Show The Moab Story by ELLIS FOOTS FOOTE Cit City Administrator It is always inter interesting and usually downright informative to read t the minutes of or council or board meetings held in Moab long ago alo The Town of ot Moab was incorporated incorporated incorporated orated on De December ember 30 1902 with the following officers President Harry G- G Green TrusI Trus Trus- tees D D. A. A Johnson V. V P P. Martin I J. J V. W. Williams and Henry Grimm In all eight meetings were held beld in the first month James JamesW W W. Stark was appointed the first clerk James Somerville was first Town Marshall and Don Allison I I I I I first Treasurer Ordinance No 1 provided for a Town Seal Ordinance Ordinance Ordinance Or Or- No 2 provided for salarIes salaries sal sal- aries cries for the officers Ordinance No 3 defined their powers and duties and Ordinance No 4 provided provided provided pro pro- I vided for the imposing of business business business busi busi- ness license fees The meeting of January 19 1903 was concerned with wilh the passage of an ordinance providing for Licensing Hotels and other Business not all aU ready licensed and also Licensing Dogs Ordinance No 5 provided for forthe forthe forthe the regulation of 01 affairs in general gen eral in the streets and public places The County was then i asked to to the Town of Moab all aU Saloon and Store License tax collected within the Town of 01 Moab after January 19 1903 Ordinance No 6 provided for lor certain amendments to Ordinance No 4 4 and for issuing licenses to persons and firms engaged In Inthe Inthe fn the business of conducting Barber Darber Barb Darb- er Shops Livery feed or Sale Stables Pool tables Billiard I tables bagatelle pigeon hole Pin alley or table or ball alley and for owning or keeping Dogs I In the meeting of March 9 1903 a road overseer was appointed appointed ap ap- pointed and a plow and some other tools were ordered purchased put pur cha chased d for his use Also the clerk was ordered to notify certain busIne businesses bus bus- Ine s of their delinquent lic lIe eases The meeting of March Marro 30 1903 was full of 01 ultimatums such as asa asa asa a Clerk to notify the Saloon proprietors to file the required bond for keeping an orderly house at once one b Dr Williams to look up the facts regarding two bellig rant townsmen and instruct the Marshall Marshall Mar Mar- shall WU as to what charges charge to prefer pre pre- far fer against them c e Marshall Marthal aU to investigate and notify parties having Corrals Corral b built lt on the main dit ditches 1 of nf the Town to remove the same In these theM few entries from out of ed l tang long ago aJO you u see ate all our present plea pres ent eat City problems in forecast and embryo People have hanged changed the town has changed but town problems problems lems komi have not changed The first tint firstI I II clerk wrote the minutes of all aU I the meetings Will continue this story In another an other issue Got Oot to see a certain guy about a license for a game of pigeon hole |