The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-03-02


provements.
report from the committee on pub
lie buildings to he effect that the
bridge across the Ogden river on Main
street was unsafe to run the street rail-
ways motor over. and a general dis
cussion ensued. The matter was finally
left to the committee on public build
ings, with instructions TO adjust the
matter with the railway company as
they thought best, and to have the
necessary repairs made.
Mr. Hurlbut, from the sanitary com
| miItee, read lengthy report on ths
sanitary condition of the city, and
| recommended that additional powers
| be granted the marshal in this respect.
The same committee ottere3 new or
dinance looking to the better care of
ashes, and also an amendment to the
| nuisance ordinance re ulatiEg the
depth of vaults. The report was re-
celved and the marshal instructed TO
enforce the existing ordinances. The
new amendments were referred to the
committee on laws.
Mr.. Griffin, from the committee on
finance. recommended that the city
attorney be Instructed to draw up an
ordinance 10 the effect that all money
for licenses shall made payable TO the
recorder. Referred to the Committee
on laws,
G. L. Corey. registrar of the city, re-
ported bill of $500 for attorneys fees
IN ueiei ding the cases against him,
brought DV parties seeking to have the
validity of the city ordinance on regis
tsring.
Mr. Tdrner, from the committee On
claims, made leng by verbal report on
the non-validIty of the claim, and
thought the first claim brought by
Smith & Smith and J. n. Kinbali was
of no value, as the city had no dealin; q
with the attorneys whatever. IT there
was an expense it was owed to Mr..
Corey as an officer of the city.
Councillor Blaisdell supplemented the
argument of Councior Turner in much
the same language, and Councillor
Griffin also spoke on the question. and
said b would like the whole council to
hear the arguments of Mr.. Smith ,ons of
the attorneys in the case.
81. w Smith. one of the attorneys,
thsn on invitation of the mayor
gave the Council lengthy
resume of the case SO far as
the liability of the city to pay the ex-
penses of any of its OH GERS 10 cases of
that kind. He alluded to the registra-
ton officer as an officer of the city all
through his arguments, and alluded to
many cases in law books where cases
against cities had been maintained
when brought by servants OF the city
for compensation The question as 70
whether Mr.. Corey was an officer
of the city, MIR. Smith answered
that Mr.. Corey was a city officer,
whether he be elected by the people as
10 the Council, or by the Council, as
the supt rlntendent of waterworks, or
by the Territorial Commission, or by
Congress, he is 10 either case an officer
of the city. As he concluded. Mr.. Hay
wood. the city attorney. was called for,
and as he was absent from the room,
the marshal went in quest of him.
The bill for a carload of coal was
approved and paid.
George w. Larkin, late city sexton
had reported one lot sold in the city
cemetery and paid the city twice there
for. The matter had bsen examined by
the recorder and found the statement
was correct. The amount for one lot
was ordered remitted.
The bill for hanging blinds in the
city hall. amounting 10 SILL 45 was re-
ferred to the CT mmittee on public built =
ings.
An account OF $3.50 for boarding q
disabled prisoner was ordered paid.
Bill of Electric Light company was
referred to committee on claims.
Bill of fire department for services at
the fire at Emertson's residence,
amounting to $33 ordered paid.
The regular bills for incidental ex-
penses were read and allowed or re-
ferred as the case might be-. One bill
for hauling dead dogs brought forth a
general discussion and it suggested
that the matter of licensing dogs
should be attended to at once
Alderman Shilling took the chair aud
Mayor Kiesel presented a resolution,
which was adopted, that block As. Plat
A, Ogden City survey, be reserved as q
public square. This block is known as
Tabernacle Square and belongs to the
Weber County Stake of the church
The Third Ward meeting house is stu
ated on 1t, IS is the foundation of the
new Tabernacle.
1t was moved and carried that the
watch heretofore maintained in the
tower OF the county court house be
abandoned.
The Mayor added two members to
each of the committees.
The committee on claims was in
structed to confer with Register Corey
as to his claim against the city for legal
services.
The Council adjourned until o'clock
this evening, when action will be taken
on the attorney compensation matter,