The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-07-18
The Proceedings.

Moylan c. Fox, trustee, asked for
s1S.17 rebate on curbing tax.
Board of Public Works.
James Mutt prayed for a remission
of sprlnkling and property tax on ac-
count of sickness and poverty.
Committee on claims.
D. w. King, jr., asked to be allowed
to place wagon scales in the street in
front of his place of business, First
South and Third West streets.
Committee on streets with power to
act.
Joseph Long petitioned for a free Ii
cense to peddle produce.
Committee on license.
John Lollin asked permission to pile
building material on the sidewalk in
front of his premises on Main street,
north of the Walker house, for Pc
Rod of three months.
Granted
G. NJ. Arnold asked for relief from
tax sale on payment Of all taxes and
costs.
Referred to the city attorney.
Fannie e. Smith asked permission to
keep a watch dog without paying taxes
for same. Committee on license.
f. ?. Sweet represented that his VEN
ture of peddling perfumery had proved
a failure and asked for the return of
$3.50 which he paid for license.
Committee on license.
John Dunn and forty others asked
for the removal of Robert Craven
from the position of foreman of the
that he is inefficient, unsuitable and
a bully"
Committee on streets.
Whitaker Brothers asked that con-
nections be made on Third South
street between West Temple and First
West streets with the water main and
Whitaker court.
Committee on water works.
A. F. Lawson offered to sell or ex-
change 10X10 rods ground on Second
East and Fifth South street for Joint
city and county jail.
The city attorney recommended that
the petition of Isaac Jennings ct al. be
granted asking that the mayor be au-
thoriZed to execute deeds to them of
certain property on the ground which
by mistake in the description re-
manned unconveyed by the mayor to
the lawful owners thereof.
Adopted
A. C. Smith & Co. asked that the
fruit stand adjoining their premises be
removed.
Committee on streets.
The auditors statement for the
month Of June was received as publish
ed elsewhere in this paper, read. and
referred to the committee on finance.
THE MAYORS VETO.
The following was read from his honor,
the mayor
herewith return, disapproved, the resp
luton of the. city. council passed July TO-
1894, authorizing George A. Lowe ct al NJ
cnce to sell the twenty-five $1,000 bonds
with the coupons detached to July l, 1894
proceeds to be held under resolution
passed February II. 1898. for the following
reasons:
According, to the terms and conditions
OF said bonds the principal thereof is pay
able in twenty years and the interest
which the same bears is payable semi
annually, therefore the resolution, if car
red out involves the expenditure Of
u oney and is subject to The provisions of
the first section of the act of the legisla
ture giving to the mayor the qualified
The resolution of February IA. 1898. is
Illegal and void, because the city council
has no authority to purchase real estate
or appropriate money except for corporate
purposes.
It is not pretended that the land author
lzed to be purchased by George A. Lowe
ct al. is for corporate purposes; on the
contrary, it is a patent fact that it was
the intention to purchase land for a price
much beyond its value to enable the
donate all or a portion Of the same to the
Copper Plant. In other words, il is in
tended to give the taxes of the people of
this city to the copper plant in this covert
be done in a direct manner.
An act so Inanifestly Illegal and repre-
hensible as this has no moral or other
binding force upon the present council,
and anything done by it or myself in rec
ognition of the validity of this act viii
make US priYy to the wrong.
am in favor Of selling these bonds in
the regular and usual manner provided
the proceeds are allowed to go into the
hands of the treasurer to be used 20 meet
the urgent and legitimate necessities of
the city.
On motion of O'Meara the communica-
ton was tabled
WATER MAIN EXTENSION.
A communication was received from
Recorder Backman, notifying the coun-
Gil that notice of intention to extend
water mains on Jeremy street had been
published and gone through without
protest.
Filed and the tax levy ordered made.
SEWER OUTLET.
The city attorney submitted that G.
r. Allen, administrator for the estate
Of Frank Croker had agreed to sell
and "a committee" to purchase seventy
five acres of the land belonging to said
estate for outlet purposes for the grav-