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Show IS IT A EOKGEEyS THE SICMATURESON BOWMAN'S BOND J TO BE INVESTIGATED. 1 Dubois A Williams Released from Work on Parley's Canon I he Annexationists Surrender, nod the Cull for a Special Election Canceled. City council met in regular session with Mayor Scott in the chair and Counellmea Anderson, Piekurd, Spafford, Pendleton, Heath, Folland, Hardy, Hyde, Parsons, Younr, TUddenham, Lynn and James in their seats. A number of petitions were received and disposed ot aiiif.n; otli rs boinir one from James Martin who asked rulief from the city and in support of his petition letting up that he hail been shot bv a policeman while going to the latter's call for assist-unce. assist-unce. The following propositions were received from the Salt Lake Power. Light and Heating Heat-ing company offering to furnish additional arc lights for street lighting purposes and to put in as many lights as are needed at tins same rate as formerly and to discount ti e bill at the end of three mouths so as to make tneir use tor tnai lime cost uoiuiug, p,--vided the council would extend the contri ct one year from January 1. 1893, making it expire on January 1, 1895. Referred to the committee on Improvements. Joseph Letcher and others asked that Apricot Ap-ricot street be widened. Marshal Young asked to have photo-graphed photo-graphed a certain class of criminals who are apprehended by the department. Le-ferrcd. Le-ferrcd. Officer Jenkins filed a tommunicati i asking for a secret service depart:;. tit,-;ti increase of the force to fifty, and a cabinet lor burglars' tends and photographs of nil-i round crooks. On file. The city engineer's report was read and referred to the appropriate committees. A conununlcation was read from the clerk of the county court, stating that tlie following follow-ing resolution had been adopted by the joint committee: 'That, whereas, it has bean represented to the joint committee of the city council and county court by several persoui u bose names appear n p-on p-on tlie i o id of J. il. Bowman as contractor w i Siillt Lake city and Salt Lake county for me faithful performance of the contract between a and tiie said city and county for the constructs in of the joint city and c ounty building, were not their genuine signatures find that they did not In fact sign or authorize anyone to sign said hoi:'. That the mayor appoint a special committee fr' '' the city council to ait with said county c ourt o ex imine witnesses unci take testimony as to I he truth of said representations; and said cc.:m mittee are authorised to lake the testimony sttd evidence produced before said court and report the same w ith all reasShahls dispatch. Anderson, Lynn, Spafford, Young and Tuilclenhnui we re appointed the committee. The committee on sewerage, report- d favorably on R. K. Thomas' petition I it sewer connections. The. same committee reported on the petition of Margaret Sharp and others complaining com-plaining of excessive assessment for laying a sewer lateral on South Temple street and recommended that the city advertise for bids to do the work by contract. Adopt. I. The committee on claims reported on a number of matters, ami in iiic- case of Captain Cap-tain Lang. Charles Gates, W. A. Sidney ued J. P. Jensen for hack pay as officers, ic. fcrred the c laims to the police commitlc c, the mayor and city marshal. The committee on waterworks made the following recommendation; That Dubois i Williams be released from further supervision of the work cm the Par. ley c anon conduit; that the "work left unfinished un-finished by them he finished by the eltv, and that 11600 shall be retaiue'd from ! . j amount due the contractors to pay for the same. That the city purchase property if Dubois it Williams which will be necessa y to prosecute that and oilier work of a sic :-lar :-lar nature for f'.lls.iXi, and thai the plans f the city engineer relative to same, etc., be carried out. The repurt was adopted. Mr. .lames asked an appropriation of $p) el a year for the maintenance of the Pioneer library, the same lo be paid at s;i.:i;; a month. The recorder was notified I" withdraw the call for a special election on annexation. The follow ing appropriations were order, d ami council adjourned; RDM Kerr's, si i.-u ; 1 ; intersections 11 ;.) Dubois WP1 a:ns 6,0JU.CX) Sidewalk rebates 10tl.77 j. s. .Morse '.v-SaraH Molilalia i A- iiruliih Oui 1ft W. P. liuh rds warn Joe Mattes lafv.fl AitiurMca-l E0.1O til j- Alt' raoy for Mr. Ma i i .. .. ISjS Dunois ,v. Williams team Tola', SV.ltHi. ,i, |