San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-12-15
COUNCIL SESSION.
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the city.
Alderman Dreiss offered an amend
ment providing that the ordinance
should not apply to day laborers.
Alderman Holt accepted the amend
ment, with the statement, however,
that he could see no good reason why
day laborers should be excepted, and
a proviso to the amendment that no
person who could not understand and
speak the English language should be
given employment as long as person
who did understand and speak the
language could be found to work.
Alderman HOefling said he saw no
sense in the ordinance as amended, as
the day laborers were about the only
ones who could not speak the English
language. Alderman Holt there
upon said while on an in
vestigatiOn committee he found that
in large measure the misunderstand-
ing and misrepresentation about sew
err work was the result of having sew
er inspectors who could not intelli-
gently speak the English language,
while on another occasion he had been
on an investigation committee and
found man employed in the city hos
pital who couldn't speak word of
English. He said he thought it was
about time the bona fide citizens of
San Antonio were given chance to
work. He favored giving English
speaking citizens the preference in
all work of the city.
Alderman Hoefiing remarked that
he knew MeXicans who had lived in
San Antonio for thirty years and yet
could not speak the English language.
Alderman Dreiss wanted Alderman
Holt to specify the offices to which
his ordinance was to apply.
Alderman Mackey said the adoption
of the ordinance would have a bad
effect on the city and would stop i'm
migration.
A vote was taken on the ordinance
and resulted as follows:
Ayes-Devine, Dreiss, Holt, Meer-
scheidt, Robards; ).
Nays-Fahey, Hoefling, Mackey,
Guerguin, Robin, Oge, 6.
A communication from the Collins
Land company submitting a form of
agreement between the company and
the city by the terms of which the
Collins Land company is to have the
right to build twenty feet into the
river at Houston street bridge, making
the river 20 feet wide at this point in
return for grant of sufficient proper
ty to make the river 20 feet wide at
a point a short distance north of the
bridge was received.
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laid over till the next meeting.
The following resolutions We're in
trOduced:
By Mackey-That the mayor be in
structed to issue warrants upon the
city treasury to all city employees for
their monthly salaries, said warrants
to be paid in rotation according to
their respective numbers under speci-
fic appropriations.
After some discussion City Attorney
Minor was asked for his opinion ON
the subject and said that it was only
a question Of business expediency, as
he believed the city had the right to
issue warrants as provided for in AL
derman Mackey's resolution.
On motion the resolution was refer
red to the council as committee of
the whole and action postponed until
the next meeting.
By Robin-That the city marshal be
ordered to enforce the city ordinance
against yard of the Lopez street
school. Adopted.
BY Robin-The city marshal be Or
dered to enforce the ordinance against
discharging fire arms, fire crackers,
etc, in the city limits. Adopted.
By Robin-That holes in San Jacin-
to street near Monterey street be fill
ed. Adopted.
BY Oge-That the mayor contract
for grading and matchmaking portion
of astreet at the intersection of Turner
street and that $40 be appropriated
therfor. Adopted.
BY Guerguin-That South Flores
street between Beanville and the, shoe
factory be repaired. Adopted.
BY Guerguin-That n hole in Gull
beau street be filled. Adopted.
BY Fahey-That the brush be cut
out of certain streets in the Sixth
ward. Adopted.
By Devine-That the ditch CON-
missioner be ordered to cut off the
water in the Upper Labor ditch at
McCulloch avenue on Wednesday,
December 16.
The council then adjourned.
TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY.