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Show Council Confirms Three Appointees Of Mayor Wootton Filling the remaining positions in the city administration, the city council Monday night confirmed three additional appointments made by Mayor O. DeVere Wootton. William Elsmore was named as justice of the peace, to succeed Irving Irv-ing L. Pratt, Dr. Guy S. Richards was reappointed to the office of city physician, and Alfred W. Johnson was reappointed dog tax collector. With the exception of the position of city marshal, left vacant by the death of Clyde Chestnut who had been reappointed by Mayor .Wootton, the roster of city officials is now complete. Albert Birk is acting as a special police officer, and the council Monday night approved his continuing in that capacity. Action which is expected to liberalize liber-alize American Fork's ordinances governing billiard halls won the city council's approval at the Monday night session. The police committee reported on their investigation of billiard parlors, and the council approved ap-proved a motion by Councilman Stanley Peters, seconded by Councilman Coun-cilman James Tattersall, that the billiard parlor ordinances be amended amend-ed and that a license be issued to Marion W. Robinson. The matter of amending the ordinances was referred refer-red to City Attorney Ray Elsmore. According to the ordinances now on the books, the number of billiard halls i is limited accbrding to the city's population, so that only two billiard .halls are allowed at the present time. It is also stipulated that a billiard hall may not be operated op-erated below the street level. It is planned to amend these ordinances to allow any number of billiard halls, and to place no restrictions on their location, with regard to the street level. Action on the question was renewed re-newed at a recent council meeting, when a prospective billiard hall operator op-erator requested a license to operate one . The council deferred action and instructed the police committee, Councilmen Peters and Tattersall, to investigate. After reporting on their investigation, the committee members placed and seconded the motion that the ordinances be amended, and the motion carried. Following announcement of the city council's intention to revise the ordinance, the following' statement was made by Marion C. Robinson: "The owners of this expensive property prop-erty appreciate the amending of the local city ordinance, considering the property and fixtures have been un-rented un-rented and unused for three and one-half years, while heavy taxes have been paid against the same. Whether any minor claims will be filed has not as yet been determined by the owners." A variety of problems, including a discussion of the WPA program, came before the council. With regard re-gard to the city's participation in WPA work relief projects, the council coun-cil heard an explanation of the WPA setup by Mr. Watson, the supervising supervis-ing engineer for Utah county. Mr. Watson explained the works setup, answered questions concerning the selection, financing, drawing up and management of projects, and offered suggesstions to the council on the selection of suitable projects. Fire Chief Walter B. Devey reported re-ported at the council session that three vacancies in the fire department depart-ment have been created by the appointment ap-pointment of firemen to other positions, posi-tions, and suggested that three men be added. The matter was referred to the fire committee. Physical examinations will be required re-quired of members of the fire department, de-partment, .the council decided. Action Ac-tion requiring the examinations was taken upon motion of Councilman William S. Storrs and Councilman Leo Nelson. February 12 was set as the date by which examinations are to be taken. Mayor O. DeVere Wootton appointed ap-pointed Councilman Stanley Peters as chaplain of the council. Reports of city officers were approved. |