The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-09-06
ACTION TAKEN BY ALDERMEN.
Corporation Counsel nt odds with Mayor
 Other Business.

Other Business.
 The session of the board of alder
 men last evening was unusually lengthy | and much business of considerable i'm portance was transacted. Nearly all
 the members of the board were present
 and Mayor Sargent presided.
 The proposed revised city charter was
 presented and 1t was voted, after con
 siderable discussion. to submit the
 document to committee consisting of | two aldermen and three councilmen to l decide in what manner 1t should be
 brought before the board. Aldermen Gallagher and Benham were appointed the aldermanic portion of the com | mittee.
 A lengthy opinion from Corporation Counsel Driscoll in reference to the
 proposed extension of Howard avenue | and Ferry street was next read. The | opinion was ordered tabled for print | ing. It takes an entirely different ver- sion of the matter from that taken by Mayor Sargent in his veto
 When Tax Collector Tuttle's report of apparently delinquent taxpayers, which was acted upon at the last meet ing of the board of councilmen, being referred by that body to the board of finance, came up, Alderman Hitler moved that the list be referred to the special auditing committee instead of to the board of finance This motion
 was opposed by Alderman Gallagher,
 who stated that in his opinion the | board of finance was the proper body to
 which to refer the list.
 Alderman Connor was opposed to
 making the list public property and
 said that it should be kept in the hands | of a. careful custodian. Finally, after | considerable discussion, the board con- | cured with the councilmen in referring | the list to the board of finance, after having voted that only the members | of the board of finance, the committee on claims and the special auditing | committee should have access to the | list. It was also further voted that the
 board of finance should report upon the tax list at the November meeting of | the board of aldermen.
 The board voted to refer back to the | committee on streets the report of that | committee recommending the laying of | a sheet asphalt pavemen on George l street. This action was in concurrence | with the board of counoilmen. A petition from Frank c. Bushnell ! calling for new system of general l street pavement was read and ordered | printed. The petition suggests that the l mayor or a committee be appointed to
 go before the legislature and get per
 mission to bond the city for $1, ,OOO, ,OOO, | to be used, for asphalt pavements .d for the laying of granite dimension
 blocks on streets similar to Wooster | street.
 A communication was read from | Mayor Sargent favoring the amendment | of the ordinance relative to the inspec- tion and control of cesspools, etc. At present these are under the control of l the board of public works and the l mayor wants them put under the su- pervision of the plumbing inspector of the board of health. The board ac- | cepted the communication and referred the matter to the committee on ordi- ] nances. The board of public works at its meeting earlier in the evening op-
 posed the measure and appointed Pres l ident States a. committee to appear before the ordinance committee and l strenuously oppose it.
 Next was read veto from the mayor l regarding the grading of Brown street to the Starin dock. Tn mayor gives as his reason for the veto that the court | of common council had no power to | interfere with riparian rights. The report of the committee on ordi-
 nances compelling bicycle riders to | carry lanterns on their machines at l night and ring a bell within onehundred feet of a crossing was accepted and the | recommendation adopted.