Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-02-07

should not be discharged. Carried.
The Committee on Fire and Wa
ter recommend that the City At
torney be instructed to draft a fire
ordinance contracting the fire linn
its to Marchessault street on the
north and Second street on the
South. So ordered.
The Committee 'on Zanjas SUBJ
mitted q report as follows:
Recommend that the petition of
V. A. Hoover and others be grant
ed under certain conditions. Re-
ferred back to Zanja Committee.
Also,in the matter of the petition
of Maria. Thompson, that the chain
gang be- employed to remove the
sand complained of. Approved.
Mr.. Butler moved that the chain
gang be also required to keep the
street crossings clean. Adopted.
Also, that Zanja No. be flumed
on Vine street. Adopted and the
Zanja Committee empowered to
have the work done.
Also, in relation to the petition
of Major Bell, that he be required
to pay for water only from the time
he receives it. Approved.
The Committee OH Water Supply
reported that they have appointed
II. g. Thomas and Walter McGrath
watchmen at reservoirs No. 4 aud 5.
Approved.
Recommend that the tower of
reservoir No. be covered with
plank. So ordered.
The special committee, to whom
was referred the petition of Park
Hose Company, are OF opinion that
Council should assist the company,
and recommend that warran t
FOR $25 be drawn on the Fire De-
partment Fund to pay for the
breaks on their hose carriage.
Also, that the driver of the hose
carriage be allowed $65 per month
salary, payable monthly from the
Fire Department Fuad.
A warm and protracted debate
was had OH the approval of these
recon- lamentations. Mr.. Workman,
Chairman of the special committee,
said they had given the matter the
fullest investigation and thought
the company should have the aid
recommended.
Mr.. Shaffer. Chairman of the
Committee on Fire and Water, Op-
posed 1t on the ground that his COM
mittee thought there was no espec-
ial use for the company, and to ap-
prove the recommendations would
be useless expenditure of the city's
money.
Mr.. Buchanan followed, giving a
history of the organization of the
company and refuting some charges
that had been published in the
Star.
| A vote was then had and both
the recommendations were adopted,
the first by ~ ayes to . noes, and
the second by 10 ayes to noes, Mr..
Butler not voting.
Ihe special committee, to VIII ich
the license ordinance was referred,
returned the same with certain
changes. Among the changes are: !:
Vegetable peddlers, So per month
until May 1st and thereafter So per
month; laundries Sc per month
from date of ordinance and the
omission of the alien tax. The re-
port continues:
We are of opinion that, in the
present state OF financial depres-
sion,it would be unadvisable to ma
terially increase the license on bus
mess, neither do we deem it advis-
able to impose a tax on either
mental or manual labor, and have
stricken out the provision Of the
ordinance relating to license to
be imposed on these classes. We
are not aware that any other place
in the State imposes a LICENSE OH
the learned professions, or on me.
ehanical pursuits, and we do not con-
slider that the city at tho present
time should BECOME involved in
lawsuits to settle questions that no
other city in the State appears to
have sought to determiRe. Neither
do we think that it is advisable Ia
impose licenses on laundries, vege.
table peddlers or aliens in way
which will further increase the
burdens of our citizens n expensive
lawsuits lasting, perhaps, for years,
and during which time the license
sought to DO collected may be una.
voidably lost to ths city.
We have endeavored to retain
the licenses nearly as they have
been heretofore, feeling that what
has been heretofore paid and set
tied by the Courts .as reasonable
will be the safest guide to go by in
the future.
We know that the Salary Fund
Is behind, but we also know that i!
would be unjust and oppressive tc
!. require the amount of the deficiency
to be paid wholly by the few OF
whom the license tax 10 levied, anC
many others, equally able to con
tribute towards the payment of thil
deficiency, thus escape their jus
contribution. The salaries of ou
officials have been paid heretofore
from licenses and fines, but it coult
, hardly be expected that thos,
sources could be made to pay then
, entirely for all time, and it IS mat
ter of municipal! history that thes'
sources have seldom been suffi
, cient, and our city officers hav
i been obliged for years to sell thei
D warrants at o large discount
! thus creating a regular broksrag,
business on account of the failur
/. Of the city to properly provide 70
the payment of its help. The de
4. felt should be made up by gener
: al tax, and should not fall entirel
upon the classes of business tina
!. pay licenses.
j We have given the subject of th