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Approved.
C. A. BUSIEL, Mayor.
A RESOLUTION authorizing the employment of counsel to rep- resent the city in the matter of the petition for a new highway in Ward 6, of George D. Merrill and others, now pending in the Supreme court for the County of Belknap, in which case the city solicitor is counsel for petitioners and was such before his appointment as solicitor.
Resolved by the City Council of the City of Laconia as fol- lows :
That the mayor be and hereby is authorized to secure the services of such legal counsel as he may see fit to represent the city in the matter of a petition for a new highway in Ward 6, by George D. Merrill and others, now pending before the Supreme court for Belknap county, in which case the city solicitor was before his election to said office employed and engaged as attorney for the petitioners, and that the solicitor be permitted to continue in his capacity as such counsel and attorney for the said petitioners.
July 31, 1893. Passed and approved.
C. A. BUSIEL, Mayor.
A RESOLUTION authorizing the publication of Ordinances.
Resolved by the City Council of the City of Laconia as fol- lows :
That the finance committee be authorized to have pub-
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ished the ordinances not already published in one or more newspapers, as they may deem advisable.
Approved.
C. A. BUSIEL, Mayor.
A RESOLUTION authorizing the Committee on Roads and Bridges to purchase a pair of horses and the necessary harnesses and other horse fixtures.
Resolved by the City Council of the City of Laconia as fol- lows : ·
That the committee on 10ads and bridges be authorized to contract for the purchase of a pair of horses, a pair of harnesses and such other necessary fixtures to go with said team as may be necessary, at a price for the whole not ex- ceeding eight hundred dollars, and make report of their doings at as early a date as practicable.
Passed and approved.
C. A. BUSIEL, Mayor.
A RESOLUTION in relation to plans for Hose House in Ward 1.
Resolved by the City Council of the City of Laconia as fol- lows :
That the chief engineer of the fire department be author- ized to procure plans for a hose carriage house for Ward 1; size twenty feet by thirty feet, cost not to exceed $300.
Approved.
C. A. BUSIEL, Mayor.
A RESOLUTION authorizing the City Treasurer to hire money for Current Expenses.
Resolved by the City Council of the City of Laconia as fol- lows :
That the city treasurer be authorized to hire a sum of money not exceeding nine thousand dollars, at a rate not ex-
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ceeding six per cent., to meet outstanding bills for current expenses.
Passed and approved.
C. A. BUSIEL, Mayor.
A RESOLUTION to give the Laconia and Lake Village Water Works a location for their water pipes on Messer street.
Resolved by the City Council of the City of Laconia as fol- lows :
That the city engineer be authorized to give the Laconia and Lake Village Water Works a location for their pipes on Messer street, from the corner of Oak street to the present terminus of their pipes, near the residence of Wm. Trippleton. Approved.
C. A. BUSIEL, Mayor.
A RESOLUTION to authorize the construction of a System of Sewerage in Wards 6, 2 and 3, and also authorizing the Committee on Sewerage to advertise for bids for the same.
Resolved by the City Council of the City of Laconia as fol- lows :
That a system of sewerage be constructed in Wards 6, 2 and 3 in accordance with plans and specifications prepared by the superintendent of sewers, also that the committee on sewerage be authorized to advertise for bids for constructing the same.
Approved.
C. A. BUSIEL, Mayor.
A RESOLUTION to cover error in amount of draft No. 10.
Resolved by the City Council of the City of Laconia, as fol- lows :
That the mayor be authorized to draw his warrant for the sum of $67.50, to cover error in draft No. 10, as follows : bill of
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J. L. Hammett read $18.85 should be $85.85, and error of 50c. in pay roll of police in Ward 6.
Approved.
C. A. BUSIEL, Mayor.
A RESOLUTION authorizing the City Treasurer to hire a sum of money not exceeding ten thousand dollars.
