| Show I W IL rL f R RI I Parliamentary Tangle for or Hours Constant and au Fu Furious f u Causes a rious clous Uproar I TH MAYORS VETO MESSAGES The In Playing Football With Them Scores Against Appointments Same Fate Fater F t session of or the tho r rf night ns ono continuous last II UnC beginning to 10 end on from the tho hilarity W s so a ons l Occa that Present Hewlett was to call ll the membern spec with his gavel to 0 11 cau d by b the many ridiculous fun In which some somo of the tho council councilmen res In the discussIon men on of the payroll r rolls and by tho tha of t Hewlett Hewlet I on If tho council The time a but tor mAjoritY of the council tallied him III MAYORS rI TO MESSAGE Mayor veto tto of the reo at a I tho special on ay nl W lall oer for ono motion of ot Martin Tho reso resolution upon ulon for he tho city auditor to lution S audit the Payrolls Ia roll n nS submitted ted to him himy K the he h adi ot of the departments and andl y provided that the notion of the tho l 10 o haai hrad of ot the departments In en on he Iho payroll b be ratified the he men ind and approved Mayor Morris ap lip approved lipI proved Nored some of ot tho Items on the ray pay payI His veto yeto I I roll and vetoed others other full tull II follows In March 7 i ISO 1901 To the tho Honorable the tho III and Members of or tho City Council herewith re return turn lum without ray IU approval In respect 10 0 the hereinafter cally mentioned the resolution unify unifying ing I g and tho action of tho thoI I city exton supervisor of streets u end it of waterworks land and ond water commissioner health lon Ioner r nd city Mutineer In III employing the listed on their respective payrolls r of Feb 29 2 1904 at nt the tho of therein contained alo lo the payrolls referred to and no oc companying said paid resolution The Items not nol proud and my nn reasons uro M 1 follows tow tOll If It ItIn In the sextons payroll the Item of ct Ho HOArd rd King In III does doe c cApen r work for thu tho that Mid work was wa unnecessary and the of said King un unauthorized unauthorized authorized In the street supervisors ra payroll tho following II m arc Att not approved A S Belter clerk derk Q R II 11 collector i 37 Ii Bw 50 for lor the reason that the ordinances have created mate the of IC chief clerk In Raid mill Apartment at al a or per Ier annum and 1 of oC nt at a 1 alary alan of per annum II 1111 U and that Ihal wid Fald h hAt N not nol been filled In the Authorized and by hw 11 and that this method of or g to nil 1111 said MIll and pay la the compensation by ordinance la III apparently n 1 to 10 evade filling said poal positions Ilona In Ibe manner directed and an nu ti b by In a w wI Also AIo in the samo department the fol following lowing I Items ate alc not nol approved tolt William emergency man with John Joh n Axton emergency man miln with horse hone 3 oo William H It man Mth II Ith horse 0 o P r g an emergency man horse h or e J Iah man II Ith horse l Dan an Parker tr emergency man rr r n none with horse h one lor or th that tI t these tl six alx Items aro not nol r d by b law n While they the Iro ji lilted N a at nr men mell with horses I by r 1 h from I Or the department nl they the o oro TO ro as nil foremen and that hati n up of tho Ik work a 1 u ot department d In Ini lr I to e e i 1 thereby tho lo i ir ns agents In their districts as os I that they the were wre not legally appointed or confirmed or their th lr compensation fixed find I am compelled to reject mi Id Items of or expenditure In the superintendent of oC waterworks payroll the tho following Items arc not lIot ap approved proved to wit witE E n Kneass clerk M C Ct Phillips storekeeper 32 l James Lambourne and It Nielson each elleh 32 H r Heath Joo Mullett and Joe Joo brick elleh 3 S R P Parleys canyon res tes reservoir mon man 2000 E r 1 Davis Dala and K g J Thirteenth Kast f lIst rc each 32 Georgo Hills Hille Twentieth ward i 1 40 Joseph Phillips Twentieth ward 2755 John Jolin Twentieth ward Maud Moud Hampton Monographer pher for or tho that said place each elch of them havo It II 0 been heen created hy the nances the compensation fixed with the provision that the Hillary shall be paid monthly and 1 find that the tho places BO created have ha 0 not been heen filled as liS provided by law or the ordinances I In the same department tho following additional Items aro disapproved to wit K l Nelson meter met r plumber and reader Joseph City creek creck pa patrol man In III respect to the former I 1 nm un unable able to 10 find an ordinance creating the tho of or meter reader and fixing the or that appointment has hns been made and confirmed IH 1111 10 Ie 1 by the law In respect to the tho latter Item 1 f do not 1101 find ordinance the position of It creek cICek pa 1111 patrolman defining his and power or 01 fixing his compensation or on nu for tor the employment of at wild Joseph Further lit III respect rIel t to tl these Hems lIem tho duties per Ier performed formed being public functions tun lIona to dele delegate gate to I I the chief of or tho depart department ment thu appointment and without designating the compensation seeing to the he I specific provision of ot chapter HI of ot Utah lS which provides The mayor by and IIII with the consent of tho council may ap 1111 appoint point AM AJl