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Show ILL PAS . OMINANGE The city council met iu ntf-jourued ntf-jourued sesniou last Wednesday night to consider the salary ordinance, or-dinance, or in other words pass an ordinance for the governiiig of the salary of the city officials, that will rule iu Coalville after the first of ucxt January, While the ordinance does uot, look good to all, jctsaue, think-! ing people consider it proper! and justly so. The city 'could not alWaysgo on as she has ''in' t&'pasWlic fi?MuFy ft'dcp'Tct'cti' and the only remedy available was the pruning kuifc. It is common street talk that the city is goitig behind at such a rapid rate that something in list be done The councilmen were approached and asked that the salary ordinance be repealed and they, having the welfare of tke city at heart, had ait ordinance drawn up aud passed two readings read-ings last Wednesday nightjthree councilmen, Salmon RcdJou and Heard voting in favor of it and Clark uot voting, ' ThcordiuauccfiNes the mayor's salary at $1.00 per autiuui;couu-cilmen, autiuui;couu-cilmen, ji.oo per annum; Recorder Re-corder $100.00 per annum; Justice Jus-tice of the peace $10.00 per annum; treasurer, $50.00 per annum; marsUnll, 360.00 per annum; making a total saving of 185,00 per year in those of fices alone. Appointive officers will receive their share of the cut also, The present city council should go on history for the improvements im-provements they have made, as one of the, best that Coalville has ever had." Of cource there is a gooil many tilings they havn't done, but the things ior good they have done, will out-weighjthe out-weighjthe others. Tlie Times is proud of the action taken by the council, because be-cause this paper joined in the 1 cr ior the repealing of the or-d.n or-d.n utce, and meant to sjay with it till the last. ' Iu about a mouth the primaries of both parties will be ''eld ami there will be plenty of patriotic citizens that have the wellfare of the cjty at heart to fill all offices and some to spare. If I you don't think so watch thesej columns closely for the next few weeks ' |