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La Crosse (Wis.) Common Council Miscellaneous Applications for Licenses (1885-1900) collection includes one application for a wholesale license submitted by Erik Throstad (1885), one application submitted by Raymond Tausche for a saloon license (1892), and one application for a saloon license submitted by C. & J. Michel Brewing Co. (1900).

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La Crosse (Wis.). Common Council Miscellaneous Paid Bills (1861-1909) collection includes an assortment of receipts paid out by the City of La Crosse's Common Council.

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The La Crosse (Wis.) Common Council Oaths of Office, 1856, collection includes the written oaths of office for the members of the City of La Crosse Common Council for the year, 1856. In addtion, there is a small written history about the founding of La Crosse's city government in 1856.

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The La Crosse (Wis.). Proceedings of the Common Council (1920-1921) collection includes one book (342 pages) which contains a synopsis of the proceedings of the Common Council of the City of La Crosse, Wis.

Abstract Resolutions and reports adopted by the City of La Crosse (Wisconsin) Common Council, December 1932-December 1981, arranged by file number in chronological order. Records are available in both original paper format and on positive 35 mm microfilm.Oversize documents before 1981 are available in paper only, except file numbers 31734-33067 (1970-1971) were microfilmed along with the original legal sized documents and are thus interfiled.Microfilming ceased at the end of...

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Property assessments for the City of La Crosse, Wisconsin, fully covering 1930-1936; 1938 partially; 1939-1970 fully. These "workbooks" are thought to have been used by city assessors as field books. They include the real estate and improvement assessments. The year consists of four volumes (five beginning with 1950) arranged chronologically. Within the volumes the arrangement is by legal description.

Abstract Drafts and approved amendments to the City Charter of the City of La Crosse, Wisconsin, 1865-1911. The materials are arranged in chronological order, and although not complete, include an amendment to allow the city to pay Civil War Union volunteers from the city coffers and to exact a tax (approved by the legislature Jan. 25, 1865); a number of amendments of 1869 relating to education and the superintendent’s authority and a railroad enabling act; the authorization to add a Police Chief and...

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Bonds were sold to raise money for capital improvement projects, and generally consisted of building projects, such as schools, water main extensions, street improvements, sewer extensions, and the like.

Materials are arranged in subject categories, therein chronologically.

Abstract Copies of contracts and agreements made between the Common Council of the City of La Crosse and others, including leases, contracts, and agreements, for city property and/or work to be done on city property.Older contracts and agreements (1875-1898) were copied into bound books by the City Clerk. The loose documents (1928-1967) generally contain original signatures. Arrangement is in chronological order, although an index to the 1928-1967 agreements is given at the end of this...

Abstract Lists of licenses issued by the City Clerk’s Office as designated by the La Crosse Common Council, 1856-1955. Some of the early volumes came from the City Treasurer’s Office and are journals that sometimes include orders paid and tax certificates as well as licenses. There is a gap from 1878-1881 inclusive in the license record.Types of licenses include retail and wholesale liquor, taxis, gun powder, "runners" (i.e. proprietors of hotels), beverage, shows (including circuses and...