City Attorney Records, 1887-1980

Container Title
Series: 2: Subject Files, 1887-1974
Scope and Content Note: This series contains various legal records, with the bulk of them focusing on the legal, financial, and tax records surrounding the annexations of the Towns of Granville, Lake, and Wauwatosa during the mid-20th century. Contains correspondence, court cases, and other various legal materials.
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1: Industrial Metal Treating Co., 1950-1952
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2: Wickert, Mathilda, estate, 1950-1952
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8: Highway Aid Allotments, 1940
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11: Wolf, Charles, 1926-1949
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13: Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad Co., 1948
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14: Memo on Communist Party, 1950
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15: Kraemer, Adolph W., Captain of Detectives, 1952
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20-21: Strike Matters, pleadings, 1943-1961
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24: Eichenbaum v. Heiden, 1953
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25: Morton Salt Co. and Wisconsin Ice & Coal Co., 1929-1954
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26: Library-Museum, transfer to Milwaukee County, 1945-1949
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27: North Milwaukee, City of, condemnation of Atkinson Ave., 1926-1928
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28: School District #1, Town of Milwaukee, apportionment of assets and liabilities, 1927
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29: School District #6, Town of Wauwatosa, apportionment of assets and liabilities, 1925
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30-31: School District #17, Town of Greenfield, apportionment of assets and liabilities, 1915, 1927
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32: School District #8, Town of Wauwatosa, apportionment of assets and liabilities, 1927
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35: Mitchell Street Market Site, 1916-1929
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36: State Department of Public Welfare, 1967-1978
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38: North Milwaukee, City of, condemnation of N. 30th St., 1927
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39: J. Greenebaum Tanning Co. v. Railroad Commission of Wisconsin and City of North Milwaukee, 1926-1928
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43: North Milwaukee, City of, condemnation of Western Ave., 1927-1928
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47: Illinois Steel Co., 1936 purchase, 1916-1948
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48: Annexation Ordinances and Certificates of Boundaries, 1900-1951
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Folder   1-5
48: Annexation Ordinances and Certificates of Boundaries, 1952-1974
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50: School District #5, Town of Lake, apportionment of assets and liabilities, 1924-1942
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51: North Milwaukee Consolidation, 1926-1929
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53: Purchasing Board, 1935-1942
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54: Fox Point Water Service Contract, 1931-1935
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55: School District #2, Town of Lake, apportionment of assets and liabilities, 1924
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58: Thirty-Fifth Street Viaduct, 1929-1934
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60: Joint School District #16, Towns of Greenfield and Wauwatosa, apportionment of assets and liabilities, 1910
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61: Joint School District #16, Towns of Greenfield and Wauwatosa, apportionment of assets and liabilities, 1926
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72: School District #9, Town of Lake, apportionment of assets and liabilities, 1918-1925
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73: School District #1, Town of Milwaukee, apportionment of assets and liabilities, 1912
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74: School District #7, Town of Wauwatosa, apportionment of assets and liabilities, 1927
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75: School District #2, Town of Milwaukee, apportionment of assets and liabilities, 1914-1916
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77: School District #3, Town of Lake, apportionment of assets and liabilities, 1923
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78: Joint School District #17, City of North Milwaukee and Town of Granville, apportionment of assets and liabilities, 1918-1929
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79: School District #1, Town of Wauwatosa, apportionment of assets and liabilities, 1924-1929
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80: Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad Co., conveyance of property for Menomonee River widening, 1916
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81: First Wisconsin National Bank, river sidewalk, 1911-1920
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82: Rights of Way for Intercepting Sewers, Flushing Tunnel to Marshall Street, 1914
