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COUNCIL I fe J *' T?* I""' h: L> 9^ sr I OFFICIALS HOLD SPECIAL AND REGULAR SESSIONS V" ' Council Room, Nov. 28, 1923. vTbe city aldermen met in special g&Sion for the purpose of canvassing the Vote and to dispose of anything that might com© before the meeting, with Mayor Wella presiding. Aldermen present: Doherty, Knox, Krause, Overton, Stoffel and Wattles. Hie following bills were read and approved by the; finance committee: Standard Oil Co., oil . $8.76 JcAn McEvoy, judge of election. 6.00 Ray Spurling, judge of election. 6.00 Florence Cobb, judge of election. 6.00 Barbara Krause, clerk of election 6.00 Walter Gorman, clerk of election 6.00 Ray F. Conway, clerk of election. 6.00 Mayor Wells appointed Doherty, Krause and Overton to canvass the votes. *n»ey having canvassed same found that D. G. Wells received 212 votes for mayor, Peter Doherty received 482 votes for aldermen, John R. Knox, received 173 votes for alderman, Albert Krause received 180 votes for alderman, .Richard I. Overton received 187 votes for alderman, Simon Stoffel received 185 votes for alderman, F. H. Wattles received 180 votes for alderman, Wm. G. Schreiner received 191 votes for city clerk, N. C. Klein received 58 votes for city clerk and N. H. Petesch received 180 votes for city treasurer. The bond issue, shall bonds for tie purpose of providing funds for the improvement and maintenance of the streets of the city of McHenry, 111., in the sum of $7,000, be issued by th^ city-council- of the city of McHenry) III., yes, received 161 votes; nof received 140 votes. The bond issue, shall bonds for the purpose of providing funds for the purchase of a fire apparatus and for the furnishing of a shelter for the same, of the total sum of $7,000, be issued by the city council of the city of McHenry, 111., yes, received 169 votes; no received 117 votes. Motion by Krause, seconded by Doherty, that D. G. Wells, Peter Doherty, John R. Knox, R. I. Overton, Simon Stoffel, F. H. Wattles, Wjfc 0, Schreiner and N. H. Petesch, biting received the highest number of ratii, be duly elected. Motion carried. Motion by Overton, seconded by Doherty, that the improvement bond for maintaining the streets of McHenry, having received 161 votes out of 321 votes cast, be Adf carried. Motion carried. Motion by ICrause, seconded" by Overton, that the fire apparatus bond and shelter for same, having received 169 votes out of 821 votes oest, be duly carried. Motion carried. Motion by Krause, seconded by Wattles, that the bills be accepted as O. K.'d by the finance committee. Motion carried. . 4 Motion by Overton, seconded by Doherty, that the persons taking the census of the city of McHenry be allowed $10 a piece, but must make an accurate land complete record of same. Motion carried. Motion by Knox, seconded by Overton, that the mayor be empowered to select the persons to take the census of the city ef McHenry. Motion cms ried. Motion by Doherty, seconded by Overton, that the mayor's appointment of Barbara Krause and Wm. Simes be approved. Motion carried. Motion by Krause, seconded by Overton, that a transcript be made of tlie bonds and sent to B. F. Langworthy for approval. Motion carried. Motion by Overton, seconded by Knpx, to adjourn. Motion carried, D. G. Wells, Mayor. W.'G. Schreiner, Clerk. . Council Room, Die. 8, 1928. The dty aldermen met in regular session with Mayor Wells presiding. Aldermen present: Doherty, Knox, Krause, Overton, Stoffel and Wattles. The minutes of the last regular and special meetings were read agd approved. The following bills were reed and approved by the finance committee: Public Service Co., sts lights.. $140.82 Illinois Bell Telephone Con telephone calls 60 W. J. Donavin, Ibr on ww F. G. Mminer, John VM, braces ladders ...... Public Service Co., power lor electric pump 66.00 John Walsh, marshal service.. 115.00 W. G. Schreiner, telephone and postage &50 Geo. Meyers, Ibr on streets.... 64.60 Geo. Meyers, gravel ... 16.00 A. H. Ppuse, attorney fees for A ^ two bond issues, ordinances'^ * transcript of proceedings ?' '$,*.? from appropriation ordin- . • ance drawn and seeing Lang*/. worthy SkITO McHenry Lumber Co., coal .. 7.87 Wm. Simes, services on sewer. 76.00 L. F. Newman, Ibr at city hall 6.00 Wm. Simes. Ibr on shutoffs... 16.80 McHenry fir9 deparment, rent and storage of truck ...... 