San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-10-20
Tbe Daily Light.
TUESDAY. OCTOBER 20, 1896.
COUNCIL SESSION.
Ordinance Providing That All
City Employees Must be Ac-
uuainted With the Eng
lish Language.

meeting was brief, very little bus
mess being before the board. Al
derman Fahey was the only alb
sentee. Petitions were present
ed as follows:
Citizens of West End, that West |
End Street Railway company be
ordered to run cars every twenty |
minutes, as required by ordi-
nance. Granted, and clerk order
ed to notify the company to run
it's cars according to terms of its
franchise.
Citizens, for water main on
Woodlief street. Referred.
Citizens, for wagon bridge a.
cross San Pedro creek on Flores
street. Referred.
Citizens, that Alamo ditch be
closed. Referred.
Citizens, for electric light, cor
ner of Presa street and Gala
CHAN avenue, Referred.
Citizens, that crosswalk be laid,
corner Callaghan avenue and
San Juan road. Referred.
f. 7. Walsh, proposition to
deed certain property to city in
consideration of a deed from the
city to certain property owned by
it. Referred.
Capt. w. McMasters, custodian
of the Alamo, asking that the
windows of the Alamo be repair
ed and stove and supply of fuel
be provided. Referred.
Sloan & Shelly, asking permits
sion to remove undertaking estab-
lishment from present location to
st. Mary's street. Granted.
w. G. Tobin, proposition to
build a combination chemical en-
CINE and hose wagon. Referred.
Citizens, asking changes in
pound limits. Referred.
Alderman Dreiss, chairman of
the finance committee, presented
resolutions, making appropria.
lions as follows: Lightweight
dollars and twenty-five cents, to
buy meat and water for dog
pound; $50 for pay roll of street
commissioners department, en-
gagged in emergency work, $77.S1
from sewer fund for repair of
streets left in bad condition by
former sewer contractors, such
sum to he charged to Wilding,
Marshall, Backus & Hines. All of
the resolutions were adopted.
The assessment committee re-
ported afyorably on petition of
Mrs. Elise Gallagher for correc-
ton of assessment. Adopted.
The police committee reported
favOrably on petition of Lee Cur
ry for remission of fine. Adopted.
Alderman Holt offered the fol
lowing ordinance, giving as his
reason that in his experience on
examining committees he had
found many of the employees of
the city who could not speak the
English language:
"Be it ordained by the City of
San Antonio that on and after
the date of adoption of this ordi-
nance, no person shall be employ
ed by the city of San Antonio in
any capacity within it's corpo-
rate limits who does not we'll un.
derstand and intelligibly speak
the English language"
The ordinance was read the
first time and laid over under
the rules.
Resolutions were introduced as
follows:
BY Dreiss = That Camargo
street be drained. Adopted.
BY Devine-That the street
commissioner remove the CRATES
from the entrance to the storm
water sewers on both sides of the
Convent street bridge. Adopted.
BY Robin = That two cross
walks be put down at the corner
of West Commerce and Colorado
streets and appropriating $12
therefor. Adopted.
ByRobin-That the street COM
missioner drain a water hole on
South SaladO street. Adopted.
BY Robin-That holes on Bue
ma Vista street be filed with
gravel. Adopted.
By Meerscheidt-That cross
walks be laid on South Alamo
street and corner of Sheridan
and Madison streets. Adopted.
BY Oge-That two crosswalks
be laid at the intersection of Tay-