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83: Board of Appeals, Marshall & Ilsley Bank, trustee of last will and testament of Frank Kempsmith (deceased), 1925-1928
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84: Title to City Ward Site, Hawley Road and Watertown Plank Road, Lobas v. Topp Oil & Supply Co., 1926-1928
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88: Lincoln Memorial Committee, 1932-1934
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95: School District #1, Town of Wauwatosa, apportionment of assets and liabilities, 1925-1931
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96: School District #11, Town of Wauwatosa, apportionment of assets and liabilities, 1930-1932
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97: School District #6, Town of Milwaukee, apportionment of assets and liabilities, 1926-1932
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98: Bond for Filtration Project, 1933-1934
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104: Unemployment Insurance Committee, 1934-1935
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105: Board of Zoning Appeals Findings, cases 9618-10268 (some cases missing), 1971-1972
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Folder   1
106: Harbor, acquisition of property from U.S. Coast Guard, 1955-1956
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108: Baby Bonds, city notes, 1933-1935
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109: Life Saving Station Site, McKinley Park, 1907-1912
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110: Conveyance of Lands to U.S., north of harbor entrance, 1927-1953
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112: Closed Bank, claim for money on deposit, 1932-1936
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114: Parklawn, taxes, 1932-1943
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117: Midsummer Festival Corporation, 1937-1949
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119: Box Tunnel from N. 47th Street to W. Fond du Lac Avenue, 1932-1936
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120: Lake State Engineering Co., restrictions for Shirley Park Subdivision, 1938-1940
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130: Union Depot, 1941
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133: Agreement between County, City, and Town of Granville, acquiring portion of sewer along N. 46th Street between Silver Spring Road and W. Hampton Road, 1930-1940
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137: House of Corrections, water service, 1945-1946
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138: Fire Department, construction of fireboat Deluge, 1947-1948
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139: Consolidation of City and County, 1932-1949
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140: Carleton School District #3, Town of Granville, apportionment of assets and liabilities, 1945-1949
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143: Kinnickinnic River, conversion of movable to stationary bridge, 1934-1956
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144: Kinnickinnic River, acquisition of land for widening and deepening south branch, 1931-1950
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Folder   3-4
145: Sewerage Commission, gas company contract, 1945-1950
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147: Bruce, William George, estate, Immigrant Mother Monument, 1948-1956
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148: Metro Transportation Authority, 1947-1951
150: Paving Investigation
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Exhibits, marked (File 1), 1946-1953
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Folder   1-3
Exhibits, unmarked (Files 2-4), 1949-1954
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Folder   1-4
Proceedings Prior to 1952 (Files 6-7), 1949-1953
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Folder   5-6
Testimony, 1952-1953
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Folder   1-6
Testimony, 1953
151: Expressways
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Appraisal Contracts (Files 1-2), 1951-1955
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Folder   1-5
Appraisal Contracts (Files 1-2), 1949-1955
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Forms, Law, and Legislation (Files 3-4), 1950-1954
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Folder   1-4
Forms, Law, and Legislation (Files 3-4), 1945-1957
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Folder   5-7
Land Acquisitions (File 5), 1951-1953
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Folder   1-4
Rapid Transit (File 6), 1946-1954
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Veterans Administration Parking; Soldiers Home Line Subway (File 7), 1930-1953
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Folder   1-3
Veterans Administration (File 8), 1951-1953
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Transfer, City to County (Files 9-10), 1946-1957
153: Park Consolidation
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Folder   1-2
Resolutions, Maps, etc. (File 1), 1907-1937
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Folder   3-4
Nursery, Bills of Sale, Zoo (Files 2-3), 1887-1941
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Various Parks (File 4), 1936-1937
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Folder   1
Various Parks (File 4), 1936-1938
