The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-03-08
CITY COUNCIL SESSION.
Mayor Will Not Permit Council to
Appoint officials.

At the meeting of the city councl
last night, Mayor Boyle sent in a mes
sage vetoing the resolution empowering
the committee on streets to employ
poll tax collector, and the sanitary
| committee TO employ a dog tax col
J lector for each ward, the officers te
work under the supervision of the COM
mittees. The grounds for the veto
were that the code makes all officers
of the city aDpointive by the mayor
! and that this would in effect evade the
I law in that respect; further, that these
/ officers are required to give bonds
which is not provided for in the reso-
I luton. The mayor stated he would OPP
pose any appropriation for salaries for
! officers so appointed.
/ The veto was sustained by this vote:
Those voting with the mayor were
/ Ash, Brewer. Cullen, Williams; the OPP
posing vote numbered four.
A resolution was passed providing Tor
, the refund of all money paid for
Twenty-fifth street paving. Those who
brought suit get interest added, while
| those who did not bring suit get nc
interest. The claims amount in all 10
IS, 05S.SS.
The claims committee reported ad-
versely on ex-Chief Binford's bill for
alleged services as fire chief for Feb
ruary. Adopted.
Claims of the old city council for
three days services were ordered paid.
James McBeth was granted
plumbers license.
The recorder was instructed to ac-
/ cept 500 from the school board as rent
for rooms in the city hall.
The committee on grounds and build
ings reported having employed care
takers for the public parks as follows:
City Hall, Mordecai Williams. SEA for
the season: Lester park, j. McGrath.
S347; Liberty park, Job Reed, 500.
The figures are the same as last year,
/ and no change is made, except as to
Liberty park. Accepted.
The same committee reported having
insured the various buildings as fol-
lows: Central fire station, $4,000; Les
ter Park pavilion, $4,000; city jail, S4,OOO;
hospital, 50, 500; city hall, $l6.00e The
premiums amount to $685., distributed
among 10 companies. Accepted.
Fred Harroo and others asked that
a drain in the Third ward be cleared
out Referred.
David Eccles, president of the Ogden
Sugar company, asked that special at
tention he given the roads in the west
eln part of the city. leading to the
factor. Referred.
Claims for extra services during Feo-
ruary by eX-policemen as follows were
sent in: Baxter. SASS; Meisner, SS2;
Burton. $40. No explanation accom-
panied the claims, which were dis
allowed.
L. Zitsman and Newman & Bishop
asked for plumbers licenses. Referred.
An ordinance was introduced creating
the office of city physician and de-
scribing his duties. which, besides the
usual duties. make the officer chair
man of the health commission, the sal
airy being fixed at 5000 a year. Passed
first reading.
Browning introduced an ordinance
empowering the street committee to
employ guard for the stockade.
Adopted.
The pay roll of the grounds and
buildings committee, 1861, was ordered
paid.
The committee on laws was empow-
cred to employ an attorney to repre-
sent the city in the case of the Mar
riOtt Irrigation company VS.. the Bear
River Irrigation company ct al, the
city attorney being disqualified to act
in this case.
The council then held a protracted
session in committee of the whole. No
report was made, but it was learned
the committee discussed street sprink-
ling and lighting and that at the next
meeting a report will be made recon-
mending that the committee on water
supply proceed TO have the main streets
sprinkled and that the committee look
up the best method of sprinkling the
coming season. whether by contract,
or day work, and whether the property
owners shall be assessed for it. a re-
port will be made recommending that
the five lights in Lester park be re-
moved to a more central part of town,
and that the committee on buildings
and grounds report as to the distribu-
ton Of the 70 lights that the city is
entitled to free of charge in lighting
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