The record-union., 1894-12-04
TWO VEFOES BY MAYOR SFEINMAN.
The Electric Wire Pole and the New
Plumbing Ordinances.
Report of the Cemetery Expert Sent
TO the City Trustees-Last
Evenings Session.

The City Board OF trustees held It's
weekly session last night, Trustees Law
ton. Wachhorst Kent. Davis. Bragg.
Devine, Leonard, ToZer and Pennish
being present.
The following messages from the
Mayor were received:
ELECTRIC WIRE POLES.
To the Board Of Trustees: / herewith
transmit TO your honorable body, with
my dlsapproval indorsed thereon, Ordi-
nance No. =, entitled IAN ordinance pro-
hibiting the using or placing poles or
maSts with wires thereon in or on certain
streets in the city of Sacramento, and
providing for penalty for the violation
thereof"
My reasons for disappearing this ordi-
nance are as follows:
Section l contains the following pro-
Visions: "It shall be unlawful for any
person or persons, company or corpora
llon to construct, maintain and operate
on any street running east OF Second
street in the city of Sacramento, any
masts, poles, wires and other conductors
for the purpose of transmitting or con-
Quoting Of electricity used for telegraph,
telephone, lighting, heating or other
similar purposes"
In my judgment the phrase "other
similar purposes contained in Section l,
would include the transmitting or con-
ducting of electricity for the propulsion
OF electric cars.
am of the opinion that the enactment
OF such an ordinance would have the ten
dency to check the building of new cleo
tric car lines. / am in favor of Sacra-
mento having as many car lines as pos
sible. With this idea in view l feel
compelled to disapprove the proposed
ordinance. Respectfully submitted,
y. y. STEINMAN, Mayor.
PTJTMRFR ORDINANCE VETOED
To tie Board Of Trustees: | herewith
transmit to your honorable body, with
my disapproval Endorsed thereon, Ordi-
nance No. -, entitled IAN ordinance in
relation to city taps and providing for Ii
censes of master plumbers and journey
men plumbers. creating an examining
board. specifying the duties of plumbers,
providing for an appeal to the Board OF
Trustees and providing a penalty for
breach of the ordinance, and repeating
Ordinance No. 195, entitled Amending
Sections 5 and of Ordinance No. AL
passed september 9. 1878, and providing
Il penalty for a breach thereof and all
other ordinances in conflict herewith"
My reasons for disappearing this ordi-
nance are as follows:
l. Section l of the proposed ordinance
provides; 1.-THE Board OF Trustees shall
within one month after the passage Of this
ordinance, and annually thereafter, ap-
point two competent persons of the City
of Sacramento, at least one of whom must
be a master plumber, and these, with one
member of the Board of Trustees to be
elected by the board, shall form an ex-
amining board.''
This provision is in conflict with Sec
tion 81 of the charter which prohibits the
Board of Trustees from appointing or
naming any officer, clerk or employe to
any place in the city government. ex-
Cept to fill a vacancy in the office of
NiaUnr pi1nt a of "a Of
Trustees, City Clerk, and the necessary
election officers.
AS this section names those officers
whom your board may appoint, it follows
that you are prohibited from appointing
any and all others.
The power of appointing officers other
than those named IN Section 81, is vested
In the Mayor.
,. Under the proposed ordinance the
third member of the Examining Board is
to be member of the Board of Trustees,
TO be elected by your board. This is OBJ
jectionable, because this member of the
Board of Trustees would be holding two
positions, which is contrary to law Re-
spectfully submitted,
B. L. STEINMAN, Mayor.
EXPERTS REPORT.
To the Board Of Trustees: I herewith
transmit to your honorable body a COM
1nunication received from +. T. Dunn,
records ofthe City Cemetery, which COM
munication explains itself Respectfully
submitted, B. U. STEINMAN. Mayor.
LIGHTING THE WATER WORKS.
To the Board Of Trustees; 1 herewith
transmit to your honorable body a copy
OF letter sent by me this day to Messrs.
Cook and Drew, the contractors for the
lighting OF the Water Works. Respect
fully submitted,
b. O. STEINMAN, Mayor.
THE CITY MONEY.
To the Board of Trustees: I respect
fully report that, IN conjunction with w.
ID. Lawton, President of the Board of
Trustees, j. Frank Brown, City Attor-
ney, not being present, l counted the cash
in the treasury December 1st, and found
the same to agree with the amount re-
quired by the Auditors books.
The following is an account of the
moneys received and disbursed by the
City Treasurer during the month of No
vember:
Balance on hand November !, 1894. SIP, ,7S9 so
Receipts during the month";. Il2,049 81
,7S9 AZ
Warrants paid..--.............. $39213 10
coupons patlu...-.....-......... 6,271 %
Total disbursements. nts.................. a. 400 73
Balance on hand December l, 1884. .S289. .2eS "a
Respectfully submitted,
b. Y. STEINMAN, Mayor.
L certify that L was present when the
cash in the treasury was counted, and as
sisted in the counting of the same. and
further that the above account is correct.
W. ID. LAwToN,
President Board of Trustees.
The communication from f. T. Dunn
stated that the work was nearly done and
would have been entirely done had not
other business intervened, but that
charge was made only for the actual time
expended.
COMMITTEE REPORTS.
Devine reported that the Street Com
mitlee had examined the land between
Nineteenth and Twenty-first, T and w
streets, and did not see any necessity for
opening streets through them, at least
before spring.
Leonard reported the rules drawn ND
by the Water Committee for the gov
ernance OF the employees OF the Water
Works, and moved their adoption.
which was done, and two copies ordered
posted at the Water Works and one at
The Trustees Office.
Kent said William Land had COM
plained of the condition of the alley
back of the State House some time apo.
He wished to hear from the Stree. Com
mittee what had been done in the matter
Deyine stated the alley had been Dartlv
nut in order by putting cinders on it an d
rolling it. He recommended that light
coat of cinders be put on the two blocks of
the alley.
OFFICIAL REPORTS.
City Treasurer Porter reported balance
on hand November 1st, SIP, T39 50: re-
caipts during the month, SIP, ,049. 81: war
rants paid, S39,213 70; coupons paid.