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Show CITY FATHERS TRANSACT BUSINESS The city council convened Saturday night at the City hall. All members Wu present. J. W. Johnson petitioned petit-ioned tho council to Install a wator 'plpo line on tho north drlvo way ot itho comctery. X'lo mattor was I ft with tho public property commlttvo for Investigation. Mr. Johnson also asked that a man bo hired to euro for tho cemetery lots. Tho mattor was discussed and referred to tho proper committee for further investigation. investi-gation. '" Tho , following water transfers wero made. Benjamin Wright, one Aero on tho Gardner ditch to Prank Illchlns; from Benjmaln Wright, ono aero on the Gardner ditch to Carl C. Dickorson; from Walter C. Brown, 7 acres on the Gardner ditch to 8am ' R. Kirk. The, heirs of the Wm. Urn estato requested re-quested that tho city council make a certificate for the water right so1 that It could bo'transferod to ho heirs. Tho mattor was left with the Irrigation Irrig-ation committee and the recorder with power to act Th0 City Justlco report of January 8th to February 14th was received and , ordered filed. Tho following committee reports wore made. Chairman Olpln stated, that ho discussed tho graveling of roads with tho county suporlatendont ' of roads and reprted that the coun-t ty would stand one half .tho expenso. of cortpn roads but that'tt'woujd pre-. for to 'supervlso only the county's portion and let tho city assunie tho ( responsibility of tho city's portion. , The report was accepted. Chairman Carlson of the Irrigation commTtteo' recommended that the . dtstriUtlBnr-, 'box at Battle Creek be repaired to rovent further trouble between the Irrigation company and the clty.wat er works officers. The recommcad-allon recommcad-allon was adopted and thework ordered or-dered doie. V J ' rHayor West "read n"communlcat-lioa n"communlcat-lioa from tho city attorney stating piMt Pheasant Grove city should re-' ,ftised .water to nil delinquent water Ux;, payers but that tho said tax pa-ertaay pa-ertaay onter- suit Ify his crone suff-, ered seriously tecauso of this,. The attorney also stated that the .dellnV 'fluent tax payers' were being notified that tfcey must pay' Up before Jlorch list or suit would bo started against them. After some discussion the1 mot-Ion mot-Ion carried lhat a meeting would bo 'nailed for all wntor users to bo nold kX 7:30 P. M. March 1st In the City Hall. Tho rocordcr wns Instructed to -nond notifications Councilman , Warburton recommended recom-mended that the city supervise tho workof tho Locust Ave. systom. Tho motion carried. t Chairman Holdaway road n letter from the city attorney advUlng tho city not to enter Into contracts out. sldo of the city limits for the city wnter. It was reported that the proper committee had gono over Uie licenses tr tho city and that some few adjustments ad-justments had been recommended whero tho .licenses woro too low. Tho marshall Was authorized to collect thqjlcense fooB Immediately. ' The mayor staled that Geo. D. West hod demanded that tre $50.00 paid by his son for ball bo rofunded. Ho stated that the Justlco accepted tho bail monoy as a fine which he should not havo done. The recorder was Instructed In-structed to confer wlUi the city attorney at-torney regarding the mattor. The council decided not to sell any of tho city hall proporty to Raymond 'Nelson as per his request. ' Tho mayor read a lottor stating had demanded that tho $50. paid by cently ordered by the city hod boon Bhlppcd from California February 8. The mayor recommended tho following fol-lowing appointments for offices which wro all unanimously sustained by the council! Justice or tho Peace H, W. Jacobs, FIr0 Ghlor, Raymond Nelson; Nel-son; Supervisor or Wator Works, Owen Christlannon, Pound rleopor, U P. Harvoy. |