Rensselaer Union, Volume 2, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 August 1870 — Remington Council Proceedings. [ARTICLE]

Remington Council Proceedings.

Proceedings of the Board of Trustees of the Town of Remington, Ind., at a special meeting neld July 26, 1870: Board met pursuant tocall of the president nnd clerk,in special meefiug. PreseDt, Wm. Raiisback, president, John Chambers, A. M. Trough aud K. S. Newcomb. • An ordinance entitled "An ordinance ordering the construction of sidewalks along tile west side of Ohio street” passed on first reading. Also an ordiuance entitled "An ordinance ordering the construction of sidewalks along Railroad street” passed on Gist reading. K. S. Newcomb moved t resolution that the president appoint two members of the board to superintend the building of sidewalks, avhicli arc or may be ordered to be built during the present year, with power to regulate the higlit thereot and to accept the same wlieu completed. Passed. John Chambers and K. S. Newcomb wero uppoint.-d such superlutcndauls. Board adjourned. . ORDINANCE. An ordinance ordering the construction of a sidewalk along the west side of Ohio street. Whereas, A potilion lias been presented to the Board of Trusteos of tin) Town of Remington signed by two-thirds of the resident owners of laud aud lo's adjoining Ohio street on the west, petitioning for a walk on the west side of said street running from Railroad street to the south side of Virginia street in Stratton’s addition to Remington, Thcrrfure be it Ordained and ordered by the said board that the owuers of lots and lands adjoining to and fronting on said Ohio street on tile west sido thereof to-wlt: the owners of lot six in bluck seven and iols twelve ami six it; bioek two of the original plat of said town of Remington, and also the owner or owners ot the east half of block two and the east half of block eight in Stratton’s addition' to said town, do build aud construct, of good material, aud ill a secure and permanent manlier, along Hie west side of said Ohio street, between the points aforesaid, and adjoining to and along the lots and blocks aforesaid, a sidewulk four feet wide, built of ono inch lumber laid crosswise and nailed on three sills 3x6 inches in sire; and Hint the owners, and each of them respectively, of said lots and blocks build said sidewalks within the space of forty days from the passage of this ordinance. It is hereby declared that an emergency exists requiring this ordinance to take immediate effect and the saimS sliull bo in force Irom and after its passage. ordinance. An ordinnti-.e ordering the construction of sidewalks along Railroad street: Whereas, The committee heretofore appointed by the Trustees of the Town of Remington to examine ami view the condition of the sidewalks on Railroad street have made report in suhstancn stating that uew walks wero needed on both sides of said stroet, between Ohio and Indiana streets, In (ront of and adjoining lots ono and four and the east halves of Sots two and throe iu block eight on the north side of said street, and lots two, five and six, and west half of lot three, and east half of lot four in block thirteen: Sec. 1. It is therefore ordained by the Board of Trustees of the Town of Remington. Ind., That the owuers of said lots and half lots above mentioned and described, and each of them build n sidewalk along the side of their respective lots nnd half lots adjoining to nnd fronting on said Railroad street, of the width of seven feci, constructed of two inch lumber laid crossways aud securoly spiked on three sPIs, two by six inches in size, said walks to he built ns fur as practicable on a level frith those nlreudy existing, of good lumber and in a substantial and permanent mauner. Bcc. 2. The respeclivo owners of said lots nnd half lots shall be required to build said walks in front of their respective lots and parts if lots within forty days from the passage ol this ordinance, Provided, that this ordinance sliull not lie construed to compel any of llio said owners who are now building on uny of said lots, to luy said sidewalks until their buildings are completed., . It is hereby declared that au emergency exists requiring this ordinance to tukc immediate effect, and the same shall be iu force from and after its passage. Passed at special meeting held in the town of Remington, Indiana, July 26th, 1870.

WM. RAILSBACK,

President

Attest: Hoard Towu Trustee*. E. E. Lockwood, Clerk.