The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-07-28

and Sparroyys' Eggs at Last-From
the County Physician and Other
Officials.
Twelve o'clock noon yesterday was
| the time set for the opening of the
lids on the proposed issue of county
bonds. The law provides that the bids
must be opened at that hour by the
county clerk in the presence of the
board of county commissioners. When
| the specified hour came yesterday the
only member of the board present was
Chairman Geddes, the other members
not being sufficiently impressed with
| the Importance of sale to be present.
| But as it happened it made very lit
! tie difference whether they We're pres
| ent or noe, for not a single bid had
been received SO that there were none
| to open. Selling bonds these turbulent
| political times is not an easy matter
when goldbugs form a compact against
| the west and silver. and this added to
the mistake of sending County Attor-
ney Whittemore east to negotiate the
sale, has made the bond proposition
somewhat of a failure up to the present
time.
Chairman Geddes received an oral
proposition to take the issue at par
with accrued interest. When the board
met in the afternoon the matter came
up and the question arose whether such
a proposition could be considered, as
the bid was not accompanied by any
certified check as the rules provide
Mr.. Geddes explained that the bid was
from responsible parties who will have
the guarantee here in a day or So He
also construed the resolution prescrib
ing the rules for bidding that the board
lad authority to reject all bids and con-
slider any other proposition it may deem
advisable.
Assistant County Attorney Waite was
inclined to the belief that the only
course to pursue under the circum-
stances was to readvertise for bids.
Si;ill he maintained that if the bidder
was satisfied with his bid considered in
such a manner the law could not pre-
vent the sale by the commissioners to
whomsoever they saw fit.
After an informal discussion the
board fixed next Wednesday at 10
o'clock as the time for considering the
proposition, and if the only bidder in
the meantime makes a satisfactory
guarantee the bonds may be sold after
ell.
BOUNTY ON SPARROWS.
At last there has been a bounty
placed en- sparrows and sparrows'
eggs and now County Clerk Stanton
will have a job on his hands counting
heads and eggs that the small boy
all over the county has been saving up
for the past three or four months. The
court passed an ordinance fixing the !
bounty and also a resolution fixing Z
Mr. Stanton's at home" day when he
will receive the result of the sparrow
hunters work.
To count a few hundred dozens of |
sparrow eggs is not very agreeable |
work especially if the eggs are some
what ancient and a few should happen /
to break while the basket is carted to |
the city The commissioners at first |
thought of giving Treasurer Lynn the |
job, but changed to Stanton and fixed /
upon each Saturday between the hours /
of 10 and O'Clock for receiving the .
eggs at the east door of the joint
building It is expected that the boiler
room can be converted into a crena-
tory where these products will be
burned after being counted, thus
avoiding the nauseating odor that I
will necessarily result.
The resolution fixing the bounty
Section THAT any and all citizens
of said Salt Lake county be and they
are hereby authorized to kill any
sparrows found within the limits of
said county by any means consistent
with the safety of the life and health
of the citizens of said county.
Section 2-That the county clerk of
said county be and he is hereby au-
thorized, empowered and directed,
upon receipt by him of the heads, in
Guiding the bills, of any sparrows or
any sparrows' eggs, accompanied by
The affidavit of the party presenting
the same that the sparrows from
which said heads were taken were
killed by him or her within the limits
of Salt Lake county, Utah, or that
said eggs were found in said county,
to issue to said party so presenting
the same and making the required af-
fidavit a certificate showing the
of said sparrows heads or eggs
Section 3-That on presentation of
said clerks certificate as above pro-
vided, accompanied by a properly item
lied and verified claim therefor, the
county Of Salt Lake will pay, and the
board of county commissioners shall
allow said claims at the rate of one
cent for each and every sparrow's
head and three cents for each and
every dozen of sparrows' eggs repre-
sented by and covered by said certifi-
cate or certificates.
Section 4--This ordinance shall
take effect from and after its pas
sage"
FROM THE PHYSICIAN.
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