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Show hew cm coin I I . ASSBJ1RGE H Change in Administration Made Bj jfl Before Large Crowd One H, jfl Minute-Past Noon. ELECTS FERRY PRESIDENT: ill! H HEARS MAYOR'S MESSAGE Standing Committees Are An- SI I H nonnced: Passing of Old Body Wm H Marked hy Love Feast. Mm H j In the presence of a large crowd of j'KII spectators, which included a number of :H '('fit 11 women, and all tlio city officials and j k heads of departments connected with tho ' U city government, the old city council I i If adjourned at noon Monday and, at ono ' Mil! minute past the noou hour City Recorder i 'Ml jn Ben S. Rives called the roll of tho new It ill 1 council and every member responded to 'fllirt his name. j fij b TH This was practically all there was to Ifl lLS 1 tho change, of city administration, as iM! nil tho city officials, save one, the. city 'BII 1 recorder, were reelected to succeed j P J themselves, hence I here was no change j in their offices and the changes in tno f 11 mombershiji of tho city council conse- i i quentlv was of the must importance. 1 ' The old council met at 1030 o'clock ; ff t jH and cleaned up what business was left. wi t on its calendar. The last fow iniuutcs gj' i MH of its session was taken up in the jrcs- ; ffii n ;H enfation of a handsoino silver loving j fti lir jH cup fo retiring President, A. J. Duvis ! f ' u H ami also in Hpoeciies trotn the retiring 1 re ' ' iH members of the body. There was a ; smt general feeling of good will between the : fill holdover and rotiring members of tho j fr J j old council nnd the last, fifteen minutes , U t tM of ils session will, no doubt, live in Iho t re H t memory of all present for a good many J- H Watershed Veto Sustained. ; jjjta il At the last session or the old council, ; wltf JH the most important matter was the con- ''Si'li' 'IH sideration of the veto of Mayor Brans- 'Mip il ford to the contract between the citv , Ml! ; IH and the forestry department of tho Unit- lUj I) ed States government providing for tho j fjl HJ latter depaiintent lo lake charge of tho fl-U1 city's waierslunls for a period of leu fij, . iHj yi'ir?. The veto of the mayor was sus- S (Hj "taiucd. but it is quite probable that the ' ft, jHj new council will take tho matter up and u jitj sec if aonio mnre equitable contract W'il H cannot be entered into with tho depart- ! o H nie.it t of forestry. ' 1 H Vitlt the new, council the message, of ' Jy i tM the mayor, also his apopintmcflfs and Ihe t H appointments of other city officials, the ; n j tileclion of a presidonf. of the council 1 !f 1 .fl oncl tho unming of the standing com- la I H mitt nes for the ensuing two years, ,3 i . formed tho important business before If! li: M H it. All thpso matters woro attended lo 'f2lr ' H without a' hitch of any fcind and the first flj m 1 meeting of the new council was as Yi H smooth .and harmonious as could pos- ' B' 1 '' I After tho formal busiuess of tho old jr 'H council had been concluded. Mr. Hall 5e "j jB started the love feast .by introdtieiug n JJ'f '111 I resolution extending a vote of thanks llraJtll '(H to the outgoing members of tho council Wm I for their faithful and efficient work and :jl'if extending tq them the best wishes of lifT 1 I their assooLntes in the council. This ; resolution was adopted bv a unanimous jj R ft , VOtO. J Lovi-tg Cup for Davis. T.V, H At just fifteen minutes before Iho jlii'ti 'H noon 'hour. Mr. Fernsfrom was recog- 1 1 nired by President Davis nnd in n Er'ir' 4 H complimentary spoech presented Mr. Da- h'I; ill vis on behalf of all the members of tho ; '. ' old body a silver loving cup as a, token J jy of thoir appreciation of his services m ; M'ui 1 1 tho chair. Mr. FernstTom aid iu part: '2 VI II "'Tt is jnst fifteen minutc3 before tin:? Wv " administration closes. "When wo part f i-.uH ' company at the close of an adrainistra- 5 Mm tion it brings more or less regret. "v- 5 tf ftJ 1 mav not always have spen things alike i VTtt 1, while in tho council aud may havo had S,r ' I words, but T believe, as a rule, it has P'b j , been a mailer of priucinlo with us and l( wl. 1 :M not a mailer of personalities. Wo have , Ml- M made friendships wltich we will caTry 1 ; ' through life and the president or tho t I'M council will always be the most impor- r jfrjj . taut of these. 