Show THE CITY COUNCIL the city fathers of 0 bountiful city met on wednesday evening 1 I jan 27 mayor holbrook Holh rook presided and all the councilors councillors counci lors were present auditing committee asked for fur theotime ther time granted Grant cil A communication from tie the city attorneys moyle zane costigan in relation to councilman drawing a salary lary was read it stated that before they le legally leally ally do so it would be 9 necessary to pass an ordinance fix fixing the salary which could not DOt be raised or lowered during t their term of office that pay for past service 3 could not be drawn all of the lie coudell org agreed on the proposition that councilmen should receive a reasonable amoun amount of pay for actual little spent in committee work especially during the busy summer season when they leave their own work to attend to city business it was stated that the brampton water case was set for last monday and would have been tried but liis his attorney demanded a jury trial but bu as a jury could not be b had that day the case had to be postponed tile the recorder was instructed to request all city cily officers who have not already done so to hand lit in a report of their doings for 1896 and the marshal was further instructed to report the number of firms doing 7 business in the city that should pa pay y a license claim of arthur Burning liam for 25 cents was presented and allowed ilis his property had been advertised for delinquent water taxes and it was on account of an error in the description that he be presented this claim claim of jo n ilayton for 39 cents balance due on a receipt refused by the hie tax lax collector for water ater tax lax w was 9 presented and referred to councilor roi of the alie committee the annual report of the city street supervisor shows that poll taxes were worked in bountiful during tile the year 1896 1806 councilor willey to whom the llie pe tillon ot of the llie pioneer electric power company had been referred asked for more time adjourned to february lolli 1897 at 7 p in |