Birmingham age-herald., 1894-12-13

l The mayor submit ed the following | recommendations:
 That all offices be abolished, condensed or combined so that the executive and clerical forces may be as follows, with ap- pended pay:
 1 Mayor and recorder. er..................$16 $166 662s 1 Auditor and city clerk. .......... 1o0 % l Tax collector and treasurer.......... 1OO OO 1 Engineer, street commissioner, sani- | tary officer and plumbing inspector ,. -four combined) ......... ....,...... 100 % | Night watchman and market clerk 50 % 1 Day warden. .............-. ..'.......'' oO Oo | Night warden. n.......................... 50 % | Patrol wagon driver. 35 % l Sexton and park inspector........... 35 % | Two street formen, each..,........... 40 0o l JanltOr 10 OO
 The abolition of the following offices temporarily: City attorney, city detectiVe 1 and two street foremeu.
 That the office of city physician be offered l the county health officer at a salary not ex- 1 ceeding S25 per month. That the chief of police be charged with | the care of prisoners, have full charge of | prison and patrol wagon, be accorded. the right of ingress and egress and charged with the receipt of moneys received in said | department.
 That the chief of police or day captain be l present at the recorders court and prose- cute all cases on behalf of the city and give | receipts for all money received. That four mounted pairolmen be added | to the police force to protect residence property, at a salary of s75 per month | each. That two sergeants be appointed from the ranks now in service. That a | horse bs llpt for emergencies.
 That .ae police be paid as follows: Chief, s106 per month; night captain, s75; day | captain, ;65; mounted police, S75; ser- geants, -; patrolman, -. 1 That the Southside steamer be put inn | mediately in service with proper crew, and that the salaries be as follows: Chief | S1l0, engineers S70, and s55 for those now | getting S65 and $50 for those now getting s6o.
 The schools and Charity hospital the | mayor deemed best not to advise upon at | this meeting.
 l A new roof for the city hall was recom- l mended, as the one now on the building is | in bad condition.
 The following committees were pamed
 Finance-Kettig, Enslen, Mcknight, Sims, Gillespie.
 Judciary-Gilespie, Meade, Duncan, Jackson, Kettig.
 Cemetery Harrington, Jones, Duncan, | Mex night, Sims,
 Street mprovement--Enslen, Jackson, Jones, McCartin, Parker. 1 Fire department-Meade, Jackson, Ket- | tig, McCartin, West. Miscellsneous-Ullman Gillespie, Jones, | West, Ward.
 Markets-Jackson, Sims, Ullman, Ward i, | Schiilinger.
 | daS-ClmS, OIIIIlaU, JOUGS3 CCullllDBSF !, | Duncan.
 street railroad-McKnight, Harrington, !, | Meade, Duncan, Parker. Police and sanitation-McCartin, Kettig, Enslen, Schillinger, Jones. recommend that the miscellaneous com mittee be instructed to bring into the next meeting the annual license tax for the year 1895.
 At the conclusion of his recommendations the mayor suggested that in view of the fact that the times are hard licenses should be collected semi annually.
 MT. kettig suggested that the recom- mendation respecting salaries and offices | be considered.
 MT. Meade asked if an ordinance could be repealed by resolution, and City Att torney Gregg, at the request of the mayor, | stated that it could.
 The recommendation was embodied in a | resolution.
 MT, McCartin said salaries had been paid | monthly until two or three years ago and that rule operated very much against some of the city employees. The resolution, on motion of Mir. Meade, was adopted.
 The recommendation consolidating the offices of mayor and recorder was then con . sidered. The city attorney said the city's charter provided for recorder, and that one of the aldermen was required to act in his place should he be away.
 MT. Kettig moved the adoption of the mayor's recommendations abolishing cer- tain offices and fixing salaries.
 Mir. McCartin moved that the chief of the fire department act as chief of police.
 Mfr. Meade took the chair and Mayor | VanHoose addressed the board. He saw possibilities in the motion. He said the city had been running $l0. 900 month into | debt, and with all these reductions recom- mended the city would only save about S17 ,000 or SIS, 600 year. The emergency is great, said he, and the fire chief might perform the duties of the chief of police. He suggested that the question be passed | for a month.
 MT. Ullman moved that the motion be made the special order at the next meeting. | The motion was adopted.
 MT. Kettig requested that the recom- mendations be read again. MT. McCartin stated the duties of the city engineer were such that he could not perform the duties of sanitary inspector.
 MT. Kettig moved the adoption of the balance of the mayors recommendations regarding offices and salaries.
 Mir. Meade wanted the city physician to furnish medical attention in his absence, | and have the office separate from that of the county health officer The mayor thought the city should charge S1 for each burial permit, as all other cities do, in case the office be ten- dered the county health officer. | The motion offered by MT. Kettig pre- vailed.
 MT. Kettig moved that the recommenda- tion of the mayor regarding the police de- partment be adopted.
 Mir. Ullman protested against any in. crease in the expenses of the city. He said the present police force had guarded the city for nearly twelve months, and unless there was money in the treasury to meet these increased expenses he would oppose any increase whatever.
 The mayor said this precipitated the fl nancial question, which he had been trying to avoid for while. He had addressed letters to the water works, gas company and others asking reductions in prices | charged for water, gas and other items. He believed the city could be relieved of the garbage expenses. He believed the | water works company would furnish the 4 plugs at S25 each. The mayor of De- Il troit, he said, had put ] some of the women and youthful I criminals in potato patches and he turned l S7000 into the city treasury. This would