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Show A RES0IXT10X ProYid'.Dg for the Construction of tua Jordan and Silt Use City Canal B- II rrlrti iv ihe Oly Cmaci of Salt Like Cav, ihst lor the purM of increasing ihe water supply ol said Htv, the corporation merest eDail proceed to construct a canal to convey con-vey water from ihe Jordan K.ver inio said cily. Said canal shall be knewu as ihe Jordan aDd Sail Late -y Canal, and be located as Mows, viz: Commencing al a point on ihe east ban ol said river, wnere Ihe waters ol Ihe Souih Jordan Canal are taken out, and running in conjunction conjunc-tion with said canal to where us flume crosses said nver, thence in a norlh-easierlT norlh-easierlT direction to the first workings ol Ihe "Deserel Irrigation and Navigation Navi-gation Canal Company's" canal Dear Big Cottnwjod. thenoe on the route ol said canal, so lar as practicable, to Salt Lake Cily. The said canal sball be made twenty leet wide in lha bct-tom, bct-tom, with banks sloping al an aDgie ol not to eiceed iony five degwes. al the discretion of ths engineer ol construction, con-struction, and ol s..tBcient capacity to safUy carry four leel in deulb ol water. Be it further rescind. That the city council shall appoint a compeieni engineer en-gineer of construction lor said canal, and lhat the mayor, one member ol the city council, to be selected by lhat body, aDd said eDgiaeer, snail constitute consti-tute a committee to euperviee ibe construction ol said canal, with authority au-thority to negotiate wilb the land owners through whose lands said canal will pass, and secure a right of way therelor, and the title to all such lands when acquired shall vest in the corporation ol Salt Lake Cily. Said committee may advertise in some newspaper having general circulation in the city, to let contraola for excavation exca-vation and other labor, to contract lor or purchase all materials necessary lor said work, employ workmen and perlorm all other duties necessary to tbe construction and completion ol said canal. Said commillee shall report re-port its doings monlhiy, or ollener, if required by the city council, and shall be Bubject to its direction. Be it further resUred, That all moneys thai may be received 10 assist in defraying the eipeuse ol ,r..rr,iotinp said canal, whether constructing Bau caaai, nu,.-.uv. from the United States, the Territory Terri-tory ol Utah, Salt Lake Counly or Irom aDy private person, shall be paid into tbe city treasury to the credit ol said canal and be used exclusively ex-clusively therelor. All labor done by persons, either individually or collectively, collec-tively, on aocount ol securing an in-I in-I eresl in the waters ol said canal, shall be credited to them and held to apply ap-ply upon any assessment whiob may be made on their lands lor irrigating water. That when ever necessary for the proseouuon oi " said caoal the city coudoiI may lor the time being appropriate Irom the general lund ol Ihe corporalion enough money lor lhat purpose, charging the same to said oanal. No lunds shall be disbursed on account of said canal except upon vouchers oflrtified to by the engineer ol con- struction and countersigned by. nne olber member ol the commillee ol supervision, and Be it further resolved. That when said canal is completed, tbe waters flowing through it shall be controlled and distributed through the various water ditches ol said city, under the same regulations as are provided by "An Ordinance relating to the control and distribution of the wateis flowing into Sell Lake City," passed March 4th, 1879, and no waters shall be distributed dis-tributed Irom said canal to aDy lands lying outside the corporate hmite ut said city. Adonied Novemher 2olb, lbJ. - FERAMOKZ LITTLE, Mayor. Johs T. Caise, Territory of Utah, 1 Salt Laie City. J I John T. Caine. recorder of Halt Lake Cily, do hereby ceitily that the loregoiue is a lull, true and oorreot copy of a resolution, entitled A Resolution providing lor the coostruo-tion coostruo-tion ol the Jordan and Salt Lake Oity Canal," adoDted b7 the city council ol said cily on ihe 2otb day o Moveinber, A.D. 1S79, as appears of record in may office. In testimony whereol, 1 have hereunto set my r 1 hand and affixed the cor- I L 8- porate seal of Salt Lass W City, this 26th day ol November, No-vember, A.D., 1879. John T. Caise, Recorder. |