Iron County register., 1897-12-23
City Council PrOcesd1ngs.
IRoNroS. No. Dec. lSth, lS9

4E0NT0S. Mo-. Dec lSs0s 1885,
Council met al regular session.
Present. Hon. wm. K Edgar. Mayor;
] Geo. D. Marks. W T. Gay. w. J.
/ Sch Kab. Henry kendall. l.. j. GTov-
anoni. g. a. Buckley. Couneilmen;
JOAN /. Marshall. Marshal; and Arthur
HUI. Clerk.
Minutes Of l2ss meeting were read
ond approved.
Moved aod carried that the follox-
/ ing bills be allowed and that warrants
therefor be drawn on the City Treas
nrer. 10 Kit:
W. 7. & G. r Gay. blacksnithiDg,
lumber. etc, from May IS 20 Nov Is.
~. So. 50.
Rockwell 4 Benson 5o4 Il, OF lam
Der. 5. -.
Arthur HaT. Clerk, caucelliug "A
City warrants. Sc 20; clerical work,
$3.50: total. $50
john l. Marshall. Marshal. build
ing new bridges. repairing and work
done on street. SIG 80; 6 per cent.
commission on $3.50 merchants IL
ceose collected. 15c; total. 1855.
Frank Martin. hauling loads OF
lumber. Sl.20, hauling loads OF
gravel al 22Ic. 81 50; total. IS.
Robert Farmer. hauling , yards OF
gravel. 45c-
Robert Hill. hauling - yards grav-
el. 81 95; ! days work with team. 50;
total. So 95
Joe Henson, haallng yards OF grav-
ell. s2-o2s ] days work with team. -;
total, 81 O2.
Fl. Nj. Collins, hauling IL yards OF
gravel. $2-4T; / days work with team,
-; total. S4.47
Cad Lashley, 1 days work. $500.
NJ. H. Lashley. p days work. 81. so.
Mann Ringo presented his official
bond as Treasurer OF the City OF Iron
ton under his appointment on the 4th
day OF October, 1897. in the sum OF One
thousand dcllars. signed By him self
as principal. with p w. Whitwor.h
and J. NJ Whitworth as securities.
which bond Is approved by the COun-
ell aud ordered 10 be filed and record
ed.
Moved and carried that the Clerk
credit John /. Marshall. Marshal, with
the sum OF $3.50 on ace0gnf of Mer-
chants license issued in the Eame OF
Mary Armstrong. il appearing 10 the
Council that said Mary Armstrong had
discontinued business prior 10 the is
suing of said merchants license
Moved and carried that the follow
ing named persons be exempted from
the payment Of Poll tax, for good and
sufficient reason shown 10 the Council.
and ordered that the Poll tax charged
against them for The year 1897 be
stricken from the tax books of the
City Of Iropton. TO Wit: David Kendall
and James Riley.
\ settlement was then had with
John l. Marshall. Marshal, as follows:
To Il dog checks al 81 each, S74;
20 dog check at IS. So; to fines, City
w. John Manning. Charles SchIeuter
aDd Wm- Schleuter, 81 each. IS; TO
merchants license OF NJ. J. Riley,
81 SO: total. $3.50.
By Treasurerfs Receipts Nos AZ and
"a for '96. and Nos As, so and 40,
produced. $3.50; by z dog checks re-
turned. s. total. $3.50
settlement was also had with
Walter III. Fisher. City Collector.
Eherefrom the following collections
aud payments from the City Treasurer
were shown 80 have been made by him
since his last settlement on March Sth.
1897. to wit:
To back taxes for 1895 and 1886 col
lecis5. <30-sl; TO taxes for 1897 col
lected. ss56. 95; gross amount OF taxes
collected chargeable against Collector.
$6s7-76: to error of Collector in over
payment. s24- SIS: total. $7l2.3l.
By Treasurer's receipts Nos. $40,
5lI. 512. SIS, 514. sis, SIC and 5I7,
produced. S712.Sl-
Whereupon. il was moved and car
ried that warrants for the following
alloEances IN favor OF said City Col
lector be drawn on the Cisy Treasurer.
TO vii:
10 per cent. commission on S30.sI
on taxes for 1895 ard 1896 collected.
Soc: 6 per cent. commission on 1856. 95
on taxes for 1897 collected, $S9.4l;
amount IA overpaymeut as above,
S24 55; total. S64 26-
The Collector presented bis delin-
queot tax list for the unpaid taxes OF
1897 which was examined. approved
and ordered TO be copied and certified
By the Clerk within Eve days from .his
date
OHeers were then allowed salary
and per diem as follows:
W. K. Edgar, salary and per diem, . %
- 1sT1ee rent. oN