80.00 Andrew Hanson, Ibr on ww... 16.60 Theodore Stock, Ibr on ww.... 42.00 Motion by Doherty, seconded by Wattles, that the minutes be accepted as read. Motion carried. Motion by Krause, seconded by Overton, that the treasurer's, collector's and clerk's reports be accepted as read.,. Motion carried. Motion by Overton, seconded by Knox, that the bills be accepted as O. K.'d by the finance committee. Motion carried. Mayor Wells made~fche following appointments for the flscar year ending April 3, 1924: Attorney, A. H. Pouse. Police magistrate, Earl Gorman. City marshal, Jack Walsh. City collector, Mame Buss. s Supt. waterworks, WriV. Sim^l^- •* City plumber, W. J. Donavin. Fire marshal, Peter W. Frett. Asst. fire marshal, L. F. Newman. Board of health, C. H. Fegers, John E. Pufahl, Wm. Heimer. License committee: Overton, Krause Stoffel. Finance: Stoffel, Krause, Doherty. Streets and alleys:- JCnox, Wattles, Overton. Sidewalks: Krause, Wattles, Doherty. Public property: Stoffel, Knox, Overton. Doherty ^W*tti«5, , Doherty, Ordinance: Knox, Stoffel, Overton. Board of local improvements: WeH^cx, Overton,* \ «, Fli^bfefing committee: Doherty, Knox; tiverton. Motion by Knox seconded by Doherty, that the appointments of officers and committees made by Mayor Wells t>e confirmed ao read. Motion carried. Motion by Stoffel, seconded by Krause, that the mayor appoint the board of local improvements by ordinance, which he appointed Wells, Knox and Overton. Motion carried. Motion by Doherty, seconded by Wattles, that the ordinance designating Wells, Knox and Overton as members of the board of local improvements be passed as read. Motion carried. Amount of money in city treasury Dec. 3, 1928, was $2,127.11. Motion by Stoffel, seconded by KnoX to adjourn. Motion carried. D. G. Wells, Mayorv Wm. G. Schreiner, Clerk, ADDITIONAL EXCHANGE The Lady Moose of "Woodstock cleared more than $125 from a penny carnival as staged at the American Legion hall on a recent evening. For the first time since .the construction of the present edifice seven teen years ago, the First Congr^ga tional church at Woodstock is now entirely free from indebtedness. The occasion was celebrated at the church a week ago !ast Sunday evening when two notes for $700 were burned. Miss Theresa Lehman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Lehman of Crystal Lake, has joined Nell Leon, a movie actress, who is making a 500,000 mile automobile trip on a $100,000 wager, the Crystal Lake young lady acting as secretary to the movie star. Others in the party are C. A. Boyd, who is acting in the capacity as mechanic, and Miss Jean Allen, official timer. The quartet hope to complete their tour in 1925. They are traveling in a specially built 1916 model car, the present trip having started on Sept. 1 of that year. 1*24 PLATES TO BE IB8URD jlfiOUT CHRISTMAS TW* The 1924 license plates are to have a black back ground with bright yellow figures. Trucks, tractors and trailers will be licensed in 1924 under the new automobile license law as amended tqf tftie 53rd general assembly, the secretary of state announced at Springfield Hi mailing out applications for all motor vehicle licenses for the coming year. The maximum license fee for trneke is raised to $150; commercial fractor license fees will be determined on the same basis as trucks, and trailers will be required to bear license plates, the fees for which will be determined, as with trucks, according to gross weight and carrying capacity. Passenger cars will be licensed the same as in 1923. Heretofore, commerical tractors have been charged a regular fee of $25. The schedule of fees for truck licenser for 1924 is as follows: $12 for 6,000 pounds and' less, including weight of vehicle and maximum load; $75 for 16,000 and more than 12,000 pounds; $100 for 20,000 pounds, and $150 for more than 20,000 pounds. Last year the maximum truck fee was $60. The action of the legislature in increasing truck license fees results from the unusually heavy loads which travel over the highways, resulting, of course, in an unusually heavy maintenance expenditure. Every trailer will be required to pay for a motor vehicle license, to be determined by the following rate schedule: 2,000 pounds and less, including. weight of trailer and maximum load, $6; 10,000 pounds and more than 2,000 pounds, including weight of trailer and maximum load, $26, and more than 10,000 pounds, including weight of trailer and maximum load, $50. Pleasure car trailers will be taxed similarly. , While applications for 1924 license plates have already been mailed out, the plates will not be mailed until the Will rer, . being lule: GImI or steam cars, 26 h. p. or h. p. and more than 26, tlti 50 h. p. and more than 36, M<*e than 60 h. p., $25. Bleep* automobiles will be taxed $12. * STRUCK ON RAILROAD CROSSING Mr. and Mrs. Edward Riley and their son, Richard, were very seriously injured last Tuesday noon when a Ford sedan in Which they were crossing the Northwestern railroad tracks near Marengo was struck by a Northwestern passenger train. 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