Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-09-03
THE GREAT TAX PETITION.
The CITY attorneys Opinion on the
Subject.
MEDICAL ORDINANCE PASSED,
Regular Routine Business OF the Cts
Council.


sion 10 purchase a portion Of the
bed Of an abandoned canal in ten
acre plot a, which they are now
using fof making brick. Referred 70
the canal committee.
Residents in the neighLorhood
asked the city to accept a ffty-foot
street through block g, plat b. Re
ferred to committee on streets.
/ G. w. Reed asked TO have the
street committee report on the ma.
ter Of removing distractions from ;
Street, which hal been referred
to that committee OF the old couu.
ell
Phillip II. Schuster wanted TO b,
a policeman, aud his request was
referred TO the mayor.
Messrs. Collum and Skinner
asked 10 have certain streets r..
paired so As 10 provide a drive
through Poppleton Place to For;
Douglas. Referred to the commit.
tee on streets.
J. (. Busby asked to have a sewer
laid on Busby Avenue. Referred 10
that committee.
Clarence Bean lrove his hack in
to a ditch At which there were no
waning lights, and asked $50 dam
ages. Referred to committee on
claims.
The Rio Grande Western asked
10 have the earthen sewer pipes lad
to drain their depot grounds, insteaG
/ Of waiting for iron pipes, promising
to make good all defects or ioss,s.
/ Granted.
l.. +. Darling ct al. asked 70 have
I the watermAiDs laid IN B Street.
Referred te the committee on water
works.
l.. d. Kinney asked for a street
railway franchise on May Street IN
North Salt Lake. Referred 10 COM
mittee on streets.
The sun NapOr Light Company
offered to furnish the city with 100
street lights and 10 care Tor the same
at $3.50 each per annum. Referred
70 the committee on improvements.
James Jensen ct al. represented
that many persons had laid in feed
enough TO keep more than three
cows through the winter, and thcV
asked that the ordinance fSioidding
the keeping OF more man that num-
Der lie made 20 take effect May l.
1891. Later, Pendleton introduced
a resolution 10 make that ordinance
take effect eighty days after it's pas
sage, which was referred 20 the com
mittee Oh municipal laws.
Lam5Ourne& Perkins nfci .oSei 10
lease the Warm Servings. RefeTre-i
% committee on public grUuucs.
AT this juncturc Recorder Hyanis
Sock up a great bundle of manu-
script announcing that il was the
tax petition. IL vas a follows.
To the Honorable Mayor a-S o.
Council, Sal, Lax Otss
Genilemen-we, your petitioners.
taxpayers OF tins CITY, earnestly pp.
mum hAAAA AAAAAAAhAAE RAHiAk 10 reduce
the rate Of taxation for this city 10
two and one-half mills on the dollar
for the current ySar. This rate would
produce a revenue about siNty-iiys
per cent greater than that % last vear.
aEd ~ an unusual amount u I'M
prnvem=ut i going or which the citi-
zens have 70 pay for through the
means OF localtaNatlon, in the wav o.
sewers, sidewalks, water mains.
sprinkling, etc, and IS there IS a lar-e
Increase in the Territorial. Territorial
school erd ioca. school taxes, the a.
gregtte Of all these taxes, even II tue
city rate j. reduced 10 two and one
half mills, will be a burden very
heavy for many to bear, aud any
greater amount collected from the
citizens would operate against tn.
welfare Of this city. And. a. IN duty
bound, your petitioners viii ever
pray, etc.
The number Of signatures APP
pended was not stated, but II ran W
into the thousands.
Tine Maypr-NOu'll have to refer
that to the committee on ways and
means.
ParSons-I move that &; be SO n.
ferred.
PembrOke-I don't see what good 1
il will DO 10 refer this petition. We
didn't 90 blindly to work in deter
mining the amount Of money We
would require for contemplated i'm 1
prOvements. We went 10 work 4
methodically, found out how much /
We would want and fixed the rate /
accordingly. l move 10 table the |
petition.
City Attorney Merritt-At the 4
mayors request l have furnished 1
hm with a written opinion upon I
this matter. | don't think the Couu- |
ell has a right 10 change the rate Of /
taxation, now that il has been fixed. /
The law says that at a given time |
the Council shall fix the rate Of city 1
tax. after which il shall sit as a board /
OF equalization. Ii has done all this,
and in my opinion cannot rescind |
its action. II it can reduce the tax
at this stage, it can raise il. As a
board Of equalization the Council |
might raise or lower the assessment, |
but that belongs TO another branch /
Of the statute
The mayor-I think the petition
should be referred TO the committee /
on ways and means, that the reasons
the action Of the cJuncil 4
may be clearly stated.
Pembroke Withdraw my mo- /
ton to table.
City engineer Doremus - Mr.. |
President, 1 request permission 10 /
withdraw the names Of myself and |
wife from the petition. When we
signed it we did not know that the
council had determined what |
amount OF money il would need be-
fore il fixed the rate.
The desired permission was grant, /
ed, and the mammoth petition went |
10 the committee on ways aud |
means.
The city engineer presented GER
tain recommendations in Iegani 10
the setting Of Telegraph ana tele-
phone poles, etc. 50 that they would 1
not interfere with water and sewer
mains. Referred to committee Oh
laws with instructions a.
draft an ordinance on the subject.
The committee on police reported
on the petition Of the
members Of the police force asking
the city 20 purchase for each Of them
a suit Of clothes.
The committee on streets made the
following recommendation upon
matters - omitted to them: