Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1893-01-11
YHE OPENING SESSION
Interesting Meeting Of the New
Council Yesterday
THE MAYOR READS A MESSAGE
Salary Ordinance Introduced but Laid
Over Another Meeting
Today

The mayor called the new council 10
order yesterday afternoon at 2:30
o'clock, those present being Council
men Griffin, Hedge, Knight, Nc
Gowan, Scott and Smith, Councilman
Oeser not answering 10 the roll call.
After convening the council and call
ing Hedge TO the chair, the mayor de-
livered an address In which lac called
attention 10 the general condition Of
the city's finances and outlined the
work which he deemed necessary 10
accomplish during the year. In clos
ing his address the mayor said that
he would announce the standing com
mittees at the next session Of the c0un-
Gil
Knight presented AN ordinance nx-
ing the bonds and salaries Of the city
officers and repeating all other Ordi-
nanccs on the subject, which was read
the first time by sections.
Knight moved that the treasurer's
bond be placed at $4,000, and on mo
tion Of Griffin the amount was reduced
10 $4,000.
On motion, the remaining bonds
were fixed ~ follows fOr the city
attorney, 5000; city clerk, s. 900; as-
SCISSOR, 81 900; marshal, t2O,OO0; engi-
neer, 5000; police Judge, 81 900; street
commissioner, 81 900.
During the discussion which arose
over the marshal's bond, Smith asked
If there was any means by which the
city marshal could be compelled tO de-
pOsit his collections weekly instead Of
monthly with the city treasurer
The mayor: This II covered by IA
statutory provision, but I think a law
will be passed shortly by which the
marshal will not collect taxes.
: The question Of filliug the blanks In
the ordinance with reference to Aalarie,
being taken up, knight said: 81 BE-
lieve IL Is impossible 10 secure prOpel
, legal talent at the sum Of $500, fixed
g upon In the caucus the other evening
b. Attorneys being consulted on the ques
ton laugh at the idea OF taking th'
place at 500. I move therefore, tina
the salary be placed at 500"
Griffin moved seconded byScott, to LAY
3 motion on the table, lost.
= Griffin: Last Saturday this council
[ met In the mayors office and unani
, mOusly passed upon these salaries, and
= now In the absence Of one member
, they try 10 Jump In and bulldOze ui
4 into $500 instead Of $500.
= The mayor: am very sorry that Attain
have taken this turn. / wish 10 say fO
myself that my time III valuable aud
cannot afford ~ waste IL. / WA called
v upon by seven cOuncilmen aud gnv,
a two hours Of my time listening to dis
!, cuHsiOns on this subject, now II wer'
going ~ do business In this slipshot
Y manner, determining on thing on'
q day and going back on IL the next, i
u will not do. IL is decidedly wrong.
The motion for 800 was carried, al
d the members voting IN the affirmative
but Griffin.
Scott: ! voted yes In order to mov'
!. "A reconsideration. We had fixed thi
up In caucus and should stand by-lt.
Hedge: Deliberative bodies In cAucu
n may make a mistake aud II ~ SHOULD
o rectify such mistakebcfOre IL become
"A law.
' The mayor. The rule II that partie
g 10 a caucus should abide by its dicisiOn
On motion of Hedge the clerks salar,
was fixed at $40; Grifiin and Scott vOt
ing in the negative
=, Smith moved that the salary Of th
v marshal he fixed at S75. Scott moved
~ seconded by Griffin, that the salary b
placed at sll5. The former sum cur
= rled.
g On motion the city engineer was al
lowed " per day when actually EN-
plOyed under the direction Of the coun
4 Gil, and the street commisslOner's salar
a was fixed at S55 per month.
A motion TO I'll In the blanks an,
: submit the ordinance ~ the city ut
> tOrney was declared lost on n tie vote
Scott asked why the ordinance hai
not been drawn up by the attorney Il
v the first place.
Knight moved that the clerk fill II
the amounts as voted upon, and tina
y the ordinance then be read the appro
u pirate number Of times and put upol
IL final passage.
The mayor ruled that an Ordinanc
could not pas at the same meeting II
which IL was introduced, sustaining hi
ruling by reading from the statute,
- The motion for the clerk ~ fill IN tn
r blanks carried, and the ordinance wa
n then submitted b. the city attorney
after which the council adjourned unit
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