The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-02-01
ogden, Feb. l.
CITY COUNCIL SESSION.
Police Judges Salary Claim-An Ap-
pointment Rejected.

pointment Rejected.
The city council held its regular meet
ing LAST night. with all members pres
ent
The mayor sent in a communication
nominating Anton Petersen for pound
keeper, and James Gale as sexton.
Petersen was promptly confirmed, but
Gale failed of confirmation, only three
voting for him, these being Hash.
Brewer and Browning.
The committee on laws reported IA
vorably on the ordinance relative to ap-
Dointive officers. and the same was
passed.
Claims amounting to $21S.22 were or
dered paid.
The committee on streets reported
favorably on the building of a bridge
on Seventh street. The same was or
dered
The resort of the chief of police for
the past two weeks showed 63 arrests,
IS convictions, u discharged, and three
turned over to the officers.
HULANISKI'S SALARY CLAIM.
G. T. Hulaniski, police justice, sent
in a claim for Sl27.60 as salary for jan
uary. His salary was fixed by the sal
airy ordinance at $50 a month, but his
claim is that by a technicality he is to
be paid under the old fee system. He
claims that the old arrangement ter
minated with the first of the year; that
he took office and held office for several
days before they attempted to fix his
salary, and that consequently he took
office under the fee system.
The law provides that no officers sal
airy shall be changed during his tenure
of office, and so his claim is that he has
a right to work two years under the
fee system. If his contention hold, he
Will receive about three times the sal
airy the council intended. It was re-
ferred to the committee on claims.
The council voted to meet with the
Weber club Friday evening, Feb. 4.
The Commercial National Bank put
in claim of $2S6.91, as refund on the
paving tax This was referred.
A bill of the Quincy Cab company
incurred IN 1895 by the city physician,
for $3.50, was rejected by vote of
to 3.
c. S. Krauch had a tale of woe to the
effect that his dog had disappeared.
and he wanted his dog tax license re-
funded. The committee on claims will
argue the matter with him.
The committee on laws submitted an
ordinance relative to the appOintive Of
ficers. It was passed three times and
went to the mayor for signature. 1t
was practically the same ordinance
winch was vetoed by the mayor. out
with the technical defects pointed out
il the former one remedied.
Hash tried to get the office of city
physician created, but failed.
The ordinance relating 10 the police
department, putting it directly under
the control of the mayor and city coun-
ell, was referred to the committee on
laws, with instructions to report at the
next meeting.
The council then went into committee
of the whole and recommended that the
city employ an attorney to assist in
appealing the case against the tele-
phone company to the supreme court.
1t was reported also that the follow
ing nominations of the mayor for posi-
tons on the police department be con-
firmed:
]. z. Pender w. A. Brown, c. E.
Layne, D. A. Murray, Ezra Farr, Rob
ert Shaw. 1t was learned that the vote
in the committee of the whole was
for Fender. Murray. Layne, for
Brown, for Farr s for Shawn. This
means one man on the present force
must go Immediately, but it does not
specify which one.
The council adjourned until Monday
night.