Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1913-06-05
Regular Session
City Council
Hear Reports of officers-AIlow Bills
Reduce Moving Picture License
Amend Dog Tax Ordinance.

DtI VI NHe Clls SOuHtii Oh manu- y
take up the work of the regula
monthly meeting.
Reports OF officers were receiyeS
and investigated. The usual month
ly grist of bills were audited by the
finance committee and with the ex
ception of one or two about which
there seemed to be a difference OF
opinion were allowed.
Definite action was taken in the
matter of the licensing of moving
picture shows. Some time ago w.
A. Coughanour proprietor of The EN-
ma had appeared before the council
and gave it as his opinion that Pay
ette was charging more for moving
picture shows than any other city
1 similarly located in Southern Idaho,
the fee at that time being SIS per
annum. He asked that the council
investigate and take such action as
they thought proper. The license COM
mittee after thoroughly going into the
rates charged in other neighboring
cities brought in a recommend that
the fee be made SIS per quarter or
$50 per year. Consequently ordinance
No. 233 by Smith governing the
same was passed and ordered pub
lished
Another matter coming up for con-
sideraticn was the payment of dog
tax. AS many different methods have
been tried as there have been coun-
ellis. Some of them have been more
or less a success and some failure
Fer the last two years the Day Mar
shal has always taken census OF all
dogs and notification has been sent
out that dog taxes were due and pay
aable at the City Clerks office. Then
those failing to pay were given fin
al notice and upon failure to pay
several arrests have always been
made
Under Ordinance No. 234 by Crigh-
ton which was passed and approved
liberal discount is allowed all owners
Of dogs who before June 18th of
each year call at the City Clerks Of
flee and pay their dog tax. The
regular tax on dogs is for male So |
per year and for females IS. Parties i
who personally call on the city clerk |
before June 18th and pay such tax
will receive a discount of s1-50 on j
each male and $3.50 on each female.
Failing to pay taxes on O.: before
June 18th you will receive no dis
count and failure to pay them at al
will result in the usual acton being
taken that has been customary in
The past.
The matter of improvement OF the
fire department was talked OF and
The fire and police COMMITTEES asked
% report. Report was to the effect
hat catalogues had been sent for
,ut not yet received and that plans
we're afoot to try and arouse some
and interest in the vol
inteer fire department and steps
would be taken soon to see what
,ould be done.
During the auditing of the bills sew
,ral antiquated ones .sere encounter
d by the finance committee who
aid them aside for further inYestiga-
ion. General talk on this subject
forth the fact that the new
nance committee is not going to
,e loose in the auditing of bills
nd that parties having claims agains
he city had best get them before the
ouncil the first of the month prompt
y.
Another step taken by the coun-
II was the passage of Ordinance No.
30 regulating the cost of tapping and {
onnecting with the sewer. Hereto (,
ore the city has made a charge of I
5 for this privilege and for inspec- !
ion. The new ordinance regulates 7
he charge for this and places it at
$50 which is just about enough to
the inspection work.
The water and light committee hav-
ne in mind the improvement of the
Tater system are laying plans for
he installation of the new pumping c
ystem and also for several other t
hanges one of which will probably c
e the laying of larger and more {
irect main TO the reservoir making
: easier to pump the water and al
o providing number of citizens
OF now having city water with fire
and an opportunity to con- r
ect IL they desire. Another radical F
hange is the charge made for con-
Getting with the city water. Here
,fore the total charge for connect
lg with the city water system has +
cen 1886. Under the rovisions OF f
ordinance No. 236 passed by the
ouncil and approved by the Mayor
le charge Is reduced to sls,5o,