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Show THE LOGAN CITY COUNCIL Transacts Lot of Business of a More or Less Importance. Mayor up Against it The city council In regular session" Wednesday evening considered many mattors. The Merchants and Butchers Association Asso-ciation sent In a request for changes in the ordinance regulating payment of llccnso by hawkers, peddlers and solicitors. so-licitors. The main change desired is that peddlers or solicitors uf merchandise mer-chandise or medicine pay $.1,00 per day, and that no license of this kind be Issued for a shorter period than three months. Tills Is not to apply to per-sms per-sms offering for sale butter, eggs, fruit vegetables, etc., of their own raising. The petition was referred to committee on municipal law and committee com-mittee on license. A petition Or the Novelty Theatre to place a bulletin board on tno telephone tele-phone pole at the Intersection of Malp and First North streets was denied. Baldwin & 'Barton wcitf granted saloon license. J. It. Edwards was granted the same. The committee on streets reported that Sirs. Peterson, principal in a condemnation con-demnation suit, refused to accept $160 or any amount less than $250 unless so Instructed by her attorneys. It will b'e remembered that Judge Maughan reduced the jury's verdict to $1(10. No Policeman Named. Mayor Robinson submitted the to7 lowing appointments: For policemen, Kmll Anderson and Simucl Adams; building Inspector, Albert Berntson. Councilman Stevens moved that the rules be suspended and the appointments appoint-ments be confirmed, voting on the names as a whole. This motion lost. Evans moved that the apponltmcnts be referred to the committee on lire and police. This was lost. Amotion to proceed with business carried. ' " Justice of tho Peace Cardon submitted sub-mitted the following quarterly report: Fines collected $52.00; number of prisoners brought into court 21, con-victJons!l, con-victJons!l, sentences supended 4. Tha city recorder's quarterly statement state-ment for the three months ending pec. Ill was referred lo committee on tl nance. f The committee on public grounds tame lo the conclusion that S. 0. Johnson was damaged to the extent of C 00 by a street halng been cut through city property leased to him, and they recommended that amount bo paid. This was agreed to. . Visitors Coming. Mayor ltoblnsou presented to the council a letter from the Merchants and Manufacturers Association, making mak-ing known their desire to visit this pity on the 21th. The council named jl'res. Llndqulst, John Crawford and John Johnson as a committee which, with a committee from the Comrrer-clal Comrrer-clal Club, will look after the bunch lhat comes up. Tho city treasuier asked that the trcasuier'solllcc and furniture be removed re-moved to tho Thatcher bank where she Is employed. On motion of Evans thin was denied for reasons deemed satisfactory. On motion of Caillsle the finance commltteo was Instructed to devise some nlan for netting money to build a fireman's hall. New Quarters. The county commissioners have offered of-fered to make the basement of the courthouse habitable for tho city of-llcurs, of-llcurs, and the council is considering the advisability of accepting nn olfcr. The Mayor, Llndqulst, Evans, Crawford Craw-ford and Arent Johnson were named a a committee to Investigate. The committee on public grounds was authorized to advertise the city's public grounds for rent. The committee on municipal laws was Instructed to report at next mooting moot-ing on an ordinance drawn up and submitted some time detailing the rules and regulations In regard to cement ce-ment sidewalks. The License Difficulty. In order to get the license difficulty straightened out Pros. Llndqulst asked that the committee on license bo Instructed to report on the following follow-ing questions, which however, wcro submitted by tho council to tho committee com-mittee on municipal laws. Theso questions arc: When does a license become a second tax, If ever? Is, the license collected for police protection only, or Is the city the Judge In that matter? Should merchandise in drug stores be made subject to license? Has the city power to charge license on Insurance writers? Who aro now delinquent in payment of licenses and why are they so? Is tho county assessor's estimate tho best to be taken as a basis of assessment assess-ment for licenses? Should licenses be demanded In advance? ad-vance? Wherein Is the ordinance, now In force in this city Inadequate to the requirements? What are other cities doing along theso lines? What do you recommend as the wiso course to pursue? |