The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-10-26
BOARD OF ALDERMEN.
Mr. Tucker Claims that the City Officers
for the Next Term Should Be Elected
in November.

A special meeting of the Board of Aldermen
mostly in disposing of business from the Com
mon Council.
A motion directing the city civil engineer and
and the street commissioner to make an exam
ination of certain bridges in the city, was, upon
the motion of Mr.. Tucker, laid on the table Mr..
Tucker, in commenting the motion, said that
he regarded it in the light OF reflection upon
the officers mentioned, that it should be neces-
sary to ask them TO attend to matter which
was clearly their duty to look after without in
st1lctions.
The finance committee was directed to
report at the first meeting in December
the amount OF money drawn by the
different departments in excess of the clty's
revenues. and to further report the amount
which has been drawn for all purposes since the
beginning OF the present fiscal year.
A resolution introduced by Mr.. Tucker was
adopted, directing the city clerk to "notfy the
street-car company to take up the Il rail now in
in the South Illinois-street tunnel, and to
put in its place the approved fat rail- with
hanges on the inside, and that, If this request is
not complied with within ten days. the street
commissioner be and is hereby directed to tear
up the rail now in use"
A motion adopted providing for the an
pointment of a joint committee of three men,
bers from the Board OF Aldermen and three
from the Council to report some measure for
providing lights on all the streets in the Twenty
first ward.
The following resolution, providing for the
election of the municipal officers for the next
term by the present Board of Alderman and
Common Council, on the ground that there is
''no provision fog the continuance of the present
officers until their successors are elected" was
introduced by Alderman Tucker:
"Resolved, That under the legislative enact
ment known Ms the VanVorhs bill, requiring
that the election for several officers elected by
the Council and Board of Alderman sGal take
place on the second Monday in November fol-
lowing the first annual meeting of the Council
ny directed to notify his honor, the mayor, presi
dent of the joint convention, and the president
of the Board of Alderman to call joint con-
venton of the Council and Board of
Aldermen, to take place on the second Monday
in November, 1888, for the purpose Of eleeting
such officers as to be elected by the two
bodies for the term of one year from Jan. l.
1884, to Jan. 1, 1885"
Mr.. Tucker in supporting the resolution,
said that almost any Interpretation Of the
VauVorhis law could be made, but he firmly
believed that it was the duty of the pres
ent municipal bodies to elect the Of.
ficers. Mr.. DeRuiter and Mr.. Rorison opposed
the resolution because they believed that. even
II there was no provision for the present officers
continuing until their successors were elected
and qualified, such was certainly the intention
in the passage OF the law. The resolution wac
referred to the Judiciary committee. q
Mr.. Seihert submitted amendment to the
new narket-hOuse ordinance, providing that
nothing in 1T should be construed repeating
section fourteen of the ordinance increasing the
public revenues of the city by licensing saloons,
telegraph companies and wagons or other We
i'll the city, land to provide for the erection of a
city hall and market-house, ordained May %,
1882" The ordinance, together with the amend
nent, was referred to the judiciary committee.