Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-03-03
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110c|7y PAYROLL.
c,r.ejl Last Night Took a Straight
Party Vote on the
Question.
,tl1 70 AUDIT The SHEETS.
.,,, A Charges Against Land
n'' ,,d Water Commissioner Con-
,iuu,d Until Wednesday

.. 4 straight party vote Of s to s. the
!" .~rc,l last night in special SEES
ey V ass.ed a resolution instructins
' ~" auditor Felt to audit the payrolis
~, =. a. last half Of February which he
~. Ne Ssld up. and transmit them to the
nS' II, a, ,ts next meeting for further
'Ou" n. The resolution was introduced
s %"y p,.cs and was opposed by Fern
' W Wells and Hartenstein. The
49, ,.or,,v members claimed that the res
fnlh ,.n undertook to ra1fy and approve
oIlh .ranIoyment OF all the employees on
lne ea, rgil which, In view OF the fact
the W. nSy'v reyised ordinances do not pro-
tns' Wv .bs employment OF the men NJ
v w 4, az clearly illegal. They contende a
.Ss, me proper way to give author''y
a srch matters is by ordinance
ID r ssr made the point OF order
.Ins, the resolution that there was
asa n,ne before the council whatever IN
n v.sd Ia the payrolls. President Hew-
", nysrrilled the point and Barnes
NV. NV snnealed from the decision. OF the
rSsIr The president was sustained IN
Ne ruling by a vote OF 5 10 g. The res
omtlon, which follows In full, was theh
.aonted BY the same vote:
s, Whereas. The payrolls Of the ceme-
,..,, strset vaterworks, land and wa
W. commissioner, health and engineer
~, 'Snnattments for the half month
,s.s,ng Feb. % were filed with the city
.nSi,or as required by law, on Feb. ~,
:. he audited by him and transmitted
10 the city council, ana ,
@Whereas Instead OF auditing said
,syros as required by law and ordin-
s pr ana transmitting them TO the
civ council with a statement Of his OBJ
,srtlons II any, 10 their payment, the
auditor arbitrarily refused 10 audit said
rsyrolls, and returned them TO the re-
snsetlye departments with written
statements 10 the effect that the labor
represented therein was employed with
out authority, and he therefore declined
10 send said payrolls 20 the city coun'
eli, contrary TO his own custm In the
past and
whereas II appears that a portion
Of the labor represented by said pay
rolls was performed under express or
ders Of the city council, approved by
the mayor, and much OF said labor was
Of an emergency nature. and the arbl-
,rary action OF the auditor has worked
a great hardship upon the laborers;
therefore
BE II resolved, That the action OF |
he city sexton, street supervisor, su-
rrintendent Of waterworks, land and |
water commissioner, health commission.
r and city engineer in employing the
employees listed on their respective pay
rolls Of Feb, %, 1904, at the rate OF CONF
penatlon therein contained, be and the
sane Is hereby ratified and approved,
and the auditor Is Instructed to audit
said payrols without further delay and
submit the same to this council at its
next regular session for such further
action as the council may deem proper
ID the premises"
The hearing on the charges against
land and Water Commissioner Mac
Knight and Superintendent OF Water
works Hines preferred by Fernstrom.
vas continued until next Wednesday |
night owing TO sickness IN the family
Of Mr. Mcknight