The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-05-23
DISREGARD THE VEIO
The Council Passes the Old Sal
ary Ordnance



A New Iaqusr nm nsqu1rsng Restsu-
1unss 20 Take Out Rseaii Lsosnses
KmsrEsncy Appropr1asdoas-
Ths city council inst In special session
last evening. The principal object OF the
meeting was 10 consider the new salary
or1inance fntrpeaced At tho last session
o. the councfi BY President Crfchton Oh
ths mayors veto Of the former o-dinance
The reason Why . rev ordinance ses IL
ordnance over the veto. vas because OF
fatal clerical error In the vetoed tnssra-
mens- The Eord annual instead Of
monthly" vas used The ordinance which
passed last night was identical win the
vetoed cne. with the exception Of this
error corrected. and q raise OF the salary
Of three ofYicfals Is each
Other business transacted by the council
vas the passage Of new liquor ordinance
The principal changes from the existing
Law are In provaslons requiring restAg-
ranss and eating houses which serve
drinks with meals to take out retail liquor
licenses: and O further provision. In the
same direction. forbidding the giving
away Of liquor. ~ well e. the selling.
without proper license.
The application OF Joseph Green for
wholesale ard retail liquor license Was
referred % the committee on license and
revenue.
The report Of the spsclaAeommitsee. Her
mann. Gibson and Navin. bn the proposed
salary bill. reported fAvorably and recon-
mended IT'S paysaga NcArdie moved the
adoption The bill was the one introduced
by President Crichton At the last session
Of the council. II differs only from the
bill passed and vetoed by the mayor in
that Il raises the salaries Of three officials
S each. the mayors clerk. and the fore
man and auditor OF the water department
A hrisf argument followed Hurd OPP
posed the Bill He thought an ordinance
should be drawn on the lines suggested BY
the mayors veto.
Councilman Rude supported the bifi
briefly. Hermann said that the committee
had consulted the mayor, but had failed
to arrive ct any satisfactory agreement.
hence the committee had decided unAni-
mously to report the bill favorabiy.
James. with some little display Of feel
ing. said that II seems that certain MEM
bars Of the council. In addition TO the
committee, had bean In consultation with
the mayor. He said there seemed to be
committee Of seven" who were sncifnsd
to run things without reference to other
members. He said further that In the
make up OF the special COMMITTEES the
chair had not appointed any member VINO
belonged to the minority.
ellison said he had offered to give up his
position on the committee to James
James responded that the gentleman
ought to learn something about pAriia-
mentary law. He could not have given
up his seat a. he proposed.
Gibson. rather hotly. said he might not
49, - 49, AFrRn
other people on the soor.
McArdle suggested that the gentleman
from the Sixth ward tGilson) had probably
been misled by the example OF ex-Mayor
Black into the belief that he could resign
his seat on the committee and select his
own successor. This caused mild laugh.
and good humor was restored.
The report was then adopted BY viva
voce vote.
A communication from the board Of pub
Ito works was received. calling attention
10 q number of emergency expenditures
made by the board and requesting appro-
pr.atfons therefor as follows:
Fitting up hospital for smallpox cases,
overdraft SEA: also recommending . fur
Their appropriation of SIS.
In fitting up the suspect house for . lep-
er. 1t having been stripped by vandals.
90. Nurse hire for sixteen days for the
same. sls.
Expenditures OF quarantine In a case OF
measles In q destitute family, SO overdraft
from board Of health. and asking So add
tional
Replacing piles under Grant street
bridge. $1o0
Expenditures made necessary by the
breaking OF drain on Yesler way. between
sixth and Seventh avenues. In putting in
box drain, 90.
Asking an appropriation of IS to remove
a DANGEROUS porch on q vacant house at
No. 400 Denny way.
Asking the council at the earliest possi-
bic moment to consider and appropriate
the money necessary to remove debris
and stop further slides In Yesler way.
The council went into committee Of the
whole. with Hermann In the chair, to con.
s.der the communication After consider,
Ing the matter the committee arose and re.
ported on the various items as follows:
smallpox cases. Recommending the appro-
priation: the leper case and suspect house
that II be referred to finance COMMITTEES:
the quarantine case OF measles, recom-
mending the appropriation; the Grant
street expenditure. recommending appro.
prfatson; the slide on Yesler way, recon-.
mendinx the expenditure: the dangerous
porch. recommending expenditure from
street fund: that the Yesler way matter
be referred 20 COMMITTEES on streeta TIA
report was adopted
on motion of James. the portion Of the
report calling for expenditures was re-
ferred to the ordinance committee.
Bnls were introduced as follows,
Permitting owners OF property IN special
assessment districts Mes. ios and foe 70 ~
deem the same by paying the amount Of
,ne assessment without interest, prov,d-
tas the payment 10 made within twenty
Gays: referred to street committee
Levyfng a special assessment To nav sha
nrse annual install,nent Of interest On W.T.
low street Improvement bonds, nnancs
COMMITTEES.
SANE ss to piks street improvement. ana
The following bulls were put upon ,he,r
third r<atingr
Concerning the traffic IN Intoxicating
nanors ard licensing and regulating the
ssms Rncs moved that the ordinance be
referred to'the corporation counsel
Tne corporation counsel sasi that he nsa
Ger ever the ordinance a good many
times. arc had no doubt Of the legality ~
the ordinance IN every parttcuIas ,,d ~
TIE power Of the city 20 enforce ~
Doccz ara Hermann -s.s thaf ~ ~. ,-,,-
nance compelled lodging houses sra r.s-
taurants TO take out licenses ,h~x w.. !,
favor Of Passing Il. Raymond war.ss :.
70 50 ever untii new chief Of poi,cs took
- p,ssuon- pocds moved that the eli be
placed On its final passage.
On thu ron call Chapman sxr,as,~s n.x
voting no by saying that he has CO. ,r,sr-
nous scrgpl.s against licensing ire sal. ~
Ecucr. The HfIl passed. Chapman ana ara
pres.sen. alone voting no ''- s'''
hii Authorizing the expenditure nf s>ro
II sinking pits On Rainier street 4, s<se--
mane fhe cause Of rs sitting was rassed
Chapman alone voting ra
Mr.