Rensselaer Republican, Volume 23, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 March 1891 — Town Board Matters. [ARTICLE]

Town Board Matters.

Monday evbning was the regular Town Board inee’irg night. M • . . Jvaunal and Warner were out of to wn, ahT 11: reefore reMrrers.' Morfew- run Harrison, who are popuh.rl}’ snpp- • cd -to •liaya ideas at variance with the other three members in regard toe* re taia mail rs, * specially as ta tire advisability of continuing the srrvi. e of n ; glit wat-eh, h:-d lisalL ;'. 1 : own bands, but somehow tlrey reri’reT’

to appreciate the -nines«f Ui_ir i oppbifrereity, and mfeuctlxln oi’ re- " " [al imporlaues.: was taken. __i | On sjrgg eslioiiof Fire Chief Owens, i; ’x:re (I.- id( d Ijre.t liereaTb-r On lire beii will be rang only for fires. A 'cbtiithenblMe Teel -ion. . Town Marshal "Hfmpson ten'defcTJiis resignation, but its acceptance was deferred until the Marshal and the TjoarThful mad: liaaf seUieme.it.' _ . Mrs. Minerva. Wright presented a claim for 81,000 , or damages ed through her fall on a defective ssde-walk, and a resulting bruken-avu!. Referred to Committee on finenCel Citizens Slate Bank presented bill for 816.41 for tile used in draining their building, in. 18«0. A number of property owners .presented a petition for a bridge on Weston street, across Makemself Ditch. Referred to Committee on slre -'s and bridges. In the matter of red istricting the town, the Presidemt of the Boai-'l lied the following iegalopinion: Emuet.Kannaiu—l find no authority to Redistriei the Towii in any ■. other way than: Ist. That a petition of thirty or I more of the freeholders of the wards ‘ to he affected by tlie change must I filed and pmf ft rcA ! <d’ the inliMhp; ants attchcd thereto. i Sec. 30. 38 It. S. 1881. 2nd. That the Board make an order establishing a new ward and changing the boundaries of them mentioned in the petition and Alien 1 svbinit the matter to the vote® of —' - i the town at the May election. 3rd. If a majority be for it, it will be I legal and operate at the next e lection j all right. S. P. Thompson.