Show CITY COUNCIL proceedings better method of accounting demanded council decides that present method is anti antiquated equated cem cemetery et ery damages to be corrected the city council met in regul sion I 1 st thur thursday day evening and transacted the usual routine business as well as taking up some m which ire of imports importance abec to the city interests one m itter in p which deserves more th thin than an passing notice wis the il of the council to ha haie e the la Is methods of city accounts zeme remedied died the cit recorder pres liter ed her report of the cites the amount of money on mild hind is different from that of the treasurers treasur ers looks books as the recorder and treasurer surer began the records of the present veir heir nith a dir duie ference rence in the amount of money on hand at the beginning of the year the treasurer s report ort for the last quarter ter which has been dle die di e over a month was not forth coming and the council members aele pretty warm in the collir collar and the finance committee was instructed to see the treasurer and ascertain what the difficulty was vas in the filing of a leport when called for incidentally it cropped out that the licen lican e and c e collected by the marshal ind and turned to the treasurer who nho issues a receipt for the mony which chich is presented to the recorder as her warrant for money received into the treasury in the matter of water taxes the recorder has no means of knowing whit is collected as that matter is in the hands of the tre treasurer aurer mayor expressed himself pretty forcibly on the antiquated methods of li endling the city accounts and the finance committee N as instructed ted to take the matter in hand and haie a astern of accounts adopted by which the city balance cin be shown at a moments notice the matter of collecting the license money was aas also criticized criticised and it was nas decided to furnish the recorder with ith proper blanks so that merchants ein cin be notified of the expiration of vie the license and instructed how to procure a renewal ren eNal at present the only merchants who are compelled to fol lov lo 10 v the ordinance are the liquor dell ers and the council can seen no reason why all merchants should not make aepli application aaion as directed by the ordinance the committee on printing was instructed to hae blanks printed for the recorder so EO that it license cense money could be COIlL collected eted in the proper man ner the committee on entertainment for the national guard reported a deficit of in the epen ebene e of the entertainment of the boys and this money mo aey was ordered paid from tile the majors contingent fund ahe bill for damages presented by some of the men who as assisted bisted in extinguishing the fire at the tithing stack yards NN was as reported by the committee recommending reco mending that it be not granted and the report was adopted ala maor or Chri stemen reported that the title to the lot on which the city tank is situated aldr was defective and also the title to the land surround ing the spring from which the city gets its water supply rhe che matter nas as referred to the mayor and it torney Mth ith instructions to look up all the titles to property which the city claims and get all defects rectified pai pailey ley Alag magleby leby aripe ared before the council ada an asked risked that the city grant the uie of the ball park to the sevier county fair association for holdin holding 9 the county fair act month he also asked f mancial financial aid fur improving improver nig the ground the use of the ground was granted without charge and ln i is appropriated for tle fe tl f e i of the grounds providing that the improvements prove ments were mide under the su pervasion per vision of the comm committe itce on public grounds A schedule of the p owned by railroad nil road telegraph telephone and lar car line companies nathin the corporate limits limit was submitted b county clerk ml mi leby M C nielsen appe appeared ired afore the continued ou on sixth page |