Show I 1 GOING AFTER i auctioneer an ordinance introduced in the city council afi water works bonds after daniel hamer and ahe tax redemptions miles jones still after salary reductions electric light bill tabled r t 1 last nights of the city county cil was easy and quiet until the last few moments when the board of education was roasted during be evening the p interesting points were the blamer tax matter the water works bond issue the auctioneer ordinance and the school matter p THE SESSION tf city council was called to order at v all members present exy capt S P ash of the fifth president t in the chair y minutes of last meeting were read and t approved mayor spencer returned without his approval the resolution authorizing the macadamizing of one side of the block on washington avenue between twenty third and twenty fourth streets and on twenty fourth between grant and ngoa avenues the reasons given for the veto were that it would be un satisfactory it the stone gutters were not 6 put in and in thi th i cage of twenty fourth street taftt there would be a jag ol 01 eighteen inches between the paved and unpaved sides the pave eide being eighteen inches higher the question as to sustaining the mayors veto was called and tuo vote was to sustain browning jonroy Jon Greenw riU fiill G jones M L jones pierce and when tayloe e name was called he explained himself de siring to vote to sustain the veto so far as it refers to twenty fourth street voted against the veto which was sustained by a vote of eight to one the committee on laws reported n recommending that the ordinance au i 1 thorl zing the issuing of tha water works bonds be passed filed until ordinances were callied up the committee on claims reported the payment of the follow mg claims eccles lumber co 13 46 JA johnson 1700 Andre wHenry Geo 1327 utah oregon lumber co L J holther ti 18 34 2000 sire veil hardware co i Z SL I 1 D ragan i A L brewer t wh pond ice co 1 50 AW meek s western juniou telegraph Telez raph co 1 00 r 50 V at y j v RS jia aley t S L 0 gas and E light co 50 L polk directories 20 00 taylor objected to the payment of the electric light bill it was shown that that there was a of 1350 for outage light enot burning mr taylor paid that up to this feht alere had not been a single light burning during this month north of bridge and during the latter part of last month they were not burning on motion of G W jones the bill of electric light company was eliminated to be looked into before payment the bills were then allowed to the electric light bill committee on public buildings and louds that james macbeth be paid 2555 instead of tor bill for repair of hydrants in later paik the recorder slated in a aion that he bad advertised lor bids for fighting tbs city and that be had received no bids the recorder reported that I 1 A litile field had returned the copy tor ordinances saying that be could not print the bame as bis bid was too low on motion all bids were declared off and the recorder wae authorized to again receive bids the ordinances A communication from treasurer Trea sorer regarding amount of and warrants to be accepted in payment of city taxes was filed without action 1 1 jaily auditor beardsley reported amount of bond interest due warrant was ordered drawn for camp chief davenport reported p noreata nr reata arreus 33 convicted 14 discharged 19 the following petition was read gentlemen I 1 have in my silon five Kod emption on a part of lots 7 and 10 block 10 south ogden sur vey situate in city survey being the property of eveline johnd F M brown the same having been sold I 1 tor taxes by diniel hamer during hie of office as collector since which y time at the request of your honorable body the slid daniel hamer baa enis into an agreement and given bonds in the buia 0 three thousand dollars that he would refund three dollars on each certificate when presented providing euch presentation be made within one year from date of eadd bond in accordance with said agreement I 1 have in behalf of eveline C ard francis M brown repeatedly demanded of mr Ua merthe amount due on the above described certificates but each time have been disappointed francis M brown has herself demanded of mr hamer on three different occasions dicce the bond wa given the amount due on the above mentioned certificates but each time met with only excuses I 1 therefore in behalf of eveline 0 and francis M brown and others who may be similarly situated ask your honorable body to tako such steps as you may deem necessary to insure the prompt payment of all certificates under the above agreement when demanded and your petitioners will ever pray EVILINE 0 AHO FRANCIS M BROWN per MORONI BROWN referred to special committee on taxes sidn sidney stevens a nd fifteen pe euion for an electric light at corner of twenty sixth and adams avenue and that the sidewalk be repaired referred to committee on streets wm driver protested against the payment ot 70 charged for repairs on sidewalks before bis property referred lo 10 committed tep on streets V rowe reported that repairs on hydrants bad been made john C west wanted quit claim deed on property eold for tabei by error referred to special committee on taxes the ordinance authorizing the issuance ot water works bonds passed its first reading