| Show PROVO 1HOVO UTAH TED 8 1801 County Business The board of county commissioner met yesterday In regular session and transacted the following business J II Booth attorney for the sureties of enCounty Treasurer Wilde 01 peared before theboard and submitted < n proposition Id eetjle the claim again Mr Wrlde upon some boils less than the full amount The matter wall taken under advisement County Attorney KIng reported In I tile matterot the collection 01 the poll lax of Sprmgvllle precinct to Ihe effect that prior to January 1893 the charter of Sprlngvllle city contained a special provision authorizing the city to collect I col-lect poll tax This poll tax was to he expended as provided by the ordinances of the city under the direction of the city rood supervisor This charter provision was special to Eprlngville city and modified the general law In relation to poll lax In that the persons residing within the corporate limits of Bprlngvlllo city were required to pay the poll tax to the city supervisor and therefore In 18S7 the county road supervisor su-pervisor for Sprlngvllle precinct would only be entitled to collect the taxes from Individuals living outside ot the taxable limits In Ihe opinion of then the-n this special provision has been dropped from the charter of SprlngMllo by the adoption of the code and all cities are now upon the same Plane In this respect anT I In the futuie all poll tax will Ie collected by the county road supervisor for Sprlngvllle district and expended under his dlrci lion The Mme omclnl reported nn on inquiry In-quiry 00 i to whether or not the statute of exemption can be take advantage of by those upon horn the law imposes the duty of supporting their Indigent relallves The opinion Is that what constitutes sulHclent nbllltj under the statute must be determined by Ihe court In an action brought by the county to recover from a person suffi clint menus to support nn Indltent I 1 lelaltte t and that It found by the > I out that Ihr K rum Ftllll 1 Is Of Put lltlenl nblllty Judgment would lie tell clercil I against the feiulanl And 1 much Judgment would Ira R Hen upon property < proper-ty nol exempt from execution And l that Ioperly exempl from execution would lint he liable for the satisfaction of ouch a Judgment rim CountY rnuler was Instructed to Imestlgit the ounIY recordil And present a dcscrlpllon of all Plnlcrl 111 tlluli inunlv belonging to tile I County 8 K King attorney for Joocph Chamberlln asked for 4 remittance ot his taxes upon f1IIIuol property claiming Mrcimrhberll was a rest dent of Cnllforlla I anti not subject to axallon under the laws of Utah ne terred to the county attorney J V Smith of Is V Junction was granted a retail liquor license Hkelton Co wait awarded the con t met for blank books and other stat sta-t lonery supplies City Council The following business was transacted trans-acted lit the city council last evening llujor Jones appointed T II Cluft ns city sexton rind William r Farr as street supervisor The appoint mOnts were Confirmed Oeorgo W Jacques asked to he paid J23 dimages for the overflow of the factory fac-tory rae on the night ot January J > th Itfnrred I to the committee on Irrigation The follow rates of wnl < r lax for the sear wire dciermlned City lots r 5 cents each acreage CO cent per acre The tollnwlllg rates against Companies 1 using the water for iwvver purpiie were also flxid Provo Woolen Mills company 150 IMcelslor mill 1100 Sun Foundry and Machine company 4V n J Ward A Sons tea Hans 1oul set 810 IImool llIvotlllent Company S 150 Knight Sons SOO Tanners Mill S2S Monday Fob 2lst al 10 nilock o moo was Fet ns Ihe time to hear cnm Ilnllll and correct errOR In assess lIIelllR nl water tax A hili for on ordinance providing for the registration of birth and dealhs In conformity with the revised ptalutes pn sed Us first reading and wo refcrr1 to tile committee on Judiciary On motion of Councilor Keeler the city morshol was Inslruclc1 In enfloce Iho I olInanc In regard 10 trimming phmW trees and obstructing streets and pldewRIIo anti hy Oil amendment by Councilor Vincent the same officer was Instructed 10 ellloro the onllnoncp which provides that tile epeed ofrnll road trains shall not exceed eight miles on hour within Ihe limits of the tity Iou lIou was employed us City teamster J < oleo and Mr and Mr Silas Allred hove gOlle to RIng City to visit rilatlvcs re Mlsaes Ruby and Lydia Itolx Ienl to Uureka Yesterday lo visit relatives i Jnmeg Omhnm has dedoretl his In telltlon 10 become n clllzell of the United States Marie wainwright comes to the opera house on Monda the Kill In Shall We Forgive Her The Clay Matin curl did not draw a large > house last evening i no doubt ow I Iff to the rain weather and the muddy reels but the performance WR well received Marriage licenses have been Issued to John I Nlsonger aged 26 and Ht laT la-T Anderson aged 21 Joeph William Taylor aged 13 And Matilda Ulomqulst aged 22 all of Santaquln Robert Howard of Castle Gate has commenced sull Ago Inst Joseph White ley and Majorle hlteley to collect 100 with Inlet at the rate of one per enl per month from December 1 18S3 on eight proll15ory notes secured l by mortgage on Utah county real estate D O Willie Jr Is attorney for plaintiff John Dudley of Lake Shore wo arrested ar-rested In this city yesterday morning nt the home of his brother He stated he had come 10 Provo 10 give himself UI to the officers Today ha was taken ti Spanish FOrk and will be asked to plead to a complaint ot criminal Assault there not being sufflclenl evidence lo hold him on n more serious charge Dudley la Ihe man who entered Mrs I TraceyB house In Lake Shore Trlday night while Intoxicated I At meeting ot the board of illreclors of Ihe Provo Woollen Mills company held yesterday the electric franchise held by the Woollen Mills company In this city together with the linen of poles and wires wo transferred to I i Nunn of the Telluride Power Transmission Trans-mission company The dynamos owned by the Woollen Mills will lie retained for the purpose of producing light for the mills It Is understood that a company com-pany will be organized for the purpose of supplying light to Provo and thai Ihe light will be furnished from the Telluride Light Power Trannmli I slon componyo plant In Provo canyon |
