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Show SPECIAL SESSii Of CHHflBKIL The city fathers held a brief ses-fdon ses-fdon last night, pacing upon matters of Immediate Importance, Councilman C. J. Humphries being selected as president pro tern. President browning brown-ing being absent. The street committee and the city engineer presented plats of Gibson avenue and Center street, also Thirty-second street, between Washington and Grant avenues and recommondexl that they be accepted and the various thoroughfares dedicated to tho use of the city. Tho recommendations were unanimously adopted. Employment Agent Wants License. The application of W. O. Jones for the renewal of his license to conduct u:t employment agency at 14: Twenty-fifth Twenty-fifth street, was referred to the license committee and the city attorney. There Is a question with the council as to whether they can Issue a license for an employment agency on Twenty-fifth Twenty-fifth street, in the face of the revised ordinances, which provide that It shall nut be done. Tho application of Mr. Jones being for a renewal of a license, however. Involves legal questions, ques-tions, with wnich the council Is not ready to cope without the advice of the license committee and tho city attorney. at-torney. The waterworks department presented pre-sented a claim against tho city for J2.S30, claimed to be duo the depart men for water furnished 136 fire hydrants during the year. The claim was allowed. The action of the city treasurer in transferring from special to the general gen-eral fund of the city $874 75 was uunnlmouely confirmed. Approve Mayor's Recommendation. Mayor Glasmann stated that in June of the present year bo recommended the redemption of flvo city bonds, but that only three were taken up He sugge-stod that the amount of the other oth-er tw-o bonds, amounting to $2,000, now In the special fund be transferred trans-ferred to the general fund. The recommendation rec-ommendation was adopted by tho unanimous vote of the cuncIL l'jon motion of Councilman Fl-gare, Fl-gare, the auditor was Instructed to draw warrants for nine sewer bonds In favor of the Ogden State bank, provided that the city be given credit for six months' Interest In advance. The bonds are worth $1,000 each, It being explained by Mr. Flygaro that by paying the bonds In advance tho city will save six months' interest on the Indebtedness. Special Funds for Expenses. It appearing that there Is not enough money In the special sidewalk funds to pay tho engineering expenses It was authorized that the auditor draw warrants on the special funds in favor of tho general fund and that tho indebtedness be paid when sufficient suffi-cient moneys have been received It was also decided that outstanding warrants against special funds of last year, as well as tho Indebtedness against like funds of this enr, be paid by the treasurer as fast as money for the particular funds is received. oo |