Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-02-28
UNICxPAL AFFAIRS.
Proc ceilings Of the City CeancB Last
a" Night.

MHyOT bTanutI piesiuihSi 80"
board present.
The minutes were read and APP
proved Before proceeding further,
Mayor Branner produced and read the
following veto message
Gentlemen of the City Council,
The corporate rights of the city requires
th at the mayor shall carefully examine all
bills passed, and should either or any OF
them not meet his approval, he shall re-
turn the same at the next meeting OF the
city council with his objections in writing.
The resolution passed at the last meeting
of the council starts out with the declara-
ton that, Whereas, the annual report of
the finance committee for the
year 1879 makes apparent the
fact that the city is in debt
beyond her ability to pay at present; and
that, in consequence, her credit IS very
much impaired, both at home and abroad;
and, in order to inaugurate a policy that is
intended to restore confidence in public
affairs, be it
Resolved, by the board of mayor and
aldermen of the city of Knoxville (under
the I'd head or clause of said resolution),
that the salaries for the officers of the city
government shall be as follows for the
municipal year: Mayor. $500, and the
aldermen so each, and 81 to be deducted
from the pay of aldermen for each night
that they may be absent from the meeting
of the board
And as the vote stood 7 to for the COM
pensation; and one member of the board
being absent; and rs it is a question OF some
ST. 100 to the tax payers Of the city, and
the vote being so close; and economy
being the Watchword | think it is my
duty, and also to the best interest of the
city for me to veto or disapprove that part
of the resolution, as before stated, wherein
the mayor aud board of aldermen are to
receive compensation.
II. B. BRANNER, Mayor.
A question Of the legal power OF the
mayor for such action was raised by
Aldermen Dickson and Boyd. The
mayor produced the law governing
the city government of Nashville.
Alderman Boyd moved to pass the
resolution giving salaries 20 mayor
and aldermen, the veto Of the mayor
Notwithstanding.
The ayes aud noes were called with
the following result:
Aye-Atkins, Burrier, Boyd, Cald-
well, Dickson, Irwin, Hudiburg, Nc
Airy, McCroskey, Michaels-l0.
No-Allison, Hockenjos, Mackey,
Murphy, OConner, SullIvan-6.
The mayor decided the motion lost
for want of the necessary two.thirds
msjority.
The following resolution OF protest
was presented by Alderman Atkins:
Resolved, That it is the sense of this
board of mayor and aldermen that the
mayor Of this city is devoid of the power
to veto any of TIE proceedings of this
council, and we hsreby protest agalnt this
assumption of power by II. B. Brsnner,
mayor +; and, be it further resolved, that
the recorder is hereby required to obey the
instructions of this board at its last meet
ing in reference TO the payment of any
bills or salaries passed at said meeting,
The resolution was declared out Of
order by the mayor.
Alderman Atkins appealed from the
decision, and the vote was taken, re.
sulting 10 to 6, the same vote as above,
but the mayor decided the appeal lost
| for want of two.thirds maj ority.
AT the requett of Mr.. Pat Shea
Mrs. G, Wrent was granted the priv
lege Of running a dIay on the stree
without license for three months.
Mr.. Sam Mckinney, president Of
water works commission, who was
present, made a request in the
name OF the com mission, for permits
sion TO employ legal counsel to pass
on the validity of the water works
bonds. He SAID that, II the validity
Of these bonds is decided, and the
board will make the city's credit good,
the commission will put the water
works through.
Remarks were made by Messrs.
Staub and Kern, of the com mission.
On motion, the request ives granted,
and the com mission was given full
power in the matter The motion
passed unanimously, and was received
with applause.
Maj. w. r. futile called attention
to the location OF two slaughter
houses Oh Second creek, creating
nuisance in that creek. Referred 10
The sanitary committee
Alderman Dickson attempted to
make q motion in regard to the veto
power of the mayor, a question of
law having been raised, but was de-
1lsred out of order by the mayor.
Alderman McCroskey moved to ad-
ourn till q o'clock pext Tuesday night.
Declared out Of order.
The folio wing bills wer0 presented
~ Alderman Allison, chairman Of the
inance committee, approved and held
,ver for two weeks, under the recent
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