Show THE CITY COUNCIL the letting tuning a giuily one and ul limbers tt ere hescht reports from the liquor and questions discussed alie city I 1 pen to lilic n statement of be taxes wednesday ednes day evening the city coun ell met in regular session there being present besides ills honor mayor gregor aldermen L berry it T kemball E kimball carlley mcdon bugli 0 C lockhart and chos cupat minutes of previous meeting rea 1 ai d approved BILLS ray roll allesia nl bridee C 1 alio llio blacks nill 1 e I 1 11 ler bro 1 n her 2 V 1 tl t C j A B awl 10 W 10 u I 1 A lal pai tl K ard g 0 m eo hall MM V coal 1 20 mn I 1 II 11 erington eri neton alicei se rebate 2 r tinn 1080 I 1 an lu mag mfg co fire pi gl 8 jay roll city officers 0 00 I 1 kl ball afa or s av ger work 2 S 10 blicksy blick sn g total is I 1 H isy 1 I 1 ice 4 col acted fio 1 allce J ahti s daios t 8 CO total wl is coi arr S tarra isa lid ISM 48 ralance 0 1 a d may lat 0 0 11 a 1 april 1 axi f to I 1 olie ji slice 8 deposit M jo ltv 63 co tra V arii ari i ta i aid WS 30 E ia c on 1 a d may lat 1892 bot 23 0 stai U ronce total arres a for pal ba total fines assessed aish committed UArl LAL arrests reported gl on following charges drunkenness 29 vagrancy 26 1 fighting 1 nine were discharged it trial lo 10 on payment of fines and 37 were committed CITY city J 1 made ins first rei ort to tl e council the sime embracing all deaths since january ast 1st 1892 to date during that time there have been 21 deaths 12 male and 9 fe males die report was and gave the cause of death in each case I 1 epol TS OF the maor declared a recess and the various committees went to work to formulate formu lale their reports on bling it e committees on claims and accounts streets alleys and bridges fire and v ater and city property re ported favorably on all matters con signed to them on motion all reports w ere accepted placed on file and war rants ordered drawn for the various bills presented avith the understanding that the fire plugs recently arrived should be examined by the chief of alie fire department and on 1 is approval the bill should be allow ed rhe committee on finance le ported favorably on all reports from city oali ceals and on motion alie reports were accepted and ordered filed the committee on licenses becom mended tt at a rebate of two dollars be allowed mis on her un used n millinery illi nery license el filed and a w arrant ordered draw 11 ABOUT catl r ahe mayor asked for the fire and w iter committee concern ing tl e city s water s 11 pi v alderman 1 chai iman said tl ere w is little to rei ort mr 1 of tl e alliance mining company arnved in alie I 1 rk thursday afternoon and sent tl e committee word tint he could be seen at the comi kiy s oance at the alii ance boarding I 1 ouse until I 1 aday noon and he as one of the under stood th it tl e water would i ot be dis imbed until after such ahe committee did not meet until 1 aday morning an 1 then was informed that alie w ater biad been shut on at 8 0 clock that morning fliey at once re aired to tie VIIi ance and on tie way found tl it alie lower reservoir wag nearly empty llcy could do nothing wittier so ordered t e mar to procure lumber aal men ex tend 1101 ume and c ltd up the water after it left the luice company s ground was done and the w ater was ago n turned into the reservoir blind y mon ing alderman berr wl om mr dreweck notified of his arrival made tion as to the time for shutting off the water stating that according to his recollection mr did not set any e ecial hour and did not gay he would hilll after the interview walli the committee maor gregor said thit mr telephoned him I 1 tl at I 1 e had just shut the water oft and he thought that was correct ahe lower reservoir was in a very deaki condition and lud been quite low for some time 1 ance the ide i got abroad tl at the water lad been tuned on thursday night he 1 id mr ill cocks and tl e leak had been closed ai d alie were now full the discussion was dropped at this point and WAI not inferred to again except to listen to tie sent the allgai ce comi any clayt rince or lota alderman U T kimball as chairman of committee on alty property iro perty on request of the mayor reported that his committee had formulated d acl ebule of prices for burial lots and submitted the following 1 rices had been est ib dished ranging from to jai the choicest lots were in the western part of alie cemetery and consisted of half blocks nos 19 10 45 10 were fixed 11 tt HOOK I 1 clayt brought up the matter of a new w irr int book the last one be ng nc lily on motion the ro curing of lucli a book was refined to committee on claims and accounts asis ilie mayor called attention tp two tor liquor licenses one from lle freron eile nd tie other from george beckett alderman lock hart asked it e ily attorney s ci on how dist inc should be measured attorney sri der said he would advise the council to measure on tl e street from the ground of one to the entrance ot tl e oilier this precipitated a acen eral discussion in which abe mayor m d several aldermen expressed tl e ion thit the distance should be measured from entrance to entrance lie dia cassion was brought to a close by alderman lockhart moving that both applications be referred to the committee on licenses with power to grant the same provided td their business houses were found to be without tie limits prescribed ly law motion c irr ed lder inan I 1 mcball said 1 e had consulted ma or baaun 0 is lit lake who was a member of the legislature as to w I 1 ether tl e law was intended to apply to mining camps and s told that it did and tl at the only recourse was to 1 live it annulled or leie aled ll 11 Al dennan lock art moved that 11 e city treasurer be to bring in at the next regular n eating of the council a complete list of all allies whose taxes were delinquent and also explain what steps it any and been taken to collect tl e same also that some immediate steps bo taken to en force the collection of said delinquent taxes in explanation of his motion mr loch hart slid tl at in view of recent events a city tax would undoubtedly have to in levied and th it these betted taxes would strongly against col ealing a new levy the motion was discussed at length aid in amendment offered by alder man L kemball to tl e effect tint after the list was comple tg 1 ahtcity attorney be instructed to proceed against the delinquents and collect tl f several amounts by due process of law lie amei darnt w is discussed at length and it was alio sense of tl e coun cil that the treis uror was the proper officer to collect 11 0 tax and th it the attorney had no authority in the prem aises attorney snyder said when he accepted the office such duties were not understood to be ins and came under the held of extra service and it he tool charge of tie matter he would expect compensation hiie amendment as anally withdrawn and the dongir al mo lion passed by a unanimous vote lie council then adjoin cd |