The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-07-27
INTRODUCED BY MR. REGAIN

Mr.. Regan, OF the Sixth ward, intro
duced the ordinance. There was no dis
cussion occasioned by its introduction.
it having been promptly referred to the
railway committee.
In the absence of President Nealis,
Mr.. Robathan was chosen to preside
over the meeting The pole tax or
dinauce passed frat and second reading
after having been favorably reported
upon by the committee imm0diltely
upon its receipt from select council,
The first matter that came up under
the head Of convenient business brought
up nice little point of parliamentary
law. 1t was resolution eXonerating
Mrs. Katheryne Ruane. OF Gibbons
street, from tax Of 90 cents The
mayor had vetoed it on the ground Of
unconstitutionaIity and the select coun-
Gil had passed it Notwithstanding the
mayors Veto A motion to concur in
the action Of select council was put and
it might have passed had not Mr. Rob
athan called attention 20 the fact that
it required a two-third vote to pass II
measure over the mayors head. A call
Va lHC dSCo uLO uaSS eHOh0u slA lOl
and eleven against. Some of the mem
bers, Mr. Sweeney in particular, wanted
10 make ont that a twc-third vote
meant two-thirds of the members pres
ent, but Mr.. Robathan ruled that it
called for two.thirds Of the members
elected.
Mr. Hickey fought for the passage
Of the exoneration. saying that he
wanted to make test case Of it, tie
contended that it was just as lawful to
exOnerate poor widow from her small
taxes as it was to remit the tax)5 of u
corporation for long term of years.
Mr. Golden, who had been otherwise
engaged during the discussion, when
called upon to vote, said he did not un-
derstand the question before the house
Clerk Mahon informed him that it was
mayors veto. Mr.. Golden waited for, no
further explanation, but voted an en-
phatic "yes" and resumed his conYer-
sation with gentlemen on his left.
Mr.. RoBATHAN's SUBSTITUTE
Mr.. Robathan announced that he
would,be absent on European trip for
seven or eight weeks and asked that
some one be appointed to take his place
on the visduct committee which at
present is busily engaged on the con-
sideration of this contemplated i'm
proyement. With the permission of
the council the chair appointed Mr.,
Thomas, Of the Fourth, to fill the va
cancy.
The following resolutions were
passed and sent over to the select coun
Gil for concurrence: Providing for re-
pairs to the Neptune engine house;
providing for runway at the General
Pninney engine house; providing for
the repairing of the roof of the Niagara
hose house; asking the city solicitor to
give an opinion as to whether the city
owns the surface over sewers; direc, -
ing the city engineer to give grade on
Schimpff court and on Rosar pl ace, and
directing the chief Of the fire depart
ment to erect a fire hydrant on the
river bank at Alder street.
Other new measures introduced and
passed, were resolution directing the
chief of the fire department to erect a
fire hydrant on the corner of Richter
and Ash streets. in the Tenth, and a
resolution generating Mrs. T, P.
OMallsy from paying the penalty for
lo92 taxes. Ordinances directing the
mayor to sign contracts for water 10
supply hydrants and providing for the
pavement Of West Lackawanna avenue
came over from select council and were
referred to their reanactivA cnmmittaas