Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-05-07

be followed by the council In regard to
all public improvements III the future,
80 that II would comply with the new
scrip law He urged the passage of
the resolution. but the American
members wanted 1t considered by the
municipal laws committee and the city
attorney, and II was so referred. The
resolution follows In full
BE 1t Resolved, That the following
rules for all special public improve
ments be and are hereby adopted
First-Whenever The city council shall
deem that an Improvement Is necessa-
ny, or the same is petitioned for by the
AUDITING property owners. then the city
council shall Instruct the city engineer
TO furnish a preliminary estimate
thereof and the city recorder TO pub
lsh a notice Of intention of said I'M
provement in a daily paper Of general
circulation for period of twenty days.
Second--If the notice of intention is
carried, the city council shall instruct
The city engineer TO prepare plans and
specifications for the said improve
ment and the city council shall also
instruct the board of public works to
advertise for bids for tho said improve
ment for a period of twenty days
Third--When the contractor has nm
ished his contract, or part thereof as
may be specified IN the contract the
city engineer shall furnish an osti-
mate, accompanied by the proposed tax
levy against the abutting property
owners, covering the cost and expense
OF the contract price, engineering, in
spection, publishing of notices and
making of tax levy, which estimate
shall he submitted to the board of pub
lie works, and upon the approval OIL
the same the board OF public works
shall submit the estimate to the city
council, whereupon the city council
shall set a date and appoint commit
tee to act as a board of equalization,
whose duty it shall be TO adjust all
complaints and make a report to the
city council, accompanied by an ordl-
nance confirming the tax levy and IN
structing the city treasurer to notity
the ahuttlng property owners OF SAID
Improvement that the levy shall be due
within live days after the approval OF
the aforesaid ordinance, and further,
that the city auditor be instructed, at
the expirat ton of the time III when the
said levy shall be paid, TO ascertain
from the city treasurer the amount
unpaid and that the city auditor be
instructed to at once issue coupon war
rants for the amount unpaid in 500,
$500 and $1,000 warrants; provided,
however. that II It be the last payment
on any Improvement. the warrant shall
be issued to cover the total amount
Fernstrom also made desperate Eff
fort to call up his resolution submitted
last week authorizing the city
recorder to call for bids from
all newspapers in the city Tor
advertising all notices for public
improvements. The resolution was re-
ferred to the finance committee, but
it failed to make Il report, so terhs from
wanted the matter taken out OF it's
hands He was defeated in his et-
forts however, by vote of to o. and
the committee win have an opportunity
to report on it.
NEW PARK COMMISSION.
a lengthy argument was INDUCED in
when the new park commission ordin-
ance came UP for considera ton. The
ordinance provides for the appoiM-
ment of park commission of five men,
bers to serve without pay. whose duty
shall he to supervise the parking of
streets wherever decided upon and the
planting of trees along walks and also
to have charge of the public parks and
the matter of beautifying the city Gem
etery.
Fernstrom and Holiday both strongly
urged the passage of the ordinance at
once so that the people of the city could
get some benefit from it this year. Mul-
vey and several others objected to
passing il without more consideration.
They wanted It referred back to the
committee and, after considerable
wranglng, they won their point and It
was referred
TO TEST SCRIP LAW.
Upon recommendation of the board
of public works the sum of Sl15 was ap-
proprated for the purpose of paying
the expenses of a case 10 be brought
TO test the new scrip law.
MONUMENT VETO.
Mayor Thompson's veto of the Wells