Show CITY arito contracts I 1 hot dd ad C 0 r I 1 t 0 T LAW OPINION two licenses refused resignation and election of tho the city cita council held the usual weekly me meeting etin last evening mayor dusenberry presided soil roll ca called aled absent probert and aann berg minutes of previous meeting read and approved IONS ASO A communication from tho the street supervisor statin that provo city was waa without lumber and that is waa wa s impossible im to carry an the work on the streets without it was referred to the committee on streets and alleys with authority to act geo gee pickup presented a communication offering to sell a part of ninth street between P and Q streets as he had moved away and had no more use tor for it referred to the committee on streets and alleys A communication from the superintendent of the western union telegraph co was presented he stated that his hii company was waa not requited to pay any license licens eaid and referred to a decision of the supreme court to bear him out in his position thy the committee on judiciary will report on this communication the communication from the chemi cal rational national bunk bank of now new york asking for an exchange on city water bories bons was referred to the committee on finance REPORTS OF OFFICERS the city assessor and cul lector presented aig ibis report of taxable property showing property ipox which a a city tax Was cassad ia sad amounting to and tae me pro p pt erty upon which school tax will be assessed amounting to 2900 report accepted and referred ret erred to th thi committee on finance with instructions to recommend a rate of taxation city ty attorney terney at submit submitted tt d the following on application E R rawlings aud aad myzie aniban for a liquor licen licenses seo to fo the cily council of provo city and the Cummi les tSei on Lice license nue the committee on liceri aes havin submitted the application of H R E rawlings RAw tinga and aad ayno maibor for 1 liquor 0 r I 1 licenses i benses censes and it appearing that 1 line 1 locality lity oberd they desire to sell liquors ia within feet of a church used for far that purpose would say there is i but cne cna exception in ia the law th that t is ig it a hotel in all other cass cas s the council has haa no power to grant license to sell liquors with a radius of feet of any church or public school isad for that purpose thu the city council hs no di dig credon in the matter that teril territory tory is is as a effectually out oat of the limits of the city so for as a granting a licence to sell li liquors quoos therein as it would be if it were beyond tile tha corporate carp orate limits ot of the city A license 1 censa granted by the city in those thoe cases would afford no protection whatever to any person selling under it any action of the city council woula bt ba totally void the party selling could be prosecuted and punished under the law of the territory for selling sailing without a license He arsea the qu tation is ia asked if there is ii not an exception exi eption in ia the case of dru stores states if the law were no licenia licen shall be ba granted to any aay establishment geraled within feet of any church or building belag used lor for that purpose there would be no quest ou on whatever about it but it id said thal tha there is ia an aa exception in the law and that drug drua should fall within it the law leads S 1 no noach tuch li bicente cente snail shall be ba grant granted 0 d to any establish mant except t a hete held 1 located within feet of any chure church or public achrol building buil dint behag used for that par page pose adrig A deij store is not a hotel find end to coir ceu within the tha deception it aou d have H bi b A mercantile wo weib come as aa near tha ex eplion as the iho dib ir al bior lore or not ot a st i should have bava been made an L can ina make kenno dif difference frence it is made so bo by bv the law and the law la this matter ia the sole guide aide I 1 we w therefore aay that a drug store in i respecting res reaper pectin t in no mr moru far favorable orble pt pa it than a retail baluss solely resi fully D D houtz HOOTZ city attorney UP COM I 1 1 the committee on license apon the pat filous of 11 aaa a ii pyne haibin ju 11 liquor license licinio and referred to the ret re of the city attorney in bu porz of t t Coun councilor clor simmons was opposed the liau lian t r law and was not in favor causi ig up a respect respectable respectably abl e saloon allowine some sarae dead fall to t start up W i in a lew jew leet jeet of it I 1 councilor barney bainey believed the must mast be complied with huweler liu wever in b it would work on parties tc te rested Cour councilor cifor maiben was also in favi carrying out the letter of the jaw ahm gh he ha was satisfy satis fl il the law baw 0 o A bar athin rod and wa vai wa it it fir the tha bela terest ter idt of tin