Show CITY COUNCIL petition received for opening a wholesale liquor business the city council met last night in regular cession mayor dosenberry occupied the chair there were abent al bernsen dann and holdaway and coun cifors hagbon andrean and Bean petition of mcewan rawlings aak ing the city council to reduce ake licence on pool tables to 50 per annum was read and consideration postponed petition of soren jensen stating that his compensation of 50 cents per week for ringing the curfew bell was asking for an increase tol 50 was read and referred to the city marshal of frank bushton asking abe council to put a price on the old cemetery was read and referred to the committee on public brounda gro unda petition of V L halliday aking for the privilege of purchasing a certain piece of property near the old pest bouso was read and referred hotbo same committee A communication waa read from mra mccord protesting prote stinK aga inai the location of a brick yard adjoining her property the communication was signed by a number of other persona who were also interested in bavine nuisance re the communication was referred to the committee on quarantine petition of J W S mainer as abe legal representative of john B mainer was read asking for compensation in the sum of for damage done by water flowing from east union ditch on to the said john B milners Mil ners land and thereby destroying the total crops of the present year referred to the committee on irrigation the assessment roll for tho year 1883 was submitted by tha city assessor showing total assessment of property to be a little over less than last yeara assessment the city marshals report showing that there had been during the month of april 8 arrests 9 heed of stock compounded and 25 collected for fines accepted tho city recorder reported licenses collected during months of march and april amounting to accepted there was a call for the treasurers treasur ers quarterly report it not being on the table tho city recorder was instructed to obtain it before the next council meeting mr danish in behalf of the committee on streets and alleys reported on geo moores petition asking for the opening of certain streets it was recommended that the said streets be opened in october next tho report was adolte d the following claims wera allowed bocky mountain bell telephone co 15 city marshal and police street supervisor 26 and deputies 93 provo american 10 co mr talmage moved that monday june alth next be sat for the hearing of complaints of errors etc in respect to taxes carried mr fairer moved that the assessor and collectors compensation be fixed at 8 per cent of the tax carried Carri sd mr talmage moved that the rate par cent for taxes for tho current year be fixed at 3 mills for contingent expenses and three mills for opening improving and keeping in repair the streets of cit mr maiben thought that there should be an increase in tho tax this year property in getting more valuable each year and he therefore moved to amend by making the contingent rate 4 mills there was no second to the amendment mr talmage biad understood that now here was a revenue from the liquor traffic the rata of taxation otherwise would be diminished mr faiben considered jhc thc assessment was too low taking into consideration the wealth of prove after remarks by other members mr agea motion was put and carried on motion of mr fairer it was ordered that tha tax levied for opening improving and repair the streets of the city be paid in labor if desired bv the tax under the regulations adopted by the council on communication of mr B bachman asking the council to state what a wholesale liquor license would amount to as he proposed opening a wholesale liquor and tobacco house mr maiben moved that under a wholesale liquor license the minimum quantity sold shall not be less than ono pint and that the wholesale license ahall be for three months the matter on motion of mr farrer was referred to tho committee on judiciary mr talmage thought the matter of appointing a successor to alderman daggs resided resi med should be called up and moved that the matter be taken up the motion prevailed mr daniels moved to adjourn pending the matter of filling the vacancy butil monday evening may carried Carr iod |