The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-22
yEToEs GAInRE

Inc Guy COUNCIL met last night With
all members present and received three
veto messages from the mayor The
first vetoed granting the members of
the fire department and the members
of the police force two weeks vaca-
ton with pay. No reason for the veto
was assigned, but the resolution was
passed over the veto, Taylor alone vot-
ing TO sustain the mayor
The second missive from his honor
vetoed a resolution imposing a fine on
people who loaf around the street cor
ners. The veto, according to the city
attorney, was on the ground that a
mere resolution could not impose a fine
1t was sustained with the understand
ing that an ordinance covering the sub
ject would be passed.
The third communication vetoed the
resolution appropriating $50 a month
for the current expenses of the police
and fire commission. The veto was suS-
tanned but later in the evening a lump
sum of 5000 was appropriated for the
purpose mentioned in the original reso-
luton.
Mayor Spencer having left the city
for a few weeks Councilman Conroy
was elected mayor pro tenn.
The sum of $12737 was allowed to
Weber county as collectors commits
sion for collecting back municipal taxes
of 1895.
The report of the committee of the
whole on the Trans Missouri exposition
to be held at Omaha in 1898 was read
and filed.
Inc recorder was instructed to draw
warrant for 81, 254.37 to pay interest
on general improvement bonds of 1892.
Pay rolls to the amount of $1,SO0
were passed as were miscellaneous
claims amounting to $49161.
The chief of police reported sixty-one
arrests during the past two weeks,
forty-one convictions, eighteen dis
charges and two cases pending.
w. S. Lewis complained that the
regular scavengers were interfering
with his rights as private scavenger
and the matter was referred to the
sanitary committee.
NJ. NJ. Hansen ct al petitioned that
an electric light be put in at the cor
ner of Twenty-sixth and Van Buren,
avenue. Referred to the committee on
streets with power to act.
A resolution offered by .Ashe was
passed providing that the collector re-
ceive no more than 60 per cent of the
rants be taken in payment of delin-
quent taxes, and that the names Of
persons paying warrants must indorse
the warrants so paid.
1t was reported that the county col
lector's bond was signed and would be
presented for approval at the next
meeting of the council
The question of macadamizing
Twenty-fourth street between Wash
ington avenue and Grant avenue, was
referred to the committee on streets.
The 10 per cent heretofore held back,
as a guarantee, from the pay of the
care-takers of the public parks, was
ordered paid, as the work is about all
completed.
G. w. Jones wanted information of
the status of the suit of Binford VS..
Ogden City and the city attorney in
formed the gentleman that Binford's
attorney had taken snap judgment n
the court yesterday morning, he being
enabled to do so ON account of a mis-
take of the clerk of the court in writ
ing up the minutes, which were made
to show that default could not be en-
tered until Sept. 90 instead of Sept "a
The city attorney said he had filed
motion to have the judgment set aside
The council adjourned for two weeks
and Immediately went into executive
session to hear a partial report from
the committee appointed to devise
plans to build new waterworks sys-
tenn to be owned and controlled by the
city.