an ordinance amending governing auctions and auctioneers was introduced by president the amendments are as follows LICENSING AND PROVIDING FOR tais regulation AND CONTROL OF auctioneers SECTION 1 any person or persons who ceball desire to sell or expose for eale by way of public or auction within the limits of city any property shall first abam from the city a license so to du tor such license such parson or persons shall pay to the cily recorder the sam of 25 per annum also one per cent on the first received on boods sold by him and 25 per cent on all moneys received for goods sold by him over he shall give bonds to the city with approved security in the sum of one thousand 1000 dollars conditioned for the honest and doe performance for mance of all duties herein required to be by him performed which bond shall be approved by abe city council and filed in the office of the city recorder no license shall be issued until the bond is approved SAC 2 all auctioneers eo licensed shall receive all articles which they may be required to 11 at auction and give receipts if required and at the close of any sale shall deliver true account of fuca eale and pay the amount realized for such articles sold to the person entitled to the same oo 00 surrender of the receipt af such articles if euch re ceia shall have been riven after deducting ibe per bentas mentioned in sec lion lone ot this with the compensation of euch sale not exceeding lu per centon the amount of said s lie SEC 3 ic ahall be the duty of every auctioneer licensed as aforesaid to pay all moneys as specified in section one on all goods and chattels sold by him to the city recorder monthly or oftener if required by the city council or the city recorder and in accounting for such eale it shall be the duty ot every auctioneer to make his returns to the auditor of tho city under oath or affirmation end exhibit to said auditor his books ot eale said auditor shall require them SEC 4 all auctioneers are hereby forbidden to sell or expose for sale any kind ol 01 property on or near the streets 0 city except in a covered building unless in the cabe of live dock carrr wagon machinery and properly of like character or so conduct their baslis as to obstruct the sidewalks with goods or crowds of people or to use immoral or indecent language in crying their abode or to make nobey acclamations or rin bells on the bide i walks or ith the streets in advertising their goods and chattels SEC 6 nothing in this ordinance shall so construed as to prohibit any deriu i constable or other kofl acial from belling any property in discharge ot hie duty at public auction SEC 0 any person violating the po visions of this ch apte ahn not otherwise provided shall be liable to a fine in sum not exceeding three hundred do ars for each of lense SEC 7 all ordinance and parts of ordinances conflicting with the provisions of this chapter are hereby repealed but such not in any wise affect any rights obtained or liabilities incurred under the ordinance repealed provided that nothing in this section ahall be construed no a to exempt auctioneers tio holding license under the ordinance repealed paying the full license on boods eold aa provided cpr in section t of thie ordinance referred erred to committee on I 1 awe taylor introduced the following resolution that the collector ol 01 ogden city tasee be and la beneby requested to have nil city warrants by hilj for city taxes signed by the person paying abo bame and that be thereupon stamo upon each warrant the dale of receipt md that aneli warrants cease thereafter to draw interest be it further that the said collector is hereby to pay over to abe city treasurer monthly all monies received by him for and in behalf of ogden cita adored t jones M L introduced a resolution instructing abe committee on laws to draft an ordinance read the salaries of apy officers the resolution ans adopted jones G W introduced a resolution the street supervisor to notify all parties to stop the hydrants for sprinkling purposes the resolution was adopted the following and payrolls were read aad allowed F M tout ac 50 police 85 fire 70 street department 03 city engineer 01 35 sanitary department GO 60 public and grounds 41 16 P A 19 00 chief davenport 1 30 N abe hel 4 25 then came the bombshell of the evening president asked the recorder it he bad heard from the school board regarding the rental proposition and the attached request that the city ball janitor be employed to take care of their rooms then came the statement that abe board had absolutely ignored the request of abe city council and had not replied to the communication from the council also that members c the board had intimated ahat thay woold attend to their own affairs A motion was made to le consider the action of last meeting taylor wanted information stated hat the facts of the case were that these rooms were given to board at a figure whish would not pay tor healine he atine and while they accepted the privileges they ignored a request of this council and insulted ua by not even answering our communication the motion to reconsider was carried aad abe original request of tha chool board tor the use of those rooms was re vf berred to the committee on public buildings and grounds council then adjourned tor tn |