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Show City Fathers' Special Session Thoro was a special mooting of tin City Council hold In tho City Hail. Wednesday ovonlng, January 13th. with tho Mayor presiding and hut one councilman absent. A petition from Mr.' 13. A. Henrold wus presented, asking that an erroi lu his deed bo rectified, and upon motion mo-tion this wus left to tho commHti-e on city proporty ror Investigation. Messrs W. B. Smith, J. S. Storrs. J It. Hlndloy and James T. Gardner p-tltloned p-tltloned tho Council for tho renin-tnnco renin-tnnco of tho lawn tax against the four chnpols, which petition wns granted Judge Whlt'ecottou addressed the meeting, giving a resume of tho Btn-tUB Btn-tUB or tho BrlggB case, nud Btntod that tho Council wiib fully Justified by law In their rofusal to grant Ilcenso t. tho Brlggs l'hiirnincy. Tho supervisor of water works was Instructed to collect tho water rotcB epiartorly, ten dnys being given to water users beforo being declared delinquent. de-linquent. Water rates for lawns to bo collected as follows: Ono-linlf i tho amount duo to bo collected on or beforo April lBt; the remaining portion por-tion to bo collected on or beforo the first of July. Tho Irrigation committee was authorized auth-orized to fornmlato cards for the regulation or tho use or city water, and all city offlclols Instructed to give employment to thoso needing employment employ-ment rather than to relatives. Tho .Mayor and City llecordor were authorized to loan tho sinking fund of tho city, amounting to $G,200.00, to tho Alplno High School District No 1, at 8 per cent per nnnum for the term of ono year. |