Show THE CITY COWL The Citys Tax This Year is 81759302 RHODES BROS MUST PAY Promlees Dont Go Weatphall Must Settle Set-tle Up AlsoThe Regular Amount of Routine Business Transacted and the I city Offcers Paid Their Monthly Wages At la < C eights session of the city council Olulf Hoover and Simmons we e absent Halladay was in the chau County Assessor Lund reported that the city tax for 1894 is 1759302 Mrs S H Bunnill aped 84 years askea that her tax be abated all that the law will allow The petition was referred as were simi ar petitions front > AH j > j > oqount of SICkness and from Emma JbV Gates account or no revenue City Attorney Whitecotton reported hay njj had much correspondence with Rhodes Brothers concerning the money they owe the city and having received many promises of payment nut as yet no money The attorney was instructed to press this matter to settlement at once Th Provo company oi National Guards asked for place to drill and store arms Petition was referred L U Duggins retail liquor license was renewed R S Mines asked for permission to construct a sewer from his place of business down Centre street to empty into the mill race Referred Citizens on E street asked that the sprinkling wagon be run upon that street The petition was tabled The only city officer reporting was City Justice E A Wedgwood He reported re-ported having heard five cases and assessed as-sessed fines amounting to 5200 Only 70i was paid into the city The other prisoners worked upon the streets lorty five days in all There were three reports from standing stand-ing committees On the recorders and treasurers reportS which had been found correct on Arletta tiuows petition peti-tion for abatement of taxes which was not granted the committee being of the opinion that she is amply able to pay her taxes and thH matter ol purchasing pur-chasing hay for the city teams A contract with W A ileCulougn to furnish twenty tons inat crop lucerne for 500 per ton was authorizes A bill amending the Ofdioauco mak 1 ing it a punishable offense to carry concealed con-cealed weapons and c rreetiug a printers error by substituting the word immoderately for immediately in section sec-tion 146 passed the council The watermaster was instructed to charge proportionate rates for the use of city water to drive light machines the citv attorney was instructed to l cite Jacob Westphall dog tax collector for 1893 before the council to settle the books of the city showing him indented in the sum of 5250 salaries and claims in to al amount of 59739 were allowed and the ujuncil adjourned till Monday evening September 17th |