Mobile daily commercial register and patriot., 1841-10-25


 the means ln ts puwrr. ilt euInniilee ohJeeis 10 inc allowance oi any fee comprehension to ths oi- hcer beyond his salary The ,, sem which prov ldes for te payment oi judicial "ihcer by lees, Wlch onls charged az ,nst party, IS caualnlnatlnS and vicious. IL Iarely happens that an utbcer can be found, whose judgments may not be anected Dy the c1nsideraien of the interest he has ai issue and il he can relieve himself from the iniluence, he can discharge himself from the inn uaion oi H. The administration of law under such clt tcumstanees can never command the public confidence and sup port.
 The committed, with these views, recommend lhat all offenders against the city ordinances be punished by fine, which shall be pad into ihe eity treasury and hai shall be charged against the deien- dani excent thuse which have been oceasoned at his own instance anu ihe n favor of the mInister- al officers only.
 The committee recommend that the wards of the city be divided, that the population o eacn may be neatly eqnazed Al present, ihe Sou'h' North, and West wards contain much greater pop ulation than the middle ward. They also recoIn- mend that provision for change every hive or Fev- en years may be made the present wards to be sub divided SO HE to make seven, and that the board oi aldermen may he composed of fourteen, and the com mon council of seven persons. one from each "ard'- The committee do not recommend any change m the 1 mode of election. The committee recommend that the marshal may be elected by the qualified voters of the city and that | he have fixed salary-with Il power m the corpo- ration to him for cause; and h's deputies 10 | be appointed with the consent oi the mayor FinnlIy the committee recommend that the munlc- | ipal wear shall commence the first Monday of De- tober and that the elections should occur at that 1 time.
 In presenting 10 the democratic party the resolu- tinns which embody the conclusions of ihs report, the committee does wish to throw any obstruction in the way of any effort to obtain the harmonious action of the whole community, in the settlement o a plan for the city government The subject is one of interest to all parties, and the agreement of all to the provisions ot charter should be obtained if practicable. The committee does not consider il the duty of the democratic party to proceed alone in the work f reform, ii their fellow citizens of another party indicate wish to join III the work.
 | If the measures now in progress for the union o all sentiments in favor of amendments, shall progress | to maturity, tin, committee recommends that the l resolutions now adopted may be regarced as simply expressive ofthe views of the deocratio party upon the amendments that necessary and o tie defects l to be repaired.
 That the action ofthis meeting may alone be r. ferred to as furnishing dence of the wishes ot t' members to the persons who shall be clothed by tho community with the task of revision.
 On the other hand if our fellow citizens arc con 1 tented with charter, in which there IS violation of some principles of paramount importance to the democratic party, it is due o the principles of which that is repository proceed in the good work alone 1 Resolved, That it is not expedient to abost 1 either of the Boards of Albermen or Common Coun cil.
 Resolved, That it is expedient to exempt the may or from presiding over the meetings of the Board o l Aldermen, and that veto upon the ordinances ant resolutions of ihe boards be granted to him under e restrictions set forth in this report Resolved, That prohibition upon the severa boards from acting upon the resolutions tho votes of the other at the meeting, be inserted in the charter and that provision be made for the publi- cation of the proceedings of each
 Resoked, That the office of Recorder should be abolished, and that the criminal jurisdiction of thai | officer be vested in the mayor That ihe mayor's salary be increased to three thorsand dollars per num-and that all taxesd costs the prosecution of offences against the ordinances be abolished, ex- cept such may at the instance oi the deien- | dant.
 Resolved That it is expedient to enlarge the ! Board of Aldermen by a subdivision of the north, south and west wards, and that the number of the l Common Council be fixed at seven, and selected as now provided.
 l Resolved, That the election of Marshal should be made by the voters of the city.
 Resolved That the property qualification of voters i and members of the city council ought to be abo | lished
 | Resolved, That the municipal year should com meuce on the first Monday of September annually and the election should take place at that time. | The report and resolutions, after free discus sion and an amendment as to the commencement of tine municipal year, adopted.
 On s,otion it was resolved that the proceeding be T. SANFORD, Chair'n. B. HARDY, Secretary,