| Show = CAUSED A SURPRISE tHy Attorney Qutstlons J L Mays Eligibility to Hold Office CJllunA os Dunc 11IIIUI AtiliUnt Ciller Ionotan to Iltcelts a jUdalMuck lliliatcMl ccllautiiui lloslntsi Under the head of reports ot city I QlciTP nt last night Council meetIng meet-Ing Councilman Itomuey caused 10 be read a comumiilc tlon received by him from tho oily attorney relative 10 the furnishing 01 a new bond b11ho city treasurer The communication came as n surprise to the members and during Hi reading silence reigned jiupromc It will be remembered that at las weeks meeting the Council adopted a resolution requesting the treasurer to furnish a now bond within live days Mr May presented Ills bond last nlgbt In tbu turn of 260000 his suretli tclcB W B McCornlok J K = IJooly Matthew Cullen and A Uanauer The communication ot Ibo oily attorney at-torney is l to follows Councilman George Uoinnoyi Dear Blrln answer to your Inqulrlo In relations to a now bond required bo given by the tlty treasurer there Is a question which I ureeM tho council anould consider namely Whether tI8c II i r 1 8c i May la at present eligible to the olllco of city treasurer It Is 1 provided by section 1709 vol I compiled laws of 1858 that no penon ehall be eligible to any office In tlio city government who U I a defaulter to Iho cur loraUou If the City Council ap > rm OH a new bond lor the Ircanurer knowing a > It does that a defalcation exists and any other or farther nhortoge should Happen durinc Iho remainder or 1114 term I the Council Ought tooipeol that hi > llietlo would refuse 10 make good inch shortage j upon the ground that the treasurer was I monualUled I team tilI olllco at this I time tho new bond wa approved I by The i Council f and that they in sureties wore 1 not legally roponslble for such shortage This vlow li rinpuatuwd by the fait Urn Iho Burettes on she treasurers bund now In suit deny their liability oil the ground I among others that Mr Mliy list iioc been a lid IS not flow lIon ror 01 bait Luke City because bo Rover qualified as Soon Bud nllrgo Hint they sureties or otherwise never made oolllod rdoltl trod rise bund sued upon The dofenO of tho treasurer ai shown In hit ollor In Iho suit referred to In In I luballo that he dou nol uwo the city any money mid thai ho Is I In no way responsible re-sponsible she loan of city funds by the failure of the Hank of bait Luke because be-cause KB he allege ho simply held Iboco land a bellies and not uiuorwho It ocom bowOor from the records Ibo Third district court ibm ludiadnR with the Bunk of ball Lake iigallial which ho ha roonrlll it Judarnent for Ibo 1001 funds In I the turn of 813ll > 20 > tho treasurer treas-urer treats this whulo Rule a1I this mono were his own aud does not belong be-long lo the city heroin ho abuudona the ballLoluduitr This la vhowii by Ibo fact that on January Janu-ary lull last without Ibo consent or advice of the Council or other authority ato Ir a1 tnowuL Slltood bid judg laced as lust the flank 01 ralt Lao 6for value received to one 11 II Iton as will be seen by a copy of on assignment hereto attached Iho original of which Is part of the llloi In that suit Whether under the circumstances anew a-new bond for Mr May should bo approved ap-proved until the shortage referred to has bcu mad gOOlI II a question for the council real i upon Councilman Uomnejr was on his feet asscoJns the recorder was through and mid 11 Wo all know that at the commencement commence-ment of f the treasurers term a bond was filed wblcu tro have since been told did not m ke the bamlsmeu liable for the lot of stands entrusted to his core Tberoore I believe It absolutely necessary that bsfore we proceed any further we should Know what wo are dolufr In order that we make no J further mistaken With lull object In view as chairman chair-man of the llnaucs committee I consulted con-sulted Ihe city attorney whose opinion I take 111 entitled to some weight and consideration He 10 l hero tonlgnt and I for one would like to hear from him I with It understood however that DI far ai I am Individually concerned I bavo DO feelings of malice toward tho city treasurer I sin actuated oliyby a detlro to jursuo I Iho right course Wo an Ibo cutodlaos of the tjeoplta money and our Sale should bo governed accordingly Stewart moved that the osmmuul cation together with the bonds be ro Israel to Ibo finance committee with the city attorney associated OMoara I would like to Inow If I the new bond has been approved by the Mayor Jlornucy It halt cot OUcari Then It hag no business bore telling up Ibo time of the Council Coun-cil The Uw dMIuctly ray tbt the i bond mutt be lint approved by the I Mayor and then tubrallled to the I Council for their approval iiy consent Romany read the law on I what constituted default Oileara to Ilomney Do you say the treasurer li a defaulter Itomuey Well the money II not forthcoming Wlsoomb object ID any member of this Council I calling J L May a defaulter The leait we can do U I to wait until the question of who Is re Bponeltilo for too lost funds has been tetlltd Komnej do not says neither do I desire to be understood ai laying that Mr May li a defaulter but life answer li now on file and a matter of record At this Juncture 1ioaident Now ill called Wlicomb to Ibo chair and addressing the Council field lie regarded the proctiedlngi as a act I cue matter both to tbe treasurer and oily government and hoped > the Council would be lair At last week moiling be continued con-tinued wo adopted a resolution requesting him to fuinlth a new bond w I thin nvo day lie has compiled with that riquutt and what more can we ask Muivey w Its very sorry to think that Iho city attoruy should be so harih vrltb the city treasurer lit character ised