thi city the report of the com committee mitlee adopted tue tile committee ou on printing and 9 aro 0 O sica to whom was reft refi of tile the EQUI E Ren akini a that they be to i for city printing for a tern term of t ix oot wo C 0 a year presented th chrt following r n port to T the joyc end and acty C y counci oft 0 bravo ci city t G x x your committee on irr priming inting and engrossing 0 o whom wham has as referred the ofte of TH Z it IR cj ci akini that bids bid be lot let tor for one bearor year or six months lor for al ail and every kind or arid and h g frd by provo proto city redo reat t that we nave ii hen en the matter jao due ion anil and believe that it is nt not arv particular advantage to iho chiy aud and therefore recommend comand that no cn contract tract be lot lat for the above term B R K R Com commile committe milte k c councilor malben maiben wai waa not net i 11 i fat faar or cf letting blotting the printing by contract he fie had foan found d that w vil i lea a contract for painting pi inting might appear fair on its face there avs generally some way of getting around it which was taken advantage of by the printing establishments he was waa in favor of letting a contract for shoeing horses or something of that nature that acquainted with but the printing business left too many loop bolea to crawl through and he ha was in favor of having the printing done without any contract councilor holdaway wit wa in favor fator of letting the printing to the lowest responsible bidder he ha wit wag in favor of saving whatever could be saved in the matter of brij arlins adz as well ag aa any other matter councilors councillors Counci lors irvine and carney were in favor of adopting the report of the committees committe ee councilor si mris called att attention eLtion to some printing that h hid aid id been done for far the city and directed the tha attention of councilor raiben maiben to some differences in the way of ef measuring printing councilor farrer was in favor of adopting the recommendation of the committee commit top councilor maiben stated that the council thought THE wag a responsible bidder at one time but lie he did not so ao now he referred to bills and printed matter mattar showing a gradual reduction of prices since sinca issi 1853 but ne claimed that the city hid had paid for tho the printing through same hook or crook H would as lief contract with a physician to ranke bake him a tho thousand asand pills as aa to contract for printing priming for a year one doctor would oner offer to make the tha pills for fifteen cents centa and another woold make them for a dollar the 15 cent pills might be dru donn b pills and if te le accepted that proposition hs he would be in a worse fix than if he took the dellar pills councilor simmons complimented councilor maiben on OB hia bin candor in ad adt his ignorance of printing and explained the different styles and tha difference in drifts charged for printing inting pi the report was finally adopted adopt td the committee on waterworks water works reported favorably upon the application of jurgen forgea hanson hansan and others for the extension of the watern rains to their promises premises the report was withdrawn to give the 1120 co committee an opportunity to make some hinves investigations in regard to a con arct which the city has with mr J L clayton for doing work on the service service pipes it was claimed that long dis work if done under the contract W would give mr clayton an exorbitant price for boruch ouch work 0 H berz berg made a statement showing that damage had bid been bean done to property on 0 street by the digging dicing of the canal for draining tle tie blou slough h east of the city the ditch lots lota and wills wells and the water mains were a block off of and aid no water could he ba had bad without great expense there was also danger from the canal being left open the communication was referred to the committee on waterworks water works upon motion of councilor farrer 50 was appropriated to be expended on the irain drain east of the city under the direction of the committee having that work in charge the A resignation of mr A A ferro ferre as ai pun aund d keeper was presented and ac canted L S glazier was elected pound keeper CLAIMS the following claims were allowed A A ferre teamster team str p 1685 J 8 faucett shoeing team H brown blacksmithing blacksmith ine silas allred special police 1000 A bill from the provo grocery co for rent of fire filemena fi remena menz hall amounting amo Hating to 30 my referred to the committee on fire department the dusvitch Dis bi claim for prin printing tn tinz z md and advertising amoun amounting amo tinz to i taa referred to te the committee on engrossing and printies prin tins tinz A claim of the tha P L M B compa company py cr was referred to the tha commit tee ee on claims council adjourned for one week |