Show MINUTES OF CITY COUNCIL the city council met in regular session tuesday evening present councilmen calmen a dott bott J jensen al jensen wight and valentine al representing the U I 1 C railroad company appeared and asked for a franchise to use the streets streets of 0 brigham city in operating an auto bus between ogden and logan matter referred to legal committee mayor and attorney for investigation manager presented communication from R N young of 0 state municipal league with reference to convention to be held at mt bit pleasant this year referred to manager with power to act manager reported that agreement had been made with board of education to use central school grounds as a tourist camp ground manager was authorized to construct outdoor toilets at the central school grounds and connect same with cesspool now installed matter of celebrating july ath in connection with national defense day was discussed referred to mayor knudson AL jensen and manager eskelsen with power to act I 1 tanager manager further reported that time had expired tor for elit clit ering protests to sidewalk district no 9 and since no protests had been entered manager authorized to publish notice to contractors calling tor for bids manager beconi recommended mended that since said district was not large enough to warrant issuing of bonds that abutting property owners be required to pay city treasurer the total of their apportionment recommendation adopted matter of placing markers and monuments in addition to city eeme tery referred to committee on cemetery and manager tor for investigation and recommendation councilman councilman dolt bott recommended that plot of ground known as paupers haupers Pau pers lot be and maintained by city adopted manager reported that palmer bond mortgage company had in its poses sion of brigham city electric light bonds bearing interest at 6 per cent for sale tanager manager instructed to invest money now in the hie bond sink ins fund in said bonds providing a beneficial yield can be realized tanager manager further reported that no settlement had been made tor for electric light pole owned by city and broken by mr timms matter blatter referred to attorney with instructions to collect manager also reported that perry irrigation company has not paid its water tax tor for 1922 23 24 matter referred to city attorney with instructions to collect cigarette bond of 0 the club was presented accepted and ordered filed financial report of brigham city as of may alay 31 1925 was presented accepted and ordered tiled filed claims no to 3 were presented moved by bott and seconded by al jensen that claims be allowed as presented carried vote being as follows bott al ai jensen wight and valentine yes j J jensen no J jensen made the following statement 1 I am opposed to all claims arising from the construction of th tha wese wes field dit ditch ch tor for the following reasons it is legally wrong to take money from the general taxes to do that thai kind hind of work 2nd and it is morally wrong because after agreeing to a fifty eltty fifty portion in the cost they throw all the file costs on brigham city through technicality nica lity the apparent favoritism exhibited to the west field ditch by some members of the council is a betrayal of their oath of office as your assisting to pay the iril irrigation gation tay tar of west wes field ditch owners is practically a reward for their delinquency and I 1 hold you are personally responsible tor for all costs legally charged against brigham city |