The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-19
The Chain GANG STAYS TN JAIL
The Council Refuses to Supple-
ment the Appropriation
To Garry ON Street work-AIsny Resolu-
sions Offered, Mono of which Are
Adopted-It Takes Fifteen Votes to
Supplement- Accounts, and GO tho
Meeting Was In vain-One Year Bonds
Refunded. Asa.

The City Council held two sueoia1
meetings last night. The subiscts un.
der consideration were not of AN inter.
esting nature to the average c!siz an. bus
the manner In which they wero handled
we're exceedingly interesting. One sub.
jeot was carried successfully, but the
other went down In ignoble defeat un-
der the unyielding hand of the chsir-
man OF the finance committee.
Tho first session was called i O'Clock
for the purpose OF devising ways and
means for putting the chain gang TO
work, the Council at the laae meeting
having refused to appropriate sufflcient
money for that purpose.
TO pass o resolution surplsmentirv
an appropriation requires fifteen votes,
and as this number of CounciImen did
not appear the body took recess for
half an hour, and met In second ses-
sion to consider resolution of the
nnsnce committee to refund tho issue OF
ono year bonds, portion Of which are
held by the national banks of this city.
The resolution provides that in refund
ing tho bonds portion of them are to
Dc used for liouida.ing certain interest.
bearing claims of Didier ct ais. against
tne city on account Of decree Of the
court. The resolution was passed by
unanimous vote, the required number OF
Councilmen having appeared.
The Council then ad journed and went
into session under the first call. and
enoeavored to put the chain gang TO
work. 81" W
Mr.. McClelland submitted q resoln-
lion transferring $1,000 from tho street.
BOND account TO tho street repAir
account. Dr. Coulbcurn proposed an
amendment to this. that the amount be-
made $500; that not exceeding S125 per
month should BIO expended, and to be
only.
MIR. Wilson offered q resolution ammo
priasing $500 from the general fund.
Ihese resolutions provoked consi6erabje
discussion. Mr. McOlelland took tho
ground that the street bond account WAS
intended for repairing the ssreets aa
we'll rs for making permanent improves
ments. Mr.. Loughery took differens
view, and nearly every Nom Der Of Coun-
Oil hadshis opinion, and no ono heei.ated
to express It.
Tho vote was taken on Mr.. Wilson's
resolution first This was REJECTED by
ayes 10, noes S. DR.. Coulbourn's amend.
mens was also rejected by cha same
vote. Tho question recurring to the
resolution OF Mr.. McClellapd he
amended 1t by proposing $500 in lieu OF
81 600. 10 this amended resolution Mr..
Loughery proposed q substitute, sppro-
prissing $500 from the sewar repair
account. The sewer committee
objected to this plan and it went down
by vote OF ayos 4, noes IL.
The question being on agreeing to
Mr.. McClellsnd's resolution, the vote
stood ayes, IL; NOES, 4, Mesers. Caaey
ana Boehm stating that they could not
vote Tor the resolution because they
thoughe 1t illegal TO appropriate money
from the street bond sccouns. DR..
Coulbourn stated that he voted for the
resolution becauee he thought 1t was
legal. But tho resolution was lost byn
vote Of IL to 4.
AT this point Mr.. Loughery moved TO
refer the subject to the finance COM
mtstee to report, to which Mr.. Terry
offered substitute that $500 be nppro-
pristed from the general fund and
placed to the credit OF the strees repsir
account, and providing that the money
should be expended at not excee ding
Si25 per month under the direction Of
she street committee and city engineer.
MIR. Terry stated that he hoped the
mem bers OF the Council would come to.
gether on this matter, and let something
be done tonight. This seemed 10 be
solution OF the much vexed question,
ana the clerk proceeded to call the roll.
All went merrily with affirmative votes
amid profound silence until Mr.. McClel.
land, the chairman OF the finance com.
mistee, voted noe. This killed, tho res.
olptton, the vote being II toll
MIR. Loughery's motion to refer the
matter TO the finance committee was
also rejected, the chairman having
stated that he would make no further
report ON the M after.
Trial of DIR. Brown.
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