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Show COUNT! MOSI SETTLE FOB USEOF WATER This Is the Decision Finally Reached by the City Commission. The county must pay tho city's water department for the water used In sprln-kllne sprln-kllne the lawn of the county's half of the Joint building, according to a decision de-cision of tho city commission, reached hist nlnht. The valr depurtmont has a bill against the county for 5152S.70 for the water furnished since 190". but the. board of couutv commissioners refused paymont, declaring that by tho terms or an :iKiecment made several years ago the city was to furnish the water without with-out charge. The matter was referred recently to tho city's legal department, and City Attorney At-torney II. J. Dlnlnny reported last night that the county is liable for payment. In order that tho county authorities may be appronched in an nmlcablc spirit, the matter was ivfprrod to the joint board of control of the city and county building. build-ing. The question of annexation of Forest Dale to the city was not brought up at last night's meeting, although scheduled for discussion. Tho Investigation of several sev-eral members of the police department, In prrvgress since Friday, has taken up all the time of the commissioners, and no opportunity for a. further Invcstltratlon Into tho anncvntlon question presented Itself. The matter will bo taken up later In tho present week. It. E, Ii. Collier was appointed assistant assist-ant engineer In the city engineer's department, de-partment, the addition to the forco being made In order to facilitate the work on Improvements now jn progress. A proposition by G. W. Huntington to sell the city forty-seven acres of land on the Jordan river for park purposes was referred to the park commissioner. The land Is offered tho city for J7600. Payrolls were approved and the report of the city auditor for April received at last night's meeting. |