Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-25

was restraint on the Legislature and ap-
piled in this case only to it, and that there
fore the borough was the only corporation
that could enact such law.
More Powerfor Local Bodies.
Thus if the Legislature could not make
special laws and the borough or township
could not they would be in bad way, a
position which no law or article OF the
! Constitution ever intended. The decision
in this case was that the local government
could enact such an ordinance and main
tain it.
Speaking then for the ordinance, Mr..
Uambie said he had nothing to say against
the points raised by the Mayor; it was his
duty TO sean every document passed on by
Councils and TO point out any errors he
| found in them. In the pursuance of his
| duty the Mayor had declared this bill un-
constitutional Mr.. Lambie did not
think witI4 the Mayor. Governor
Beaver had vetoed legislative
| bill that was to accomplish the
same purpose as this ordinance because, he
said, the city had already the power to
enact such a law in its Councils. He was
backed up in his veto by his Attorney Gen.
eral. Governor Pattison had vetoed bill
of the same kind for the same reason. Mr..
Lambie said these two opinions, backed as
they were by the States attorneys, were
sufficient, when considered with the Su-
preme Court decisions, to satisfy him
that such an ordinance as this could
be legally passed and enforced by
the city. In conclusion, Mr.. Lambie
said that the Wallace act allowed
five days for Councils to act upon a Mayors
veto, and if they would take advantage of
~ 1sk ha
oughly until next Monday, the question
could be settled intelligently and satisfac-
torily. If it was found to the satisfaction
of Councils that the bill was constitutional
it should be passed over the Mayors veto,
for it was good bill.
Mr. Heating, speaking on the motion to
postpone action on the veto, had no doubt
that Mr.. Lambie had plainly shown that
the Mayor was wrong in raising the ques-
ton of unconstitutionality on the police
disability bill, and there were several
other matters in the Mayors message that
Mr. Heating did not agree with or believe
in, but there were two points raised that
struck him torcibly were good and valid
objections They were against the pro-
visions of the ordinance which regulate
how the disability fund should be raised
and how il should be disbursed and, if there
were no other objections to the ordinance,
these We're sufficient, in Mr.. keating's
opinion, to cause all who wanted to be fair
TO sustain the Mayors veto. He would
vote that way himself.
keating Agrees With the Mayor.
Mr. Heating did not think it right to
turn all the money to be raised by this
fund over to any one man and to be dis
bursed as this ordinance provided. Other
funds of this character under the city were
in the hands Of the established deposit trust
companies of the city and the disbursement
Of the money was properly restricted and
carefully guarded He wanted a disability
bill, but he wanted good one, better than
this.
Mr.. Robertson's view of the veto message
was like that of Mr.. Lambie as far as its
question of the constitutiOnality OF the |
ordinance was concerned, but he believed |
with Mr.. Heating that the ordinance was
deficient in one particular at least. And, |
while he was heartily in favor of police |
pension for faithful service and as an en-
couragement for the continuance thereof, |
the bill presented to him his veto should be |
sustained and the Objectionable features of
this bill omitted from a new one.
DR. Evans would vote to sustain the veto |
when it came to vote, but he wanted an
opinion from the City Attorney on the bill |
and the Mayors objections before vote
was taken for the benefit of those who did
not believe as he did. The City Attorney
was well-paid official, and was supposed |
to enlighten Councils on just such matters
as this. Personally, there were a number
of provisions of the disability bill that Mr..
Evans was opposed to, and he could not
support it.
Lambie Was the Winner.
Mr.. Keating's speech, obiecting to a
special meeting on Monday, when vote on
the matter could as well be taken at once,
was the end of the discussion, and the vote
was taken on Mr.. Lambie's motion to post
pone action, with the following result:
Ayes-Messrs. Anderson, Benz, Cave
naugh, Doyle. Henderson, JONES' Lambie,
Matthews, Miller, Murphy, McCurry, McKin-
Ford-ayes Il.
Nays-Messrs c. Evans, Frauenheim, ,Keat-
ing, King, Perry and Warren-nays, g.
When the Chairman announced the result
he stated that a special meeting, in accord
ance with the motion, will be held next
Monday afternoon.
Warrants were ordered, on recommended
lion of the Finance Committee as follows:
Philadelphia Company, s507 80, for iron
pipe furnished; James S. bravo, S44 49, for |
supplies furnished; George Peabody, ,s9, rs ~,
for repairs to asphalt streets: John O Brien, |
s6 40, overpaid taxes refunded; John Pfeifer, |
Il So, oVerpald taxes; DIR. Oldshue's estate, |
>l25, for professional services rendered; John |
A. Bennett, agent, $1l6 81, for supplies fur
nished.
The ordinance for the Homestead con-
Meeting street railway provides that the
line shall begin at the intersection of
Boquet and Atwood streets, and thence in
q general southeasterly direction across,
over, along and upon said streets, lanes,
q lUb nd ha int |
lands, so far as the city has the right to
grant such right of way, to a point on the
river near Saline avenue.
Single or double tracks and electricity or
any other motive power are allowed under
the ordinance, and the company to agree to
be governed by the general ordinance relat-
ing to street railways.
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