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WIRE! WREST ELECTION Noricy, An Flections herahy ordered tal of holding elections to the weverall perty on Saturday the Wad day of De pice of voting furor non in the City loouing Four ‘Thousand Dollara to purchares Me Engine, ereet Cleterna and Crenti¢e wrolesent Fire Departan on the City. The pollate be open. rat one o'clock and donal at five o'clock Plot Thrasvop. Ing do fevor of the loan willie postt ballots with thy words writ ten or printed thereon Por the loan,” —thare voalng Againss the doun with the words “Ngallot the foun. Given wnder my band at Freeport, thie 1th day of Der AL Ty 1855. THOS. L TURNER, Freepet Dew. 1%, P82 sina v@ beht at the Weve tiling Vatte of the City o f Free: teeter fiat, + for the pure Mayor of the City of Freeport, Proceedngs of the City Couneil, Satunliy Hyent fe, Dee deig, Porsiant te aeliowrnment the City Couneil inet renee of the Mayor Checounedl wit ¢ Me ty Tan roll wan endead. The Vietawel eve tingaye ad Ab lerten wre Present tow ts Mdermen Walid, Hane an Aeris, On motion of Ald, Wadd) He Ald Byerty wae Apparatial chairs, In tha wh. Whe tos ardog by thy Theee beled ne gnomm freon, On motto ef Aid. Wildel the (low Geert) ndingen: « rtodeeet on Puomday wretding Noe Viheaet at Tostglues, Aet HAN. MUEBAMND, City Clerk, Tue day Evening, De, 31 ena, Dia eusnt to aournmest, te City Canhetinet, The Mey orb the chair, “Ube cornell wae ented to anter art rett dat Vet Present Aldermestark W dell, Barfiot, Uys Anil Berly, : ‘Te fetrnal of he mectinge, bald the bet and Batt inthat wae ren endl approved hte : Ald. Mant appeared and to's his rout. APTA, A pectin from Hon. Jeb Contes, sekbag the Preorentati OF Tot fn tes Prem t fact tery, ta Mra, Biba ¥ ccanall watow of the Rev. Janet Cwrroll, date pear of the Seepy Merehy trian Conced dnt uis Guy, waa tueelved, whersyyon wae pated the fullaving , Husoperioy: Resaleed by the City Caunetl of the City of Freep: poy, they Mayache, and Li hherniey intraeted A aerate tint form, send ents to be delivered a deed of bet seventeen Ww Range Seven. In the North West quarter of the Freeport Cene ‘ery to Sra Elen Va Carre, widow of the Mev. Taines w ‘arrealt, late: Pastor of the Second Prehyterian Chateh in this Chy, ne aelight taken at the record and esteem with which Ch con nunity dieb der colembrar Tat dy dweenreds 0 * tucks a pay of her Tes hated Rewolved further, That the City Clerk preacis then reentations ty Mre Ellen V. Carroll. preset a copy of Te Mayor presented a deed from Benjainti Lane and wila to the City of Freeport, of a portion of land therein deserted Yying at the western extremity of Pol Street, for the pure pow of a publicirector highway.. . “Aas Quaneeled of Ald, Chirk it was ordered that the pround de dict of fur The paspase al a ‘street by Bojan Lane antut Wit at the wort extreminy of Hilden reer, be werepins: Oy the City, not that end ibuif heniealaerh comtinare ti watch vunt be known by the name of Bridge Street ed that therec be subject to all the onlinances of thes fly relating taetrests, Bute ALLawnp,. The flawling bite, upon recomnilation al tin Coin, on Fhanven, to when they had been referrid, were allowed and or deredt to be paid to with. 0' ea R, Henkemtyer works on Calvert ia Koontion's Add. #400 WW. Smith # reetmhor to dite... ou. ys A. W. Rice having been appainted by the President aint Tratevaot the ‘Towiel Freeport weoumitee, ty procum, hootwand ladders for the use of rald Pown, sande a report of hie d dus art dows, that he received trons said Brewent, and Tru tees 8100: fai] expendal 819.75 ssehennppp on notion of Ald, Clark. it wae omered that eabl AW “hid, fe alfaced the cuntot @19,75, atdl het a-warraatis due fori het huwr for the rane. Bandy Conduebe On sation of Ald, Clark It was ordered that the Collector, give bonds to the sum of Five Thousand Five Hundred D Mare Previous to entering upon hip dhutter, purruint to the proy eline of Crd. Ob. Art. 2 Section Le wna boe On motion of Ald, Hunt it was Therotved, that the Maror be instructed to call a cocialelertion, pursuant to Artic. 5. Ree. thar 3, of the Act.of incorporation, for the purpore of ¥ orthy for or aeninet «and of Four Tosa Otts to be exyented” in procuring fire, gnvines and ordainatts a‘firce department.» And ou otha of AbL Cla kip was arcived that the Aldermen: OFC skewered wares etijetate an Jidgen of Mle yionor therein spor ive wandentesald Election, and phat mente etich enter Kenee Oo noy Alderman at and Flection this vacancy qiay be: filled by the wend voters of the proper ward, 00 ce Fi Ordered father that the judpas of Bceen of cacti watt” shall hay the power to appoint i clerks di loghiadt shall ha: the duty of anid judges and Gterks of Election to deliver toca) the Mayor a certified ‘copy of the realt of eid Hlogtiun da. their respective wanda. Sy ite ie toe On notion at Ald: Barfouttt was ordered:thus svartant he, drawn on the Teeamnroy by favor of A.C. Hunt for vFifty dive: lars to he expended by anid Hunt Tnapr depealing the york on ' the Bridge at the foot of Seplionsand etree On nitioy of Ald, Chirk: the City: Crmpeilatin goed oer Atleast a OS NEAR Guy Clarkys
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Freeport Weekly Journal
Freeport, Illinois, US
Thu, Dec 20, 1855
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