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Show CITY BOARD IS NOW UP IN ARMS Makes Answer to Criticisms and Takes Steps to Prevent the Repeal of the Law providing For the Present Commission Form of Government Committee of Five to Report on Work of Commissioners. . I Resenting the adverse criticism of the commission form government as administered In Ogden and feeling that undue reflections have been cast on the board of late, the city commissioners com-missioners this morning passed a resolution res-olution directing Mayor A G Fell to select, indiscriminately, a committee of five citizens of Ogden to inspect the city records for the year 1912, as thev arc now being compiled by the city auditor, for the purposes of de termining whether or not the administration ad-ministration under the commission form of government has been a sue-; ; cess. The resolution does not state when I the appointment of the committee shall be made, but in the face of the fact that it provides that the results of the Investigation shall be presented pre-sented to the members of the state legislature for their consideration In acting on a proposed bill, which will be introduced In the senate by Senator Sena-tor William Craig it will be necessary neces-sary for the committee to be named at an early date Since the election of last fall, there I bu8 been considerable talk among business men and others as to the' alleged shortcomings of the commission commis-sion form of government, and some have gone so far as to say that h Is a miserable failure and that a remedial rem-edial law should be enacted by the , present legislature. To this end, a bill has been prepared bv a lawyer of this city providing, virtually, for the repeal of the law forcing this form of government on cities of the first and second class The nrnnnrnt measure amends the law so as to ' provide for representation from each of the wards or the cltv, with a I mayor having the veto power, the latter lat-ter to serve at least as a check to the actions of the representatives from the various wards of the citv A reduction of salaries is provided for Following is the resolution passed by the commissioners this morning Resolutions of City WHEREAS the present commissioners commis-sioners of Ogden Citv together with the present form of commission government, gov-ernment, have been severely criticized criticiz-ed by some of our citizens, and an i impression created that the present administration is unsatlsfactor and ; detrimental to our business Interests, and that the commission form of gov. j rnmetU s not representative as it Is I at present constituted, and 'WHEREAS all of these criticisms are unjust and misleading to the general gen-eral public in that all of the criticisms are not specific and are made in general terms without an Investigation Investiga-tion of the books and records or Ogden Og-den City concerning the financial condition of said ct. which will show a reduction In the over-draft jon the general fund, and . "WHEREAS the records will show that the public Improvements which have been made during this administration admin-istration have been made outside of the ward in which members of the commission reside, and WHEREAS the present form of government ha been in operation only one year, and on general prln- f I cipleg should not be condemned on so short a trial, and " YV H BR KAS contiideruble of criticism criti-cism attaches to tlio operation of the pr en( liquor ordlnano-. attention 1h called to the iact that it s passeil nd in operation prior to this administration, admin-istration, and "WHEREAS it is reported that certain cer-tain bills will be presented to the legislature to change the prr-.-rnt commission form ot government, aud said bills bnse their contention upon the sener.il statements of criticism Instead or upon facts and riRiiree which can he obtained from the books and records or Ogden City, and WHEREAS n order thai the facts and rigures concerning the administration adminis-tration or the year 1912 may be pre-senied pre-senied to the legislature and the general gen-eral public, lie It RESOI VED, that the Mayor of Ogden City Is herebv instructed to appoint Indiscriminate! v a committee of fle representative business men and citizens to Investigate with the clt auditor the financial books of the city and the cltv auditor's report now being compiled for the year 19l'J Bnd j be it further "RESOLVED, thai this committee's report of their findings be spread upon up-on the minute records of Ogden ('lt' land that copies of said rindings be 'given to the general public and to j representatives of the legislature on |