Show TOWN BOARD HOLDS LONG DEFERRED MEET mayor baor barton hands in resignation orol nape and other matters taken up i due duc to the absence of the secre tary of the town loaid board mrs airs mac 1 cooper who has been in california for the past two months the town council held its first meeting of 1931 tuesday night february with the exception of J frank redd all numbers members were present with president M A barton presiding jnes iding bills incurred since since the last meeting were allowed and other matters of importance attended to letters from mayor bowman 0 of salt lake and the utah state municipal league to mayor barton with respect to the gasoline bill and the t tate a te income tax bill respectively were considered and mayor bacton was instructed to wire the Muni ciple league and representative ben black binell of the boards action with respect to these bills mayor barton it at tha meeting breting again stressed his hi opinion as to the need of revising le the monticello town orddin finances ances i revoking evoking those abich are of little or no under present day progress pio giess further consideration of ordinance revision levision will be considered by ny the board at its next meeting 2nd and in tile the revision vision ic of ordinances the board has in mind tho the re quiring buning of a bond at the time a license is grafted to proprietors of pool halls balls and other places of amusement during the order of business town mai marshall shall C A burr was released lele rele asea from his office with a vote of thanks for the personal onal interest it lie he had bad manifested in the performance of his duty for the past year through his office it was abow shown i that more revenue reve il lle had come into the town treasury than at any other time since since the town was mas incorporated at the close of 0 the meeting mayor paiton handed his resignation to the secretary secie tary who read lead it to the council upon motion his resignation ignation lea was accepted I 1 accompanied d with w ft a vote of thanks to mr mi barton for the public interest inte iest he had sakne during his time of service service the board at its next neit meeting will appoint a mayor to fill the term teim of mr barton mayor bartons resignation appears in in the following february 1931 to the honorable board of town trustees Trust eee ece monticello utah esteemed colleagues due to the health of my wife it is our intention to make a change of residence as soon as possible and since the public in general is aware through advertised offers for the sale of our property pio perty I 1 feel fee that it would not be ethical for me to continue in office as president pies ident of your board and for the above reason only I 1 hereby submit my resignation le and ask for your acceptance cep tance thereof effective at this thir meeting tonight it was my desire to resign on the first of the year in order older that a successor could start stait with the beginning of 1931 but as you are aie aware this is the first meeting of the board this year hone bence thu i elay belay respectfully submitted submit ed al A BARTON of Montie rAlo awn |