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Show I NEW CIT V COUNCIL i IN SHORT SESSION 'Reports of Officers and Trcnsur-1- cr's Financial Statement for Year Arc Main Business. I The first business session of tho new City Council wns held in tho Library 1 Auditorium last evening, only three members of thu Council, thu Mayor nnil City Rocordor being present. Councilman Mncfarlanc was engrossed with Influenza cases and other patients, pa-tients, and Councilman Foster wns stranded out on thu desert, in an of-foi of-foi t to reach home, but was prevented from doing so on account of the mud. Mayor Swapp culled tho meeting to order nnd nftcr tho calling of tho roll the Recorder rend tho following list of claims, which were duly allowed: Iron County Record . $G.8fi Thomas Urie, deputy, etc. ;i.(!,r Thos. DIx, Poundkeeper exp. 21.70 Ralph Watson, replacing lamps D.JIO Dixio Power Company, globus 20.00 Dixie Power Co., service, Jan. KO.fiO Watormnstcr expense . . fiJJ.OO Report of pouudkeoper wns read and npproved. Report of City Marshal, showing expenses Incurred in making arrests of juveniles in tho capacity of probation proba-tion officer, led to enquiries which elicited el-icited thu information that the fines imposed on juvenile offenders wns do-posited do-posited in tho county treasury, while the city was expoctod to boar the ox-ponso ox-ponso of mnklng arrests. This being nn apparent injustice on the city tho matter was referred to the judiciary depnrtmont, in chargo of Councilman Mncfarlanc, for investigation. Tho roport of tho City Treasuror for tho yoar ondiug Doc, 31, 1010, was road and discussed. Upon motion the snme wns npproved. This clearing thu table of business noted to como beforo the session, with tho exception of the nppointmont of city oflicerti, tho Muyor stated thnt if there was no objection ho would nsk (or an ndjournmnt until Friday night, as he dosircd moro timo to consider some of the appointments nnd preferred pre-ferred to have a fuller attendance of tho council. A motion to ndjourn wns duly carried. |