Resolved by the City Council of the city of Laconia as fol- lows :
That the city treasurer be authorized to hire on the credit of the city a sum of money not exceeding ten thousand dollars, at a rate not exceeding six per cent. to meet any necessary claims on bills.
Approved.
C. A. BUSIEL, Mayor.
A RESOLUTION authorizing Committee on Roads and Bridges to advertise for proposals from contractors for laying concrete sidewalks and roadways.
Resolved by the City Council of the City of Laconia as fol- lows :
That the committee on roads and bridges be authorized to advertise for and receive proposals from contractors for a price per yard for laying concrete sidewalks and roadways, all bids to be submitted to the council.
Approved.
C. A. BUSIEL, Mayor.
A RESOLUTION awarding Mrs. Augusta A. James damages for lowering grade of street opposite her residence on Main street.
Resolved by the City Council of the City of Laconia as fol- lows :
That the sum of five hundred eighty-one and twenty- five one-hundredths dollars be awarded Mrs. Augusta A.
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James, in full for all damages to her premises on Main street, in consequence of lowering grade of the street.
Approved.
C. A. BUSIEL, Mayor.
A RESOLUTION in relation to a plan of the street now known as Elbow street.
Resolved by the City Council of the City of Laconia as fol- lows :
That the city engineer be instructed to make a plan for the use of the city of the street now known as Elbow street, on the lines set forth in the Bowman deeds, and that said street be hereafter known as Crescent court.
Approved.
C. A. BUSIEL, Mayor.
A RESOLUTION to finish two School Rooms in the third story of the High School building in said city.
Resolved by the City Council of the City of Laconia as fol- lows :
That the special committee on school buildings be in- structed to finish and furnish two rooms to be used for school purposes, in the third story of the High school building in the city, at a cost not to exceed fifteen hundred dollars, and the city treasurer be authorized to hire on the credit of the city said sum or so much thereof as may be necessary.
Approved.
C. A. BUSIEL, Mayor.
A RESOLUTION for furnishing room for experimental purposes in High School building.
Resolved by the City Council of the City of Laconia as fol- lows :
That a sum not exceeding two hundred dollars be appropri- ated for the purpose of finishing off a room in the upper part of the High school building for experimental apparatus.
Sept. 11, 1893. Adopted. Approved.
C. A. BUSIEL, Mayor.
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A RESOLUTION in relation to appropriations for Roads and Bridges in Ward 6.
Resolved by the City Council of the City of Laconia as fol- lows :
That an additional appropriation of five hundred dollars be made for highways and bridges in Ward 6.
Sept. 11, 1893. Adopted.
Approved.
C. A. BUSIEL, MayoR.
A RESOLUTION in relation to Street-Lighting Plant.
Resolved by the City Council of the City of Laconia as fol- lows :
That the committee on lighting streets be and hereby are authorized and directed to procure estimates from the General Electric Company and the Westinghouse Company, or any other responsible electric company, of the cost of an arc light plant, ample in size, and of the most modern and approved type, for lighting the streets of the city of Laconia; also to procure comparative estimates of the cost of running the same by steam and by water, and to submit their estimates to the city council at an early date.
Approved.
C. A. BUSIEL, Mayor.
A RESOLUTION in relation to appropriating $100 for Ward Room in Ward 1.
Resolved by the City Council of the City of Laconia, as fol- lows :
That the sum of one hundred dollars be hereby appropri- ated to finish off a Ward Room in Ward 1 in connection with the hose carriage house.
That the committee chosen at the last town meeting of La- conia be authorized to accept the lowest bid for building the hose carriage house in Ward 1, and contract at once for building the same.
Sept. 11, 1893. Adopted.
Approved.
C. A. BUSIEL, Mayor.
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A RESOLUTION in relation to hiring $2000 for highways and bridges in Wards 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5.
Resolved by the City Council of the City of Laconia, as fol- lows :
That the city treasurer be authorized to hire on the credit of the city the sum of two thousand dollars, to be expended on the highways and bridges in Wards 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5.