big communication ai a rush one at this time lie had bad some experience ex-perience with the Bacon bank failure had knew no man felt so bid over It u did Mr May The chair decided to cut cfl further debate by declaring Mulvcy ont of truer Bv r1 l members Immediately lumped lo their fast and dar < d the I J tlmrb ilutlr to dim tbcm the rlcbt lo dlicuii he quettlan A parliamentary tangle ensued with several I npp1 > l Irom Ibo decision of the ollllrcomlo from dlflercnt parts > of the homo Things ware Rotting decidedly mixed when the chair role is led by ravIOlllg Itllle clslon After soma lurtbor discussion the communication and bond by u vote ol 10 to 4 was referred to the com nilttee on finance AN lOllO OP THE LATE IJRE The resolution of Ibo board of police and flats cammlsnlineri adopted at Monday nlghtg meeting recommend IlIg thai Flromou DODuvao Builivau Hy water and Vail I bo each rewarded with a medal for the bravery they displayed dis-played at tIn Scott Auerbacti fire was Ibo next subject up for debate Out of courtesy to btewart the resolution was allowed to go over Sad come up t under tile bead ot tulle 0 Ilaueous business when Btewart Introduced a similar resolution lo that adopted by Iho boird and recommending > that the Bum ot Jj5U ol the oltyi funds be tot apart to lUy each oS the boy nestled a Modal OMeara opposed tho giving ofa medal to any but Assistant Chief Donovan who had rloso his life lu rtscului Miss Smith Bulllvau might save been hurl but bo was on duty Ibo next day fhe I commissioners ho old never expected oa to act favorably upon this resolution lIt waR Ollly gallery talk an their part and a bur lieque lor they bad told him to Hole Mr Ilywater continue OMeara steps ou a tack and hurts Ia fail and wo are told Lie 10 deolv lUll ol a Medal lor It The city recorder Is paid for hit nrvlota aud I tufpoin If he happens lo stumble over a chair some day we will ale have to give him a medal It emlo IOu ware oUorlun induce I maul to city employes in get hurt Dr Bmlth was ut the lire aud fell I down data is just as much entitled to I a medal as Cuarley Vail is I am op i loud I 10 encouraging mu tn get burl in the pursuit 01 their duties I Mulvey thought u man wbo would ave thti Hie ol a follow being was entitled to Ibo highest recognition llm firemen were not receiving the salaries tbey should and ho oppoioj the reduction to 05 a mouth at the tlmultwaamade < 1Uffdht Btwarl old tbal II what OMeara had attributed lo the commlasloucra was true they were not lit uiuu to bu memberaot the board WUcomb eulogized the firemen cud favored too recognition of bravery Iomney expressed the belief that the to was something behind the rose utlon which bad not como to the front It Is the first time 11 bu said lu all my experience with fire de parlmentf that I have eon iho chief ignored and It eeemi to ufo a slur li In lauded for him UulelDovliiBijan banotaulo aud a capable mun but because be was fortunate enough 10 trok a leI or In tome way butt himself be li not lo bo reeognlzsu Line II one word 01 cm nendallou ouored In hit favor00 Mulvey took exceptions to Ijmooj rcmnkB as no one thought more of Chief Uevluotbaulmdld It there was anything at Iho boll of the logo lotion and Mr Itjmuey know It bo aboulu bring It out A motion was made to refer Ibo matter lo the fire aud police commit tee 10O OMeara moved at UQ amendment hat Donovan only bo regaled with a model Date > offered a aubitliulo rctolutlon providing mat a medal be given Donovan Dono-van Us cost not to exceed f 50 Dulea Bubbtltule carried by a vote ef 12 to 2 lit Irobou and Stewart Toted no aDd explained It wis because the tub Illute did not Include this four fireMen fire-Men Newell Paid he would like to have Voted for all but he voted aye J11ECELLANLOUS BUaiNDS3 Bu rUeodeal 01 the Waterworks II C WoUooo submitted 0 statement 01 the epentel for the mouth 01 January as follow Expenses 215770 re elptr 104 03 lUcelved and tiled Tire city engineer submitted a rePost re-Post of the expenses of his department for the month of January as follows Net expenses ot tho department 1749 Banttsry Inspector J J Uieonewald etltloned the Council lu allow him an extra horee mud cart to work In the paved district on Baal Temple street rom South Temple to Third South aDd on First and titcona BiutU Us erred to committee ou street Watermaiter Wllcken lulled the Council attention to a rock tilde at Ibo mouth ot Parley ciuyon causing I lie destruction of abtut surly teat ol llumlnit and asked for InitcuUIjni aa the cost ot replacing the flume would bo about f2 00 or f300 JUferred to committee ou Irrigation Tim water master also recomraeuded Ibo puttlog uof a headgetts In Ibo Bantu Jordan anal Police Court Clerk Sboup reported I ho disposal ol 143 cines uutlug the month of leocmb Flues and forfeitures for-feitures amounting to 123575 were collected and had been deposited with the clly treasurer Filed J D Mor e presented a claim for 400 lor rock furnished thu city Witter toaster Committee un Urination Allen offered a resolution which In effect Instructed the city engluetr report at The next meeting ol the Council I what coud be done In the way of relief from toe Inundation In was western poillou of the cmy hdopluJ Councilmen Diehl Sol Mulvey submitted a flnauclal statement of tile moneys received end oxpeudod at the convention of fire chlela held In this city left l August l The receipts vere 1330 and expenditures 122118 caving a balauca ol 1 105 82 Wle Telklns offered to 11120 acres ot land to the city for 551100 The land I Mr Vctklns says Is I n natural reservoir north oily The location was not Klvon Filed D 11 I > esblisokol for a Iron license I lo peddle baken product Committee week Commit-tee cn licensee AdJourlloJ for one |
