Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-05-15
TAKEN TO LAW-MAKlNG.
ABILENE's CITY FATHERS PASS
FOUR ORDINANCES.
The City Attorney, Police Judge,
Street Commissioner and Marshal
Regulated-The Sanitary Commit
tee Condemns the Classic "Serpen-
tine"-Council Proceedings.

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The city dads further distinguished
themselves as imitators of the United
States senate last night by giving near
ly the entire time of the council session
to law-maki1g.
Four long ordinances were pas ed
and after being approved by the mayor
and published week or 50 hence in
the weekly official paper will become
laws of the city.
All the. council was present except
Metzger
The ordinance committee had had
the city attorney draw up four Ordi-
nances relating to the duties and sal
aries of certain city officers and pre-
sented the same with recommendations
that they be passed.
CITY ATTORNEY.
The first one related to the city at
torney's Office. After the usual long
preamble detailing the duties of that
officer in regard to giving advice to the
council, etc, precisely as in the old or
dinance, it specifies his compensation
as follows: For drawing complaints,
81. 90; representing city in police court,
So; in an appeal to district court, S25.
1t expressly states that all costs shall
be taxed against defendants and the
city shall in no case be liable for any
expense. This last clause is the only
variation from the old ordinance, which
did not so specify.
POLICE JUDGE.
The ordinance relating to this officer,
after repeating his duties, declares that
he shall receive the same fees allowed
justices of the peace and the same new
provision as in the county attorneys |
case is added, that the city shall not be
liable for any costs.
AS the police judges fees are regu-
lated not by city ordinances but by the
state statutes, considerable doubt is
expressed as to the usefulness Of the
regulation.
STREET COMMISSIONER.
The old ordinances specified that the
street commissioner should receive SIS
per month for self and team, but this
sum has not always been paid as COM
missiorers have at times given up part
of their salaries.
The new regulation states, or will
when it becomes a law, that the COM
missioner shall receive for the lahors
of himself and team $3.50 a day for
every day actually employed, provided
that he shall not receive more than
$500 in any one year.
MARSHAL AND POLICE.
The city marshal and the assistants
also came in for a revision and the
salary was fixed at $35 per
month instead of $50 as at present.
Assistant marshals: will receive what
ever the council sees fit to give. In {
criminal cases the marshal will receive
the statutary rates allowed sheriffs
except fees for arrest and service of
the same to be taxed against
and in no case is the city {
to be liable for any such costs. 1
MUD CREEK CONDEMNED.
The Sanitary committee reported
hat it had examined the water of Mud t
,reek above the u. p. railroad bridge 6
and found the same unfit for domestic
purposes and recommended the dis
continuance of the use of the same in
The water works system except for fire !
purposes. The report was received :
and filed. ,
The council did not indulge in any
secret executive" sessions and adj T
burned to meet next Friday night. ,
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