Show city council minutes the logan city council met in re regular ular session wednesday evening may 2 1894 prest irest leichman in the chair minutes of previous meeting were read and a approved A petition was received from the murdock block liquor co asking for a lice license rise which was granted charles barrett petitioned the city to return him which he had paid to the city for certain lands to which the titles were defective fec tive referred to committee on claims zeph thomas and 00 others petitioned titio ned that certain parties be restrained from completing a proposed canal on F street referred to committee on streets for investigation the committee on oil license who had in hand band the matter of the tha petition of Riter Bros which asked for it a reduction redu action of 25 per cent in their liquor license licence reported that they had bad received a communication from the mayor in which that gentleman eitleman ent leman re refused aused to make a rebate reate b to the licenses after tile the money had once been collected from them the reasons set forth for refusing to act in conformity to a P resolution passed by the council giving him power to make such reductions duct ions ons were that the license rate remained unchanged on the ordinance books and lie did not feel authorized to go 0 o behind the ordinances to exercise exercise a power which deemed d to be Ppe special cial and mor moreover e he be would be compelled in event of there beino being any illegality in such a proceeding to stand personally the blame which would at atta jacb cli lie he knew of no precedent in which a mayor was 0 granted such special powers in liis his opinion a reduction of the present license rate should be made considering the stringency of the times but should be done by the council council by ordinance and that baid ordinance should stipulate the mini minimum murn quantity the wholesale dealer should bs be permitted to sell A bill for a new license ordinance was introduced by councilman wilson re revising the rates of liquor as follows manufacturers license per annum wholesale ciale dealers license per annum retail dealean license licens c per annum wholesale dealers may mav not sell less than one 0 gallon in bulk nor less than one pint in original pac packages kaes Le ishmar kimball Kim balland anti tried to make the retail rate per quarter but x were ere voted down dowd an appropriation of 24 was made madelo to be applied on work on oil tile the river bed to prevent in an overflow and a like amount will be applied out of the poll tax fund A L earr earrol f 11 sent in a communication ca tion in which lie he declined the appointment as councilman from the fourth precinct accepted T B cardon was wag suggested 0 for the position and he was by unanimous vote appointed to fill the vaca vacancy ncr tho mayor suggested that the streets should be cleaned and sprinkled and the matter was referred to the committee on streets with the mayor associated |