The record-union., 1895-05-28
THE MAYORS SALARY Is DOCKED.
Trustees Get Even for His Former
Suggestion
Jacob Gebert's License is Revoked,
on Representations Of the
City Attorney.

Jacob Gebert'S License is Revoked,
on Representations of the
City Attorney.
The City Board of Trustees met in
regular weekly session last night.
Trustees Lawton, Wachhorst, Kent,
Davis, Bragg, Devine. Leonard. Tozer
and Pennish being present.
The following messages from the
Mayor were read:
TRANSFER OF CITY MONEY.
To the Board of Trustees: herewith
transmit to your honorable body. with
my approval Endorsed thereon, Ordinance
No. 3S7, entitled IAN ordinance directing
the transfer of money from the general
fund into the sprinkllng fund."
AS the money is transferred so as to
permit certain sprinkllng contracts TO De
executed, l desire TO call the attention OF
your board TO subdivision % of Section
Is of the charter, which renders the pre-
yious contracts void because of there
being no money in the fund wherewith to
meet the same.
Such being the case. / am therefore of
the opinion that the previous contracts
are void for all purposes, and that 1t will
be necessary to readvertise for proposals
for the two districts covered by the con-
tracts. Respectfully submitted.
b. U. STEINMAN, Mayor.
RESIGNATION AND APPOINTMENT.
To the Board of Trustees: I hereby
notify your honorable body that George
McManus has this day filed his written
resignation in my office as q hoseman of
Engine Company No. of the Fire De-
parrment.
hereby nominate, and by and with
your consent l hereby appoint, A. E.
Pritchard 10 be hoseman of Engine
Company No. of the Fire Department.,
vice George McManus, resigned. Re-
spectfully submitted,
B. U. STEINMAN, Mayor.
A SPECIAL POLICEMAN.
To the Board Of Trustees: The manage
ment of the Sacramento Swimming Bath
premises, which are situated at Twenty
first and streets, lave requested the ap-
pointment of l.. G. Thompson as q special
policeman for that locality.
AS it is necessary that the position
should be created before the appointment
is made, | recommend that your board
create the position as required by the pro-
visions of Section 134 of the Charter. Re-
spectfully submitted,
B. U. STEINMAN, Mayor.
COMMITTEE REPORTS.
Leonard, for the Fire Committee, re-
ported that the department needed badly
q Siamese Twins connection. He moved
that the Chief Engineer be authorized TO
purchase one. So ordered.
LEONARD WILL ENJoIN.
The bill presented by the committee
which welcomed the Half-Million Club,
and took them on an excursion to
Folsom, was brought up for discussion.
X. II. Hawley explained that the eX-
cursion rendered to the club was for The
purpose OF advertising the resources of
this part of the State. 1t had resulted in
interesting the San Francisco people and
newspapers in the development of this
part OF the state.
Leonard said he stood just where he
did before He did not believe there was
any authority for paying it, and if it was
allowed he should endeavor to stop the
payment of it on that ground.
Davis said he would only vote for
money for city expenses and could not
therefore vote for this bill.
On motion OF ToZer the former action,
refusing the payment of the bill, was re-
considered and he moved that the bill be
paid.
The bill was allowed, Lawton, Leonard
and Kent voting no, and Davis declining
10 vote. Leonard notified Mr.. Hawley
that he should endeavor to prevent the
payment Of 1t.
THE MAYORS SALARY.
A number OF bills were allowed. When
it came 10 the bill for the Mayors salary,
on the recommendation of the Auditing
Committee, it was passed, deducting
SS3 30 for the salary paid President Law
ton as acting Mayor in the Mayors ab-
sence.
1t was passed as recommended, several
no h,d
recommended docking them s. for their
absence from meeting, they thought
what was sauce for the goose was sauce
for the gander Pennish voted no, and
Lawton asked TO be excused, as he was
an interested party.
Devine said that he thought next year
the board would be able to reduce the
Mayors salary, under authority of the
charter, TO about 81 800. ''1 will be per-
tectly willing to take the position at that
price," said he.
The bill of NJ. B. Horne for interest on
bill OF sci, from April, 1894, was read.
The bill was passed by the board and re-
jected by the Auditor last spring. There
was also one for $57 incurred about the
first tune.
The bills were referred to the Auditing
Committee that they might investigate
the matter.
ALLEY IMPROVEMENT.
j. II. Arnold appeared before the
board on the matter of the improvement
of the alley from Eleventh TO Fourteenth.
using the cobbles now being taken up
during the Improvement of j street with
bitumen. The petition was granted
unanimously.
Low BLOCK.
A com mmunication was read from the
Board of Health in regard to the un-
nf IL hafx
Eighth and Ninth, recommending that
action be taken by the board to fill in the
block to the proper grade.
y communication was also received,
asking that sewer be laid in the alley,
between Z and @, Sixth and Seventh
streets, and was referred to the Superin-
tendent of Streets.
GEBERT'S LICENSE REVOKED.
City Attorney Brown. in a communica-
ton, called the attention of the board to
the saloon OF Jacob Gebert at Twentieth
and Q streets, charging that he sold
liquor TO minors and that on several oc-
casl0ns he had sworn to complaints and
then asked 10 have them dismissed, for
the reason, it was believed, that he was
afraid he would, if they were pressed, be
prosecuted for selling liquor to minors.
The disturbances have become such
nuisance that he felt it his duty to ask
them 10 revoke Gebert's license.
Tozer moved that the license be re-
voked. Lawton moved to amend by in
strueting the City Collector to return the
unearned portion of his license TO Gebert.
Leonard thought that the board could
not revoke the license without an inves-
tigation.
Lawton read the ordinance, which pro-
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