Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-06-02
THE MEASURES VETOED.

The measures vetoed are the following
An ordinance which reduces the con-
peusat!on Of the Commissioner OF Wy
Revenue from I'VE eiGhths Oh PEI 'N"'
I'M to three eighths. a..
An ordinance reducing the compensation
Of the City Collector from sctth eisH'N'
OF ] per centum 10 five elShthS oil.
An ordinance which requires the clerk
20 the Auditor 10 perform the duties OF
Transfer Clerk without additlohai co"h-
Nn ordinance reducing the salary. OF
the assistant to the Auditor from Si'-N
An ordinance reducing the salary. OF
thc Harbor Master from $3.50 to Szoo
year. .ho
An ordinance reducing the salary Of. OF the
CLERK of the Third Market from SWp 10
$500. and the Janitor of the Tnird Maihc'
from t45 to $2J month. c.. No
An ordnance concerning the Street De
partment. This ordinance limits w
number OF vehicles and horses KEPT ia
the street Department as Follows; IVo
horses and two vehicles This oidlnahct
also limits the number OF managers VI
hands and carts TO two, ana does away
with the sewer foreman. -
An ordinance reducing the salary Oi
the Physician to the AlmshOuse from
An ordinance reducing the salary of
the Secretary of the Electoral Board
from 500 to 500 a year
Transfer Clerk i'm the Auditors once.
THE MEASURES APPROVED.
The measures approved by the Mayor
were as follows:
An ordinance which reduces the salary
Of the Mayor Of the city from $2'oOo 10
$500 q year.
An ordnance fixing the hours of the
several departments of the city at from
A. II. to y. VI.
4 resolution instructing the City At
fg
Virginia for such legislation as VIII en-
able the City Council to fix the compen-
sation of the City Coroner.
The veto message as submitted TO the
the Mayors action viii not be mice
public until next Monday evening. when
IL will be submitted to the Common
Council at a regular session.
Under the charter il only requires n
vote of the majority OF the members
elected to each branch to pass the mea-
sures over the Mayors veto.
INCOMES REDUCED ONE HALF.
VI has been observed that the reduc-
lions which the ordinances with refer
enco 10 the Commissioner of the Revenue
and the City Tax Collector make, really
mean the cutting down Of the net COM
Densation of these officials by about %
per cent. The expenses Of these offices are
borne by the officers. and the CoInmis-
sioncr OF the Revenue receives hVe
taxes OF property assessed, and IT is pro-
posed to reduce his compensation to
three Fights of l per cent. while with the
CITY Tax Collector the reduction conteln-
plated is from seven clgnthS 10 I'VE
eighths of i per cent. on the SlO0 of all
the money actually collected by him in
taxes. by the time these officers pay
their clerks and other Office expenses
the cuts proposed would bring down their
own income to about one half what 1t
Is now.
The ordinance granting the American
Telephone and Telegraph Company or
mond and do local and ng-distance
telephone business will be presented 10
the Common Council on Monday night
next. Much interest is being felt in the
result Of the consideration of this matter
bv the two branches OF the Council The
fight will probably be one OF the longest
hardest and most bitter the city fathers
have yet gone through with.