Sept. 11, 1893. Adopted.
Approved.
C. A. BUSIEL, Mayor.
A RESOLUTION to lay out an extension of Cross street in Ward 6.
Resolved by the City Council of the City of Laconia, as fol- lows :
That Cross street in Ward 6 be extended from Elm street westerly to Washington street, and that the city engineer be authorized to lay out said street three rods wide, the wall or division line between land of J. L. Bartlett and Mrs. Ezra Maxfield to be taken as the center of said street, and that land damages be awarded as follows :
To J. L. Bartlett, $430.63
Mrs. Ezra Maxfield, . 10.17
and that the mayor be authorized to make drafts on the city treasurer for above-named sums.
Approved.
C. A. BUSIEL, Mayor.
A RESOLUTION in regard to Firemen's Pay.
Resolved by the City Council of the City of Laconia as fol- lows :
That the pay of the firemen of the city of Laconia, not otherwise provided for, shall be as follows :
Chief engineer per annum $100
1st, 2d, 3d, 4th Asst. Engineer each per annum . 50
5th Asst. Engineer 25
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Members of Hook & Ladder Co. No. 2, Ward 6, 20 men, each per annum 23
Members of Hose Co. No. 4, Ward 6, 15 men, each per annum 23 Members of Hose Co. No. 5, Ward 6, 10 men, each per annum 7 Members of Hose Co. No. 6, Ward 6, 10 men, each per annum 7 Members of Hose Co. No. 1, Ward 1, 12 men, each per annum 7 Members of Hose Co. No. 2, Ward 4, 10 men, each per annum 7
Approved.
C. A. BUSIEL, Mayor.
A RESOLUTION authorizing Treasurer to borrow money for Improvement of Church street.
Resolved by the City Council of the City of Laconia as fol- lows :
That the city treasurer be authorized to borrow on the credit of the city the sum of one thousand dollars for the purpose of removing grade, setting edge stones, concreting and other improvements, on Church street in Ward 3.
Approved.
C. A. BUSIEL, Mayor.
A RESOLUTION for the widening Gilford avenue.
Resolved by the City Council of the City of Laconia as fol- lows :
That Gilford avenue be widened three feet beginning at the north-east corner of the lot of Mrs. R. W. Wiley on said avenue, and continuing westerly to the junction of said avenue with Union avenue, and that the city engineer be authorized to proceed with the said widening without delay, and that damages be paid as follows : To Mrs. R. W. Wiley . $ 75
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To French Catholic Society
200 Approved.
C. A. BUSIEL, Mayor.
A RESOLUTION for an appropriation for concrete in Ward 6.
Resolved by the City Council of the City or Laconia, as fol- lows :
That the sum of six hundred dollars be appropriated for concrete in Ward 6, the same to be paid from taxes assessed on the property and polls of said Ward 6.
Approved.
C. A. BUSIEL, Mayor.
A RESOLUTION for hiring money in part payment of sewer construction in Ward Six.
Resolved by the City Council of the City of Laconia, as fol- lows :
That the city treasurer be authorized to hire on the credit of the city, a sum not exceeding five thousand dollars in part payment of sewer construction in Wards 2, 3 and 6.
Appproved.
C. A. BUSIEL, Mayor.
A RESOLUTION for an additional appropriation for highways and bridges, Ward 6 :
Resolved by the City Council of the City of Laconia, as fol- lows :
That the city treasurer be authorized to hire on the credit of the city, a sum of one thousand dollars for repairing and improving highways and bridges in Ward 6.
Approved.
C. A. BUSIEL, Mayor.
A RESOLUTION establishing grade on Church street, from Main street to west end of river bridge.
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Resolved by the City Council of the City of Laconia, as fol- lows :
That the elevation of the crown of Church street at the east line of Main street shall be 119.30 feet above city datum, thence running easterly with a uniform. descent of thirty-three (33) one hundreds of a foot in one hundred feet for a distance of 575 feet, thence with a uniform descent of one and three one hundreds (1.03) feet in one hundred feet for a distance of 358 feet to a point near the west end of the river bridge, where the elevation of the crown of the street shall be 113.72 feet above city datum.
