The daily gazette., 1879-06-06

nOS DqDonv - city, tne Guy Gan oS9e6e
the Whole mdnnt thss 1t costs q con
|'bsnsAls. y thosghs chat 10 would not be
dangerous to grant the petition AZ the
gentleman is willing to pay one half Of
the expense.
Mr.. Paynter said he could not vote for
the amendment, for IL Is should pass, 1t
would block the whole sewer business
There would be no more petitions come
In for tho construction Observers, and the
people would suffer by It,
The amendment was l0st, and the mo-
aop Of Mr.. Townsend, was adopted.
posals for tho building Of . sewer At
Sixteenth and DUPONT streets. be taken
from the box and read.
When the bailiff unlocked the box II
was found that NO pfop0sAls had bsen
sent In, and On motion Of Mr.. Chandler,
the time was extended until tho next
meeting Of CounMl.
Mr.. Walton moved that the vote at
the last stated meeting Of Council to pay
$l7b each be recOnoi0ero0. The notion
was adopted, and . debate lasting nearly
an hour followed.
Mr.. Paynter said he cOuld not vote to
pay the members of the Board $500 each
as recommended BY the Law Committee
at the last meeting, ~ 1t was against the
charter Of the city. The Council could
not increase their salary during the term
of office for which they were elected but
they could make them . donation. He
thought tho niembers Of the Board would
to Increase their salary from during the
term for which they were elected from
S176 to $500 would be violation Of the
charter. nl-
Mr.. Norton said he could notsee whore
the members perform such avast amosnt
Of work, and he thought that their salary
wss sufficient.
expressly says, that during the term for
which an officer 10 elected, that his SAL
ary could not be augmented or decreas-
cd. He was therefore opposed paying
the members Of the Board any more
than the ordinance allows.
Mr.. Taylor said that In his opinion
each member OF the Board was entitled
to $500. The City Solicitor has given MS
opinion In the matter and says that the
members Of the Board did not come un-
der the section of the charter. The 4ues-
ton for Council to decide is whether the
officers In question do come under the
get out of the difficulty, let the members
resign and be reelected by Council, and
then they would be each entitled to
$500. tsA
President Lichtepstsin called Mr..
Lynch to the chair, and took tho floor,
and spoke against the report of the COM
mittse., He said that he thought the
discussion had taken wide range. In
he first place We bring in what they do
That has nothing to do with the qurs-
ton; whether they done much work or
liftla Wnrk fhav Fad ha - n tin,,
and at the salary Of $175 per year. 1t
had been stated by one of the gentlemen
that the City Solicitor had given his
opinion that the officers do not come un.
der the provisions Of the charter. Well
the Council Nigh ask the opinion OF
twenty-five Solicitors, aud then the
M mbers Of Council would vote as the,
pleased. Mr.. LichteDst.in then read the
section In the charter, and also the act
creating the Board, and then said, who
are these officers; are they State officers?
No hir; are they county officers? No,
sir, they are uty officers, aud are paid
out Of the Clty Treasury.
The report of the committee was then
lost by the following ayes and nays:
Ayes-Adams, Chandler, Downing
Jones, Price, Taylor. Towns. nd, Walton
-8.
Nays-Evans, Guthrie, Hart, Heustsd,
NOrto>, Pay nter, Wood, and Pres,dent
Lichtenstein-12-
On motion adjourned.
ORDERS ..'l
During the evening the following or.
ders were directed to be drawn for the
amounts:
II. G. Bradford, Jr., 500; miscellane.
Gus pay roll, 81 ,19l.3l; Police pay roll
81 ,566 68; Pennsy lvania Globe Gas Lighl
Co., S36972; Anne Rowe. adEinistratri1
lott, $1,000; e. II. Hoagland, Street
Commissioner, $40; James Kennedy
| Treasurer of Board Of Health, $228.