The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-01-24
Routine Business Transacted
Last Night.
APPOINTMENTS NOT IN
FEW PLACES ARE YET TO BE
FILLED.
Reports On Vaccination Ordinance
Brought Up, But Consideration
Was Deferred Until the Next Reg
ular Meeting-COunty Must Care
For INDECENT City People.


At last evenings session OF
the city council the only reference to
smallpox and vaccination which dis
turbed the peace of mind of the coun-
cilmen at previous meetings was in the
reading of majority and minority re
ports Of the committee on munlclpaI
laws on Fernstroms bill for an ordi-
nance taking from the board OF health
the discretionary power to require vac
cinatiOn as a quarantine measure
against smallpox.
Thomas, Whittemore and Robertson
submitted a majority recommendation
that the ordinance be not passed, and
FeTnStTOm and HartenStein for the
minority recommended that the Ordi-
nance be passed.
Action on the ordinance and on the
two reports was deferred for one week
Assistant City Attorney Stewart, in
response to a resolution calling for it,
submitted an opinion to the effect that
it is the duty of the county commits
sioners to provide for the medical care
of the INDECENT sick within the city or
county. 1t was referred to the health
committee.
Annual Reports Transmitted.
The mayor transmitted the annual re-
ports for 1899 of the superintendent Of
waterwOrl1s, the chief of police, the
chief of fire department, the city aud
itOr, police justice, recorder, sexton,
inspector Of buildings and inspector of
Illuminating oils and assistant inspec-
tor Of provisions. The reports were re-
ferred TO the appropriate department
committees.
a resolution was offered by Robert
son directing, in line with the recon-
mendatiOn in Mayor ThOmpsOn's spe-
CiaI message, that the heads of depart
ments be authorized to pay day labor
ers at the rate of 81 a day of eight
hours, and laborers with teams $3.50
per day, the present rates being $1.75
and 50 respectively.
An amendment was offered by Fern
Strom to raise the salaries of all minor
officials and employees 20 per cent, but
the proposition suffered defeat. only
the six Democrats voting for it.
On the adoption of the original reSo-
luton the entire fifteen votes were re-
corded in the affirmative.
Another resolution by Thomas was
adopted requiring the city treasurer to
report at the next meeting the amount
Of city taxes, general and special, col
lected and cOllectible up to Jan. l Of
this year, and the amounts of these
revenues unexpended.
City Auditor Reiser presented a SER
les OF recommendations, relating to the
municipality fiscal affairs. which were
referred TO the finance committee. The
recommendations were to the effecr
that each head Of departments be re-
quired to file in the auditors office an
inventory of city property; that an or
dinance be enacted requiring depart
ment officers to submit statement Of
monthly receipts and disbursements
ana that no claim be allowed which has
not previously been sworn to and aud
tied
Chief Of Police Hilton submitted the
appointment Of Howard T. Wilson as
bicycle policeman in place of Ed c. Da-
Yies, removed, because he is a Demo-
GRAFT. The matter was referred to the
committee on police.
Street Affairs Considered.
George ". Reed requested that the
district court decision in the street
fence encuOachment suits be appealed
10 the supreme court, in the interest of
public policy, as former City Attorney
Hall had promised to advise the coun-
ell to do.
attorney, with directions to appeal the
cases if the time for doing so has not
yet expired.
A resolution by Howe, Edgar. which
was adopted, directed the street super
visor 10 erect protecting fence at the
edge Of the sidewalk on the north side
OF Third street, west of B, which To-
cality has been rendered unsafe by the
grading down Of the street.
John A Evans called the councils at
t6ntOn to the fact that 3 street had
been graded down at the instance of
former Councilman Patrick. who had
stated that his protest against the
change Of grade had been withdrawn.
The protestant again gave notice that
his objections to the changed grade
were renewed Referred to the street
committee, with power to act.
NJ. W. Baysinger, contractor for the
reconstruction of the. Judge building
at 81 and SO South Main street, asked
permission to align the front of the
building to conform to the front line
Of adjoining buildings, rather than
20 set it back to the line Of the new
survey The permission was granted
lions Savings bank asked permission
TO eXcavate under the sidewalk. and to
pile building material for the erection
of business block on the north side
Of Second South street, at the corner
Of First West, Referred to street COM
mittee.
Lighting the Park.
On recommendation of the committee
on improvements, an electric Tight was
ordered placed on Ninth East street,
at the intersection of Emigration
hridge