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Show TflE CITY CDDMG1L.- Wrestling With the Question of Economy. Ccmmittea on Finance Recommend Rec-ommend Cutting Down the Salaries. Other Members of the Council Coun-cil Suggest Blotting out the Electric Light. "The City Council met on Monday rveiiiiig, May 4, at 8 o'clock. Mayor JJooth in the chair. PETITIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS. A communication from Stephen L. Chipman was read in relation to a corral on Eleventh street, owned oy Oscar S perry which was complained, of as h public nuisance. The matter: was referred t the Citv Marshal with l instructions to act in this matter. A petition from Mrs. McLSride, pro-prietoress pro-prietoress of the U. P. eating hou.se. asking that her license, which will run out in June, be transferred to her successor. Referred to committee en license. A petition from T. M. Sainuelson. asking that the time for the returning . of the asressmnt roll be extended to the first Monday in June.was granted. A comtnunicaiion from Jorgeu Hansen, Han-sen, street supervisor, asking that Wilhelm Franco be appointed - city teamster, was granted. Petition of Pyne & Mai', eu, making i applies ion for wholesale i.qu. r deal er's license, with approred bond, was granted. Application from Rawlings & Gray for retail liquor dealers' license, was granted. REPORT OF CITT OFFICERS. The report of the City Marshal for the month ending April 30, 1891, showed 37 arrests; fines assessed by theJustico amounting to $303.50, ol which amount $111 has been paid in cash; one case was appealed to the District Court involving $70; 122 days imprisonment paid in labor. The report re-port was accepted. The report of the Justice of the Peace for the quarter ending April 30, 1891, showed 106 cases; paid into the treasury $460.80; imprisonment o07i days. Report accepted. The recorder asked an extension of one week in which to prepare his report re-port of licenses. Granted. REPORTS OF COMMITTEES. The report of the committee on judiciary, to whom was referred the petition of the merchants asking that the ordinance in reference to awnings, awn-ings, etc., be amended, reported that k the ordinance be amended as prayed for. Adopted. The report of the committee on railway rail-way and telegraph lines, to whom was J referred the petition of the It. G. XV. i ll'y, asking permission to maintain i three' tracks on First street, from J to ;j J 2 street, recommended thnt said peti- y t ion be granted. The report was not j adopted. .. Mi. Ifenrichsen, chairman of the - committee on finance, reported, re commend inir that tht- salaries of city ollicers be reduced to the following rates: Recorder, $4-30 , er . annum; police ofliceis $(0 per month; road sup- ervisor, 2.iio per day. and his deputy 1 $2; watermaster, $2.2-5, and deputies. ! 2. . Mr. lie n rich sen. chairn.au of the committee, stated that the matter had been under much consideration, and the committee could see no other way to reduce expenses than that suggested, sug-gested, and there was no way to increase in-crease the revenues. Mr. Dixon though that iL would be I better to cut down the electric light rather than cut down the salaries of - officers. I Mr. Maiben was not in favor of cur- tailing the salaries of officers. He 1 thought every officer would resign rather than stawd it. He considered the salaries small enough, and would j ! rather favor curtailing the electric lights. Mr. Glazier considered the question a hard one to solve. He favored the cutting out of one half of the electric lights, reducing the water-masters salary, and every other expense possible. pos-sible. Mr. Henrichsen stated that Mr. Maiben had given his consent to the report, and that until as late as 8 ! o'clock had not said anything that would lead one to believe he was contrary con-trary to it. He con?idered it rather a late hour t say anything now. The speaker did not like Mr M linen's speech in regard to the salaries, as he had already given his consent to the report. i Mayor Booth quoted from the re- i lorts, showing that in every depart- ment of the city more money had been I expended, while the revenue had I increased but little. lie thought I it would be better to work for a smaller I Balar and get it, than to work for a I big salary and not get it. He con- I eidered that the nurse appointed by I the Council could be done away with, J and also the printing of the minutes, 1 w hich had cost over $100 alreac'y. 1 Marshal Brown stated tl tit f would 1 be better to drop one o lict r off the I force than t .ke $10 off each officer's salary. I On motion of Mr. Maiben the report I was referred back. ! The committee ou judiciary ,to whom was referred the petition of Riley & Bennett et al., asking that the ordinance ordi-nance in reference to liquor dealers'' license be amended by submitting the following report: To the City Council of Provo City: Gentlemen: Your committee on 1 judiciary, to whom was referred the petition of Riley fc Beuuelt and others, oth-ers, liquoi retail dealers of Provo city, having duly considered the same, re-. re-. spectfully submit the following: In the opinion of your committee the petitioners peti-tioners have no grounds for "grievances."' "griev-ances."' The liquor ordinance is fair and imposes no oppressive burdens ; upoa the vendors of mtoj.icating liquors. To control the liquor traffic, and to carry into effect reasonable and proper j regulations, is one of the important duties devolving upon the municipal body. Heretofore the City Council in response to the requests of some of the persons who signed the said petition amended the ordinance regulating the vending of intoxicating liquors, and the said Council, your committee believes, be-lieves, .has ever been w illing to see that persons engaged in the sale of intoxicating liquors, under the ordinance, ordi-nance, were fully protected, and their rights not infringed. Considering the alleged grievances in their order we have to