Show THE CITY COUNCil J B Keeler to Sit With the Equalization Board NOTES ARE TO BE SIGNED For the Judgment Against the City Gotten Got-ten By Dr PikeAnother Big List of Claims AllowedRepublican Solons Like Other Mortaln Want Their Pay Brereton Hoover Simmons and Mc Ewan were absent at last evenings session of the city council Knudsen offered prayer PETITIONS AnD OTHER COMMUNICATIONS COMMUNICA-TIONS The resignation of Richard Brereton as a member of the council on account of ill health was read and accepted J M White asked the privilege of conducting dances at the Holdaway park without license Not granted A petition from Henry Harrison proprietor pro-prietor of the Eureka saloon asking that he be paid 1500 or that his license li-cense be dated four days ahead to compensate com-pensate him for loss by being closed by proclamation of the mayor on May 12h was read This petition was referred re-ferred to the committee on license An application for retail liquor license li-cense was also presented by Mr Harrison Har-rison The mayor is in the Uintahs hunting for gold and of course the bond has not been approved The money 300 has been paid into the treasury and Mr Harrisons sureties are Samuel Schwab and J B McCaus lin the same sureties as he gave last quarter The matter was deferred Mr Harrison was granted no license but he will be allowed to sell his best brands of whiskies good cigars and beer unmolested J C Withers chief of the fire department de-partment by communication suggested that Ephriam Homer be appointed engineer en-gineer for the steamer for Hose Engine En-gine companv No1 Mr Homer was appointed to to the position without salary Surveyor Searle presented deeds conveying con-veying to the city a title to a 3rod street through the property of Sarah I Saxey and a deed from the city to Sarah Saxey of one and one half times the amount oi land conveyed for said street purposes lying directly north of the Saxey property in the east half of block 12 of plat D Provo City survey Referred REPORTS OF CITY OFFICERS Sext n Johnsons reportfor the three at avUcVL i + IIIIJ A li u graves unpaid 3300 cash turned over y 3300 receipts from the marshal 1350 This report was referred Justice Wedgwoods report for June showd eight cases heard fOUl convictions convic-tions one accquittable three discharged dis-charged fines paid 4700 REPORTS OF COMMITTEES From the committee on finance recommending re-commending that in the matter of settlement with W R Pike for judgment judg-ment obtained notes payable in two years bearing 8 per cent interest be given39160 to Mr Pike and 150 to Mr Sutherland his attorney No action From the committee on finance recommending re-commending that 84224 the citys portion por-tion of the bill for electric light in the courthouse be allowed Adopted MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS J B Keeler was appointed to sit with the county court as a board of equalization of taxes The following claims were allowed Council attendance six months130 00 Mrs McClain witness fees Pike case 2 40 Newell Knight marshal 66 65 F W Taylor quarantine physician phy-sician 25 00 Hyrum Hatton burrying dogs 4 00 JV N Whitecotton city attorney at-torney 33 35 Johnathan Buckley policeman 50 00 John D Dixon recoider 4165 Ephraim Homer superintendent superintend-ent 60 00 J P R Johnson sexton 45 00 Wm K Farrer deputy water master 52 50 J C Withers fire chief 20 00 David Loveless teamster 40 00 Committee on streets and alleys 16 70 Committee on claims 3 30 Committee on fire department 5 10 Committee on public grounds and city property 180 Joseph Loveless hay 4 50 Silver Iron company 1 00 Pyne Maiben varnish 2 25 John Baum oats 20 00 E A Wedgwood justice 33 30 W B Searle surveyorone and onehalf days 750 Adjouraed |