Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-02-05
THE CITY COUNCIL.
An Ordinance Increasing the Salary O the Mayor to SI.5OO Passed over
 Mayor Bells Veto.

l The City Council was called to or 0 der at 8:15 o'clock last night by :. Mayor Bell. All the Aldermen pres ] ent except Mr. Galbraith.
 The minutes of the last meeting
 were read and with slight altera
 tion approved
 The regular monthly accounts as
 approved by the Finance Committee
 were allowed.
 The report of the Finance Com. mittee on the report of the Board of Public Affairs was approved. Alderman Atkinson as chairman of the Water and Light committee re- ported that he had been informed by the chief of the fire department that the water pressure on the occa- sion of Saturdays fire was far from satisfactory.
 Alderman Veil from the Finance Committee reported that the bill of the Water and Light Co.,. had not heen approved.
 Mayor Bell of the Board of Pub lie Affairs reported the purchase of 1900 feet of .fire hose. He also re- ported that the Board had under taken to enforce the side walk or dinanee by awarding contracts for the laying of sidewalks in the second district where the property owners had failed to comply with the law.
 Alderman Goza presented com plaints from citizens living in the neighborhood of the house All East Third avenue in which it was stated that said house was a bawdy house. The Council passed resolution de- ciaring the said house a nuisance and ordered the Chief of Police to have it abated
 Alderman Saunders asked that special committee of one Alderman from each ward be appointed to draft an ordinance looking to the redis- trieting of the wards of the city and introduce it at the next meeting of the Council; the request was granted and Alderman Saunders. Miller, Veil and Goza appointed by the Mayor as such committee.
 Alderman Atkinson moved the appointment of a committee to con sist of one member of the Council from each ward and the Mayor to confer with the Water and Light Go. with the object of effecting com promise of the existing difference between the city and the company. The motion was carried, and Alder men Howell Cook, Atkinson and Galbraith appointed as committee.
 A resolution was introduced by Mir Goza and passed ordering cer- tain improvements in the Council Chamber.
 Alderman Howell introduced a resolution ordering the Standard Compress Co.,, to make such changes in the construction of it's machinery between the present time and the first of September next as would abate the noise now made by their compress. Carried.
 An ordiance was offered to the Council by Alderman Howell having for it's object an increase in the sal ary of the Mayor of the city. Under suspension of the rules the ordinance was passed to its second reading . at which time Alderman Veil pro- posed the sum of $1500 per anuum as the salary to be paid the citys Ex- ecutive. Under further suspension of the rules the ordinance went to it's third reading, and was passed. Mayor Bell then stated to the Council that under no circumstances would he be a candidate for re-elec- tion to the office of Mayor of this city. He said that it was his opinion that if the position was to be an honorary oue the salary was exorbitant; but if it was the aim of the Council to recompense the 3 Mayor for services rendered. the sal ary was ridiculously small, and that : for this reason he would veto the ordinance.
 The Mayor called MT. Goza to the chair, and on motion of Mr. Atkin- son the ordinance was passed over
 the veto of the Mayor.
 : The attention of the Board of Pub - lie Affairs was called to the condi- !, tion of Main street, from Third tc n n Fourth avenues. The Mayor stated e that the same was being looked | after and would soon be fixed. d The Council then adjourned,