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Show MAYOR SENDS IN . HIS NOMINATIONS Only Three Fail of Confirmation by the City Council Thomas Browning- Remains as Chief of Police and William M. Bos-taph, Bos-taph, a Grand Army Veteran, is Made City Engineer Thomas Lundy, Also a War Veteran, Wins a Place in the Mayor's Family. Tho meeting of the city council Iwt evening rirtnally marked tho change from the old to the now administration. administra-tion. There was r large atteudanco of citizens, who pecmed anxious to see the political heads of some roll off and new beads take their places. The hour was quite late before the councllmen filed Into the chamber, the occasion for the delay being an executive execu-tive seeslon which was held in the mayor's office. The mayor wo.s absent. ab-sent. President Browning officiated, and there was uo attempt at rrorgnn ization. Before thu meeting was closed, howerer, on motion of Councilman Council-man Dickson, the legality of Mr. Browning's presidency was referred to the city attorney. The Injunction to the attorney was that he report hi finding at the next meeting of tho council. It. was contended by soine of the cnuncllmen that when President Browning was elected to office two years ago that it was for his term of office, four years That being true, he would hold th nffloo fnr another Iwn l Dyke. Jr., prcTlously made tl fill tho office of deputy city auditor, was confirmed con-firmed by unanimous voto. Committees Named. President Browning announced the personnel of the standing committee aa follows: Law Peery, Barker, Dana. Claims Browning. Dann, Barker. License Larson. Peery. Wilson. Finance Dickson. Barker. Flygare. Fire Dana, Dickson. Fiygnre. " Streeis Barker. Wilson, Browning. Sanitary Dickson, Humpliris. Wilson. Wil-son. Sewers Dana, Browning. Barker. Public Building and Grounds Wilson. Wil-son. Larsou, Austin. Police Austin, Wilson, Humphrls. Water Supply Humphrls, Browning, Brown-ing, Larson. Engrossing Wilson, Browning, Larson. Taxes Flygare, Browning, Peery. Lights Austin, Barker, Humphrls. Railroads? Peery. Larscn, Barker. Sidewalks Humphrls. Flygare. rtrrtTt Tl III tr years from this time. Others maintain main-tain that It Is a two- ear office, and can bo nothing more, and that it is proper that the council reorganise at this time by electing & new president. If the latter idea Is found to be correct, cor-rect, it is a certainty that Mr. Browning Brown-ing will not preside over the deliberations delibera-tions of the council during the next two years. It was said by one of the councilmen last evening that there arc fix of the city fathers who do not want Browning to preside. If a reorganization re-organization is perfected, the standing committees will be reappointed. The thing of the greatest Importance Import-ance that came before the city council last evening was the appointment of city officers by Mayor Gla9tnano. All of the mayor's appointments, except three, were confirmed, and In only two instances were strict party votes cast. The appointments that were confirmed con-firmed were: Chief of Police Thomas E. Browning Brown-ing unanimous vote. City Engineer, William Bostaph unanimous, except a negative vote by President Browning. Street supervisor, Thomas W. Jones Council meu Dickson and Barker voting againti the confirmation. Santitary Inspector, Moroni Poulter strict party vote, Austin, Dana, Dickson, Larson and Wilson voting to confirm, and Humphrls, Flygare, Peery and Browning voting against confirmation. The same vote was taken on the confirmation of W. L. Porter for city fvxton. The votes on the appointees who were not confirmed were a follows: FIRE CHIE7F GEORGE A. GRAVES. . For Dickson, Dana, Larson, Bar-Vpr Waterworks Dickson. Peery, Wilson, Wil-son, Humphrls and Dana. Regular Council Proceed'-ngs. Aside from the consideration of tho appointments made by the mayor last night, the city council attended to considerable routine business. A communication from the mayor stated that the mayor's office consisted consist-ed of one room that wa6 principally used as a public telephone station and yave the mayor no privacy. .H recommended rec-ommended that the mayor's office have a waiting room, so that when more than one party arrived to do business, the later visitor would not have to walk the halls or sit on tho city hall steps. The communication was referred to the committee on public buildings. A communication was also read from the city executive In which the appointments of Tlllle