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1852 May Council ProceedingsMay 3, 1852 Farley, Waples, McNamara, Pelan, Stout, Burt, McHenry Delong and Norton Engineering proposals Everett and Jennings establish the water table of O'Halloran's Store Main St. and 7th St. enclosure around market house proposal Hill and Baird and J O'Meara estimated cost culvert Lorimer's Hollow road repair Street Commissioner planting trees and placing boxes around public square John O'Meara May 3, 1852 Farley, Waples, McNamara, Pelan, Stout, Burt, McHenry debt created by improving the public square hay scales Dungee Forsyth improvement of 2nd St. between Main st. and Iowa St. Contract with Collins for repairs Gildea and Wilson making coffins delinquent tax list delivering articles on the wharf Samuel Mordecai F E Bissell agent petition of opening Iowa St. through the public graveyard Lot No. 453 Lot(453) Ordinance to license and regulate auction sales May 3, 1852 Farley, Waples, McNamara, Pelan, Stout, Burt, McHenry Ordinance to secure the health of the city and to prevent nuisances hospital location south of city Special Meeting May 6, 1852 Liquidating of the debt improvement public square Delong and Norton and J O'Meara scrip grade of the city Engineers Everett and Jennings refused scrip May 6, 1852 Farley, Waples, McNamara, Pelan, Stout, Burt, McHenry H W Billings, Mayor of Alton, copy of revised ordinances of Alton Sheriff of the County refused to allow the city the use of the jail a place to be used as a Calaboose County Treasurer taxes on Islands improving Bluff St. May 10, 1852 Farley, Waples, McNamara, Pelan, Stout, Burt, McHenry Engineer to locate the grade of the city Deliquent tax 1851 Ordinance to license auctioneers Ordinance to secure health of the city Lorimer Hollow six sections boundary of the city to Bluff St. 2nd St. Wharf high stage of water in the river May 10, 1852 Farley, Waples, McNamara, Pelan, Stout, Burt, McHenry Judge Lovell, tax assessed on real estate location of Quarantine Hospital Hebb's old furnace Drite Hollow temporary hospital improving Bluff St. May 10, 1852 Farley, Waples, McNamara, Pelan, Stout, Burt, McHenry Jones St. Owen Dunn hole filled house Lorimer Hollow William Gilliam Theatrical Company license printing and publishing contract improving Dodge St. Special Meeting May 11, 1852 Farley, Waples, McNamara, Pelan, Stout, Burt, McHenry Wharf regulations public landing north of the south side of 6th St. to lumber south side of 6th st. to south side of 5th st. to wood landing 5th st. exclusive use of Bogy's Steam Ferry Boat Steam Boat landing landing at the foot of 2nd St. Fanning's Ferry Boat Judge Lovell Committee on Calaboose May 11, 1852 Farley, Waples, McNamara, Pelan, Stout, Burt, McHenry city printing proposal Owen Dunn Dr. H Burkleo health officer cleansing of Main St. owners own expense to clean out the gutters along the curb stone Fernando McCraney Police Officer May 17, 1852 Farley, Waples, McNamara, Pelan, Stout, Burt, McHenry Judge Lovell county tax Ordinances auctioneers and health of the city published six days in the Miners Express improvement Bluff St. Calaboose first story of the market house building city scrip Wharf master T Fanning land ferry boat May 17, 1852 Farley, Waples, McNamara, Pelan, Stout, Burt, McHenry Nadeau, Rogers and Co. landing in front of their mill Henry Miller market master enclosing market house John O'Meara Wm Gilliam Edward Short digging grave John T Everett grading the city east of Main st. Ragartz grade corner of White and 7th St. employ an engineer assessment of merchants examine deposit of manure May 17, 1852 manure on Dodge St. Special Meeting May 18, 1852 Farley, Waples, McNamara, Pelan, Stout, Burt, McHenry G J Adams Theatrical Troupe license market house fence posts rails as stays