Show THEPOLME1TO GO Mayor Clark Sends His List to the Council = J SOME GOOD MEN DISMISSED BATTVTGH RHODES WIRE AND SMITH AMONG THEM The Herald Called the Turn Adam Paul O P Pratt Boman Cannon Eddington and Jim Williams Among the Lucky Ones City Attorney At-torney Has Opinion On the Mayors Summary Act Leaves For Soldiers The Building Inspector spector Mayor Clark treated the city council coun-cil to a surprise last evening by submitting I sub-mitting Chief Pratts plan for the reorganization re-organization of the police department The slate with one or two modifications modifica-tions was presented apparently as a challenge to the councllmanic body Councilman Howes motion to refer the mayors communication to the committee com-mittee on fire and police was not debated de-bated and the vote on his motion prevailed pre-vailed so quickly that a motion to suspend sus-pend the rules and ratify the scheme would have had but little chance of success The mayors communication was as follows TH REORGANIZATION SCHEME With 3 view to reorganizing the police po-lice department of the city in accordance accord-ance with the ordinance passed Feb 1 1898 I hereby appoint to be members of the police department the following I named persons Thomas H Hilton first duty sergeant ser-geant John B Burbidge second duty sergeant ser-geant E M Janney third duty sergeant James D Adams desk sergeant Charles Livingstone desk sergeant David S Emery desk sergeant George A Sheets policeman Marsena Cannon policeman John G Armstrong policeman John Hemple policeman William Hilton policeman M E Pack policeman Thomas W Miner policeman Daniel Dillon policeman B D Siegfus policeman John Roberts policeman A N Randolph policeman P H Fitzmaurice policeman P C Brown policeman Granway Parry policeman George Chase policeman Joseph S Barlow policeman in place of F C Wire Adam Paul policeman in place of George R Raleigh E M Talbot policeman in place of Mat Rhodes Boman Cannon policeman in place of J A Busby O P Pratt policeman in place of H A Heath Richard Eddington policeman in place of R L Shannon William S Thorn policeman in place of T J Everill James Williams policeman in place of William E Carey In the prison department I hereby appoint Solomon Kimball assistant jailor or and respectfully submit said appointments ap-pointments for your confirmation TH CITY ATTORNEYS OPINION On Howes request the opinion of City Attorney Hall rendered to the committee tee on fire and police relative to the authority for reorganizing the police and fire departments and the power to make removals after reorganization I was read The pertinent portion of the opinion is as follows Therefore my conclusion is that the I chief of police and all police officers and policemen of tha city hold office under the laws in force prior to the revised re-vised statutes hold their offices until their successors are duly appointed and qualified and that those who may be appointed and qualified to succeed them will hold their respective offices until the municipal election next following their appointment and until their successors suc-cessors are duly appointed and qualified fied fiedIn In conclusion the chief of police or I any police officer or policeman cannot be removed except for cause preferred I by the mayor or by the council and after a hearing before the mayor and I city council I LEAVES OF ABSENCE FOR TH WAR I Councilman Morris assumed the role of patriot of the council and mildly surprised his fellows by offering the following resolution Whereas The president of the Unit e States having called for volunteers to defend the rights and liberties of our country against the invasion of Spain and war being now in progress between be-tween the two countries therefore be it Resolved By the city council of Salt Lake City that should any of the officers or employees of any of the departments de-partments of the municipal government volunteer in the service of the United I States in response of President McKinley McKin-ley that the positions now held by said I officers or employees be made vacant for them upon their return from the war that they may again occupy those positions Buckle looked over at Morris with sarcastic surprise when the resolution was read I should like to inquire of the gentleman he remarked whether the firm of RoweMorrlsSummerhays company has made any such proposition proposi-tion to its employees Mr Morris replied that the company mentioned had not made such an offer Callister was not sure that the idea could be legally carried out and wanted the resolution to go to the finance committee with the city attorney attor-ney associated He