| Show A PUBLIC LIBRARY 1 am aarm K ff 61 Y city council verifies Veri lies the result of special election and appoints library board of six members robertson confirmed as marshal and night policeman city off Officers 7 reports and much business retrenchment prop program ram not completed city council met thursday for or the first meeting in august mayor ridge and councilmen nellson neilson rosevear billings and hales present W S macfarlane being absent marshal robertson was present tor for first time in his new role water master and Poll reman wilson were present as was city attorney lal fleish and of course city recorder miss hurley was on deck as the young lady always la is minutes read and approved and the following bills read and ordered paid on motion ot of nellson neilson and rosevear july pay roll now new vienna cafe geo oneil ax redemption 1800 blyth sargo co felix trainor train or mary jefford Jet tord ledger derry berry bros J E weeter lumber 27 P C water works I 1 K E squires 2320 remington people 1 i kopp hales 1 utah P light 0 T J rosser election jennie bankerd Din kerd election elect ioa jim don I 1 water works pay roll berry brothers blyth fargo co 1841 king coalition total CITY cirr TREASURER gen fund sur july 1 receipts licenses police court cemetery poll taxes I 1 sid sidewalk I 1 pw alk 1283 miscellaneous Ameel laneous 2325 less war paid in july gen fund sur aug I 1 29 6 89 2 water fund sur bur july 1 5 2 4 receipts tor for the month less war paid in july 03 water fund sur aug 1 I gen fund sur water fun sur 50 time cards paid poll tax 1800 cash on hand band bank bal aug 1 sink fund june 30 int deposited july 1 sink fund aug 1 city justice of peace for the month of july there were seventy eight arrests fines imposed collected in cash committed city sexton four deaths in july all adults one body shipped tu to california one body brought here tor for interment fifty dollars was allotted by the sexton the lepors were adopted as read on motion of billings and nielson REBATE ALLOWED all A communication was read from mcewan bircumshaw drawn up in legal form asking a two months rebate on their liquor license amounting to 16 66 5 city attorney dalgleish favored the request admitting that firm had not been fair as regards the license but thought city should be fair with them councilman billings asked it if city was allowed to rebate license as cording to ordinance attorney dalgleish read ordinance and agreed that council could legally keep the entire amount it it desired to be mean after discussion the rebate was allowed on motion of billings and hales richardson RESIGNS city marshal W D richardsons Richard sons resignation was read and on motion of neilson and rosevear same was accepted ROBERTSON iV MARSHAL under head of new business mayor ridge appointed ezra robertson city marshal and street supervisor and the appointment was unanimously confirmed by council VOTE VERIFIED 1 the certificate of the special election was read and the council resolved itself into a canvassing board and the vote levying a one mill tax for the maintenance of a public library was counted the official tally showing 50 votes cast in favor of the proposition and 16 against LIBRARY BOARD D APPOINTED in compliance with the law governing such matters mayor ridge said it would be necessary to appoint a library board consisting of 0 six members two to serve two years two tour four years and two sis years with the mayor ex officio chairman ot of such hsuch board the following were then named for two years mrs airs jennie binkerd and jerome paxton for four years eric nielson and dr B E for six years S L and mrs W J duck buck EXPRESS appreciation mrs jennie binkerd and mrs mra I 1 H S townsend who were present in behalf of the public library were called upon by the mayor and expressed appreciation tor for courtesies extended them by city in regard to library election etc and voiced their perfect satisfaction of the library board named by mayor ridge DANGEROUS BUILDINGS mayor ridge informed council there were some buildings on main street that were a menace to public safety and asked that after council meeting the councilmen and marshal and city attorney and to demonstrate it was no secret session affair the record man was also asked to accompany him on a short tour of inspection and the invitation was accepted REGARDING NE NEW W ORDINANCE attorney dalgleish was asked it if he ha had framed ordinance to comply with the statewide state wide prohibition law the gentleman informed council lie he had not done so because he was waiting tor for an outline of the salt lake and ogden ordinances in this regard mayor ridge called attention to the tact fact that the minimum fine tor for a person arrested for drunkenness was and informed the now new marshal marshai and council that no leniency was to b shown as the best way to aid the statewide state wide prohibition was to enforce the law and so long as he was mayor this would be done OFFICES CES COMBINED COMBINE D the finance committee did not submit a retrenchment report but their recommendation that the water master act also as day policeman was agreed to as was the appointment of win as night policeman and both gentlemen are now on duty the committee will likely make full report and further recommendations at the first meeting in september NEW recommends marshal robertson was called upon and after expressing appreciation for or his appointment called attention to the bad walks in daly avenue and suggested that good gravel walks be made instead of plank walks the matter was discussed and ou on motion of rosevear and billings left to the committee on streets alleys and bridges with power to 0 act this concluded the business ot of the session DANGEROUS SHACKS after the meeting an inspection of the sullivan building the rear of the old dewey theatre and other buildings on the east side of main alain was made action should certainly t he 8 taken at once regarding the first two bildings bul dings named they are the worst kind of fire traps and affords a place for tramps and to sleep etc they are a menace to public safety and should receive the immediate attention of the fire chief with prompt ind and decisive action on the part of 0 the city authorities the rear of the new york cafe was found in dangerous condition because of rubbish and matter A general cleanup clean up should be enforced before a serious conflagration occurs |
