The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-07-12

city solicitor.
DR.. Leigh Buckner was then elected
city physician by acclamation.
A. j. Davis was placed in nomination
for clerk of the market by Mr.. Crabill,
By consent Of Council Col. Thomas
Lewis was allowed to speak and he
made strong speech in favor of Mr..
Davis. DR.. Strickland nominated R. E.
Coleman and Mr.. Dupuy nominated ].
H. Featherstone ami w. w. Rule was
nominated by Mr.. Boehm. The result
of the first ballot was Davis 5. Feather.
stone s, Rule l, and Coleman 6. The
chair said Under the rule, Rule is
dropped. Davis was dropped on the
second ballot and the third ballot re
suited in Featherstone getting votes
and Coleman IL. r. e. Coleman was
then.declared elected.
Mr.. Crabill's motion to abolish the
Office of clerk of the market. after con-
siderable discussion, was lost and a
motion by Mr.. Ramsey adopted, electing
the assistant clerk Of the market by the
month, to be discharged at the will of
Council with view of dispensing with
his services when the business at the
market becomes lighter.
Mr.. Groves nominated G. S. Stevens,
Mr.. Stevenson nominated j. M. Maupin,
Ahh. Oi6O uOuuluaISQ ~ ~ NrT66uWOOO,
Mr.. Graves nominated jackson D.
Smith, and the clerk read the applica-
tions OF Thomas B. Hamlet, H.
Tuggle, j. F. Fielding, f. II. Walker,
w. p. Mayberry, c L. Nelson ard
Thomas Bowles. The first ballot stood :
Smith, 8; Maupin, 4; Greenwood 4;
Stevens. ]; Mayberry, Q; Tuggle, 1, and
Bowles, l. Stevens was dropped and
Greenwood received 0 votes on the
second ballot. The third ballot stood
Greenwood, 10; Maupin, 6, and Smith, 2.
For sanitary inspector Mr.. Buckner
nominated the present incumbent j.
w. Clingenpeel, Mr.. Groves nominated
j. p. Walker and applications were
read from w. G. Baughman and j. w.
Meadow. Only one ballot was required
which stood; Clingenpeel, IL; Walker,
Q; Baughman, 4, and Meadow, l.
Mr.. Ramsey moved that the Office of
poundmoster be abolished, which, after
| considerable discussion, was lost. The
present incumbent u. L. Markham, J i.
L. Yates, w. l. Thomson and Samuel
81. Templeton presented applications.
which were read by the clerk. The
ballot resulted in the following vote:
Markham, IS; Yates. i; Templeton, /.
The present superintendent of the fire
alarm system. r. L. Wright, was re-
ele cte6 by reclamation.
The following overseers of the poor
were then elected: First ward, j. c..
| Yates: Second ward, f. M. Bell; Third
ward, M. A Johnson. In the Fourth
ward Lewis Obermyer and Solomon
Brown were placed in nom n .tion. The
| vote stood Obermyer IL and Brown o.
In the Fifth ward Wilson Wertz was
unanimously elected.
On motion of Mr. Dattia ho ,vosor,
board of health, DR.. S. &. Staples, Dr..
| w. II. Harrison and DR.. II. e. Jones,
| were unanimously elected
President Buckner then announced
| he following Council committees:
STANDING COMMITTEES.
| Finance = McClelland, Fackenthal,
] Crabill, Graves and Levy.
Sire ets-Crabill, Moomaw, Ramsey,
johnson and Dickerson.
Sewers-Fackentha Dupuy, Terry,
! Stevenson and Strickland.
| Public Property = Dupuy. Pattie,
johnson. Duggan and Davies.
Accounts-Terry, McClelland, Bcehm
Clingenpeel and Duggan.
| Health-Strickland, Johnson, Groves,
Boehm and Dickerson.
| Fire and water-Stevenson, Pattie
Clingenpeel, Graves and Groves.
Ordinances-Graves, Moomaw, Ram.
sey, Levy and Davies.
School and education-R Ramsey
Groves, Graves, Dickerson and Crabill
| Lights-Moomaw. Boehm, Davies,
Duggan and Johnson.
| SPECIAL COMMITTEES.
Map-Pattie, Dupuy, Levy, Clingen.
! peel and Terry.
Opening streets-Boehm, Strickland
Dickerson, Graves and Moomaw.
Purchasing spring-Duggan, Dupuy
johnson, Ramsey and Davies.
Oil tanks-Groves, Terry, Pattie
Stevenson and Clingenpeel.
Parks-Clingenpeel, Groves, Johnson,
Boehm and Strickland.
On motion Council then adjourned Il
meet next Friday night.