C J Lehmann paint the market house May 18, 1852 Farley, Waples, McNamara, Pelan, Stout, Burt, McHenry grade White and 7th St. Assessment list of merchants Physician to act as health officer - Dr. Burkleo examine Locust St. between 1st St. and the city boundary Abel Hawley Habor tax for 1851 was remitted for Mrs. Hunter, a widow with several children Special Meeting May 20, 1852 Farley, Waples, McNamara, Pelan, Stout, Burt, McHenry enforce wharf regulation J L Langworthy landed a raft of lumber 5th St. public landing Adjourned Meeting May 21, 1852 Farley, Waples, McNamara, Pelan, Stout, Burt, McHenry Wharf Ordinance wharf between 2nd St. and 5th St. use of steamboats wharf between 3rd St. and 4th St. used for other purposes Judge Lovell having Locust St. between 1st St. and southern boundary high water mark protect public cisterns May 24, 1852 Farley, Waples, McNamara, Pelan, Stout, Burt, McHenry Henry Miller declined to accept market master position Fernando McCraney as wharf policeman letter from Alfred L Brown Engineer, grade establishing Ragartz lot examination survey natural surface on White St. from 4th to 8th Streets grade on streets Court House Grade two feet higher than a regular grade from Clay to Orange Streets depression in grade May 24, 1852 Farley, Waples, McNamara, Pelan, Stout, Burt, McHenry grade reported by Mr. Brown adopted committee on city scrip Quarantine Hospital Holt, Mahony, Wm H Merritt Judge Lovell county tax on Islands raising south end of Locust St. above high water Jones St. Dodge St. May 24, 1852 repairing 2nd St. Cornelius Collins John Flynn Lehmann painting market house O'Meara block steeple and ring in Calaboose Ordinance to levy taxes and defray current expenses Ordinance amend an ordinance to levy one percent tax on the taxable property of the city Ordinance to regulate and license brokers and loan officers Assessment list Messrs Langworthy refused to list their property in the North East corner of the city plat of Mineral Lands Code of Iowa Beckett run a drift for Mineral May 24, 1852 Beckett mineral under the public square on the hill public graveyard ciy plat convey water Lorimer Hollow Road Adjourned Meeting May 25, 1852 Farley, Waples, McNamara, Pelan, Stout, Burt, McHenry Mathew Flanagan Dodge St. John Fling Assessment list publish a notice in city paper of assessment May 25, 1852 Farley, Waples, McNamara, Pelan, Stout, Burt, McHenry City printing proposal Holt, Mahony, Wm H Merritt and Co. objected because the city was not so poor as to make it necessary that its work should be done for charity Miners Express Office employed to do printing Herald Office printing copies of bids for printing Ajourned Meeting May 27, 1852 Farley, Waples, McNamara, Pelan, Stout, Burt, McHenry Assessor Hetherington F N Goodrich petition property injured by water Iowa St. and 10th St. Ordinance prevent obstructions on the public landing tax on dogs Ordinance on brokers and loan officers May 27, 1852 Ordinance to license merchants, shopkeepers, druggists Recorder to issue licenses to all drays and waggons City printing Miners Express Resolution Resolved meeting of city inhabitants requested Globe Hall discuss issues of the city outstanding scrip May 31, 1852 Farley, Waples, McNamara, Pelan, Stout, Burt, McHenry cisterns Dodge St. Quarantine Hospital Grade of a lot in the vicinity of "Our House" Messrs Rogers and Thomas, Attorneys at Law suit against G J Adams in violation of ordinance raft Main st. Fernando McCraney wharf master G J Adams petition fine Justice Mathews theatre market house hours extended May 31, 1852 permanent rock in the public landing steamboats tied up June 2, 1852 Farley, Waples, McNamara, Pelan, Stout, Burt, McHenry Judge Lovell road labor and tax levied highways right of the city to claim and control tax county tax