OCR Text |
Show FIRST PAY DAY" Republican City Officers Grab at the Treasury- SOME CLAIMS TOO BIG And Kaye to be Referred Short of Be vieed Ordinances Bouud in Sheep Mc- J Ewrau Seta the Council Bigrat on Pending Pend-ing Bu .iaebS Between Rhodes Brothers and the City. After formal opening of the city council last evening the mayor's appointment ap-pointment of W. 13. Searle as city surveyor sur-veyor was confirmed and R. S. -Jlines was granted a license as retail liquor dealer. Collector Openshaw presented a list of erroneous and double assessments, and taxes assebsed against widows and indigent persons in total amount of spl.tlO. The collector was allowed credit for this amount. Special nitfht policemen, llatton and Elliott, askeJ lor a copy each of the revised ordinances. Granted. One cony of the book bound in sheep will be sent to the -ity council of Snringnlle, also of St. crce, these cities having asked for jpi s of the revised ordin-ances. ordin-ances. John A- "Warner and others asked that a Bui.v.bie he&lgate be pot in the haed of Tan- r'a iJe that the water maybe on roiled during high water seasan. Referred. Jos. E. Daniels Jr , asked that the city sand bank ne leased or sold to him. Tabled. Knudsen and Brereton opposed tabling. Recorder Dixon's refort of receipts and disbursements from January 1 to February 1, 1S91, was read and re-ierred re-ierred to the committee on finance as was also Treasurer Farrer's report. Total receipts tor the month were ?l,'Jij0.30; total disbursements, $949,44. Justice Wedgwood's detailed report showed six case3 tried, $2420 fines assessed as-sessed and $18.00 in cash collected by the city marshal. Referred. Marshal Knight's report of cash, $18.00, received and paid to treasurer was received and filed. Chief Withers re commended that a youi)ur horse be purchased to replace "Cap"' growing old. Mr. Withers also wants 500 feet more hose, lie-ferred. lie-ferred. The report of the city watermaster was referred to the committee on irrigation irri-gation without being read. It con-Bisted con-Bisted of the schedule of water rates as written up by him. The claim for costs in the Poulsen and Brereton cases against the city, 84'J.IO was atlovved.on recommendation of the committee to whom the claim was reierred at last session. The substitute bill for an ordinance entitled ''dogs," referred last meeting, was killed on recommendation of the committee on judiciary. George A, Kerr's petition to be exempted ex-empted from paying license was not granted, in recommendation of the committee to whom it was referred. The committee reported favorably on Alonzo Pearce's petition for redaction of $1.30 city tax on eround lying without with-out the platted portion of the city. The ground lies south of the lane run nintr eas: and west on the north side of the First ward pasture. In view of ! the fact that suits are pending in the district court to restrain the city from collecting taxes on outlying property, action on the report was postponed. The resolution, (which was of no effect) ef-fect) as to paving the Enquirer company's com-pany's claim in preference to all other claims was rescinded and the matter placed in the hands of the finance committee com-mittee wiib authority to act. A resolution offered by McEwan which was adopted, authorizes the treasurer to sell copies of the paper bound revised ordinances at 50 cents C on motion of McEwan the treasurer was instructed . to present the cieik of Utah county with a copy of the ordinances bound in sheep, and the recorder instructed to send through the printer forty copies of the paper bound revised ordinances and have them bound in sheep. That portion of the contract between Rhodes Brothers and Frovocity wherein where-in it refers to the payment of damages that occurred or may have occurred during the construction of the waterworks water-works was on motion of McEwan referred re-ferred to the committee on judiciary wiJi the -ty attorney added. This notion wi: , li.ken With a view to get bacs m on ?v paid out by the city on the Guff j: ginent and in other ways. McEwan .nov- d that the present city attorney be pre .entJ with a copy of a resolution r. ;scd by the last city council coun-cil -which instructed the city attorney to take leaal proceedings to obtain deeds for the right of way which was purchased by the city from individuals on the line of the waterworks. Carried. Car-ried. The claims for daonge3 caused by the construction of the waterworks which have beeu lying on the table for come time were on motion of Simtpons referred to 1 he committee on judiciary. .Superintendent of Waterworks Homer was present and said he was in need of Eome information with respect to the waterwoike, that he could not get fr.m the committee. He wanted to know if prospective watertakera may be allowed to buy their own materials, ma-terials, hire their own ditch diggers ard make all connections, inasmuch as the water is taken from the mains to the premises at the taker's expense. The president explained that the ordinance ordi-nance provides that the superintendent superintend-ent 6hall make the extension and in so doing he must of course furnish the materia! and charge for it. Ilalliday explained that the city had on hand a supply of material for this purpose. McEwan was of the opinion that all that is expected of the superintendent is k; see tnat the materials used and the connections made are strictly in accordance with the ordinance. Mr. Homer will request of applicants to "put up" for material before connections connec-tions are made. CLAIMS ALLOWED. Frovo Co-op, cemetery supolies. .$ 2 70 Superintendent Hon.er,services. . 44 00 W. K. Farrtsr, teamster 23 35 John D. Dixon, salary 41 (55 T. J. Pollard, witness fees 1 00 Newell Knight, services 66 65 Johnathan Buckley, policeman. . 35 50 E. A. Wedgwood, salary 33 30 John D. Dixon, for stamps 5 00 Hyrum llatton, extra police service ser-vice 4 00 B. M. Roberts, killing old horses 2 00 The Dispatch, advertising 6 00 Skelton & Co 12 20 Fire Department, services 14 00 C. D. Glazier, hardware 2 30 T. L. Evans, blacksmithing 3 50 George A. Bean, hav 10 20 J. C. Wither?, services 13 S3 Frovo Rook & Stationery Co 3 20 The claim of Water "Mastsr Allied for $55.00, together with ; ex-Water Master Thurman's claim for $20.00 for services from January 1 to January 10 (one-third of a month at $00 00) were leferred. These two claims make a salary for the month of $75, when the ordinance provides that only 860.00 shall be paid. David Loveless, city teamster, hauded in two claims, $11.75 to .fanu ary 10th and $25.33 the balance of the month, making $37.08 for the whole month, when the ordinance provides that only $35 00 shall be paid. These clai ns were also referred. On motion of Halladay the matter of prescribing a certain limit for the assessing as-sessing of city taxes was referred to the committee on judiciary with the city attorney added. Adjourned for two weeks. |