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Show I Parowan City Council transacts varied matters at last meeting either the city's or fields irrigation irri-gation ditches, and state that ; an effort will be made to en-j en-j force this law. Parowan City officials unanimously una-nimously approved a plan for all Parowan city facilities to be made available 'to Iron County for use by the latter until the courthouse is again made available. The use of the Library Lounge was approved ap-proved for use as a courtroom for the next term of the district dis-trict court, after the commissioners commis-sioners and district judge J. Harlan Burns inspected and approved it. , R. T. Harris was hired by Iron County to construct stands for the judge, court clerk and witnesses, as well as a box for the jury for trials to be heard. At the last regular meeting of the Parowan City Council, a number of matters of importance im-portance came up for discussion discus-sion and action. They included includ-ed a proposition to trade lands, burial costs in the city cemetery, ceme-tery, dog licenses and the appointment ap-pointment of an additional city police officer. Howard Knight met with the council and proposed to trade the land he owns near his home property, which he can't get rezoned for industrial use. for property which the city owns which is already in an industrial zone. The property he wants is that lying north and west of the city race track. Mr. Knight and R. T. Harris are proposing to establish estab-lish a lumber and building supply business to include a cabinet shop on the property. proper-ty. The council approved such a trade provided the lands in question are appraised by two land appraisers to determine the respective value of the pieces involved, and then the two parties can get together on a deal. The question of raising the cost of non-vault burials in the city cemetery was discussed discus-sed At the present time the charge made for such burials where the city does the concrete con-crete work, is set at $35 per burial, and the cost would be raised to $50.00 for such. The council also discussed a proposal to do iway with non-vault non-vault burials there, by enacting enact-ing a new ordinance governing govern-ing such burials. Hills Orton reader of city power and water meters for the past several months, met with the council to apply to continue as such but at an hourly wage of $2.00. He has been doing this work for $1.50 an hour in the past. The council gave its approved to the request. The council approved the naming of new part-time man to the police force, this time the choice being George Lamb or Orderville, and Mr. Lamb and his family have already moved here. Lamb is 25 vears of age, a 1964 graduate of Valley High School and has fulfilled an LDS mission in California (1965-67) He is married mar-ried to Elaine Brinkerhoff of Glendale, who is now employed employ-ed at Valley View Medical Center, and they ' have one child. He has received his degree de-gree in police science from SUSC. With his appointment to the part,time job, the city discussed the possibility of making the position a full time one in the near future. The council's attention was called to a new problem in making sewer connections. It seem that when new home owners building on lots with the sewer laterals already installed, in-stalled, go to connect up with such laterals, find they are not down deep enough. City officials offi-cials urge all new home owners own-ers to check on the depth of the sewer lateral to the prop-1 erty before they go ahead in digging for their connecting line. The age old city problem: dogs, came in for discussion and the council issued a warning warn-ing that dog licenses are now due and payable, with the deadline for getting 1971 li-censes li-censes set for Feb. 28. In addition ad-dition to licensing their dogs residents are informed that they are to take care of said dogs at all time. The licenses ! may be picked up at the city office, with the fee being $5 for a male dog or a spayed female dog, $15.00 for an un-spayed un-spayed female. Parowan City, in cooperation coopera-tion with the Parowan Fields call residents attention to an ordinance which makes it a misdemeaner for anyone to dump rubbish or garbage in |