Show I City Licenses Protested A city ordinance setting a flat license fee of 30 per year for doing business within the city of Moab was protested by a group group of citizens at a meeting of the Moab city council Tuesday night They presented a petition signed by various persons doing business business business busi busi- ness within the city which at attacked at- at tacked the ordinance as able and unfair The meeting was turned over for open discussion A motion was finally adopted by the group which provided that thata a committee of of two councIlmen three business men and two representative representatives representatives rep rep- of the Moab chamber chamber cham cham- ber of commerce be appointed to work out a license system that would be fair to all concerned This committee is composed of Ralph Miller Jr and N. N S. S Christensen Christensen Christensen Chris- Chris representing the council Mrs Katherine Rauer Carl E. E Murphy and G. G U. U Foote representing representing representing the protesting group and R. R J J. J Miller r Sr and Golden Peterson Peterson Peterson Peter Peter- son representing the chamber of commerce They will submit their recommendations to the city council after they have agreed on a license plan Present at the meeting were Mayor George Burck and Councilmen Councilmen Councilmen Coun- Coun Bill Hines Robert Baldwin Baldwin Baldwin Bald Bald- win Ralph J. J Miller and Jr-and J.E. J.E. J.E. J. J E. E Kerby as we well II as all city of of- Some 15 citizens also at at- at tended Adoption of a building and wiring code and more strict enforcement enforcement enforcement en en- of the plumbing code was urged by D. D H H. H Shields and Mr Cleaver who agreed to submit submit sub sub- sub sub-I mit suggested codes for lor consid consId- The fire department presented a. a suggested code for organization and regulation of the fire depart depart- ment The matter was turned over to the city attorney for preparation preparation pre pre- of an ordinance embodying embodying embodying em em- bodying the recommendations of the department The council authorized authorized authorized au au- au- au purchase of f additional fire hose A petition signed by seven licensed li licensed li- li censed business houses protested protest protest- ed punch boards merchandise boards Charley Chancy boards and all other similar devices which were alleged to be in operation within n the city The petition asked that the law prohibiting them be Immediately immediately im Im- un- un mediately enforced The council voted to abolish the boards and instructed the city marhsal lo to tOI take appropriate action to eliminate elim elim- mate them A petition from a civic Improvement improvement improvement im Im- im- im provement and law enforcement committee previously filed flied with the council was taken up The council ordered that a curfew ordinance be prepared calling for lor fora lora a a 1030 curfew The matter of Sunday closing for beer taverns was discussed and on vote of the council this suggestion was disI dis dis- dis I approved Th The board authorized holding I a Monday morning court to take taker takeI r I care of traffic violations The council voted not to lease the city mortuary but to keep keepIt It available for tor the use of every- every lone done one |