Show City Officers Report at Council Meeting Mayor Fitzgerald and all councilmen council council- men answering to roll roil call with cit city y marshal city recorder and city scavenger pr present sent Minutes read and approve approved BILLS PILLS Pay Roll oll for December Fay Evans 50 New York Cafe Peter Clark 1135 1 J. J I J. J Fitzgerald 1200 Salt Lake Stamp Co Park City Lumber Co 2860 2850 E E. P. P Tracy 1620 L. L B. B Wight Berry Bros 1810 Silver Sliver King Coalition Water Department J E. E D. D Sutton Button 2675 2676 Andy Peterson 1420 Hopkins Coal Co 2935 Welsh Buck Buck Utah Coal Company 2490 C Central Drug Store Oaker Jones-Oaker Co Utah Power Light Co I R R. E. E Squires I The Cutter I Total Upon hearing claims for Cor legal services serI ser ser- vices ilces I es and nd witnesses witnesses in the Murphy case read C Councilman Neilson said he thought a law suit should not be started by any individual member of the council without consent and authorization au- au from city council Mayor Fitzgerald replied that It was as rather a forced case that habeas corpus proceedings had been taken against city and immediate action had been necessary t CITY OFFICERS REPORTS v City Treasurer Treasurer The The following is report of Treasurer George ONeil O'Neil for or the month of December I Gen fund deficit Dec 1 Receipts for the month Licenses Police Court Cemetery I Pall Taxes City Taxes Miscellaneous I I I War paid in Dec Dep in Library Fund 31 31 Water fund sur Dec 1 1 Receipts for month I I City Taxes Fines Consumers War paid In Dec Dep in Sinking fund Su Surplus plus December Time Timecards Time cards paid I I Cash on hand hand Bank Bal Dec Sink fund Dec Dec 31 Justice of the Peace Peter Clark reported fourteen cases for the oue month month- one one case pending and one taken to district court Fines collected collected col col- l for month Sexton Gidley reported nine deaths lu In December Seven adults tw two children Ninety five dollars collected collect collect- ed during month with forty-eight forty dollars dol dul lars Tare tUn still duo due Mr Gidley rt reported porte 81 deaths deaths' for tho the year fI II T OP UP ATTORNEY II ATT WIGHT T Park City Utah Dec 1918 lion Hon J J. J J J. J Fitzgerald Dear SIr Sir Sir- r rIn In re Ex parte parts Jack Murphy Application Ap All for Writ of Habeas Corpus The demurer to the return of the Marshal In the above case was argued argued ed and submitted on the last and nd the demurrer was sustained on the he ground that the city could not delegate power to the Board of ot Health to make rules and regulations regulations regula regula- which would have the effect and be ba enforced as IlS city ordinances That being the ground lund taken by bythe bythe bythe the court ourt th there re would be no use ulle amending the tile return even eyen If It there were additional facts w which might be he alleged In the return justifying the officer in his hi attempt to enforce I 1 I I I I the order That leaves the city cUy with withy no choice as aa to 10 further proceedings except an appeal and that course I advice against for the the reason reason that the powers granted grunted to the board of health are arc not coupled with power J reserved to punish a violation of the orders so made By examination of Sec of the ordinances of the I city you will understand what I mean That section provides for a penalty for tearing down or removing the yellow flag or interfering with or delaying the provisions of the or or- But no penalty is fixed for fora forI a violation of the orders made by the I board of health and in this case the charge was wall a violation of such order It Is regrettable that the matter was not sufficiently covered by ordinance ordinance ordinance or or- so eo that the matter could be beI settled by an appeal but that is not I due to anything further than the unprecedented unprecedented unprecedented un un- situation brought about by the epidemic of Spanish Influenza I am particularly chagrined at havI having hav Lay ing jug to report the loss of this case by reason of the honest and energetic manner the city officers were backIng back- back lag Ing the board of health in their ef efforts efforts efforts ef- ef forts to prot protect ct the citizens I venture venture venture ven ven- ture to say that every man in Park City who has a family shares that sentiment with me Very truly L L. L B. B WIGHT NIGHT For your information I am enclosing enclosing enclosing en en- closing secured from o other er cities of the state who tried out the mask as a preventative of the spread of influenza They demonstrate demonstrate demonstrate demon demon- strate the wisdom of the action taken taken taken tak tak- en by our own board even if such a demonstration were needed after the results here are considered L. L B. B WIGHT SCAVENGER m RESIGNS City Sam Mitchell who was present was called upon and stated his contract with city was ended and he desired to te resign ign the position lie He offered no reason reson nor nor- normade made any statement and his resignation was accepted unanimously MM NUl API APPOINTED Nim who was present was asked by the Mayor If he would accept the position of He lIe readily consented and is on the I job this morning Mr the position for years and always did his work satisfactory Because of the water troubles at atthe atthe atthe the Sliver Silver Hill Hili station of the Silver King and the uncertainty of city water supply in consequence the council discussed the situation rea real realizing izing the Importance of ample a az ana h certain water supply for domestic use and in Inc cis t emergency Mayor Fitz Fitzgerald r ld Councilman Nielson that t tie the e Judge management management management man man- wa was willing f 10 o aid in every way possible and ha had hai offered absolutely absolutely absolutely free the large large flow of water from their tunnel and which at a aI I comparatively small expense could be piped to the intake of the city reservoir It was decided to accept the offer and on motion of Councilmen Lowe and Tallon the Marshal was Instructed Instruct instruct- ed to Immediately make mako connections so that the Judge water could could b bj ba utilized wh whenever lI ver necessary IC POSTPONED I The second reading of the Red HAd Fig B ordinance was laid peer ver until iI X meeting on motion of Councilmen Council Council- men 1 leishman n and Lowe fl AM Mayor Maor Fitzgerald said Bald In view of the lie fact that pool rooms had bad been forced out of business for two months on account of the flue he thought bought the owners were entitled to some som rebate On motion of Councilmen Tallon and Lowe the city recorder lias was waa Instructed In In- to grant the next quarter license at third the specified cost coat COUNCIL After Arter Mayor I Fitzgerald had bad recited recite ed the many kindnesses rendered the emergency hospital during the he flu a motion of Councilmen Council Council- men Neilson and Fleishman prevailed prevail ed that a card of thanks be published publish ed In The Park lart Record h In Iq appreciation Lion tion of those who rendered service Council Adjourned |