1 ' 1 "Tn belialf of all ihe members of the . Mil 1 council, aud particularly of Iho minority i, ,f i m ntembers, 1 drsire to say that we linvn '3J t , received Iho most courteous, friendly flj ;j ilm and fair treatment from the. president 5 a- of Iho -council and we. beliovo that we ;A w have had a square deal from him. The. wt I members of the council want, to express w J ' tlteir feelings and havo bought a token fi" ffi fl to present to vou as a matter of send. , M S , uip.nl. U is given with Ibe best of feel- ' HE j ' M tng and with the highcut regard for Hj & you and whenever vou use, it we hope wit that vou will remember the council of 1 IS Ml I ions-mop. " ' tB is I There was hearty npjilauso at Ihe con- 1 ij elusion of Mr. TVrnsfroDi'ri ppt'ech and j & c til M when lie presented to President Davis w k Jl tho loving cup. which is appropriately - ; , j engraved with Iho name of Mr. Davis, L 91 il M the donor aud date. jb m . tm Mr. Davis Bcplics. ;3 1 !l t I President. Davis was overcome for a I 8) ( few seconds, but replied in a fitting il IM (in J i B manner and cxicndp,d his thanks for tho fl w? f? f pretty token. He said thai it. was tho iMS ' I second time in bis service iu the eouxt- 8 ffl s'a i 1 c.il I bat lie had been called upon to cs- ffl c? l ' press appreciation of the kindness of a W SI -ir I his colleagues, but that the action of iflrfiH I the members tn I his instance certainly lillH!a lj had him going." Ho declared that 'fan a ' ir. was a greater satisfaction to hint to irflO (ffl Ji' know that in the entire, four years that Hl'fl It ho had been pn-fiidont of the council. im h L only one appeal had been taken from Iffllllls ir - liis decisions, lie stated that ho had Mlnllff tried to treat all alike, whether ihoy ijtlb belonged 10 the majority or the minor- Mffllts I itv. and had iriod In set aside politics iUHBltl ' and recognir.o only each member as a iiiailffl r'' representative of the people and treat 'mWiKJ i' them as sucb. He expressed his thanks :5u3H i to all the members of the council, heads Irjwfrl of departments, city recorder am his Lt'OH? ! deputies for the help they had given S Pf"1 him in his administration, and declared RNhIT 1 ' that tho 11dministr.il ion had been a 511c- fij Ifij M T cessful one in every respect. As to i.ho jHTj J ' token jiresented htm, he said lint lie tfllfliff Lrl could not find words to express his-ap- i!jlijl4 H prcciation, but ho thanked the members . Iftjiw n 'fl most, sincerely for it. . WWnl H President Davis was greeted with ' ujj.,g hearty applause at Ihe conclusion of his Mwfi H rent.i -. RctlriUg jrombcrs. r I m H The retiring members of the old conn- hi Hj cil are: b. ,D. Martin and .T. D. Mur- W I Continued uu Page Tw NEW CITY COUNCIL ASSUMES CHARGE Continued from Pace One. doch, First ward; G. II. Eavliould, Second Sec-ond ward; IL T. Cowbitrn, Third ward; J. J. Stewart, Fourth ward; T. R. Black, Fifth ward. Mr. Cowburn and 3Ir. Black made appropriate ap-propriate remarks in which they expressed ex-pressed their thanks for the treatment accorded t.hctn durinc their terms in the council. Mr. Black paid a hifrh compliment to tho old council by say inn that ho did not believe it possible to pet together n body of men who could have dono better in'fhc administration pi tho city's affairs than the old council. President A. J. Davis appointed Councilman Coun-cilman Ferry, Eoodall and Fornstrom as a committee of three to approve the minutes of the old council. The roll was then called on the authorized