say; First That so far as we can learn, there are but few, if any, sales made by persons without a license; and we believe the officers have used due diligence to prevent any infractions of the aforesaid ordinances. Second Upon investigation , " ' your committee is ot the opinion that tiie '"police officers"" of the city have not 'invaded the saloons'' of the petitioners, petition-ers, nor have they "intimidated the customers'' thereof. The "police officers" offi-cers" have gone into the saloons for the purpose of seeing that the ordinances ordi-nances of the city were respected: but so far as your committee is advised, they have done no more than their dutj; and their presence has acted as a preventative of crime. Third Under the ordinance, the saloons are required to close at 12 o clock midnight, and in the opinion of your committee, the request that the saloons be permitted to keep open all night should not be granted. Fourth It is questionable whether the City Council lias the authority to make it an offense, for which minors cuM be punished, for minors to visit saloons. The present ordinance pro vides: "That any person licensed to vend intoxicating liquors, who shall permit any minor, apprentice, or employee, em-ployee, under the age of 21 years, to remain in his place of business where liquors are sold, without the consent of parents.guaidian or employer thereof, there-of, shall be deemed guilty of an offense." This legislation your committee com-mittee believes to be wholesome; to punish the minors and not the persons whose business lures them there, would not tend to preserve the "morals of the community." Fifth: The attitude of the city in regard to persons not regularly licensed to retail liquors, cannot be mistaken. The ordinance itself provides, that "no person shall manufacture, sell, barter, deal out, or otherwise dispose of, intoxicating liquors without obtain-ing-a license." It is clear that this provision reaches phvsicians and druggists, drug-gists, and prohibits them from vending liquors without procuring a license. In accordance with this view, the city attorney had prosecuted a physician who had disposed of liquor without having obtained a license: and it is worthy of note that the attorney for the petitioners, upon the hearing of said case, took the ground that the City Councl could not prohibit, and that the ordinance did not apply to a physician who might sell intoxicating liquors for medicinal purposes. Sixth: Your committee believes that the City Council has not under the '"guise of wholesale liquor licenses" "infringed" upon any rights which the petitioners possess. Twelve hundred hun-dred dollars per annum, for a retail liquor veixier, is nor unjust nor umuir when compared with the license required at the hands of wholesale dealers. There are no persons lionised to sell liquors as wholesale dealers w ho pay less than six hundred dollars per annum. Your committee believes that the nature of the business prosecuted pros-ecuted by each of the classes above named, warrants the difference in the license exacted of each class. Lastly, vour fttmiiiitte.' lias no objection to the o g.ttii. 'tinn f the petitioners into an ;-s-"C'afittn or union; nut it further biliews i hat said petitioners have had no rights infi inged, 'nor have they made ;:n 'oernands" which are justified justi-fied and i'-'es' quen'ily -any which the city is "i !.ii!ptdled" to accede to. A liberal ' nlm.inc.' has been passed and under it the rigi.t of the petitioners ar fully protected. it is the duty of the municipal officers offi-cers to execute ihn provisions of this ordinance as well as the provisions of all others, and so far as ymr committee commit-tee can learn, the vendors of liquors in this city have been by the Council and officers, treated with uniform courtesy and just and fair consideration. considera-tion. II. J. Maiben", Chairman. The report was unanimously adopted. adopt-ed. The committee on judiciary, to whom was referred the amending of the ordinance regulating the erection of buildings, etc., submitted a report, recommending the amendment. The report was laid oyer unt il next meeting. meet-ing. CLAIMS The following claims we'e allowed and amounts appropriated: Charles Gray, city teamster. s4f; Jorcen Hansen, Han-sen, street supervisor. $2o"; Boston Lumber Co., lumber, $19.68; Provo CitvVfss. blanks, $4.o0; Provo "Woolen "Wool-en "Mills Co., electric light, $28.20; Watermaster, services, $l-5.55; Provo City Lumber Co , $19.2-5; Enquirer Co.. for printing, $12U.8.r; Soren Jensen, ringing curfew. $4: Marshal and police $280; John A. Brown, prisoners' board, $67.80; Charles Turner, services as nightwatch, $24: Orma Wilkins, night-watch, night-watch, 216; James Gray, nightwatch, $16; A. A. Ferrv, attending lire team, $40; Withers & Clark, for harness, $96.-SO; $96.-SO; Justice 2oon, for services, $358.35. The claims of W. L. Nielson, city nurse, amounting to $50, and of Dunn & Co., for pick handles, etc., $1, were referred to committee on claims. A bill, amending an ordinance providing pro-viding for the erection of awnings, etc., passed its first reading. Mr. Henrichsen moved that the city dispense with the special police services of S. A. Allred at the depot, and the services of the city nurse. The motion was lost. Mr. Dixon then moved that the services ser-vices of XV. L. Xeilson as city nurse be discontinued. Motion carried. Mr. Glazier moved that the supervisor super-visor be instructed to haul gravel and j repair the mill race on .) s.trei ;a First Ward pasture. Carried. i Marshal Brown stated that ihero I were contagious diseases around town. 1 which was not being pioperly intended to in regard to quarantine, fl;'-- quar- antine physician was away fr w town, ' and Dr. Snores refused to ;ct :n the ; matter. On motion of Mr. Maiben the- Mar- shal was instructed to ee Dr. l'i; k- ! ford, who was an able plYsic;::n juhI 1 w ho would act if called upon. Motion ".arried. Council adjourned for oue week. |