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Show GEORGE MW'PIl llEfpIOEi fy - . ' " " . ; V-'K , Council Engrossing Committee Recommends That the Alleged Expert Ex-pert Accountant Must Complete Work Within Four Days Council Transacts Much Business. allowed and the auditor authorilcd to draw a warrant for the amojnt The claim of Hagbert Anderson, city Jailer, for board to prisoners lu the sum of J201.C0, was allowed. Tho statement of August Fletcner that his special sower iax id too much, was referred to tho sewer committee com-mittee and tLe city engineer. Dr. Anna Rlea was granted a leave of absence of four weeks, she Ftat-lug Ftat-lug that she deaires to spend that length of time in special study at a medical college in Chicago, It is understood that Dr. Ingebretseu will attend to 4he medical side of tho city's affairs during Miss, Rica' absence. ab-sence. W. IL Sturk. I. T. Alvord. George McBrlde and others petitioned the council to repeal the law providing $100 a year license tor so-called second sec-ond hand stores, and that the license be fixed in. accordance with the business busi-ness done by the petitioners, they claiming that they should be classed as "merchants" rather than as "sfc-ond "sfc-ond hand dealer." They stated that they felt that the ordinances now in vogue are discriminator)' against them. The matter was referred to tho license committee The city park commissloncrors requested re-quested that the city fathers allow them $1,000 additional money to defray de-fray the expenses of the commission during the balance of the year. ThM queston was handed fo tho public buildings and grounds committee. UjKn the suggestion of President Hrownlng,. it was ordered that the city engineer advise all parties cutting cut-ting tho pavement at any place in Ihe city for tho purpose of placing underground wires, or for any other purpose, that they must repair the places and put them In a pafe condition. con-dition. Recorder Allison stated that Mayor May-or Glasmann had refused to approve of the plats f Knob Hill addition and wanted to know what to do with Ibem. The matter was handed to the public buildings and grounds committee com-mittee for consideration. The council adjourned to meet In one .week. In response to a request from tho board c control of the Good Roads convention, to be held in Ogdeu during dur-ing tho lair week, the council lal evening authorized the streets "couj-mltteo "couj-mltteo O proceed to place some street cf the city leading to the canyon boulevard in good condition for tie.-use tie.-use of tho delegates to tho convention. conven-tion. J. J. Barker is chairman of the streets committee, and after the order or-der of the council had been issued he sUted that Twenty-fourth 6trc-ec and HarriBon avenue would bo placed in the very best of condition lor tho visitors, and that the automoblllsts or other roadsters need not be alarmed alarm-ed about the conation that the streets mentioned will be in when the Good Roads convention demonstration is made Monday, Sept. 20. The engrossing committee recommended recom-mended that George Hanson, the alleged al-leged expert accountant in tho auditor's audi-tor's office, be given four more days days In which to iinlsh the work a assistant in the office. The report was adapted. The committee on licenses and tho city attorney reported that it would be illegal for the council to allow Blosser Sr. Foley a rebate for ten days' license because the city had nothing to do whatever with the clo-j-Ing of the i:ilte bar during that period, pe-riod, the closing being of the par-tied' par-tied' own choosing. This report was adopted. Tho waterworks committee stated stat-ed to the council last evening that It would, be wise tor the city fathers to purchase G.000 lcet of 8 inch pipe to be used in the water extensions to West Ogden, and the suggestion ws adopted. It Is understood that thi extension will be among tho first to be made after this date. Fire Chief Canfleld called the attention at-tention of the council to the fact that the accumulation of hay and other Inflammable material on the viaduct is causing untold trouble to the- fire department. It being called to the place about four times in the last week to stop Tires that had started from the sparks of engines parsing underneath the structure. The matter was referred to the streets committee, it being a question with , the councilmen whether the railroad people are not responsible for tnc fires. City Attorney DeVlne- asked the council to reconsider tbo quest iou of allowing Carl Rusmussen a refund .of taxes for sidewalk purposes and grant hits petition of last week. The attorney attor-ney staged thai upon further examination exam-ination of the law regarding the question ho had come to the conclusion, con-clusion, that the lax levy was illegal and that Mr Rasmussen should be reimbursed. Tho attorney's recommendations recom-mendations wero adopted. The report of City Engineer Bos-taph Bos-taph that tho basement of the hoi.se of C. D. Brown is two feet above the eewer and that he ha no cmise fur complaint was ordered filed. Mr. Brown claimed that his cellar Is lower low-er than the sewer pipes and that the sewer Is of no value to him. Tho engineer wanted to bo advised as to whether the intersection of Twentieth street and Washington avenue should be SO feet wldo. Tho matter was referred to the streets committee. Estimates due the Moran Construction Con-struction company for extra work on eewer district 105, amounting to about $20, was allowed. The engineer recommended that they be paid. Tho city auditor reported that the claim against the Rapid Transit company for lumber in the oum of $455.42 was uot a legal claim and tho matter was referred to the engineer and attorney. The claim of Weber county for checking election returns of the recent re-cent eltrctlon in the &um of $72 was |