Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1895-04-18

Regulation Dttonted-froposltioh 10
Compel Fire Insurance Companies to
Pay IA Tax.
After City Council had transacted its
routine business, Thursday, Mr.. Vain.
wright called for the final reading of the
ordinance providing for u milk inspector.
The first four sections of the ordinance
were passed at the last meeting, so the
reading began with the fifth section.
Everything went smoothly until the 18th
section was reached. This section refers
| to the salary OF the inspector and in the
original the salary was fixed at $500 but
before Council adjourned it had been
| changed to $1,000, giving nice large
salary and soft position to some Repub-
| lican. After section IL had been read Mr..
| Donahoe, from the Second ward, made Il
motion to amend the section by adding
! that the milk inspector shall provide all
the vessels. utensils and chemicals neces'
| sary TO make an analysis. Mr.. RatledSe,
from the Twelfth, made a further amend
ment that the salary be increased from
| $500 to 81 900 per year IL the inspector has
to furnish the material, &c., to make an
analysis.
Matters got decidedly interesting at this
point. Mr.. Perkins first put the amend
inent to change the salary aud IL was
passed. Mr.. Meaney, who had seconded
point of order and called for the first
amendment. A long argument took place
as to which amendment should have been
passed first the one offered by MIR. bona
hoe or the one offered by Mr.. Ratledge.
President Perkins was in a state of
Where am ] at" Several of the mem
bers of Council appealed to Lawyer Walter
Hayes, who was iii the chamber, and he
told. privately to two of the Republican
members what should be done. 1t was u
badly mixed affair." and was only straight
ened out by President Perkins deciding to
commence all over again by the reading of
the section. The amendments were then
submitted and the section passed with
both amendments.
After the ordinance had been passed Mr..
Stats called for the reconsideration of
section 8. This section relates to milk
men paying license fee and this was the
section left out by the Council. although
they did not intend that it should be. The
license fee III the original was So, but when
the section had been called for recon
sideration Mr., Stats moved to amend the
section by changing the fee from S. to $40
The amendment was passed but the Coun'
Gil in some way forgot to pass the section
as amended, so that if even Mayor Short
lidge puts his signature to the bill, which
| is very improbable, there is 10 section that
will compel milkmen to pay license.
After this brilliant piece of legislation
. section l of the ordinance was reconsidereC
. and the date for electing an inspector wa
changed from the first meeting i'll MAY
every two years, to the first meeting il
e July every two years. The ordinance wa:
3 passed in this shape without section 3, an;
i referred to the mayor for his signature
Y The Democrats opposed the ordinance
q with the exception of Mr.. Donahoe, wit
voted with the Republicans 10 pass it.
I Thenext matter called up for the con
: sideration of the heavy weight statesmen
}. was the ordinance in relation to the healtl
d Of the city. 1t provides for quarantinini
Q houses, in which persons are i'll with con
:. tagious or infectious diseases, A quaran
II tine is established by an officer of tn
e Board of Health placing q card on tn
It house, giving warning and telling villa
d kind of disease is inside. This card or tn
n sick person cannot be removed only b.
s. the order of the officer of the Board o
Health.
e Mr. Meaney objected to the section q
1t the ordinance that relates to the placardin
7. of the house, stating that il such placur
d were placed on house, it would interfer
with the business of the tenant, if he WEI
in any kind of a business. Mr.. Donahc
supported Mr.. Meaney and Mr.. Tyre OF
posed. He stated that all the leadin
IN cities of the country had similar laws an
asked Secretary Colquhoun of the Boar
st of Health if he had not Investigated Il
a matter and found all cities took such
AZ precauticn against the spreading of di
= ease. Mr.. Colquhoun stated that he he
-, found similar laws in nearly all cities {
~ any size.
'k SIR. Meaney made motion TO strike OF
IN that part of the ordinance which relate
W to placafding houses. When this motto
IN was put Mr.. Stats asked to be excuse
,e from voting, and he was excused. III
motion was lost and then Mr.. Donaht
made motion to strike out the same pal
le only starting line or so above the pol
OF where Mr.. Meaney's motion started, DO
IS, amendments being practically the sam
from voting and he was excused. N
ct Donahoc's motion was also lost.
~ The ordinance was then read by its til
~ and passed by a.vote of 9 to 8. AS this W
~ not il two-thirds vote President Perki
oe declared that the ordinance was not passe
ng and in this way, Il law that would ha
lg been of benefit to the citizens of WilmiI
a ton and one that received the endorseme
of the physicians Of the city, was killed.
90 Citv Treasurer Adams presented
w weekly report which showed that t
NJ balance in bank was So. 759 IS, He
IN ported having received the following C
ad iections: From Auditor II. II. Billar
,st $500; from Tax Collector Sayers, $500; fro
CHI Tax Collector Mitchell $500. The bill
of be presented to the Legislature compelli
~. fire insurance companies in the city to p
ia tax of $50 a year to the city for
NJ maintenance of chemical engines, v
iat read and referred to the law commit
IN and for them to present it to the Gene
Assembly.