The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-02-12
OGDEN. Feb. Il.
CITY COUNCIL SESSION.
All of the Mayors Appointments
Were Confirmed.

/ a special meeting of the city council
was held last night. in accordance with
a request signed by all the members
who are in town. The call stated as
the object of the meeting that the
council take action or the appointments
made by the mayor and attend to I'LL
ing the vacancies in the city oInces-
The members We're all present except
Ash and Pirgree. and the session was
preceded by a lengthy caucus of MEM
bers of the council and afterwards by
members of the council and the mayor
1t was $50 when the session began.
After the reading OF the call, Council
man Jones moved that the appoint
ments of the mayor which We're laid
on the table at the last meeting be
taken up. This was carried and like
wise a motion to refer the commune
cation back u the mayor Tor a4te4a.iDn.
Cullen voted against referring it back.
AS soon as the janitor had left the
room with the communication in search
of the mayor, the recorder fished up
another communication, which had al
ready been submitted. This made APP
pointments as follows:
For chief of the fire department, Or
son Riser.
For chief of police, ]. E. Davenport.
For captain of police, Sam p. Whit
aker
Day jailer and police court clerk. Ben
Ternes.
Night jailer. W. F. Critchlow.
Patrolmen, c. f. Layne, W. y.
ert Shaw, James Strunt.
For detective, ]. F. Fender.
ALL CONFIRMED.
Brewer moved to confirm the nom
nations. Jones tried to amend by
ra.lx- 4
Williams voted with him, but the
amendment was lost. On confirmation,
Cullen and Williams voted no. Jones
voted no as to Ternes and Strunt, but
the nominees were declared confirmed.
Murray introduced a resolution in
structing the chief of police to notify
all men on the force who were not APP
pointed last night that their services
would be dispensed with after the 18th
of this month. Jones tried to amend
this by making an exception of Patrol
man Sullivan, but the amendment
failed, Cullen voting with Jones. The
resolution then passed, Brewer and
Jones voting against it,
The mayor then sent in a cOmmuni-
cation appointing w. S. Porter as sex
ton, and the nomination was con-
firmed. Councilman Woolley called the
councils attention to the statute pro-
Viding for a health commission, to be
composed of the mayor, the chairman
of the sanitary commission and ply
stefan. After some discussion this was
referred TO the committee on laws, with
the mayor added, with instructions 10
report at the next meeting.
THE CHARITY FUND.
Mayor Boyle was then given the floor
and spoke about the great demand on
the charity fund. and said that it was
far in excess of the amount on hand
and was increasing to an alarming ex-
tent. He had submitted question to
the city attorney about the duties of
the city in the case of INDECENT persons.
and received a reply that it was the
duty of the county, and not the city,
to care for such persons; that the ap-
preparations by the city were Illegal,
and the mayor asked that the council
take some action on the matter.
This was referred to the committee
on laws with instructions 10 report at
the next. meEti-g.
The council adjoui ned at about 11:15 /.