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Show tJU PROCEEDINGS OF THE CITY BOARD Last evening J S. J.?wls presented a petition to the city board of com-mlisioners, com-mlisioners, asking the privilege to extend his store building on Washington Wash-ington avenue, between Twenty-fourth Twenty-fourth and Twenty-fifth streets, three feet and four inchos toward the street. In the petition, Mr. Lewis stated that he presumed the city board of commissioners would show no partiality In the mattor and that he would bo permitted to make the improvement. The attention of the board was called to the fact that the Plngree National bank had been ox-tended ox-tended that distance on the sidewalk and that others were entitled to the same privilege. The matter was referred re-ferred to tho committee of tho whole. Regarding the petition for the changing of the position of the arc light on Wall avenue and Twenty-second Twenty-second street, Commissioner Nye reported re-ported that he had Investigated thoroughly thor-oughly and that he had come to the conclusion that the matter could be adjusted by removing certain trees In that, vicinity which have a tendency tend-ency obstruct the roflectlon of the light. The report was adopted and an order made that the trees be removed. re-moved. City Attornev Valentine Gideon reported re-ported that a deed of convevance for a crrtaln tract of land which will be used in tho South Fork reservoir project pro-ject had been made to the city bv M. S. Browning and ho recommended that the purchase price, $5.0.r-6.92 be paid. The board approved the report re-port and ordered that the city auditor audi-tor draw a warrant for the amount Street Supervisor Clem Martin reported re-ported that during the month of October Oc-tober ho had expended $2 110,10 in improving nnd maintaining the streets of the cltv. The report was ordered filed. The same action was taken on tho report of the city sexton, sex-ton, showing the receipt of $3 10.50 for the month of October. Dog Tax Collector C. H Larson tendered his resignation and It was readily accepted The resignation takes effect immediately. The reason rea-son for resigning the position as stated by Mr Larson was that there Vas not enough money In the Job to justify a man attending to the duties. du-ties. He said ho could not make a living at It, and, Inasmuch as It interfered inter-fered with other work he might do, he could not afford to remain in the position. Commossioner Browning stated that Mr. Larson had not attended at-tended to the work for a number of weeks and that there was no necessity neces-sity for the appointment of a successor succes-sor until some future date. The matter mat-ter will be taken up in the near future fu-ture and a successor will bo appointed. ap-pointed. Poll Tax Collector A. G. Harris was allowed ?20l.o0 as commission for the collection of poll taxes. The city board of education asked permission to use the voting machines ma-chines of the city for the December olection of a new board and tho qpestion was referred to the committee com-mittee of the whole. It was staled by the city recorder that the law requires re-quires that the machines remain locked six months after election and that It would be out of the question to release them for tho December Decem-ber election The matter will be given full consideration by tho board of commissioners as a committee of the whole. Tho petiton for the installation of a sewer district on Patterson avenue, between Washington and Grant avenues, ave-nues, was referred to tho superintendent superintend-ent of streets. The following payrolls were allowed al-lowed and the auditor wns Instructed to draw a warrant for tho several amounts; F.mployes' salaries $ 577.35 Cemetery department 120.50 Streets . . 1 090.35 Miss R. M. Markle G0.00 Total .. $1,955.20 It was reported by the city recorder record-er that the stat ongineor had advised ad-vised him that the time for perfecting perfect-ing the rights or tho cltv to reservoir site on Ogden river, at what is known as Magpie, had been extended until 1914. The report was ordered filed |