on the surface on Brooks street extending from the intersection of Hackett and E streets to the catch basin on the intersection of Bridge and Eighth streets, from thence to the river by means of the sewer already in, and recommend the adoption of the same.
        R. H. SHARP, D. H. POLLOCK, L. E. CUNNINGHAM, Torris GESLEY, E. A. DAY.
On motion, the report was referred to the same committee for the purpose of securing estimates of the cost of the
proposed work.
Ald. SHARP presented the following resolution which was adopted:
Resolved, That the Board of Public Works cause a grade to be established for a sidewalk and terrace on the east
side of Eighth street between Bridge and E street.
Ald. NEEDHAM presented the following resolution which was adopted:
Resolved, That the Board of Public Works be instructed to cause a sidewalk grade to be established on the east and
west sides of Barstow avenue, between Woodward avenue and Strong avenue, and on the west side of Central avenue, between Clary street and Woodward avenue.
Ald. MUELLER presented the following ordinance which was read the first time in full and the second time by title
and referred to the Judiciary committee:

            ORDINANCE NO. --
A Ordinance to Prevent Dogs from Running at Large.
The Mayor and Common Council of the City of Beloit do ordain as follows:
SECTION 1. No dog or bitch shall be allowed to run at large within the limits of the city of Beloit
unless a li- [continue to Page 12]

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