The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-12-21

CITY COUNCIL IN
ADJOURNED SESSION
The Officers Salaries Fixed For the
Coming Year.
THE LICENSE SCHEDULE
Was Read and Referred to the Judi
Ciary Committee.
WILL COME UP TUESDAY NIGHT
A Fight to Again Interfere With the Market Lin
its Was KiIIed-Water Committee Asked
For Further Time More Trees to
Be Purchased For Parks.
WILL COME UP TUESDAY NIGHT

At the city council meeting last night the
license schedule for 1898 was reported by
the license committee. 1t was not adopted,
but referred to the judiciary committee.
Among the changes were: Bill posters,
from $40 to S25; pool tables, from $50 to $50;
boarding houses, from s. to $40, cut out;
boarding houses, fifteen or more rooms, $40;
where transients are taken, $25; bottlers OF
ale and beer, $25 to $50; throwing boards,
ETC., IS per week. or $50 per year; cash reg
listers, 500 to $50; concert music halls, $50
per week, cut out; sample rooms $25 to
$40; electropoise, 500 to $25; fruitstand side
walk privileges, s25; labor agents, 500 to
$25; retail liquor dealers prohibited from
selling wholesale; wholesale dealers, $SOO;
merchandise broker, $25 to $40; brokers rep
resenting firms outside of state, s25 to $40;
corn and flour mills, $50 to $685. pawn
brokers, $50 to s25; slot machines, cut out.
The board adjourned to meet next Tues
day night.
The Market Limit Fight
There were present Aldermen Lynagh,
Wheeler, Ashford, Kerr RAINBOW, Nc
Knight Moore, Drennen, Williams Alt
man, Graham, Hamilton, Pearce, Gray,
McCartin, Harrington and Hentschel.
The first business resulted from the pro-
visions of the last meeting again changing
the market limits.
Through Attorney Dan Green, j. H.
Riggs. the proprietor of a market between
Third and Fourth avenues, on Twenty
fourth street, asked that the board allow
him the privilege of continuing his market.
Mr.. Green said it was a great convenience
to large number of citizens to have the
market, and a petition numerously signed
was presented. Mr.. Griggs was granted
the privilege of running market within
the market limits during October of the
present year.
Alderman Altman said If the doors were
opened in this case it should be done in
every case. He declared that he would so
vote If the bars were now let down.
Alderman RAINBOW, chairman of the mar
ket committee, said there was no use of
having a market limit if special privileges
were allowed to few. He said If the pc
tition was referred to the market commit
tee it would be reported adversely in a few
minutes.
Alderman Ashford said the market COM
mittee made a mistake last year, and saw
it. This year, he said, the committee had
sought to correct it, and it's intentions were
set forth in the report at the last meeting.
Attorney Green appealed to the board,
saying it was an injustice for the board to
have granted Mr. Riggs the privilege and
after he had gone to the expense to fit up
his market to cut it off.
A motion to disalow was carried, with
Messrs. Drennen and Williams voting mo-"
Report of Committees
Chairman Williams, of the Park COM
mittee, reported that 500 trees had been
purchased for the parks at IS cents each.
The water works committee reported
progress and asked for further time
Chairman Gray, of the finance commit
tee, offered resolution appropriating ST.,
900 to pay salaries of public school teach
ers for the month ending last Friday. Car
ried.
He also reported that he had number
of citations for merchants tax, real es-
tate tax. ETC., which had been in hand
since 1891 1t was referred to the finance
committee with power to act.
Chairman Gray also introduced a reso-
luton fixing street tax at SO for 1898 AL
derman Moore moved that it be made 81.
The substitute was laid on the table.
When the original proposition came up
Alderman Altman moved that 1t be made
$3.50. There was no second and the origi-
nal resolution was passed.
Pauper Cripples Exempt
Alderman Hentschel moved that pauper
cripples be exempt. Mr. Moore moved to
amend it by making all cripples exempt.
Mayor Evans said If this was done some
ordinances would have to be repealed.
Mr.. Moore withdrew his motion. City At
torney Lowe said that the courts had al
hat amin
Mayor Evans brought up the question
Of whether a man paid his taxes in one
county and then came here would have
to pay it again. The attorney said his
construction of the law was that he did
not
Alderman Williams amended Mr.. Hent-
schels motion by adding that all cripples
should furnish tax collector with a GER
tifcate from the city physician. Carried.
The street committee was authorized to