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Show COUNCIL TO HOLD . SPECIAL SESSiON Will Consider Mayor's Veto of the Ordinance Creating the Liquor Business District Tonight City's Executive Calls' Council's Attention At-tention to Many Matters to Consider in Connection With the Proposed Ordinance Proceedings of the Cpuncil. At the meeting of tho city council last night a communication from Mayor Glasmann, vetoing tho ordinance ordi-nance creating the business district in which liquor may be retailed, was laid on the table until Tuesdaj- night at 7 30 o'clock, when It will be taken up and given full consideration. In the communication the mayor stated that he did not think Washington Washing-ton avenue, from Twenty-second to Second street, should be Included in the district, Inasmuch as It Included a section of the city built up of residences. resi-dences. Ho also stated that the Third municipal ward of tho city was included in that district, dis-trict, and Inasmuch as the electors of that section voted "dry," there should be no saloon licenses granted there. The attention of the council was also called to the fact that the Fair grounds are not Included In the wot district, and that less drunkenness prevailed there with a bar than without with-out one. The mayor said that his attention at-tention had been called to this fact by Dr. H. M. Rowe of the Four-State Fair association. in the action of the council on the mayor's communication regarding charges of brutality against one of the police officers, the matter was turned over to the pollco committee, the mayor and the chief of police. Protests against the paving of Twenty-fourth and Twenty-fifth streets east of Washington were referred re-ferred to the city engineer for computation com-putation The following accounts were allowed al-lowed and ordered paid: Waterworks pay roll, $601 60; waterworks claims, $7G5.23; claims, city departments, $5,763.39? city pay rolls, $3,682.73. The council ordered that the upper lights on. the cluster arcs on Hudson avenue be kept burning all night, but that the lower lights of the clusters be turned off at 10 o'clock. The recommendation or the sidewalk side-walk committee that a walk bo built on the south sldo of Twentieth street, between Washington and Adams avenues, av-enues, was adopted and the engineer instructed to adertiso notice of Intention. In-tention. The engineer reported that work had been stopped on the sidewalk paving on Twenty-fourth street west of the viaduct, because parties own- ing the land over which tho walk must pass had refused to grant the right of wav. The report was filed. The matter of paying the county for tho assessment and collection of taxes for the year 1910, amounting to $3,291.73, was referred to tho claims committee. The county clerk reported to tho council that the assessed valuation of city property for the year amounted to $14,036,395, and tho expenses for the year 1911 computed by city audl-' audl-' tor, were approximated at $4321597.59. A resolution fixing tho tax levy at 12 mills on the dollar was reforred to the finance committee. It was reported by the recorder that thero are no protosts against tho building of curb and gutter district 104, and tho engineer was authorized to advertise for bids for the work. The matter of resurfacing tho Ogden Og-den river bridge was referred to the street committee. The expenses for maintaining the streets of the city for tho last month were roportod to be $5,444.57. The report was filed. Tho mntter of repairing the heating plant at the citv jail was handed to the committee on public buildings and grounds. The petition of property owners for a four-foot sidewalk on Williams avenue av-enue was leferred to the city engineer. engi-neer. The matter of placing a drinking fountain on Twenty-third Btreet and Washington aenue was referred to the waterworks committee, and tho question of taking care of the overflow over-flow of water on Barlow avenue, between be-tween Twenty-sixth and Twenty-seventh street, and on Grant avenue and Thirty-third street, was given to the street committee and city engineer for consideration. The invitation of the members of (lie .Carnegie library board to visit the library on July 17 was accepted. On motion of Councilman Humphrls the council ordered that Twentieth street, between Lincoln and Washington Wash-ington jtivenues, be declared a special tax district that the street might bo opened full width at the Intersection of Washington aenuo. The council adjourned to meet on Tuesday night at 7 o'clock. |