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Show MAYOR VETOES FRANCHISE Pocntello, Idaho, March 27. A surprise sur-prise was sprung at the city council coun-cil meeting last night when Mayor Theodore Turner refused to sign the Franchise granting to Browning and others permission, to construct an electric railway iiuthe city. The mayor's may-or's communication to the council is as follows: "I hereby return proposed ordinance ordi-nance granting J. D. Browning a franchise to construct and operate an electric street railway in Pocatcllo, without my approval. This proposed ordinance had not been enacted as required by law, and tho existing ordinances ordi-nances of Pocatello. I, therefore, deem It unwise to place my approval upon the ordinance." There was little discussion of the mayor's action, as it was felt that much litigation might be avoided by passing the ordinance in due manner, and so it was again placed upon first reading. |