appointive and agents that may be he provided for by law hiI lawor or ordinance rid t lei In III like milliner manner III fill nil vacancies same except ns OH otherwise provided by h law In l I 1 no other provided by hy law IIII for forthe the of persons who lire cers and agents of ot the tho city and It teems to mo 1110 we try to observe ob ero the requirements of the tho v heio pub lie funds are to 10 be he expended In the th land water commissioner payroll roll the following Items aro disapproved proved Joseph CIt creek cicek can canyon yon 17 0 J It J and horse Parleys 11 canyon lanOIl to Chan P 1 Sharp and home Jor JOI Jordan dan H B L I canal 3 00 tho land and water commissioner havo hR 1 deputies at III such compensation UH 1111 the tit council may time to time al lil allow low loI I 1 do not lIot lind that the council has created the of any all deputies for commissioner or 01 fixed the compensation or 01 that any nn appointment been legally leRall made to HI lIuch positions when created as by h law until this Is done I am um compelled to 10 disapprove any III attempt to tn compensate for fo services unlawfully procured d dIn In the payroll of tho health tho following Items lire nrc not 1101 ap nil approved proved W J Korth steward 37 GO GOW W C I acting sanitary Inspector It to to 2800 BYlon Inspector for tor tho reason Ila on that thaI I 1 not lIot find that said laId positions the tho of or which clearly governmental hao hn e been creat created ed cd and tho compensation fixed This must ho done and the tho places filled In III Inthe the manner authorised and directed by bylaw bylaw law before I 1 feel justified In III approving such lIuch similar expenditure Also In III tho same department I Ills approve following Item II LOO for the th reason that the tho employment was unnecessary In tho payroll of lit the city engineer each toch and all 1111 n ot tho Items life are disapproved for the tM following reasons With possibly pos three or four foul exceptions It appears that the employment and compensation for 01 which pay Imy Is IH asked aro permanent based on Oil yearly salaries and I full fall to Ind that those positions havo been heen created tho compensation fixed or the duties pro lIto scribed by ordinance or m that tho said persons or nn of them havo been heln ap nl appointed pointed nud according to 10 law Theio duos not appear to have hao been any authority for fOl the tho employment of any ot of the tho persons named on the tho pay payroll roll of mild department or 01 author authority ity It properly given Ien to 10 the tho engineer to contract for the work labor per In tn hlA department by h persons other oth r than himself It rt not appear Unit thul tho city engineer has any IIII request to tho council for Cor deputies tho like In III his de cle department mill and such Rueh n largo of ot money mOlle as evidenced by h this payroll should not bo IJO to loho bo without first creating tho positions fix fixing ing IIII tho compensation denning tho Iho duties otc ote Is IK no af affording fording 1111 basin for fol auditing pay payroll roll Then Ihen again I think where hero work has been ordered to bo dono dOlle by b the tho city lIy I I engineer and an appropriation has b en made marle to 10 cover COel tho approximate cost that a separate account ot oC each pl co of work with tho names of oC thc tho men work workIng Ing IlIg upon It t tho time they worked should be hc kept so 80 that It could bo ba checked up tIl A comparison of ot ho Iho pay payroll roll and distribution d sheet furnished by bytho bytho tho city elt engineer ell entirely falls to fur tur furnish nish tho necessary date by hy which It II Itcan can bu determined or Inferred which of at atthe the tho Individuals named In III thu payrolls Worked on any of the tho specific work des designated In tho distribution sheet It 11 may bo that tho city Is liable for tor tho actual cost CORt ot of such work n it has been beell ordered done dono but tho work VOH or done dOllo by tho city engineer and this payroll appears to bo 00 made up of oC names of or employed by tho city engineer not by bi the city or by authority of ot tho city In III other othel there does dO not tn o be any of ot contract between tho persona named In III the and tho city or any 1111 authorization to tu the city engineer to employ these the e persons l or fill tho II II It positions men mentioned lilt II In his payroll I 1 regret leRret to bo obliged to disapprove iny Items for labor necessarily per performed formed for the benefit bene lit of ot the olty It and have strained every eer point to approve nil all such Items In III cases of which might be cured curcI by h ratification to the tho end that prompt action be token taken takeno to o make proper 1 provisions tetula for necessary lIrY help In III the several departments Very Ver respectfully II n P 1 Mayor UP lP Later In the evening under the head of miscellaneous business lifter after the Ih veto eto hall had been laid over oer for one Meek Tuddenham moved that the lules lule be beU suspended U and that the council recon reconsider shier sider Its action In laying the message over oer President Hewlett H Immediately ruled that the motion to III suspend tu the IheI I reconsider the council action was WOH out of ot order Notwithstanding the fact that