San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-09-26

to- theggreat damage Ofisaid build
ing; referred to the IRE committe,
for an estimate of cost. Il n ..fVr
Alderman Joe Beckmann-Re
solved, that the, sprinkling OF
| West Commerce street between
Main plaza and the bridge be dis
continued and that the same b,
swept every night and the. dust re
moved, and If necessary, be flushed
every 40 or 10 days not adopted.
Alderman Jack Daugherty-Re
solved that the mayor be author
lied to give notice in the papers
when nominations for police vacan,
cies will occur and how many
nominations will be, made, SO as tC
give applicants a chance to- COM
pete fairly and intelligently. . -
| The mayor stated that, it was
impossible for him to know the
exact time of making nomination
He stated that there were at least
| 100 applications for two Ol0tifee
| Offices, s'and that the police conf
nittee had decided to try the aap-
plicants as1special before their APP
pointments. Alderman Daugher-
ty then withdrawn the resolution.
,.'.% 4. BACKS PAY OF THE DADS
The finance committee reported
on the resolution of, ~ Alderman
Limburger, asking, that $2l5 be
appropriated to pay aldermen for
previous. adjourned and special
meetings, recommending that $2l5
be Appropriated; vote was taken
resulting in the rejecting of the
report by vote of 5 to >, a Z vote
being required for an appropria-
ton.
Alderman Mackey then asked
that a portion of the city charter
be read referring to Aldermen's
fees which was done.
Alderman A. F. Beckmann then
made motion to reconsider the
matter, which was carried, being
seconded by Aldermen Hoetling.
Alderman Daugherty then NOV
ed that S2l5 be appropriated to pay
the aldermen for back meeting
from the first day of June.
Alderman Limburger withdrew
his resolution before the motion
and received a'sGcond and the mat
ter was laid over until the next
meeting.
THE CITY ATTORNEY ROASTED.
Alderman Menger introduced an
ordinance requiring city officials to
keep their offices in the city hall
from October LIST, which was laid
over under the rules. The Ordi-
nance specifies that the city treas
urer, city attorney, chief of the fire
department, and all officials of the
city shall have their offices in the
city building and shall be found
there from 8 a. m. to 4 80 p. m.
Mayor Paschal stated that, as
the executive officer of the city,
he did not see how matters
could run as they are at
present. He said that when
an official is wanted, a porter has
to tramp for hours to find them.
He further stated that in his
opinion, if the office of the city at
torney had been in the city hall,
some of the suits against the de-
linquent tax payers would have
been filed for the October term OF
court. . ....l ...u. D..
"That is right" said Alderman
A. F. Beckmann. GAS it is we
have no suits filed whatever. We
gave the city attorney an assistant
in order that he might have time
to do his work. We also appropri-
ated $500 to pay two accountants to
furnish a complete list of delin-
quent tax payers, 50 that suits could
be filed for the October term of
court, and here nothing is done.
The sooner we give, Mr.. Lewey to
understand that he must walk the
chalk line, the better. IL rta0I ,#f ION
Alderman Mackey arose and
said he was not in favor Of COM
pelling the city treasurer to have
his office in the city hall that his
money was kept in the bank and
that he should office where his
money is. r.".tH". n'N'.,d,am '. h."o".
The mayor objected to this, say
ing that the city collector depos-
its some of the city's funds in Sui
livan's bank, and according to Al
derman Mackey's idea, Mr.. Rische
should have his office with Dan
Sullivan, d.. .r,....... afr .4. ,.' ~" n ",,
Alderman Beckmann's ordinance
to amend sections 7, IS and 10, of
chapter SO of the revised ordi-
nances, regulating undertakers and
the burial Of the dead was read and
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