list of expenditures and at 12 o'clock the old council adjourned. After the roll of the new council was called by City Recordor Rives, Mr. Moreton named A. J. Davis as temporary tempo-rary chairman of the body. Before the matter of electing a new president wns taken up Mr. Hall called for an opinion from the city attorney as to whether or not Section 190 of tho compiled laws governor! the council in the matter of ch'oosinf: a president, which, if itdid, would mean that President "Davis would hold the position for another two years. City Attornoy Dininny had a written opinion prepared on the subject and iL was read to the council. He held that the law provided that tho .council should organize and elect a president at each chance of administration, which is every ev-ery two years, and explained that when tho section alluded to wa3 enacted tho councilmen were" all elected for two j-cars. but since then tho law had been changed, so that ono councilinau in each ward was elected for a term of four years. Under that chance, the opinion held, the council could not elect n president only for its existence under the law, -which is two years, hence Mr. Davis's term as president expired Jit noon Monday, when the old council censed to exist. Ferry Made President. Mr. Lyno, without any further ceremony cere-mony and in a very brief speech formally for-mally placed the name of W. Montlerry. of the Fourth ward, before the council as its president. Thcro were no other nominations so Mr. Ferry was elected unanimously. The chairman appointed Mr. icrn-strom icrn-strom and Mr. Reedall as a committee to escort President Ferry to the chair. Mr. Fornstrom introduced President Fcrrv, who was .received with applause. Thg "new president then expressed his appreciation of tho honor conferred upon him, sayinc in part: "I am deeply sensible of the honor which you 'have conferred upon mc. With this honor co cortain responsibilities responsi-bilities and . one can best meet these responsibilities when he has the hearty co-operation of all tho members of tho council. I have for four years seen Mr. Davis handle this offico with great success and fairness and feci that I have benefited from his experience. I ask for jvour support and as far as in mo lies the offico shall be administered adminis-tered with justice and its duties shall receive the best I hnvo in me. I thank you for tho honor. " The recular order of business was then proceeded with. First was the reading of Mayor Bransford's nnnual messn.ee, which appears elsewhere in this issue. Tho council ordorod 250 copies of the message printed and tho various suggestions contained therein referred to the committoes having thoso matters in charge. Appointments Confirmed. The appointments by the mayor wcro then read and confirmed unanimously, A. F. Dorcmus wnE appointed by the mayor as the city's representative on tho commissions which have charge of the exchange of waters between the city and the farmers of Big Cottonwood Cotton-wood and Pnrlc3r's canyon. The appointment ap-pointment was confirmed. The appointments by nthor city officials of-ficials were then submitted and approved. ap-proved. City Recorder Rives announced that the bonds of all the city officials and I councilmen had been fllou and approved by tho ninyor. Upon motion of Mr. Moreton the rules of the old council woro adopted as the, rules of tho now council Until such time an the coinmittoo on rules makes a report; President Ferry appointed ap-pointed Councilmen Davis, Moreton and Fcru8trom as a special committee on Mr. Moreton further moved that tho committees of the council be consolidated consoli-dated so that the number be reduced from twenty-two to sixteen committees. The license committee was increased from threo to five mombers. His motion mo-tion prevailed. President Ferry announced tho Heating Heat-ing arrangement of the members of thu council as follows, beginning at tho left of