The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-28
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
CONSIDER PETITIONS FOR TAX
SALE REDEMPTIoNS.
Refund of Taxes On M. E. Church
Property Denied-school District
oundaries-Railroad Crossings
at Observation-Disclosures Mat
tiers.

The board of county commissioners
yesterday afternoon disposed Of
weeks accumulation of business. The
more important subjects considered
pertained to petitions for tax sale re-
demptions, alleged erroneous assess
ments, the care of indigents, road and
kindred matters.
A BLAMELESS SON-IN-LAW.
Lewis Tongi. of Mill Greek. appeared
before the board to answer a summons
based upon a complaint from his moth
er-in-law that he refused to support
her after having induced her to come
from England Mr.. Tongi indicated his
willingness and ability to provide main
tenance for the old lady at his home,
but he objected to supporting an able
bodied son and daughter of the mother
in-laW. 1t was also shown that the old
lady had left Mr.. Tongfs home on her
own volition. The matter was disposed
of by requesting Mr.. Tongi to induce
his mother-in-laW to return to his
abode.
CHURCH PROPERTY TAXED.
Reporting upon the petition of Rev. T.
c. Tiff, trustee-in-trus for the First
Methodist church, for the return of the
sum of $77.25, which was paid under
protest as the taxes on the church ten
anted property, the county attorney
recommended that the relief be denied,
for the reason that under the state con-
stitution and the facts presented, the
property in question is legally taxable
so long as not used exclusively for re-
ligious or charitable purposes. The
attorneys report was adopted.
SCHOOL DISTRICT BOUNDARIES.
County School superintendent Van
Colt and County Surveyor Wilkes call
ed attention to the advisability of re-
conciling the discrepancies in the
school district boundaries, as shown on
the official map and by the written de-
scriptions. The omission of a large
part of the mountain area and the sites
of the power plants was mentioned,
and the subject was referred back to
the two officials to particularize and
| report at the next meeting.
NOT EXTREMELY DANGEROUS.
On recommendation of Commissioner
Rawlins, to whom the matter had been
referred, the petition of J. A. Upton
and several other residents of Murray
for an Improvement to the approaches
to the railroad crossings in the vicinity
! of AtWood's coal yard, was denied for
the present. AT a later date the county
| Will piODdDly nave SOllt WOIh OOne DIT
the points complained of to lessen the
danger, but even now the view of ap-
preaching trains is not deemed too
much obscured to render the crossings
extremely hazardous.
INFIRMARY IMPROVEMENTS.
On recommendation of Architect Dali
las, the specifications for the construc-
ton between the boiler room and annex
of the infirmary were changed from a
12X12 redwood box to a brick tunnel 80
inches wide by ~ inches high, at an
additional cost of S105.
The bids for iron bedsteads for the
infrmary were referred back without
opening for one week.
The sum of S125 was ordered trans
ferred from the general fund to the
! special fund for the amount due schools
on account of tax sale redemptions.
| D. e. Baker, of Northford, Tenn, re-
| quested that a map of the state Of Utah
! be sent to him, but the board denied the
favor because the county has no Utah
maps for distribution.