Approved.
C. A. BUSIEL, Mayor.
A RESOLUTION authorizing the closing of streets where sewers are being constructed.
Resolved by the City Council of the City of Laconia, as fol- lows :
That the committee on roads and bridges be authorized to close any streets upon which sewers are being constructed, to public travel, when in their judgment the same is necessary for public safety.
Approved.
C. A. BUSIEL, Mayor.
A RESOLUTION for payment on sewer contract for Ward 6.
Resolved by the City Council of the City of Laconia, as fol- lows :
That the mayor be authorized to draw his warrant on the treasurer for the payment of the amount due Eversen & Lid- dle, sewer contractors, on the first day of November, 1893, in accordance with the contract between the city and said Ever- sen & Liddle, and also the amount which shall be due them on the first day of December, 1893, as per the terms of their contract.
Approved.
C. A. BUSIEL, Mayor.
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A RESOLUTION to establish the line on south side of Oak street, from Messer street to Main street.
Resolved by the City Council of the City of Laconia as fol- lows :
That the city engineer be directed to survey and establish the street line on southerly side of Oak street, from Messer street to Main street.
Approved.
C. A. BUSIEL, Mayor.
A RESOLUTION for contract for Electric Street Lighting.
Resolved by the City Council of the City of Laconia as fol- lows :
That the mayor and the committee on lighting streets of the city council in behalf of the city of Laconia, be author- ized and directed to contract with the Laconia Electric Light Company to furnish not exceeding eighty arc electric lights of two thousand candle power each per year for all night light- ing, each night in the year, for a period of not exceeding five years, at a price not to exceed ninety-five dollars for each arc light per year.
Approved.
C. A. BUSIEL, Mayor.
A RESOLUTION for Concreting.
Resolved by the City Council of the city of Laconia as fol- lows :
That the city treasurer is hereby instructed to borrow on the credit of the city three hundred dollars for additional concreting.
Approved.
C. A. BUSIEL, Mayor.
A RESOLUTION for support of Public Schools in Wards 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5.
Resolved by the City Council of the City of Laconia, as fol- lows :
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That the city treasurer be authorized to borrow on the credit of the city the sum of six thousand dollars ($6,000) for the support of the public schools in Wards 1, 2, 3, 4 and ,5. Approved.
C. A. BUSIEL, Mayor.
A RESOLUTION appropriating money for certain purposes in Ward 6.
Resolved by the City Council of the City of Laconia as fol- lows :
That the following sums of money be appropriated for pur- poses herein stated, in Ward 6, the same having been assessed by the selectmen for the current year :
Firemen's pay $1,000
Fire Department
600
Police Department
1,000
Town clock
125
Current expenses
1,000
Approved.
C. A. BUSIEL, Mayor.
A RESOLUTION hiring money to pay claims of Winnipesaukee Lake Cotton and Woolen Manufacturing Company against town of Gilford and assumed by Ward 6 of Laconia.
Resolved by the City Council of the City of Laconia as fol- low :
That the city treasurer of the city of Laconia be authorized to hire on the credit of the city a sum of money not exceeding seven thousand two hundred dollars ($7,200) to pay the claim of the Winnipesaukee Lake Cotton and Woolen Manufactur- ing Company for rebate of taxes on executions issued by the Supreme court at the March term, 1893.
Approved.
C. A. BUSIEL, Mayor:
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A RESOLUTION to build a new bridge known as the Gold street bridge in Ward 6.
Resolved by the City Council of the City of Laconia as fol- lows :
That the street commissioner is hereby directed to remove the bridge now across the river in Ward 6, known as the Gold street bridge, and to construct a new bridge in place thereof as per plans and specifications submitted herewith, and the city treasurer is authorized to hire, on the credit of the city, a sum not exceeding two thousand dollars, in amounts as required to pay for the same. In the employment of labor upon this work the street commissioner is requested to give citizens out of work a preference so far as he can do so consistently.
