Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1894-01-16
CITY LEGISLATURE
Held an interesting Meeting Last Night.
Business of Importance Transacted.

ltNsaNe "t ; - r. DlOGtu III Ills Nesk,
with Aldermen Howell, Cook, Atlsin-
tsen, Haggard, Wen, Havis and City
Attorney Grace present.
Regular monthly accounts, to-
gether with a few miscellaneous
bills, allowed. as approved by the
Finance Committee.
A resolution prepared by a special
committee, consisting OF Mayor Bell,
City Attorney Grace and Aldermen
I. b. Atkinson, E. G. Howell and
Ferd Havis, appointed to effect
compromise with Attorney t. G..
Bridges, for the Water and Light
| Company, WAS read and adopted.
! The compromise as made reduces the
Indebtedness from $11,046 to SO 900,
which Attorney Bridges stated the
Water and Light Company would
accept All the Aldermen voted in
| favor OF the compromise
! The report of the Board OF Public
| Affairs for November and December
was read and referred to the Finance
/ Committee.
A communication was read from
Mrs. G. Reynolds, setting forth losses
sustained by her during the recent
quarantine on account OF diptleria
and asking for remuneration. Mayor
Bel, on motion, appointed the fol
lowing committee to investigate the
above affair and report at next
meeting: Aldermen Huggard, Cook
and Veil.
IN ordinance providing fer the
weighing of coal was referred TO the
Ordinance Committee.
At this point Mayor Bell called
Alderman Howell to the chair and
took the floor TO make statement
in regard to his recent order closing
Madam Anderson's bawdy house.
He called attention to the fact that
the present location of this house
was an eneroachment upon the bust
ness portion OF the city and he de-
sired that the Aldermen should take
some action i'll regard to his recent
rulings. He said he was unwilling
to shoulder the entire responsibility
of this question and he therefore
called upon the Council to aid him in
adjusting the matter. Mayor Bell
stated that some insinuations had
been made that he was aetuated by
personal feeling in the premises and
that those who had made such were
both liars and towards. Alderman
Hayis asked Mayor Bell to state
what action he had taken in the
promises He stated that he had
order the Chief OF Police to inform
himself il this house was Il house Of
iil-fame and ii he found such to be
case to have the house closed, which
was done Alderman Howell asked
Mayor Bell if he still had the house
closed.
The Mayor asked Chief OF Police
LangGoid 70 make statement, to
the Council The Chief stated that
the honse had been elosea and was
still closed.
Alderman Havis then asked the
Mayor ii amy OF the other houses
were closed In reply the Mayor
stated that since his recent order one
house had voluntarily closed and
that two Others were still open
Alderman Havis discussed the ques-
ton and claimed that nj. parties
should be treated alike. He said
that il Others conducted s3ich houses
the closed house should be allowed
TO run under police regulations and
by paying Il fine. He stated he was
in favor of all or in favor OF none.
Alderman Cook discussed the Gues-
ton and called attention 20 the or
dinanee which prevents the running
OF such houses and thought the
Council had done its duty in execut-
ing an ordinance touching upon such
questions.
Alderman Huggard claimed that
the Council had no right to designate
Il locality FOR such a house. lie said
the one spoken Of was Oh the same
th0fonghfare as All the others.
Alderman We'll called on the City
attorney 70 give his opinion. Mr..
Grace stated that it was not a
question OF law but of locality. Hel
stated that he running Of such
houses was q direct violation of law.
He said it was not a legal question
to be solved. He said it was one
that appealed to the personal opin-
ion of the Aldermen. He said it was
solely a question that affected the
executive department OF the city gov
erninent.
Alderman Green stated that the
iD3.a ion Inapfipupd WAS ,lnIouhtad