, 1896-12-02

- 'lIdhN. ny WHOM MT. SNmOnS was
employed.
Mayor Brown asked MI. Pelton if he
would be willing 10 abandon the idea
OF putting a lumber yard upon the site
mentioned If the Holiday company
would move its entire stock of lum.
her 10 another portion Of the city. MIR.
Potion replied hat he did not consider
til 4, would be fair. as he had purchased
the ground for III" express purpose and
it was almost valuolesS to him for any
th.mg else.
Mr.. i T Holiday addressed the
council, SAYING that he knew nothing
of attorneys refusing to act or of Mr..
SyrnunS' ~CmpIuymonD lie made an
argument az inst the establishments OF
Lumber yard- within the fire limits and
: aid 'lDv the Holiday company had
q cid ! some Tim" ago TO move all
i Il trrri,l from he yard opposite the
:; Ih' only reason it had not been
do. months ago was because it could
no. handled vnrS readily without
""r'o. Z ia" force ri employees.
H.' iN aimsrif in IN" position he
had taken, Mr.. Symons stated that he
had not had any conversation with Mr..
!. r. Holiday in relation TO the matter
for several weeks. lie WAS acting en-,
tirrly upon his own account as a prl,
Na'e citizen who desired thai every
pre- c''ion possible be given to the
business interests of the community.
The entire matter was referred to
tn" fire committee.
PRESIDENT GRAVES REBATE.
\ petition from President Graves o.
rh" university was read. It set forth
that h" had paid the sum Of $40 license
for TWO entertainments Of the Rocky
Mountain l.yceum course and request
Cd a rebate on the ground that the uni.
v~"rsiDy did not come within the intent
of the ordinance and for the further
reason that the contract with the lyce,
um MS made before the passage of
the ordinance. thus rendering the col.
lection of a license an infringement
upon constitutional rights.
The matter was discussed at some
length and Manager MarQuardt OF
Maonnerchor hall addressed the coun-
ell upon the subject. He believed that
entertainments of the nature of those
given at he university did not come
within the meaning of the law, They
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dents and it was the custom in all cities
20 exempt them from the operation OF
such ordinances as Laramie has.
1t was the opinion of the mayor and
city attorney that NJ license could be
collected under the provisions of the
charter, and upon motion of Mr.. Jones
n" license already charged was re-
batcd and it WAS ordered that the uni
vorsi y shall henceforth be exempt
from the law.
WANTS JACKS JOB.
y petition from Chris Kline was
read. He requested the council to give
him the position of engineer of the fire
steamer and ~ianitor of the city hall.
It was stated that this petition was
presented because of the fact hat Mr..
McCutCheon intended to ask a lay-off
for a couple of months while he was
attending to some business in Colora-
do. \ little later Mr.. McCutcheon was
present and stated that he had not
fully made up his mind as to the fu-
ture as yet n was not ready to make
application for a leave of absence. No
action was taken upon Nr. Kline's pc
titiOn.
POPP'S HALTERS.
Mr.. \. POpp communicated with the
council in reference to two halters
which he claims were taken from his
horses while they were in the custody
of the city pOundmaster last Sunday.
He stated that the city is responsible
for the loss of the halters, while the
pund boy says that the halters were
So there you have it.
LICENSES GRANTED.
VIM. Marquardt made application
for a city bill posters license, which
vas granted.
Mrs. H. E. Root made application for
a license for the same purpose, which
was also granted.
The Laramie Maennerchor society
made application for a yearly license
for the Manager Opera House, locally
known as M%aennerchor hall, and the
license was granted.
Henry Zimmerman and f. N. Allen
made application for liquor licenses
and they were granted.
OTHER MATTERS.
The mayor said he was in receipt OF
a communication from certain rail-
road companies notifying the city au>
t'.orities that they were about to make
application to the Interstate
commission for the setting aside of the
provision which prevents a greater
charge for a short haul than for a
long haul. No action was taken upon
he communication.
NJ. c. Jahren appeared on behalf of
the Masonic fraternity in relation to
tax matters. Laramie Lodge No. 2 A.
7. e A. NJ, had been taxed Upon a
mortgage. the property being located
in Colorado. Under the statutes OF
omi ho believad THAT tho pronortv