Approved.
C. A. BUSIEL, Mayor.
A RESOLUTION for the relief of the Unemployed.
Resolved by the City Council of the City of Laconia as fol- lows :
That having in view the large number of laboring people now out of work, the street commissioner is hereby directed to furnish as many of said people with employment upon the streets and sidewalks, or at any other public work in which he may be engaged, so far as in his judgment can be done prudently and not incur an unreasonable expense.
Approved.
C. A. BUSIEL, Mayor.
A RESOLUTION in relation to the appointment of a Committee to investigate the purchase of certain Sewer Pipes now on land of A. S. Gordon.
Resolved by the City Council of the City of Laconia as fol- lows :
That the mayor be authorized to appoint a committee, not exceeding five members of the city council, to investigate all
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matters relating to the purchase for the town of Laconia certain sewer pipe now lying on premises of A. S. Gordon, and make report of their investigation to the city council.
Approved.
C. A. BUSIEL, Mayor.
A RESOLUTION authorizing the City Treasurer to hire two thousand dollars for Sewers in Wards 6, 2 and 3.
Resolved by the City Council of the City of Laconia as fol- lows :
The city treasurer is hereby authorized to hire on the credit of the city the sum of two thousand dollars for sewer expenditures in Wards 6, 2 and 3.
Approved.
C. A. BUSIEL, Mayor.
A RESOLUTION authorizing the Mayor to draw his warrant in payment of Sewer Estimate No. 3, in Wards 6, 2 and 3. Resolved by the City Council of the City of Laconia as fol- lows :
That the mayor be authorized to draw his warrant in pay- ment of Estimate No. 3 for work done under the contract between the city of Laconia and Eversen & Liddle on sewers in Wards 6, 2 and 3, for the month ending December 31, 1893.
Approved.
C. A. BUSIEL, Mayor.
A RESOLUTION changing grade of Cottage street.
Resolved by the City Council of the City of Laconia as fol- lows :
That the grade of Cottage street be changed to the follow- ing : The elevation of the crown of Cottage street, at the east line of Main street, shall be 113.74 feet above city datum ; thence running easterly, the street shall have a uniform rise
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.55 of a foot in one hundred feet for 500 feet ; thence the street shall have a uniform rise of 4.83 feet in a hundred feet for one hundred and sixty-eight and six-tenths feet (168.6) to Baldwin street, where the elevation of the crown of the street shall be 124.63 feet above city datum.
Approved.
C. A. BUSIEL, Mayor.
A RESOLUTION for the return of laying out a new street.
Resolved by the City Council of the City of Laconia as fol- lows :
We are of the opinion that for the accommodation of the public there is occasion for the same, and we therefore lay out a new street, described as follows : Beginning at a stone post set in the ground in Main street and described as being 57.70 feet from the north-east corner of house belonging to Amos Chattle and 46.54 feet from the north-west corner of house belonging to Mrs. Mary P. Sturtevant. Thence run- ning south 74° 45' west 202.50 feet across Main street and land belonging to A. G. Folsom to a stone post set in the ground. Thence with a deflection to the right of 3º 7' across land belonging to A. G. Folsom, and Pleasant street, 403.08 feet to a stone post set in the ground in Pleasant street and described as being 99.01 feet from the south-east corner of house belonging to J. Gingrass and 162.96 feet from the north-east corner of house belonging to Geo. Tebbetts.
The above described line to be the center of the street and the street to be 49.50 feet wide. And we award damages to A. G. Folsom, the owner of land over which said street is laid out, to be paid by the city, the sum of one dollar.
NOTE .- The stone posts mentioned in the within are 3.50 feet long broken to six inches square and cut on the upper end, the exact point being the center of a small hole in the top.
