Show reports of the city officers THE LOVE not granted claims allow edmore ed more office ed city park city council met on monday night in regular cession mayor booth in the chair AND from A A noon justice of the peace asking that an accompanying claim for 26 for office rent be allowed referred to tap committee on claims from pyne maiben with an approved bond asking for a wholesale liquor dealers license granted from H E rawlings with an approved bond asking for a retail liquor dealers de alery license granted REPORTS OF CITY OFFICERS of A A no n justice of the peace fines collected and paid into the treasury for the quarter ending january 31 number ot basea heard report accepted of the city recorder amount of license money collected and paid into the city treasury during the month of january 1891 report accepted of the city marshal for the month of january showing number of arrests made 43 fines assessed by the city justice report accepted of G 0 haws road supervisor showing amount of taxes received and disbursed in labor on the streets for 1890 1762 3 report accepted of the committed commit tea on finance E C ch nirman recommending ahe adoption 0 the new assessment all submitted by the assessor also that the assessor be authorized to procure from ibe county recorder a list of names of persons who have mortgages recorded baior at ten cents per name report adopted of the boar f health that the following claim correct and becom u oe allowed to wit NL 28 eliza wilbina Wil kina 16 GPO webb 36 also recommending that N L nielsen be employed a authorized attendant in contagious diseases at a sa ary of 60 per month there was some discussion oa the lat ter recommendation as to the time that mr nielsen should devote to the city mr dunn explained that sir nielsen desired the privilege of taking private cases when there was no contagion that ne would re pond when hi services were required by the city mr dixon moved to amend the report to the effect that mr hensens jensens Jen sens entire time be at the disposal of the city mr maiben did not think that the city should requite mr nielsene Niel sens entire time but some definite understanding should be had he should norba permitted to run all over to suit his own convenience like the quarantine physician did the motion to amend was lost and the original report adopted dixon and glazier voting no the committee on wate had found the claim of the sturgis estate amounting to to ha correct and recommended that it be allowed report adopted the committee on streets and alley reported adversely on tha petition of john B love asking the city to exchange a niece of land known a the city sandbank for land adjoining said sandbank belonging to said john B love to be ased for street purposed pur posea mr glazier chairman of the committee did not think the city could at present afford tu purchase any streets hynen vynen the time came that the partie desired a there no doubt they would be willing to open it up without any consideration Mr Maiben enforced endor ced mr glaziers views 0 n the matter the report was adopted and the petition not granted liddiard and glazier presented a majority report of thu committee on license recommending that the petition of the saloon keepers asking for a reduction of tho pool and billiard table license from 20 to 10 be not granted mr maiben chairman of the committee favored the granting of tho petition salt lake and ogden licensed tables at 10 per quarter aad he thought brovo could ablord to do the same the avil would not be increased and it might encourage some one to start a respectable billiard hall not connected with the whisky business mr dixon called attention to the fact that it was the whisky men who had petitioned for the le of the license and not any party who expected to start a new hall not in connection with uie saloon business when some ono desired to start adueh a badness then the council would be prepared to con aider the matter other mt abera of tho council spoke in a similar strain the majority report was adopted mr maiben casting the only dissenting vote CLAIMS tha following claims were presented allowed and the appropriated pria ted john A brown board of prisoners for month of january john A I 1 brodu january police bill provo j woolen mills co electric lights 5 per cent discount if paid before jan T E thurman and deputy G 0 igawa road cup and deputies chas H gray teamster 40 bros A co ieok for recorder 38 provo commercial bank interest on borrowed money 20 rocky mountain bell telephone co use of telephone for one quarter 15 soren jenann ringing curfew bell hben R cidre age spikes and pulleys the chaim of justice A A noon for for the quarter ending jan 31 isabl was referred bak for an itemized laten tent mr dixon stated incident lv that the justice waa not satisfied with the manner in chich the council had cut down his fees in some instances they had made changes whet e the fees wera es d by territorial statute may mayor booth was of the opinion that the best plan would be logino the justice a salary and do anav with the fee miscellaneous T E thurman city water master asked for an extension of time for nn week in which to hid schedule for grafted Gr apted mr maiben stated that there was considerable complaint concerning the occupancy ot ona room by the sheriff the marshal and the cita justice they all crowded ter v much and some provision proy ision should e made for additional addi lional office room he would move that the matter of securing an office for the city marshal and city justice be referred to the committee on public brounda and city property mr dunn asked for the privilege of advertising for a pound beeper the matter had been referred to the committee on elections of which he was chairman bat he had been unable to find a man for the position mr maihen suggested that one of the police officers might accept the no action was taken in the matter mr henrichen Henrich sn aved that the committee on public grounds and city property be authorized to purchase forest treba and also advertise for a landscape and for the west squire nd the provo cita park for the yar 1891 mr henrichsen explained that a number of in the cemetery in the park and on th square had died and t wag nece eary that they should be re mr ma bendas opposed to settina on adv trees id the park at pre ent mr glazier tb trees should ba kept ap on the west square and in the cemetery but he was not in favor of planting adv more in the park the bruml was not favorable tor the growth trees mr dixon thought that this fact hould have found out a little sooner if the park was not a suitable narce go much money should not have bean blent on it mr Henrichsen chairman of the committee on public and cita property stated that the old committee had started the work and the ommittee had continued it doine the could under the circumstances the trees were doin very well after some little further discussion the motion was loat the council ad until evening feb 30 at 7 a m |