Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-10-27
MAYORS VETO
IS LAID OVER.
Council Thinks He Transcribed
His Authority in Matter Of
Eardley Resolution.
MAD NO RIGHT TO INTERFERE.
Action Dispensing With Inspectors Is
Therefore Observation-Disclosures
TO Penalties.

The city council last night refused to
,reot Mayor Thompson's veto OF the
pardley resolution as a veto the
COMMUNICATION of the mayor disap-
,,roved of the resolution dispensing
,i,h the i've special sanitary inspec-
,ors When the communication was
,ood Fernstrom raised the point that
=, yas not a veto for the reason that
,he mayor has no right to veto meas
ure which provides for cutting down
.,,enses. He has the right to veto
n,easure which involves the expendl-
No. of money but not one which does
.ute with an expenditure. He stated
@,rther that he was still Of the opinion
,hat he inspectors were doing more
,olitical work than sanitary work and
XII they should be on the payrolls OF
volltical party and not on the Guys
after several councilmen had ex-
dressed their Views on the adNlsabiilty
of dispensing with the Inspectors resl-
dent Cottrel ruled that Fernstfoms
point was we'll taken; that the mayor
hod no right TO veto the resolution.
i'non motion of a. j. Davis, the COM
munIcation Of tho mayor was laid over
for one week.
WON'T STAND PENALTY.
The Alcatraz Asphalt Paving COM
Many submitted its bill for $3.50, being
The amount OF the penalty imposed
mon II by the city for failure TO COM
nIete the Second and Third South
slypet movements within contract time,
In addition TO the above amount the
company also put In It's claim FOR
SO9 30 as interest on the above amount
from Dec. 81, 1902 The company ran
i15 DAYS over contract time In the work
and a penalty of $50 per day was i'm
nosed The matter viii be considered
by the council as a committee of the
whole on next Wednesday evening.
CITY STREET COMPANY ALSO.
The city Street Improvement COM
many put In a bill for A,7b0, the amount
withheld 10y the council from the mai
estimate due the company for the paw
ing Of South Temple street This
amount was deducted by the council
as q penalty for failure 10 complete
the work within contract time. The
company required 80 days over contract
penalty of $50 per day was imposed.
This claim was also referred To the
council as committee of the whole TO
be considered Wednesday evening.
PHYSICIANS BILL REFERRED.
City Auditor Reiser submitted the
bll Of Or, G., M, Benedict for services
rendered Patrolman Horace Heath, WHO
was injured In battle with three high
waymen in February last. The amount
OF the bill was S675. As the council
agreed, at the time OF the incident, to
pay Mr.. Heath's bill, Mr. Reiser sub
mitted II for investigation. He refused
TO approve II and passed II UP to the
council The matter was referred to
the committees on finance and police
and prison.
BURBlDGE GETS HIS PAY.
The finance and police and prison
committees recommended that Captain
Of Police Burbidge's claim of 1888 SO
be allowed The amount IL the differ
ence between the salary of captain and
OF chief OF police, the committee decd-
Ing that Capt. Burbidge Is entitled TO
the salary Of chief of police during the
time he has acted in that capacity. The
report Of the committee was adopted
unanimously
APPOINTMENT CONFIRMED.
The board Of public works submitted
the appointment OF y. l.. cyler as in
spector OF work on the Liberty Park
greenhouse, The appointment was
confirmed.