Show CITY r-CITY OFFICERS t v FAIL TO AGREE ACREE ON ZOO lOO ACTION Goggin Advises Board I i to Reject Proposal p of Society r Cit City commissioners Tuesday were divided in fri their views on what to todo todo todo do about the thc zoo As a result no final action was taken by the the- board after it listened to oral reports of Commissioner jP P. P H. H Goggin and City Auditor Samuel Samuel Sam Sam- uel F. F Nicholls relative to a conference conference conference con con- ference Monday with Salt Lake Zoological society creditors and bondholders k C m The board also studied a a. letter Mr G Goggin which was ordered withheld from records of the meet meet- ing The letter follows I r After ACter careful stud study and in my opinion se sensing sing public sentiment and public good goode I wish to recommend recommend recommend mend that the cit city reject the offer as submitted by the Salt Lake Zoological society in relation to the purchase of land and and the assuming of all obligations incurred b by the zo zoological logical society u I gal further recommend that the city take immediate possession of its animals feed and care for them until such time as a permanent location location location loca loca- tion can be established The offer referred to was that the city Ity assume in obligations Including of zoo bonds contracted contracted contracted con con- by the zoo society Additional trouble in untangling affairs of the zoo loomed when it was recalled that the 1933 legislature enacted a Yaw Taw creating zoological societies and apparently empowering empowerIng empowering empower empower- ing them to obligate cities for expense expense expense ex ex- ex- ex pense connected with creation and maintenance of zoos This phase of the matter was re referred referred referred re- re to the legal department for investigation |