The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-02-20

F"A'hehI-Ahe board Oh PUBLIC
Wor.<s-Resignation of Councilman
Shcehan-Tho Mayors First Veto.
City Council and q mayor with veto
power shook municipal affairs in sack
last night.
The head of the police force was cut
off and new board of public works cre-
ated in jiffy. There were present at
the meeting Messrs. Camp, Engleby,
Graves, Huff, McClelland. Sheehan,
Welsh, Watts and Buckner.
AS soon as Council was called to order
a message from Mayor Evans was an
nounced by the clerk.
THE FIRST VETO.
Tho opening clause of the message
was veto of the ordinance passed Mon
day night providing that policemen
should collect fees for doing common
wealth work and turn the same over to
the city. He did not think it was legal,
and besides this, 1t was not proper. It
was like hiring out the officers. Mr..
Huff moved that the matter be referred
to the city solicitor, but he afterwards
withdrew it and the subject was
dropped.
The following appointments were
then announced:
NEW APPOINTMENTS.
Board Of Public Works-Dr. J. d.
Kirk. Clarence Coleman and John
Sheehan.
Police Force-Capt. j. NJ. Terry,
chief; p. j: Early, sergeant; A. II. Crit
lin, John Eanes, w. X. Tally, Ii. l..
Merriman, L. j. Locke. Il. Flick, Jas.
A. Manual, q. Is. Gee, r. j. Eubank, l..
Johnson, j. II. Berry, w. j. Rigney and
Il. II Gould, regulars: j. freeman,
~. w. Ashworth. G. Moss, j. M. Conrad
and II. l.. Tuggle, specials. Station
Keepers, Chambers Orgain and j. II.
Williams Norfolk and Western police
men, j. Nj. Trout and j. M. Ware, and
j. A. Vest and A. V. Huntley, specials.
The message further stated that three
more regulars would be appointed in
short time. 1t recommended tho ap.
pointment of one or more special
detectives 10 work up stealing cases,
and attend to various other business of
like character.
The mayor further re commended that
A. j. Deyerle be retained as foreman of
the chain-gang; presented bill of
$3.50 from the Southern Hotel for
lunches for the military company: asked
that the bond of Police Justice Turner
be fixed, and that Expert Accountant
O'Brien be requested to check up his
books to date.
Filming SALARIES.
The message recommended that the
salary of the members of the board of
public works be $1,000 each per wear
and that bond of S.. 900 be REQUIRED.
The Council took up the message
seriatim, and passing over the veto CON
hrmed the appointments.
Tho recommendation regarding the
appointment of one or more detectives
was referred to the finance committee
to confer with the mayor. All other
recommendations were adopted, but
when the Question of the police Justice
giving bond came up, Mr.. Watts stated
that he never heard of a justice or magis-
trate being required to give bond. He
did not think it was proper. The matter
was referred TO the finance committee
to report.
REPORT OF TIE FINANCE COMMITTEE
Mr.. Engleby, chairman of the finance
committee, reported, recommending
that the salary of the police Justice be
5000 year. AS to the matter Of reouir-
ing oond from the clerk in the city en-
gineer's Office the committee stated that
as the city engineer was responsible for
all work done in his Office, it was left
to him to say whether or not bond
should DO required. The purchase of q
certain lot in Old Lick for the proposed
colored school building was reported
adversely.
1t was further recommended that the
position Of auditor and clerk of Council,
as provided for in tho new charter, be
made separate; that the auditor, having
charge of the books and accounts of the
city, be salaried at $1,000 a year, and a
clerk, who is stenographer, be elected
at $40 month. whose duty it shall be
to keep the records OF the Council and
attend meetings OF the various COM
mittees and do their work.
The bill Of L. S. Kennerly, recently
presented. asking pay for certain street
sprinkling, was reported adversely on
account of Irregularities.
The report was taken up by sections,
and all were adopted with the exception
of that referring to the offices of auditor
and clerk of Council. This matter was,
on motion of Mr.. Welsh, laid over until
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