The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-06-23
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Adjournment Sprung uto "a .hc r-nckey
| FactiOn.
| In pursuance of call through the papers
yesterday from the Mayor for a meeting Of
Council, several mombers assembled in the
Council chamber at eight O'Clock.
sKIRMIsHING.
1t seemed to bo the object of each faction to
prevent meeting, yet to be on hand If there
was one. In pursuance of this policy, each
faction watched the other closely. If the Pills
buryites we're the stronger. the Mackeyites re-
tired Thoy would be reinforced by member
| or two and then came in, whereupon the Pills
| buryites retired. Tho in turn would be REIN
forced and would return. This was kept up
| until five minutes of nine o'clock--the Pills
buryites having nine. and the Mackeyites seven
| present. The Mayor then came in and took
his scat, but not more than one OF two Of the
opposition were to be seen. Mr.. Charles yoigt
was present. appearing as if anxious to qualify.
The Pillsburyites appeared uneasy, although
conscious Of victory over the rival faction.
| AQUoRUM.
| AZ one minute of nine O'Clock Alderman
Greene arose and said: MIR. Mayor, am graft
fed to SEQ that Mr.. voigt is present. and
ask that he be allowed to take the oath, and be
admitted.
The Mayor. Is Mr.. Voigt present?
| Mr. Volgt stepped forward and was duly
sworn, after which he was assigned a seat by
Holloway, colored, who, as the newly qualified
Alderman took his scat, gave him most
cordial shake Of tn hand.
The clerk cal ed the roll, and the following
answered: Aldermen Geddings, Potter, Gun
ningham, volgt, Green, Holloway. colored,
Small, colored, Brown, colored, Howard,
colored, McKiniay, colored.
The Mayor. AS o quorum is now present,
the Council will como to order.
The Mayor. The meeting is called for q special
| object, and the Council will proceed to business.
AT Chis point Aldermen Il. J. and T.. w. M.
Mackcy and Barrow came in and took their
seats.
McKinlay, colored. have resolution to
offer, but before doing So would like for some
one to state the object OF the meeting.
Thorne, L. P. Wall, E. r. Wall and Hampton,
colored, came in and occupied their respective
seats, making seventeen members present, !,
Collins being the only one absent.
The Mayor. The special object of'the meet
ing is to give notice of the time for the election
of city officers.
Alderman Geddings. I would be pleased if
Alderman McKinlay (who had just started to
speak) would let me have the floor.
McKinlay sat down, and Alderman Geddings
proceeded to say, in great many words, that he
had seen the call for meeting, and since his
arrival had learned that it was for speci II
purpose, and therefore thought it incumbent
upon the Mayor to state it's object and what
ever the business was he wanted it attended
to at once and be done with it, so that all could
go home.
The Mayor. You express my views exactly.
The object of the m seting is to give notice of
the time for holding an election for city
officers.
McKinlay, colored. There has been an or
dinance passed declaring all Offices vacant,
and with the view of filling them have prepared
resolution, which now propose to offer, but
as my eyesight is bad, hope I'll be excused
from reading it.
= Tho-resolutions follows, was then hnnauaA
to the clerk, who read it:
Resot0ed, That q special meeting of the City
Coqncll be held on Tuesday evening, the 9th OF
Of July, at 8 O'Clock, for the purpose Of elect
ing officers for the various Offices vacated by
an ordinance ratified on the 20th of May last,
and that his Honor the Mayor is hereby re-
quested to give ten days previous notice in the
city newspapers, as is required by an ordi-
nance.
Howard, colored, rising. 1second it.
Alderman Geddings. hope before the reso-
| luton is put the ordinance referring to the
subject will be read.
The ordinance was read by the clerk.
Alderman Geddings (substAntially.) May
now ask il it is proposed to go into an cleo
tion on that ,,dinance? Section of this or.
dipance provides that Eve days notice must be
given. AS the provisions Of tho ordinance were
not carried out by Council this section is 8 dead
letter, Of no use at all, and that as the third
sectionls an integral part of the ordinance,
and it has failed the whole ordinan % has
| failed.
| The Mayor. The question is now before you
for your expression Of opinion upon it..
| Alderman t. j. Mackey (substantially.) 1
differ with Alderman Geddings, aud I regret
that he did not present his reasons for his con-
clusions, in order that I, in EDITION TO my
owa, may prove by his that he is not variant
ed in the assertion that .hls ordinance is dead.
The ordinance of May 10th provides that all
offices be vacated, and we have, therefore, the
right to gil them at pleasure. This ordinance
repeals thai OF October 8, 1905, under which
elections to fill offices were held; in this that
the ordinance Of 1906 provided that no cleo
tion should be held by Council without ten
days. notice, and the present ordinance pro-
vides that only five days notice shall
be given. The argument of Alderman Ged-
dings, that we are now without any ordinance
because, as he asserts, one Of the sections
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ordinance is OF no effect and Council has o
right to make another ordinance, Id novel
doctrine in law, practice and sound reason.
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