Signed F. G. BERRY, City Engineer.
Approved.
C. A. BUSIEL, Mayor.
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A RESOLUTION designating certain Streets in the city upon which Coasting shall be permitted.
Resolved by the City Council of the City of Laconia as fol- lows :
That the following named streets may be used for coasting, to wit : Pine street, from Batchelder to Main street ; Spring street, from Highland to Union avenue ;, Mechanic street, from Walnut to Clinton street ; Belvidere street, from School street to Gold street.
Amendment offered by Councilman Frye : That Oak street, from top of Bunker hill, so called, to Messer street, be in- cluded.
Amendment offered by Councilman Pulsifer : That North street, from School street to Belvidere street, be included.
Approved.
C. A. BUSIEL, Mayor.
A RESOLUTION establishing the grade of Washington street, in Ward 5.
Resolved by the City Council of the City of Laconia as fol- lows :
That the grade of Washington street, in Ward 5, be as follows : The elevation of the crown of the street at the street bound on the south side of Bowman street, shall be 111.70 feet above city datum. Thence running southerly the street shall have a uniform rise of two and four-tenths feet in one hundred feet for one hundred feet. Thence the street shall have a uniform fall of four-tenths of a foot in one hundred feet for four hundred feet. Thence the street shall have a uniform rise of one and eight-tenths feet in a hundred feet for two hundred and sixty-two and sixty-five one- hundredths feet to the street bound on the north side of Webster street, where the elevation of the crown of the street shall be 117.23 feet above city datum.
Approved.
C. A. BUSIEL, Mayor.
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A RESOLUTION authorizing the Committee on Accounts and Claims to make such adjustment in matter of Salaries and Expense between Wards 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6, as may be just and equitable.
Resolved by the City Council of the City of Laconia as fol- lows :
That the committee on accounts and claims be and are hereby authorized to make such divison of salaries and ex- penses between Wards 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6, as may be just and equitable.
Approved.
C. A. BUSIEL, Mayor.
A RESOLUTION to lay out a Street known as Avery avenue, leading from Lake street to Robinson street.
Resolved by the City Council of the City of Laconia as fol- lows :
That the city engineer be instructed to lay out a street from Lake street to Robinson street, as shown on plan of Lyman B. W. Avery, recorded in Book 77 and known on said plan as Avery avenue, and that one cent be awarded Lyman B. W Avery for land taken.
Approved.
C. A. BUSIEL, Mayor.
A RESOLUTION authorizing the purchase of materials to be used in the crossing of the river at Messer and Gold sts., in the construction of the system of sewerage for Ward 6. Resolved by the City Council of the City of Laconia, as fol- lows :
That the superintendent of sewers is hereby authorized and directed to contract for the purchase of the necessary mate- rials for the crossing of the river at Messer and Gold streets, by the sewer system now in process of construction for certain
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sections of Ward 6. The amount paid for said materials to be charged to Ward 6 on account of said sewer contruction.
Approved.
C. A. BUSIEL, Mayor.
A RESOLUTION for return of widening Gilford Avenue.
Resolved by the City Council of the City of Laconia, as fol- lows :
Having heard all parties interested in the widening of Gil- ford Avenue who attended and desired to be heard, and all evidence offered by them, and examined them and their wit- nesses under oath, and made a personal examination of the premises, we are of the opinion that for the accommodation of the public there is occasion for the same, and we therefore widen Gilford Avenue as requested in said petition, described as follows : Beginning at a stone post set in the ground on the east line of land belonging to Mrs. R. W. Wiley, three feet south of the south side line of Gilford Avenue; thence run- ning westerly on a line parallel with the south side line of Gilford Avenue 73.42 feet across land belonging to Mrs. R. W. Wiley; thence with the same course 184.64 feet across land belonging to the French Catholic Society to a stone post set in the ground on the east side line of Union Avenue. The above described line to be the south side line of Gilford Ave- nue.
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