Tuddenham and that thilla a motion mollon to suspend the wa waIn In order ordel and protested against the tho un parliamentary ruling of the I he chair Hew Hewlett lett boldly stuck to hi hIli decision Instead In of referring to his ropy copy of of Order and settling the ques question tion His HIli decision was waa appealed flom but the majority sustained him so his lils ruling will stand on the ot nr the council as lIS upheld by b the majori majority ty t of or that body bod J AIS OFF OPI After the council had refused 11 to 10 re reconsider recon consider con Its Jt action up the and tho Ow veto velo thereto as liS Ion con contained In III the mayors II HI submitted the payrolls that they nil all bo he with the ex IX of the tho one containing tho Iho of or c M Jackson The Demo Democrats argued that the pa rolls could not lIot be segregated from th Ihl mayors veto elo thereto and that the had refused to 10 reconsider the veto eto hence they thc could not t consistently take up the payrolls at lit that U III I and a not lIol consider the veto elo It Will was also contend contended ed by hy Fernstrom that thUl the reso resolution re o lution provided for or tho ratification and approval employment of tho men menon on the payrolls at nt tho wages stated thereon and hence as the council passed that resolution and practically approved the payrolls he did not seo any necessity for approving them again He also raised the tho point of ot or order order der that the lu were not proper properly properly ly before thu tho council His point was Willi overruled the decision of the chair on matter was appealed from hut but was sustained The fhe motion ot or Black to approve the thc payrolls was then curried carried by h a vote oto of or S 5 to C G 1 fO NO 2 The veto eto of ot Mayor Morris of or tho ap 1111 of I II as collector In Street Supervisor James Phillips as nil Superintendent of Waterworks nines HInes caused another nl III said that the tho veto wai wu out of order for the reason that It was Incompetent Ho stated that the mayor maor had no authority to 10 veto YOto the appointment of o mail mad by hy tho heads of tho departments Fernstrom argued that according to 10 the tho Ru court decision the mayor had a It right to veto matter which created n ity against the city lilack replied that the ordinance providing for tho ap appointment of a collector and his salary when passed created I the liability and that the appointment did not do so Veti YeM that Is what hill Xo argued d before the supreme court In the case and he got bent on It II too retorted Hewlett sustained point of at older against the Iho veto ap pealed from the tho decision of oC the chair hilt but the chair was sustained by the usual al nl vote ote of ot 8 S to 10 C G fIm AND MW FILED then moved that the veto he re received and tiled filed This disposition of the tho mutter matter was ve y satisfactory to 10 Fern Pern and the tho other othel Democrat who voted In hi favor of the motion They The con can tend that tho Iho motion to 10 receive und and file 1110 the veto leaves It effective and In III full force and leaves It In tho same po as lIS though it II hall had never been heen act acl cd ell upon by the tho GAIN again Introduced hili which was Willi defeated a week ago which provided for 01 tho Iho heads of the departments to appoint nil III their em Im at lit the wages stipulated In the resolution amendment CIO Introduced and the Ih one OliO by Hobday caused causell considerable confusion cOli fusion to tho author of ot the resolution and to President Hewlett Hob Hoh day da moved as na an amendment that tho plumber and blacksmith mentioned In tho Iho resolution bo be paid union wages Fernstrom with a n smile on his face lice seconded tho accepted tho Iho amendment hut but notwithstanding that flirt fact President Hewlett Howlett ruled that tho amendment wan out oUI of at order for 0 the reason that thaI th to be bo paid the men would havo to 10 appear In III Iho resolution I and tho amendment dill did not state what whal union wages are Tho decision of or the tho chair was appealed from and after consulting former formel city Auditor Albert H 8 Helser voted against his action In III accepting the amendment by voting to sustain Iho chair Tho decision was Willi sustained for the tho council councilmen mIll men discovered III what n 1 holo they thoy had been heen led Into Just in III lime to 10 save sa 0 them from milking making n II serious blunder In add ing such nn 1111 amendment to 10 their lion tion A vote ote was then taken tak on the tho resolution lifter after Hewlett had been asked n 11 number of oC confusing ln questions concerning the amendments to 10 the tho name The i evolution was 1111 adopted by bya Ii a 1 vote ole of 8 to 0 G Wells not lIot voting on the proposition AS TO LIGHT SERVICE Councilman Martin Introduced n resolution providing for the Improve committee of or the city Lit council to Investigate the tho lI hl afforded the Ih city by b the tah Light Hallway company with a view to 10 remedying tho defects The resolution re which follows in full was referred to 10 the committee named with the city ell street lighting In III associated Whereas The Itah Ulah Light and Power company either cither lack Inck of com 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