Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1895-06-07
THE CITY COUNCIL.

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The report Of Messrs. Goode and Grim
mems, recommending general reduction
of salaries of city officers, was knocked out
with great ease, and to emphasize the knock
out, the council voted to increase the salary
of J. w. Bryan, Overseer of the Poor, S.
a month, and the salary of Fred billiard
the negro janitor at the market house, SIS g
month. No resolution was introduced to
unseat the rash authors of the report, but
the Office holders Of the second ward and
their friends will doubtless attend to that
next spring.
Tbs following roll call votes were taken
on five of the recommendations contained
in the report
To ask the legislature to reduce the sala-
~ Of the Judge of Hastings Court from
$1,000 to 5000: Ayes, Crimmens, Goode:
n oes, Armentrout, Bell, Berkeley, Kin
ney, McQuaide, Scheffer, Summerson,
Tams, Weller.
Mayor and Police Justice combined Off
ces when filled by one official $40 per
month";: Ayes, Crimmens, Goode; Noes,
Armentrout, Bell, Berkeley, Kinney, Nc
Quaide, Scheffer, Summerson, Tams,
Weller.
Clerk of the Council and City Clerk from
$71.67 to S57.3Q; Ayes, Crimmens. Goode,
Kinney; Noes, Armentrout, Bell, Berke-
ley, McQuaide, Scheffer, Summerson,
Tams, Weller.
Superintendent of the Water Works
from $75 to $780, Ayes, Crimmens,
Goode, Kinney, Scheffer; Noes, Armen-
trout. Bell, Berkeley, McQuaide, Summer
son. Tams, Weller.
Superintendent Electric Lights (from
$75 to 500: Ayes, Crimmens, Goode,
Kinney, Scheffer; n oes, Armentrout, Bell,
Berkeley, McQuaide, Summerson, Tams,
Weller.
The recommendations of Messrs. Goode
and Crimmens were then voted on as a
whole and rejected.
SALARIES RAISED.
Nh. Tams, from the finance committee.
who opposed the reduction. held the Goode-
Crimmens report in his hand and taking
each recommendation separately gave rea-
sons why it should not be adopted. When
he came to the negro janitor of the market
house bespoke strongly of the large amount
of work done by him.
MI. Goode (sarcastically) -Well, if that S
true, perhaps you had better raise his sala
ry IS a month.
MI. Tams-If you think SO. you offer a
motion to that effect.
MI. Goode offered it, and it was adopted
by the following vote:
Ayes-Armentrout, Bell, Berkeley, Grim
mems, Goode and Tams-6.
Noes-Kinney, McQuade, Scheffer, Sum-
merson and Weller-5.
When the recommendation regarding the
reduction of salary Of the Overseer of the
Poor was reached, Mr.. Weller moved that
1t be increased S. month, which was
done by the following vote:
Ayes-Armentrout, Bell, Berkeley,
Goode, Scheffer, Summerson, Tams and
Weller.
Noes-Crimmens, Kinney and Nc
Quaide,
PAYING FOR OUR LATE TROUBLE.
1t was resolved to issue S10,0 600 Of bonds
5 per cent, 1O-30's, to pay the expenses of
our recent small poX trouble. Accounts
in the same line to the amount of So "A
were ordered to be paid. Of the accounts
the largest were for guards, $2,120.S3;
Hogshead, Hanger Il Co., drugs, $554.45;
J. W. Bryan, supplies, $216.o4; electric
lights, S10453; w. H. Brew & Co., gro
ceries, $7T7.34; Dr.. II. M. Patterson, $117.9O,
Dr.. J. S. Horseley, $47.70, DR.. C.. T.
Lewis, SOLO, DR.. E. Lacy Gibson,
Sl13, 10-professional services; w. II.
Brew & Co., S514.56; lumber, carpenter
work, &C., $685. So.
HEALTH REGULATIONS FOR THE
FUTURE.
MI. Bell offered an amendment to the
water ordinance making it unlawful for
property owners OF lessees to rent out
houses without having put city water in
them, and making the owner of the proper
ty responsible for all water taxes assessed
against 1t. The amendment went over.
MI. Bell offered an amendment to the
health ordinance providing that all lodging
OIL dwelling houses that become overcrowd-
ed may be reported as a nuisance, and the
owners fined for allowing it. This also
went over.
A communication was received from
Thomas Wholey asking the council to pay
$500 for his Green street house burned by
it's order, OF to erect a new one in its place.
This, and other matters of similar charac-
ter, were referred to appropriate commit
tees.
COLUMBIAN HALL AS A DRILL ROOM.
Permission was granted Capt. H. w.
Holt Of the West Augusta Guard, to drill
his company in Columbian Hall as a test
of it's fitness for such purpose. Messrs. II.
J. Lushbaugh, Montague Payne, E. w.
Stewart, j. M. Wilson, builders; Jed
Hotchlliss, civil engineer, and L. J. Col
Inns, architect, are to be officially asked to
he present at the drill and form an opinion
of the effect on the building.
Programme at Washington & Lee
University.
The following is the programme Of the
final exercises at Washington Il Lee Uni