said that he was personally in favor of letting employees go at full pay I it could p done The motion to refer the matter carried THE BUILDING INSPECTOR Howe Allen and Fernstrom of the committee on fire and police reported on the mayors appointment of William inspector recommending H Folsom for building ommending confirmation Buckle one of the minority of the committee took occasion to say that the appointee was too old a man for the position yet this fact alone would not deter him in agreeing to a favorable report were I not the appointment another instance of the mayor the exemplar of the nonpartisan I non-partisan platform betraying the confidence confi-dence of the people Then again Mr Buckle declared another fresh instance I of the mayors faithlessness to his I platform pledges came to light when in undertaking to reorganize the police I department he had betrayed the members mem-bers of the police and fire committee At the close of Buckles remarks the vote on confirmation of Mr Folsom under the rules went over for a week I NEW DOG T A ORDINANCE KILLED The new ordinance creating the office his sal of dog tax collector and fixing ary and duties was taken up and came to an inglorious and swift demise Fernstrom said he wanted the enacting I clause of the ordinance stricken out and was in i favor Of the duty pf dog tax collector being placed on the shoulders shoul-ders of the recorder treasurer Diehl made a plea for the ordinance as reported re-ported and said it re relented many hours of work The vote on Fernstroms motion was then taken and resulted in the defeat of the ordinanceon thefollowing vote Ayes Buckle Fernstrom Howe Margetts Robertson Siddoway Weiler Barnes Noes Allen Callister Diehl Morris Patrick Romney Wallace I EXTRA STREET SPRINKLING Councilman Patrick presented the bid of J F Heath and Albert Preece for I sprinkling all streets not covered by the J H Griffin contracts at the ate of I 116 aeij block per week the same as contracted for last year and moved acceptance ac-ceptance However a amendment directing I di-recting the committee to advertise forbids for-bids for all e tra sprinkling prevailed WATERWORKS AFFAIRS The compensation of the five district assessors of water rates was fixed at 250 per day eocater I The requisition of the superintendent of waterworks for a carload of pig lead was granted ganted On recommendation of the waterworks committee the sum of JlOOO commitee lO was aniro prlated for the purpose of raising and strengthening the walls of the Parleys canyon reservoir so as to enable the stor ing of SOOOOO additional gallons of water dally the work to be done by contract under the supervision of the city engineer QUARINTINE INSPECTOR STAYS On recommendation of the committee on sanitary rules and quarantine the services ser-vices of the quarantine inspector were retained provided his employment under the title of emergency man shall not cause the limit of the health departments monthly ceeded maintenance allowance to be ex ceededCAPTAIN CAPTAIN PAULS CLAIM Councilman DJehl called attention to the fact that Councilman Robertson had called for a report of the committee on the claim of Captain Samuel Paul for sal sa ary as chief of police and that no report had been forthcoming He asked that the report of the committee be made by the next meeting and explained further that all Captain Paul wished to know was whether or not the council nroDosed to pay the amount claimed PAWNBROKERS COMPLAINT H Lichtensteln and other pawnbrokers represented that the city treasurer was demanding of them to pay an additional or merchants license which they deemed unjust and in order to relieve them of liability for the payment of double license they requested an amendment to the or dinance so as to permit them to sell for feited pledges on a pawnbrokers license Referred to the license committee POLICE COURT BUSINESS Clerk Diehl of the police court reported that during the month of April 200 petty criminal cases had been disposed of I yielding Sl13695 in fines and forfeitures THREE PETITIONS The G A R posts and the Womans Relief Corps requested an appropriation of 150 to help defray the expense of arranging ar-ranging for the proper observance of Memorial or Decoration day Referred to the finance committee J J Walton and others petitioned for the fiuming of the open canal between Seventh and Eighth East and Second and Third South streets Referred to the irrigation committee Mary J R R Hampton the prison matron presented a claim In the sum of 2480 for the improvement and repair of her official residence the citys property prison prop-erty Referred to the committee on |