The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-06-08

terday was a fairly important one,
much business being transacted. 1t
was advertised to begin at ? o'clock,
the selectmen who were out in the
country. the session did not commence
until after four o'clock The follow
ing is a record of the proceedings:
Clerk Moreton of the Board of Edu-
cation appeared and stated that for
the year 1898 sales of property for
school taxes amounting to S2,S7S.3O had
been sold and since that time redemp-
tons to the amount of S1,567.S9 had
been made. The board claims this
money and desires the court 20 turn
If over
The matter was referred to the
county attorney, Mr. Geddes stating
that legal question was involved ard
the court needed information as to
the methods to be used.
theodore Letzen was granted q free
license to peddle dry goods in the
county for three months
The recorders reqUisition for two
blank deed records, was granted
NorVal Stuart was granted permits
sion to redeem certain property sold
for taxes of 1890.
James Young and others petitioned
against the opening of Fourteenth
South from Fourteenth East to the
limestone quarry on the grounds that
it would injure them beyond the COM
pensation which might be received.
They suggest the location of the road
few rods north of the point sug-
gested, where water bitches and res
erVoirS are not interfered with
IT,
were unreasonable in the demands;
they were enforcing an exhorbitaut
price for travel over the proposed
thoroughfare The limestone quarry
furnishes limestone rock for the smell
ters and the output is 200 tons per
day. Petitioners are charging 10 cents
per ton which is more than the toll
should be.
The matter was referred to the Sc
lectmen.
Carlson & Nelson filed a bond and
were granted a license to sell liquor
at Murray.
Concerning the inspection Of cattle,
hogs and sheep, Mr.. Geeddes presented
a petition from residents of the south
ern and southeastern part OF the
county regarding the inspection OF
meat The inspector cannot make the
rounds of all farms and it is hard
ship to ask the inspector to travel
over the county for $50 per month. The
salary was raised to SO per month.
S. D. Wallace asked for a deed to a
piece of property in section 30. I.
south, range 1 west, which he al
leges was sold for taxes before he re-
ceived his patent from the United
States. This would invalidate the tax
sale. The matter was referred to the
attorney.
The contract between the county and
A. NJ Anderson for boring three Wells
at Eleventh South and state
Eleventh South and West Temple
and Thirteenth Sou1h and State was
submitted and the probate .u,,Se
authorized to sign the same. The
contract is for 20 rents pr Il q,
flow of sixty gallons per minu to be
guaranteed and :he wells 10 lie nm
ished in ninety days. a,
Henry W. Riser, Jerusha NJ Cannon,
Sarah A McChrystol, E. B. Wicks,
Thomas G. Shearman, j. ]. Smell, the
Security Abstract company peutloned
for release of property from tax sales
which were granted on proper snow
Superintendent Cannon, of the poor
farm. filed a report for May showing
the number of inmates May 1, fifty
two, admitted during the month
eleven, discharged nine. Number now
in infirmary fifty-four.
Bids for correcting the collectors
piats to conform to the assessors We're
opened as follows:
Coneley & Lynch, 1925; Doxey & Boil
ton, So cents per hour each; II.
Roberts, $3.50 or So cents per hour; Z.
b. Tyson, $125; I. NJ. Fisher, $3.50.
These bids were referred to the
seIactmen with power to act.
Appropriations were made as fol-
lows:
James a. Cuddey. 60 90
D. A Dahlquist. Observation-Disclosures. 81 80
Court adjourned until Monday at
II o'clock.