The daily gazette., 1883-01-29
STILL rrNkrRING The CHARTER.
Councils Meeting Saturday Night--Th'
Consideration of the Charter Nearly

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Councils Meeting Saturday Night--rhe
Consideration of the Charter Nearly
Completed.
Mr.. Quinn played the part of a bold
Rupert of debate only TO limited extent
at the adjourned meeting OF City, Council
on Saturday night and Mr. Garrett's tones
started the echoes but once during the
evening. Considerable progress was made
with the new charter, and at the next
meeting the pouderouS document will
probably be ready for the Legislature.
The matter pending when Council had
adjourned was the consideration of schedule
A of the charter, providing that certain
properties shall be exempted from taxation.
The property lies In the lower portions of
the Second, Eighth and Ninth wards, aud
are already exempted by Legislative and
Councilmanic enactment made In 1879 and
1881, it being the object, as stated IN the
preamble Of the act which is Incorporated
in the new charter, the announcement of
manufacturing establishments.
Mr. Paynter stated tha when j. Moir a.
Sons bought the propcf sp wtlch their
factory IS situated, they Understood that it
was within the exempted district 1t is not,
and he thought an amendment should be
made In the boundaries 50 as to include
their factory.
Mr. Quinn made vigorous opposition to
exempting any property ut all. Property
like that Of Molr g. Son had been tllled up
at the city's expense and sold for 81 800 an
acre. Mr.. Quinn went on to detail his
presence at a real estate sale in the Ninth
Ward, and the enormous prices 1t brought,
but sat down when he was Informed that
the property in question was not within the
exempted boundaries. The schedule was
finally adopted. Mr.. Paynter's suggestion
being deferred.
ON motion Of Mr.. Miller Council skipped
back to Section 4, which had been adopted
last Saturday night, and on his motion it
was reconsidered. Mr.. Miller moved to
amend, so as TO only require member Of
Council to be freeholder in the city and
not in the ward In which he is elected. Mr..
Baugh moved to further amend by striking
out the freehold qualification altogether.
This was lost by a vote of 10 to 4, Messrs.
Quinn, Baugh, Denney and McKenna, voting
for it, and then Mr.. Miller's motion was
adopted
Section 81 and 5S which had been passed
was next considered. These relate to the
duties Of inspectors Of election and of
Council In case Of u tie. To meet the fact
that assessors and inspectors are elected by
districts the word "ward' was changed to
the effect that in case of tie the inspectors
shall so certify in the returns and Council
shah at It's next meeting elect. In section
5S an amendment was made which pro-
vided for the election of Councilmen in case
of tie, by Council as well as the Mayor,
President of Council and City Treasurer.
Council then proceeded to adopt sec
tiOns rs to 103 inclusive, concerning the
assessment and collection of taxes ,con onsidera-
tion of which had been deferred during the
week. Section rs provides for Board OF
Revision and says that Council shall, at its
first stated meeting in the month OF May,
A. ID. 1884, and in every year thereafter,
elect from the citizens, rs aforesaid, one
member of the Board, for the term of three
years, and until a successor is elected !;
provided, that the minority of the members
OF Council shall always be entitled to have and
elect one of the members of said Board of
the same political party as themselves the
duties of the Board are defined in the fol-
lowing sections Section rs provides for
the election for terms of three years Of
assessors and collectors, and in case of tie
or other failure to elect, Council may do so.
An amendmendment was made in section o5
providing that the assessors shall make
their returns to the Clerk of Council on
June ! instead Of June Is, and few other
technical points were Amended. On mOIOn
of Mr., Bailey the amount to be added
10 the bills of taxes not paid until
after September in each year, the same being
due in July; from 8 per cent to per cent.
Mr.. Quinn then asked Council to Uurn
back and reconsider the vote by which sec
tion 80, defining the City Auditors duties
Mr.. Quinn made motion to that effect and
said he did so la order to move to strike out
the following words; 'He 1.-THE Auditory, i,
shall also examine and countersign all drafts
or orders upon the City Treasurer, before
they shall be paid; and withholdhis signature
in case the draft or order is made without
sanction of law, without any appropriation
therefore by Council regularly made, rs drawn
against a wrong fund, or with any circum-
stances of fraud actually or presumably at
tached thereto, In all of which cases he shall
report his action and the grounds therefor
to Council at its ensuing meeting" The
section goes on to say that Council may
over-rule the Auditor and by an aye and
nay vote compel him to countersign the
draft or order.
Mr.. Quinn's motion to reconsider was
lost by an almost unanimous vote and
Council adjourned, to meet on Mr.. Men
toms motion on Wednesday evening at $50
O'Clock