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Various Parks (Files 5-6), 1916-1952
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Various Parks (Files 7-8), 1928-1954
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South Shore Park (File 9), 1936-1952
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Folder   3-5
Lincoln Creek Parkway (File 10), 1935-1954
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Folder   1-2
Milwaukee River property; Blue Hole; submerged land; transfers; Old Blatz property, etc. (Files 11-13), 1936-1955
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154: Grange School District #8, Town of Lake, transfer of assets and liabilities, 1916-1954
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155: New Road School District #4, Town of Lake, transfer of assets and liabilities, 1922-1955
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156: Victory School District #16, Town of Lake, apportionment of assets and liabilities, 1946-1965
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157: A. E. Burdick Joint School District #5, Town of Lake and City of St. Francis, apportionment of assets and liabilities, 1954-1955
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158: Hampton Joint School District #14, Towns of Granville and Wauwatosa, apportionment of assets and liabilities, 1929-1956
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Folder   1
159: Badger-Liberty Joint School District #10, Towns of Lake and Granville, apportionment of assets and liabilities, 1953-1973
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160: Fairview School District #18, Town of Greenfield, apportionment of assets and liabilities, 1942-1952
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161: Carleton School District #3, Town of Granville, apportionment of assets and liabilities, 1945-1950
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Folder   1
162: McArthur School District #10, Town of Greenfield, apportionment of assets and liabilities, 1948-1953
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Folder   2
163: Congress School District #1, Town of Wauwatosa, apportionment of assets and liabilities, 1938-1954
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Folder   3
164: Washington School District #3, Town of Wauwatosa, apportionment of assets and liabilities, 1948-1957
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165: LaFollette School District #11, Town of Wauwatosa, apportionment of assets and liabilities, 1947-1956
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166: Johnson School District #11, Town of Greenfield, apportionment of assets and liabilities, 1949-1956
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167: Town of Granville, apportionment of assets and liabilities, 1949-1955
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168: Lane Joint School District #9, Towns of Greenfield and Wauwatosa, apportionment of assets and liabilities, 1955-1956
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169: Underwood School District #10, Town of Wauwatosa, apportionment of assets and liabilities, 1954-1957
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170: Town of Wauwatosa, apportionment of assets and liabilities pursuant to notice 14 July 1955, 1947-1956
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171: Town of Granville, apportionment of assets and liabilities, annexations, 1946-1954
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172: Town of Granville, apportionment of assets and liabilities, annexations, 1954
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173: Town of Granville, apportionment of assets and liabilities, annexations, 1955
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174: Town of Greenfield, apportionment of assets and liabilities, annexations, 1954
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175: Town of Greenfield, apportionment of assets and liabilities, annexations, 1955
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176: Town of Greenfield, apportionment of assets and liabilities, annexations, 1955-1956
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177: Town of Oak Creek, apportionment of assets and liabilities, annexation, 1955
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179: Craig School District #2, Town of Wauwatosa, apportionment of assets and liabilities, 1948-1956
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180: Happyhill Joint School District #6, Town of Granville and Village of Brown Deer, apportionment of assets and liabilities, 1953-1956
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181: East Granville Joint School District #2, Town of Granville and Village of Brown Deer, apportionment of assets and liabilities, 1956-1960
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182: Granville Graded School District #13, Town of Granville, apportionment of assets and liabilities, 1956
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183: Granville Center School District #5, Town of Granville, apportionment of assets and liabilities, 1956-1957
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184: Browning School District #4, Town of Granville, apportionment of assets and liabilities, 1951-1961
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185: Grand View School District #15, Town of Granville, apportionment of assets and liabilities, 1955-1957
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186: Maple Tree School District #8, Town of Granville, apportionment of assets and liabilities, 1955-1959
