Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-04-24
APPROPRIATION
OF $4,000 VETOED
Considerable Discussion as to
Ways and Means for Supply
ing Money.
GOES TO SPECIAL COMMITTEE.
Mayor and City Attorney VIII be As
sociatcd ana Some Scheme May
BE Devised.

The expected veto OF Mayor Thomp-
son to the appropriation of $4,000 for
the relief Of the san Francisco suffer
ers was forthcoming at the meeting
OF the city council last night, and Gre
ated considerable discussion in regard
to the best means Of appropriating the
money, and yet not going outside of the
legal bounds In the matter. IL was the
unanimous opinion of all. as well as of
the mayor that the city council should
do something for the relief OF the
stricken people and accordingly no ac-
ton was taken on the veto other than
referring 1t to the special relief COM
mittee with the mayor and the city at
torney associated, SO that some way
may be devised Of getting around the
legal objection to the appropriation %
the money.
The veto was based alone upon the
opinion of the city attorney which held
that the council had no legal right TO
appropriate the money In themanner un-
dertaken As soon as Recorder Moreton
read the veto Tuddenham offered
resolution as an amendment to the or
lginal resolution which was vetoed. The
Mayor Schmitz Of San Francisco. and
directed the city auditor to issue a
warrant for the amount, and the city
attorney TO pay the same upon pre-
sentation to him Fernstrom suggested
that the money be appropriated 10 the
relief committee appointed by the
council, and allow It 20 purchase what
ever supplies and provisions are needed.
LEGAL OBJECTIONS,
Black argued that It would be useless
to adopt the amended resolution, as IL
| would not overcome the legal objection
and would have to be vetoed by the
mayor. He moved that the veto be laid
over, and that the special relief com
mittee of the council meet with the
mayor and attorney, and devise some
way Of approprating the money legal
| ly. He was of the belief that some way
could be found TO settle the matter
and thought the committee could do IT,
Martin was opposed to the city send
| ing a cent TO San Francisco, as the
| people out there need clothing and pro.
visions, and he thought the thing TO
| do was to appropriate the money to
| the committee, and allow It to purchase
| things that are needed by the people
| He was also of the opinion that SOM"
way could be found to overcome the le-
gal objection TO the appropriation.
| Fernstrom then stated that the city's
| charter gave It the right TO appropriate
money 10 destitute and needy citizen,
| and he believed that the money could
| legally be appropriated to the neely
| citizens of Salt Lake who are stranded
in San Francisco.
| SHOULD RE NO QUIBBLING.
l a.
| the veto was sent TO the council as
| everybody in the city was IN favor Of
| the appropriation and there should be
| no quibblng about It at all. He said
| that Salt Lake was the only city In the
| United States where a legal objection
| had been raised against the approprla-
| ton of money under such circumstances
| and he thought II was very strange in
deed that an objection had 70 be raised
| here. The people of the city, he
| thought demanded that the council
| make this appropriation. and was verS
sorry that there was any wrangle over
| It at ALL In conclusion he remarked
| that he would hate to be any of those
| sufferers In San Francisco and have a.
| wait for the city council Of this city to
render aid, especially II 1t pursued the
present course.
| REFERRED TO COMMITTEE.
Wells was of the same opinion as
| Mulvey in the matter, but thought that
| seine way could be found to appropriate
| the money He favored referring IT Ia
the committee to find way out OF
the difficulty.
Barnes called the attention Of thu
| council to the fact that when Park City
| was destroyed by fire the council MAD,
| an appropriation OF money and It was
| approved by Mayor Clark and paid
| without single objection. He thought
that had the mayor approved this APP
preparation 1t would have been paid
just the same.
Blacks motion to refer The matter to
the special committee and the mayor
and city attorney was then carried.
| PASSED OVER VETO,
The council turned down the mayors
veto of the amendment to the plumb
ing ordinance which permits two houses
TO be connected with the same sewer
pipe instead of compelling each house
To he connected with q separate pipe
az is the case under the original ordin-
ance, by vote Of 10 TO 4
The veto on the seeing Salt
Lake City cars sign which vas
to have been placed around an electric
,ght pole IN front Of the office or ms
company Was laid over for one week
upon motion of Holiday.
BARNES MAKES OBJECTION.
There was quite a discussion when
Barnes raised an objection 10 the
raquisition Of the health commissioner
for supplies for the isolation hospital
for the month OF April amounting "a
$3.50. Barnes declared that the city
was being held up by certain grocer
who overcharged the city from $40 to
$50 per month, He could not under
stand why the grocery and supply oil
al the hospital should be $3.50 per month
when there are only is patients IN ms
institution. He then cited a number OF
Instances In JUST one bill, where the city
had been outrageously overcharged foi
groceries for the hospital Among TIE
Items mentioned was soda was
on the hospital bill at Sc per wher
Barnes said that the regs.lt retail
price was only S.. and the wholesale
price was $3.50 per case. Another item
was SO per bushel for turups, wher
they were selling ON the streets at q
cents peck The same bill had par