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Show THE CITY COUNCIL. The Last Session of the Late Democratic Council A Business Me6tlnjf. Saturday evenmg our city council held its last m;eting and a vast amount of business was transacted and the table comparatively cleared for the incoming in-coming council. The most important thing transacted was the arrangement entered into with Rhodes Brothars by which the latter ag.ee to keep the wooden water pipe in repair for two years to come; to pay all damans which may arise from the pipe line, and the present judgments standing against the city otx'KeJoued by the imperfections im-perfections of the line. They will give a $5,000 bond for tbe faithful performance perform-ance of their obligations. The city will dismiss the suit now pending against the company. Liquor licenses were granted Knight Brothers and Henry Harrison. Reports were made by the supervisor of streets, the police Justice, the collector collec-tor of water rates and were accepted. Farrer reported on the revision of the city ordinances, that the work was virtually completed, and had been accepted ac-cepted by the commissioners and recommended re-commended that $60.00 extra be paid the "Enquirer" for additional work in printing the same. The report was adopted. On 6treets and alleys McCullough recommended re-commended on the petition of Alonzo Pierce that the diagonal road between Fourth and Sixth street commencing on the block east of "P" and Fourth Btreet and intersecting 4 P" near Sixth street, be closed and given in exchange for land to open a road on Fifth street from "P," up to a two rod lane, also land to open up Third street from the A. X. Billings estate, east side, through his land to the county road on the east side, This has the effect of squaring the the blockB in that locality. The report was adopted, same committee ad vised the Bellini? of a small Diecj of land be tween Fifth and Sixth street to Geo. A. Moore for $40.00. Commit ee on waterworks reported that the deed3 for right of way for vater pipe lands had been presented to the parties but they refused to execute exe-cute same, and they advised action to specific performance of their contract, report adopted. Reports from the com mittees on finance, public gronnds and estray pound were accepted. Claims for salaries for the present incumbents were allowed up to Decemcer 31st 1893 Farrer presented a bill repealing clause in section 97, which simply strikes out the figures $60.00 from J the salary of assessor and collector of water rates as he is paid for this work by being superintendent. It passed. This virtually concluded the labors of the best city council Provo city has ever bad. and at the last meeting all the members were present but Simmons. Tnis morning p Logan and Wxt I before Justice I charged with h&v from Jesse; .JS'dl December Vs.. st guilty and sentnd Sin.OOand cWt custody of the shtb j they will serve oi'f |