The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-11-30

An adjourned meeting Of City Council
was held last night, and presided over
by President Buckner with the follow
ing members present: Boehm, Clinsen-
peel, Davies, Dickerson, Duggan. Du-
puY, Fackenthall, Graves, Groves
Hough, Moomaw, Pattic, Ramsey,
| Terry.
resolution was offered to the effect
that bonds to the amount OF 1900 be
taken from the sinking fund, which are
| placed to the credit of the school bond
account, and be sold. Before this was
decided resolution was passed an
nulling all previous actions of Council
in regard to the proposed now city
charter. The matter OF selling the
school bonds was referred to tho finance
committee.
On motion of Mr.. Dupuy Council re-
solved itself into committee of the
whole to consider the proposed amend
ments to the city charter. The reading
of chapter l, in which there wore no
changes, was dispensed with
| Chapter III was then taken up by sec
tions In sec zion a motion was made
by Mr.. Groves to abolish tho office of
police jus ice, which was lost by vote
OF to . MIR. Groves then moved to
have only one constable stead OF two.
Mr.. Groves motion was lost by vote of
to and section No. 4, as reported by
the committee, was adopted.
Section three in the old charter was
adopted, as was also the three follow
ing sections. IN section seven, provid-
ing for the election OF officers, Mr..
Groves moved to substitute by striking
out the words police Justice, which was
| lost.
Mr.. Dupuy moved TO amend by giving
each officer only one year. rhis
amendment was lost by vote Of five to
ten. Tho vote was then taken on the
amendment offered by Mr.. Patio, to
give each officer a term OF two years,
which was lost. Mr.. Terry then moved
TO mako the term of office for the city
engineer, the uditor. the police Justice
and the city clerk two years and the
clerk OF the market and the city solicit
tor one year. The amendment was
adopted by vote Of eight to seven
Section nine, as amended, was also
adopted. Section ten, which provides
for the term of Office to begin on August
], was adopted.
Section IL, as follows, was adopted:
"No person shall BIO eligible to any
municipal Office in said city unless he is
u qualitied voter thereof, nor shall any
person be capable Of holding at the same
| time moro than ono OF the offices men
toned in this act; and removal from the
city of any ono holding q municipal Of
flee shall vacate said office"
Section L., providing for the removal
of officers for cause was adopted. Sec
ton ID and IA, which are practically
the same as the old charter, were
adopted.
Section IS, as, follows was adopted:
"All officers provided for in this act
and all officers elected by the Council,
shall, before entering upon tho dis
charge OF their duties, execl,e bond
payable to tho city of Roanoke in such
penalty as said Council may prescribe,
conditioned for the faithful discharge
OF their respective duties; all securities
to be residents Of the State Of Virginia,
except we'll known and responsible
surety companies, provided, that the
provisions of this section shall not
apply to councilmen, the mayor, jus
tees of the peace, overseers OF the
poor, the city physician and board OF
| he alth"
Section 16. similar to the old charter,
was adopted. Section II was then
adopted. The section reads as follows:
"The president shall have power to call
special meetings of the Council, and in
case OF his absence or refusal the Coun-
Gil may be convened by order of the
clerk upon the request of any I've NOM
bers in writing, but no special meeting
shall be convened until notice has been
served upon each member of the Coun-
Gil ia person or by leaving q copy OF the
same Mt his place of abode" Section !
of chapter III of the old charter was
inserted in lien OF section 22 of the pro
| posed new charter.
No other important changes were
made until section AZ was reached, in
which it is provided that Council shall
determine the time in which assess
ments for abutting property owners
shall be collected. Section 4S, providing
| for the erection Of wooden buildings
outside the fire limits, was read. The
section was adopted after striking out
the words wooden and fire limits. Sec
tions 40, so, II and SO were adopted
with slight changes from the old
| charter.
| Mr.. Groves offered as an amendment
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