Show Drivers Warned By Monti Manti Council At their regular Monday night meeting members of the l Manti ManU City Council called for cooperation from citizens in per- per T firemen to reach fires quickly They observed that Wednesday July 31 when the alarm rang f for a small fire at Sterling some two miles of traffic piled up on 1 the highway behind the fire truck The cars provided an obstruction for firemen who attempted to follow the truck to the blaze Councilmen Councilman noted that while persons following the truck can sometimes be called upon to give assistance in m firefighting most of the occupants of the trailing vehicles were women and children City and state laws require drivers to pull to the side of the road to allow a fire truck or other emergency vehicle to passA pass A Manti City or ordinance also makes it illegal for any person to willfully obstruct or hinder any officer or member of the fir fire department in in the performance perform perform- ance of jf his duties at a fire or while going to the same The fire chief and his assistants assistants assistants assist assist- ants are arc given police powers while attempting to put out fires and interference with these officers or damage to fire-fighting fire equipment constitutes constitutes constitutes a misdemeanor punishable punishable punishable punish punish- able by a 50 fine or 30 days in inthe inthe in inthe the county jailor jail or both At the Monday meeting the council dec decided ded to cooperate with the state in building a link chain-link fence on the east eastside eastside eastside side of the cemetery The state and city will each provide half hal of the cost of materials with State Highway Green Thumb- Thumb ers installing the fence A pound 50 limit was placed on garbage containers containers which must be no larger than 20 gallons gallons gallons gal gal- lons for the c city ty pickup City employees will be ordered to ignore larger containers A 70 expenditure was authorized auth for a child health clinic which will be held under the direction of the county nurse |