Daily Republican., 1889-01-11
CITY COUNCIL.
A BUSY MEETING HELD LAST
EVENING,
with Lois Of Resolutions ana Talk :
CITY Ooanoilmeu Valued at $3.50
Fer Annum-Bix'ng the
Doctors work.

| luc Olly SOuuCll IuSL III IT tBulhi oOsSioh
last night, President Farra in the chair,
Messrs. Bower and Sharkey.
The Finance Committee reported in
favor Of refuuding to r. e. Gallagher
81. AZ overpaid taxes, and the report was
adopted.
The Law Committee, through Mr.. For
rest, reported back TO Council the bill to
be sent to the Legislature fixing a stated
salary for members of Council. Tee
blanks were Oiled with $3.50 per annum,
and for every absence from Council meet
ipgs IS is to be deducted, aud for absence
from q committee meeting 81, unless
proper excuses are made.
The bill does not affect the salary paid
TO the President Of the City Council, nor
that OF the members Of the Board OF Re-
vision.
Mr.. Quinn hoped there would be full
aud free expression Of opinion upon this
bill, and for that purpose he called for
yea and nay vote. The bill was passed
by the following vote:
Yeas-Messrs. Ayars, Baueb, Beale,
Chambers, Davis, Dilin, Forrest, Haw-
kins Mccall, McGonigal, McKenney,
McMenamin, Moore, Quinn, Roberts,
Ryan, Sawdcn, Shea and President Far
ra-19.
Nays-Mt ssrs. Coley, johnson, Nc
Bride aud White-4.
The Law Committee also pres a
bill for the endorsement of the City
Council, requiring the clerk of the mu-
ipal court to bond in the sum of s., 900
, and to raise his salary from t72O, what 1t
now is, to O., zoo.
, Mr.. HawkIns thought 1t was ridiculous
to require bond for 5000 when the
clerk paid over the amount IN his hands
) every month; 81 200 in bonds he thought
was quite sufficient. He also opposed
raising the salary, saying that there were
plenty of men who be glad to I'LL the po-
, sition for S720 a year. Besides the
present clerk had never asked for any In
: ere ase Of salary.
, Mr.. Quinn said that the clerk of the
municipal court was the hardest worked
! ! official in the employ of the city. He was
!, liable to be called up at any hour. of the
' night to take bail for persons who were
arrested.
Mr. Hawkins thought that persons ar
rested In the night time for violating the
laws should be made to walt until morn
ing. If they had been at home like
honest men they would not be
arrested. This continuous raid upon the
). treasury of the city should stop some
where. Every employe of the city will
Z nov be olamoring for an increase oi
u salary.
{. The Dill received the sanction of Coun-
y ell, only Messrs. Hawkins, McKenney,
n Nc Menamin and White voting against 1t.
e On motion OF Mr.. Quinn the Law Com
$ mittee was instructed to have both bills
K sent to the proper committees Of the
It Legislature and to urge their passage.
e Mr.. Sswdou, from the Police Commit
Q tee, presented bills aggregating $27l.44
Ia VIII 'ch he asked to be PAID.
Mr.. Chambers took exceptions to the
+ bills of w L. Lindsey for s45 each f.
Q dog tags, and Mr.. Mckinney took excep
q tion to Dir. Dravo's bill OF $S7 for profes
d sional services.
/ The report of the Police Committee was
a adopted with Lndsey's bill excepted.
d Mr.. Chambers charged that the Police
!, Committee bad violated the ordinance in
d giving out the contract for furnishing
+ tags without asking for bids, the amount
h OF both bids being 500. The dividing oi
n the amount into two bills of S45 each was
/, mercy a suhterfuge 10 beat around the
II law. The presentation of the whole bill
: for 800 had been postponed until the plan
l. OF dividing 1t into two was thought of.
n The tags could have been furnished for
> much less, and he knew party who was
n waiting for q chance to mate bid, ex-
ptctlnR W eeo Sho au'S'N'N 'No al she
y papers.
Mr.. Baugh said the C ntract was given
n out In q perfectly legitimate manner at
: S45 per / 900 tags, and the city was fur.
II nished with as many as was wanted at
n that rate. Bids were asked for from at
least two parties, but the committee did
not want TO 20 through the costly process
of advertising. The gentleman from the
Seventh ward was not such q stickler fol
law year ago, when contract was
given out for fu Dishing tire-alarm that
cost the city several tunes that amount
? Mr.. johnson defended the action Of
IT the committee, az he happened to be in
ID the chamber when the contract was
|. given out and saw several persons bid
sr ding on n,
If MIR. Quinn also defended the action
d the committee, though 1t was liable 10
7. technical objection. He reminded Mr.
j; Baugh that the furnishing of fire
e alarm was not au analogous case, at
f. Council had to get the Gamewell patent
1t fire alarm, whether 1t wanted it or MT.
7 Mr.. Roberts made some extended re
70 marks, criticising the action of tho com
u IN ittee.
, Mr.. Sawdon was witty and supposed
s some of the members had got In the
Of wrong harness. He defended the action
n of the committe and said the next time
b the right kind of collars would be pre-
l. vided for the ohjectiDg members.
:, The bill was ordered paid, Messrs
y Chambers and Hawkins voting against 1t,
,r The Ciiy Treasurer reported Sl51 ,225.
4 06 In bank 10 the credit OF the city and
,e 81, 270. "a to the credit of the park fund
d and collections amounting to t., 13S. 81
1f were reported.
o Mr.. McGonlgal presented petition
It from number of clothing merchants,
aud othe, legitimate tradcsmen OF the
p city, protesting against allowing thu
is practice of fire racket and bankrupt
10 system of business" that initiates
|, against honest, legitimate trade.
3 he DC ition rs merely wanted the
o sanction OF the City Council to be fer
8, Warded 10 he Legislature, as Council
10 had before declined t, pass al ordinance
al to meet the case for want OF jurisdiction
at On motion OF Mr. Mc6onigal the CitJ
Ii Solicitor was instructed to draft bid
le concercing the case, to be presented to
d Council for It's sanction and forwarded tC
+ the Legisla ure.
Mr.. Haw kins offered resolution con
stitu,ing the whole City Council COM
co mitree on legislation, aud that each mem
brr pay his own expense when he went tC
Dover, but their being AN ordinance m
stitutIng the Law Committee committee
of on legisla ion the resolution was declared
Id out OF order.
le On motion of Mr.. Quinn the Financ,
IN Committee was instI ucted to furnish ,0Ot
"a certificates for the use If the Sinking
ly Fund Commissioners.