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187: Engleburg School District #16, Town of Granville, apportionment of assets and liabilities, 1956-1957
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190: Conversion of Streetcar Line (Vliet - Howell), 1951-1956
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193: Hillcrest-Glenwood-Oak Grove School District #8, Town of Greenfield, apportionment of assets and liabilities, 1947-1964
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194: Maple Grove School District #3, Town of Greenfield, apportionment of assets and liabilities, 1953-1961
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Folder   1
199: Konicki Easement, 1957-1958
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202: Acquisition of Property for Sewer Abutment for South First Street Bridge, 1927-1958
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206: American Legion Community Development Corporation, dissolution, 1948-1953
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216: Town of Lake, Firemen’s Pension Fund, 1954-1955
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218: Agreement with Milwaukee Road, filling of Holton’s Canal, 1956-1958
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219: A.C. Sparkplug Division, A. F. Building No. 0058, 1956-1962
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Folder   1-3
221: Sewer and Water Main Conveyances (parts 1-3), 1956-1959
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Folder   4-6
221A: Sewer and Water Main Conveyances (parts 1-3), 1956-1958
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Folder   1-2
221B: Sewer and Water Main Conveyances (parts 1-2), 1956-1958
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Folder   3-7
221C: Sewer and Water Main Conveyances (parts 1-5), 1954-1959
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Folder   1-3
221D: Sewer and Water Main Conveyances (parts 1-3), 1950-1960
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Folder   4-5
221E: Sewer and Water Main Conveyances (parts 1-2), 1960-1963
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Folder   1-3
221F: Sewer and Water Main Conveyances (parts 1-3), 1960-1965
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Folder   4-5
221G: Sewer and Water Main Conveyances (parts 1-2), 1959-1966
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221H: Sewer and Water Main Conveyances (part 1), 1962-1968
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Folder   1-2
221H: Sewer and Water Main Conveyances (parts 2-3), 1965-1967
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Folder   3-4
221I: Sewer and Water Main Conveyances (parts 1-2), 1969-1975
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Folder   5-7
221J: Sewer and Water Main Conveyances (parts 1-3), 1967-1974
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Folder   1-4
221K: Sewer and Water Main Conveyances (parts 1-4), 1969-1975
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Folder   5-7
221L: Sewer and Water Main Conveyances (parts 1-3), 1969-1975
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Folder   1
224: Housing Authority, Parklawn payment in lieu of taxes, 1938-1953
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Folder   2
238: Employee’s Retirement System, The Kroger Company, 1955-1956
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Folder   3-5
244: Nike Installation, Maitland Field and Air Strip, 1954-1957
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246: “OLD SMOKY” Steam Locomotive Exhibit, 1956-1958
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250: Contract between Sewerage Commission and Milwaukee Gas Light Company, 1949-1960
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257: Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company, 1954-1960
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Folder   1-3
268: Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Company Lease, 1951-1961
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Folder   4
280: Balistreri, Frank, et. al., tavern license revocation, 1957
Box   205
Folder   5-8
287: Joint School District #1, Village of Brown Deer and City of Milwaukee [former Union High Joint School District #3 (Granville High School District) and Joint School District #4 (Village of Brown Deer and City of Milwaukee)], apportionment of assets and liabilities, 1950-1964
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Folder   1-2
288: School District #1, Village of Brown Deer (successor to Joint School District #1, Village of Brown Deer and City of Milwaukee), apportionment of assets and liabilities, 1958-1965
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Folder   3
302: Sewerage Commission Transaction between Milwaukee County & Crucible Steel Company, Howe Sound Company, 1961-1963
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Folder   4-5
309: Milorganite, 1954-1963
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Folder   6
310: Sewerage Commission v. Summer Fertilizer Company, 1947-1955
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Folder   7
334: School District #6, City of Greenfield, apportionment of assets and liabilities, 1964
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Folder   8
355: Balistreri, Frank, Agent for Ben Kay, Inc., tavern license revocation, 1949-1962
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Folder   1-4
384: Chicago Water Diversion (Files 1-2), 1941-1979
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Folder   5
