The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-04-26


ury by April /, 1896; and
Whereas, The various officers O
the county have neglected to max,
such payments; therefore be it
Resolved. That the county attorney
be and is hereby authorized and di
rected to institute against each Officer
in the county who has collected zee:
since January A. 1895, and has failed t.
pay the same into the county treas
ury, such proceedings as may be neces
sary to compel said officers to pay the
fees aforesaid into the county treas
ury."
WILL PRECIPITATE THE CON
TEST.
This action will precipitate a con-
test. if there is to be one, as the Of
ficials will either have to turn over all
fees collected or bring the matter into
the courts.
! APPOINTMENT OF DEPUTIES.
The next resolution passed directly
in line with the foregoing two was
also drawn up by the county attorney
and introduced by Roberts. 1t was
as follows:
Resolved, That for the purpose of
determining as to the appointment of
deputies and assistants for the various
quested to notify each county officer
to prepare and submit to this court at
its next meeting a statement of the
amount of work to be performed in
their respective offices and the number
of deputies or assistants necessary to
enable such officer to properly perform
said duties and the compensation that
should be paid to deputies and assist
ants that may be appointed"
ROUTINE BUSINESS.
Among the other business transacted
was the following:
A petition from the Big Cottonwood
Power company, asking for an extern
sion OF time for tha completion of the
work under its franchise until June l,
was granted.
Hardy & Moorhead, who were grant
ed a franchise to construct electric
lighting wires and plant in Bingham,
came IN with a petition asking for an
extension Of time for six months from
May &c. 1886, in which to comply with
the terms of their franchise. The pc
tition was granted.
THE SHEEP DRIVE.
H. H. Harris was, upon petition from
himself, appointed a special officer to
escort sheep drivers along the Twelfth
South sheep drive. The object Of this
office is to have responsible person
accompany the herds, so that they
do not trespass on property of tax
payers along the route from the Jor-
dan river to Emigration canyon. The
salary was fixed at $75 per month.
A petition from James Gilbert and
others, asking for the sprinkling of
that portion of State street passing
through Murray. was referred to the
road committee, Mr.. Geddes associated,
with full power to act in this mat
ter, as well as to arrange for the
sprinkling Of other localities.
A petition from Highlund & Co. of
Bingham asking for the sprinkling of
some streets in that town received sim
liar action as the above
County Surveyor Joseph notified the
court that Road Supervisor Hardy has
plowed UP the sidewalk on Fifth East
street between Twelfth and Thirteenth
South, thereby disregarding the recent
survey made by the county surveyor.
The clerk was ordered to write MIR.
Hardy and notify him that the stakes
officially set must be respected.
Frank P. Wfll1in was on petition by
himself appointed deputy fruit tree in
spector and granted a permit to spray.
L. P. Madsen was also granted license
to spray.
Liquor licenses were granted TO A.
w Forman, Jake Newman & Co.,
Bingham, and Mrs. Mary PafIin of
Murray. The Wagner Brewing COM
pany was granted a license to manu-
facture liquors ait the mouth of En-
igration canyon.
Two more communications from the
fruit tree inspector were received. One
asked for the appointment of addition
al deputy inspectors and accordingly
-io1-
son were appointed. The other asked
that 5000 copies of the horticultural
law be published in circular form for
This was filed.
w. J. Harvey, justice of the peace of |
the second precinct, sent in his regular
quarterly report, which was filed. 1t
shows that the total number of cases |
before his court during the period was
3S, as follows: Cases dismissed, 4; con-
Il: acquittals, s; cases not dis
posed of, Is; transferred on change of |
venue, 2: total, 3S.
The total amount of fines assessed |
was $SS, and the total amount of fines
was $33, OF which amount |
$3.50 was paid to the informer.
Justice of the Peace James Sanders
# Murray reported having tried ten
Eases, with the result of four dismis-
;als, four convictions and two acquit-
ais. No fines were collected.
I. M. Fisher, who has beerAemployed !
" the county to prepare a statement
showing the amount claimed by the
county as chargeable against the
state, state schools. county schools,
ity, city schools and the various dis
riots for their respective proportions
# deductions from erroneous sales on
.ccount of redeemed tax sales made
through the county as trustee from
January /, 1898, to April 1, 1896, sub
nitted a complete statement, of which
he following is summary of the
amounts claimed. chargeable against
he different municipalities: