Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 October 1901 — Tender Their Resignation. [ARTICLE]

Tender Their Resignation.

The city council met in special session Monday evening to' hear the reports of the street commissioners in the matter of the assessments on the Van Rensselaer and Cullen street improvements. On the Van Rensselaer improvement the assessments of the cummisssiorers were changed so that SIOO was taken from the assessments of Michael Eger and Mrs. Loughridge and tacked on to that of B, Forsythe, under the law providing that assess ments can not be more than the benefits. On Cullen street sls was taken from the assessment of Albert Brand. Five dollars of this was added to that of J. F. Warren and $lO to that of the city. The city commissioners, who are appointed by the circuit judge, took offense at the action of the council and have tendered their resignation. They are J. F. Irwin, Nelson Randle, A. Leopold and Felix French, though the latter two did not help to make the assessments on these streets, they being disqualified on account of being interested parties. Their places were filled by C. D. Nowels and J. H. S. Ellis.