392: Sale of East Half of Safety Building by City to County, 1966-1968
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Folder   1-9
405: Home Improvement Ordinance (Files 1-2), 1954-1967
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405: Home Improvement Ordinance (File 3, part 1), 1962-1967
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Folder   1-10
405: Home Improvement Ordinance (File 3, parts 2-11), 1962-1964
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Folder   11
406: Official Map Law, 1959-1967
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Folder   12
408: Taxation of Federal Properties, A. C. Sparkplug Plant, 1956-1968
Box   209
Folder   13
410: Pabst Theater Lease, 1964-1966
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Folder   14
417: Leasing of City Owned Property, new financing plan for parking, 1962
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419: Sewerage Commission, Lincoln Creek, 1962-1966
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Folder   5-7
420: Improvement of Underwood Creek, 1961-1966
Box   211
Folder   1-7
421: Honey Creek Drainage Channel, 1961-1966
Box   212
Folder   1-4
431: Cable Access TV, 1970-1976
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Folder   5-7
432: Marine Plaza (Wisconsin Clybourn Urban Redevelopment Corporation), 1956-1967
Box   213
Folder   1
436: Sixth and Wisconsin Redevelopment Corporation, 1966-1967
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Folder   2
437: Skyway Park and Lock, Inc., 1964-1967
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Folder   3
439: Condemnation Award by County Expressway Commission to Fred and Norine Marinello, 1969
Box   213
Folder   4
448: Gallun Tannery, 1968-1970
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Folder   5
450: Contracts with Mews Ready Mix Corporation and Marvin Mews Co., Inc., 1969-1970
Box   213
Folder   6-7
453: Railroads, maintenance and weed control along rights-of-way, 1965-1969
Box   213
Folder   8-9
454: Milwaukee Urban Observatory, municipal code recodification (parts 1-2), 1970-1971
Box   214
Folder   1-3
454: Milwaukee Urban Observatory, municipal code recodification (parts 3-5), 1969-1971
Box   214
Folder   4-6
457: Flushing Tunnel Transfer, Kinnickinnic and Milwaukee Rivers, 1955-1972
Box   214
Folder   7
459: Raymond Paul v. Sewerage Commission, 1970-1971
Box   214
Folder   8
460: Sewerage Commission of City of Milwaukee v. Dean B. Teska, 1968-1969
Box   215
Folder   1
461: Memorial Hospital Land Exchange, 1968-1972
Box   215
Folder   2
462: Cerletty, Robert, claim re: sewer service charge, 1964-1971
Box   215
Folder   3
464: Contract of Release between City of Milwaukee and Albert Blomberg, 1956-1967
Box   215
Folder   4-5
466: Open Housing Ordinance, 1962-1967
Box   215
Folder   6-8
467: Arbitration of Grievance No. 20 by D.C. 48, AFL-CIO re: Principal Vrsata, 1970-1972
Box   216
Folder   1-2
469: Cities of Milwaukee and Greenfield, apportionment of assets and liabilities, 1956-1965
Box   216
Folder   3
470: Consolidation, Town of Granville and City of Milwaukee, 1956-1962
Box   216
Folder   4
471: August Urbanek, request for reimbursement for wells in Rolling Green and Johnson Heights Subdivisions, Town of Greenfield, 1954-1960
Box   216
Folder   5
473: Town of Granville, apportionment of assets and liabilities, 1955-1956
Box   216
Folder   6
475: First Wisconsin Development Corporation, 1955-1971
Box   216
Folder   7
477: Disposition, certain funds and collection of certain special assessments relating to the former Town of Granville area, 1956-1964
Box   216
Folder   8
479: Cities of Oak Creek and Milwaukee, apportionment of assets and liabilities, 1964-1966
Box   217
Folder   1-3
481: Town of Granville, coordination committee minutes and correspondence, 1956-1966
Box   217
Folder   4
483: Noise Surveys, A & P Foods on W. Greenfield Ave., 1969-1971
Box   217
Folder   5
486: James E. Groppi v. Milwaukee Citizen’s Civic Voice and Milwaukee Common Council, 1968-1973
Box   217
Folder   6
487: Wolff, Eldon G., estate, 1974
Box   217
Folder   7-9
488: Petition of Local #1616, Milwaukee District Council #48 (AFL-CIO) to Initiate Fact Finding between Petitioner and Milwaukee School Board, 1962-1966
Box   218
Folder   1
489: Raymond Concrete Pile Co. v. City of Milwaukee, 1957-1961
Box   218
Folder   2
490: Tri-Circle Corporation, City of Milwaukee electrical substation, 1972-1973
Box   218
Folder   3
491: Cybermatics, Inc., bid and contract, 1966-1975
Box   218
Folder   4
492: Milwaukee Public Museum Garage Roof, 1970
Box   218
Folder   5
493: Agreement, procedures to minimize underground utility damage, 1972-1974
Box   218
Folder   6
494: Detachment from Joint School District #1, Village of Brown Deer and City of Milwaukee, 1963-1964
Box   218
Folder   7
495: Easement, City of Milwaukee to Chicago & Northwestern Railway Company, 1964-1965
Box   218
Folder   8
496: Agreement Between Milwaukee Public Library Board of Trustees and Milwaukee County, 1965-1968
Box   218
Folder   9-10
497A: Harbor Commission, miscellaneous (parts 1-2), 1957-1974
Box   219
Folder   1-3
497B: Harbor Commission, miscellaneous (parts 1-3), 1966-1974
Box   219
Folder   4-8
497C: Harbor Commission, miscellaneous (parts 1-5), 1959-1973
Box   220
Folder   1-3
497D: Harbor Commission, Hanson Seaway leases on cargo terminals, 1966-1975
Box   220
Folder   4-6
497E: Harbor Commission, Stearns Milwaukee Seaway leases on cargo terminals, 1969
Box   220
Folder   7
498: Computer, Milwaukee County Federated Library System, checkpoint contract, 1974