the 'president and continuing in a v semi-circle to tho right Rend, . -O 'Don-noil, 'Don-noil, Wood, Moroton, MeKinnoy, Lync, Mnlvoy, Davis, Koodall, Fornstrom, Holloy, Hall, Hodgson, Loos. Tho payrolls of tho various departments depart-ments for tho last half of Doecinbor, amounting to $12,388.1!), wcro roferrcd to tho various committees concerned with power to act. Standing Committees Named. The announcement of the mombers of the standing committees wns thou made by President Ferry as follows.: Municipal laws MeKinnoy, Wood, Hall, "Lync, Fornstrom. Streets Davis, Reed, Reedall, MeKinnoy, Me-Kinnoy, Holley. Markets and snnitnrv O'Donncll, Kendall, Moroton, Lees, Lync. Public grounds and wuterwavs Wood, Roedall, MeKinnoy, Holloy, Hall. Improvements Wood, Lj'ne, Locs, MeKinnoy, Hodgson. Finances and salaries Davis, L3'no, Moroton, Wood, Fornstrom. Estimate and apportionment Mayor, finance committee, president city council, coun-cil, auditor and recorder as socretary. Library and oleciion Lync, Moreton, Hall. Fire department Rood, Mulvcy, Wood. MeKinnoy, Reodnll. Claim s M c K in n cy , R o o d , For n s t rom . Waterworks M11IV03', O'Donncll, Davis, Da-vis, Reed, Moreton. Revision and enrollment Lyno, MeKinnoy, Me-Kinnoy, Mnlvoy, Hall, Lees. License Moroton, O'Donncll, Roo tlall, Lyno, Mulvcy. Engineering and sewerage Reedall, Moreton, Wood. Holley, Hodgson. Polico and prison O'Donnell, Davis, Moreton. Mulvoy, Lync. City and county building Reodnll. Davis. At 1:05 o'clock p. m. the new conn-, cil adjourned until next Monday night. Henry Heath, the parkkoopor. presented present-ed evory member of tho old and the now council and ovory other cit3r employee present with a prctt3' bouquot of flowers. flow-ers. Passing of Old Council. Tt took the old council a little more than an hour to dispose of tho routine business before it. The veto of Mayor Bransford to tho proposod contract between be-tween tho city and tho forestry department depart-ment of tho United States was sustained sus-tained without comment 03 a vote of 13 to 1. Mr. Hall casting the only disscnting voto. The matter will be taken up by the municipal laws com-, mil tee of tlie now council to sob if a more favorable contract as far as the citv is concerned cannot be made. Tho proposition of soiling the citj's rock crusher to H. S. Mnrcotts was referred re-ferred back to the streets committee of the now council for further consideration. consid-eration. The contract with tho Otis Elevator coinpauj' for tho installation of a new elevator on tho city side of the joint building was also passed up to tho new council. Jn Generous Mood. The council wns in a generous nioorl with reference to tho installation of additional ad-ditional street lights and when tho ro-' port of tho improvement committee recommending tho now lights heretofore hereto-fore agreed upon came up, it was amended by adding about fivo lights upon request of several of tho councilmen coun-cilmen and was then adopted. Mr. Holloy 's motion to reconsider tho passing of the slot vending machine license ordinance was lost and the or dinnncc stands as passed at tho meeting meet-ing last Thursday night. City Engineer Chancy submitted plats and plans for the resorvoir in Big Cottonwood caii3on which woro referred to tho waterworks committee for consideration. Tho ordinance requiring the cutting of weeds and dr3' grass in vacant lots was killed, upon motion of Mr. Hall that the enacting clause bo stricken out. Ho contended that tho present ordinance on that subject is sufficient and his motion was carried. Because of the fact that tho Emigration Emigra-tion Cnn3'on Railroad compan3' had not filed a plat of its proposed extension along Twent3'-first East street and across propcrt3 owned 1)3' the city in Farley's canyon hollow, tho franchise asking for that privilego was referred to the incoming council and the company com-pany will havo to file the required plat |