H. Poulter as deputy recorder, Gusele Purdy and Elsie Mann deputies in other city offices, who were named lad week, were held tip until the mayor had an opportunity to suggest some plan by which the work of these appointees could be distributed in such a manner man-ner as to allow for the collection of licenses, which work has been neglected, neg-lected, according to the recommendation. recommenda-tion. The . recommondatlon was adopted. A vacancy having occurred on the board of trustees of the Carnegie Car-negie Free Library, Rev. John Edward Carver was named by tho mayor to fill the place on the board and the ap-i ap-i polntment was adopted unanimously. Attention was called to the necessity neces-sity of having the accounts of the city audited by disinterested parties, and the mayor, in a communication, submitted sub-mitted bids from H. H. Harris of Denver Den-ver ajiJ the Utah Auditing company of Salt Lake to do the work and make such suggestions as may be found feasible fea-sible for an Improvement over tho present system of bookkeeping. which was fixed at $150. The petition peti-tion was referred to the claims committee. com-mittee. J. II. Kurtz, prorlctor of the Ogden Canyon Sanitarium company, 9ent a communication to the council calling attention to the fact that ho Is due a refund on a retail liquor licenso issued last fall, and asking the council for somo a.r.urance that the license could again be obtained In the spring. His communication wns referred to tho license li-cense committee. James D Hearn, employed as an extra ex-tra policeman, sent an application to the council for appointment to a regular reg-ular position on the force. His application appli-cation was referred to the police committee. com-mittee. A petition from the Wasatch Canning Can-ning company and other property owners In West Ogden asked the council coun-cil to t;ike steps towards connecting this pare of the city with the water system. The petitioners say that they have no fire protection, and that an extension of tho water mains In that section Is an Imperative necessity. The petition went to the water works committee. , i An ordinance amending an ordinance ordi-nance creating tho office of clerk f the municipal court, defining his duties du-ties and fixing his salary at $1,200 a year, pnssed its second reading by title and was referred to tho law committee com-mittee and city attorn?. Councilman Humphrls moved that the public building and grounds committee com-mittee be instructed to look after th distribution of the free telephones furnished to officials of tho city. The motion wns amended by Councilman Peery, who declared that the distribution distribu-tion of the telcj'hones two years ago had caused some dissatisfaction, and suggested that the matter be taken up at the next meeting of th ecouncll as a whole, Ills amendment was adopted. , Against Austin, Browning. Flygare, Humphls. Larson, Peery and Wilson. POLL TAX COLLECTOR," GEORGE A. WATTS. For Anstin , Dickson, Dana and Wilson. Against Browning, Flygare, Humphrls, Hum-phrls, Larson, Peer?' and Barker. CITY PHYSICIAN, ANNA F. RHEIS. For Dickson, Larson, Peery and Barker. Against Austin, Browning, Dana, Flvgaxe. Humphrls and Wilson. The appointment of W. D. Van Tho bid of H. H. Harris was $10 a day for tho work of two expert accountants ac-countants with an approximated time of four to six weeks to do the work. The Salt Lake concern mide a bid of $225. The communication with tho bids were referred to the engrossing committee. Current expenses for all deportments deport-ments of the city, amounting to $1,-359.20, $1,-359.20, wore allowed on recommendation recommenda-tion of the city auditor. Tho biennial report of the city recorder for 1908 and 1909 was submitted and referred to the finance committee Payrolls for employees In the several departments of the city for the past two weeks, amounting to $l,Oio.7C, were allowed. Nine soloons and three pawnluokers were allowed a renewal of their li-! li-! censes upon tho recommendation of ' the chW of police. The annual report j of the fire committee was referred to the flro comtuitttM?. Claims of the wa-I wa-I terworks department, amounting to i $390 01, were allowed Claiming thet a valuable horse belonging be-longing 1o James Varney & Son was I Injured by stepping on a tin can lying i in King street on December 15 had I to be killed as a result of the accident, 1 a communication was received from the owners asking the city to remu-1 remu-1 uerate the owners for their loss, |