Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1911-05-18

session on last Friday nlSht ana wal
attended. by a large crowd of inter
ested citizens. Mayor Brannock wal
in the chair with Councilmen r. NJ
Hutchinson, Gorham, Burns, w. A
Hutchinson, Woodward and Comp
ton present
The regular order of business wai
first taken up and several citizens
present addressed the council re
monstrating against the formation
and construction of the sewer in dis
trict No 8. Petitions were also pre-
sented by a number of property own
ers living on North Ninth street ask
ing for sewer improvements and
one also from the residents living on
North Sixth street asking for the
same. After considerable discussion
a motion by Woodward seconded by
Burns that the council defer action
on the sewer question until a later
meeting TO determine If the parts
of the city represented by the two
petitions could be taken into dis
tricts No. / and No. 2, carried.
Petitions signed by large num-
Der of business men and residents
of the city were then read asking the
Mayor and city council to re-appo' mt,
John L. Henshaw as Day Marshall,
Alex Smith as Night Marshall and T.
J. Barnes as Water Commissioner.
The reports of all city officers
were read, accepted and ordered fill
ed.
The. application of the Owl Cigar
Store. the Concordia Club and Mr..
Kanopse for licenses tot run card
and billiard tables being accompan-
led by the check for proper fee were
allowed.
1t was moved by Woodward and
seconded by w. A. Hutchinson that
the sewer committee be authorized
to complete work in District No.
l also to investigate and il found
necessary to put in sewer adjoin-
ing lots II to Is block 3 Gorrie's ad-
dition and to correct with the con-
sent of the council any errors, car
ried, all councilmen votign yes on
roll call.
Moved by Burns and seconded by
w. A. Hutchinson that the city en-
gineer be authorized to incur the
necessary expense to measure the
water at the spillway of the Prestel
slough and to ascertain the cost of
excavating to produce sufficient pow
er to pump water and for other pur-
poses. Motion carried, all voting |
yes.
Mayor Brannock announced the ap-
pointment of the committees at
this jtrncture of the meeting also |
the appointment of o. ]. Skaggs as
Day Marshal. Alex Smith as Night .
Marshal, L. NJ. Lyon as City Attor-
ney and T. ]. Barnes as Water Com
missioner.
On motion of Woodward seconded /
by Burns the appointment of T. ].
Barnes as water commissioner was
confirmed all voting yes.
On motion of Woodward seconded
by Burns the appointment Of Alex
Smith as Night Marshal was con-
firmed. R. NJ. Hutchinson voting no.
A motion by Burns seconded by
Woodward that the appointment Of
o. j. Skaggs be not confirmed result
ed in Mayor Brannock refusing to
put the motion and appeal being TAX
en- from the decision of the chair.
The appeal was sustained, Woodward,
Burns, Compton and Hutchinson vot-
ing no. and r. NJ Hutchinson and
Gorham voting yes. The original
motion was then called for, R. NJ.
Hutchinson, Gorham and Compton
voting no; Woodward, Burns and w.
A. Hutchinson voting yes. The May
or cast the deciding vote and while
the vote was a negative one, declared
Mr.. skaggs duly appointed as Day
Marshal.
"A motion by Woodward seconded
by w. A. Hutchinson that the ap-
pointment Of L. NJ. Lyon as city at
torney be not concurred in again re-
suited in the mayor refusing to put
the motion. An appeal was again tax.
en- and sustained and the original
motion carried, R. NJ. Hutchinson,
Gorham voting no and w. A Hutch
inson, Compton, Woodward and
Burns voting yes, with the result
that L. N. Lyon was not eSIflrmsd