People's Pilot, Volume 2, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 April 1893 — Page 8 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Town Board Notes. The towgfcboard met in regular moujay session Monday evening. WF Chis. Borntrager asked per’ j mission to continue work on the gutter on Washington street. Permission was granted, and also to Say let to begin work on the street. A. petition presented to prohibit the standing of stallions and jacks in the corporate limits was referred to a committee consisting of Wasson, Ellis and Porter, for investigation as to the legality of an ordinance of this kind. The street committee was instructed to investigate the feasibility of a side walk along Chas.E. Mill’s property. The above committee reported favorably for the construction of a stone culvert across Make-em-self oh Cullen street and also for a 12-foot bridge across the same ditch in the alley running through the first block west of this street. C. •W. Coen was appointed election inspector for the east precinct and Thomas Thompson for the west. Ed Morlan was appointed to put up booths. $1286.40 was ordered transferred from the corporation to the sinking fund. The marshal’s and treasurer’s reports were approved. Committee reported that they had tendered A. Parkinson back the amount paid for certificates, which he refused. Report accepted. The fire committee was instructed to notify the fire company to clean up their engine. The salaries of the town officers for the ensuing year are as follows: Trustees, $2 per meeting, payable semiannually; treasurer, SSO per year, payable annually; clerk, SIOO per year, $25 for making tax duplicate, $1.25 for each ordinance drawn, salary payable monthly; marshal, S4O ’ per month, payable monthly.