Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1897-07-22
CITY COUNCIL IN SESSION
Hears a Report From DR.. Wilder
the City Physician.
ACTIVE VIGILANCE IS USED
In Having Suspects Taken to the Pest House
and Cared For
HAVE AMPLE FACILITIES AT PRESENT
A Number of Tents Being secured-Citi-
zens Must Cut Away Weeds From in
Front of Their Premises-An
Alderman's Bereavment.
ACTIVE VIGILANCE is USED
HAVE AMPLE FACILITIES AT PRESENT

A meeting OF the CITY council WAS nelu
last night with the following in attend
ance: Acting Mayor Pearce and Alder
men Wheeler, Ashford, RAINBOW, Kerr,
Mcknight, Meighan, Williams, Graham,
Drennen. Hamilton, Gray and McCartin.
The minutes of the previous meeting
were read and approved.
The finance committee, through Chair
man Gray, reported a large batch of bills,
and recommended them paid. The report
was accepted and the bills ordered paid.
The judiciary and cemetery committees
had no reports to make. The miscella-
neous committee was in a like condition.
The market committee reported that
they were unable to agree on a petition
and referred it back to the council. 1t
referred to petition from Mr. Johnson to
be allowed to establish a market on
Twenty-fourth street. Alderman Gray
moved that the petition be allowed. IL
was so ordered
Alderman Harrington entered and was
enrolled among those present.
Dr. Wilder, the city physician, was
present and made a short address IN
reference to the pest house quarters.
He stated that only one tent could be
found yesterday, and the quarters are not
what might be desired A stable is be-
ing utilized Late yesterday afternoon,
however tents were received and plenty
He said that there was little or no dan
ger in the present disease spreading
among the white people. In every negro
settlement cases are being report d.
In the camp on Red mountain are nine
cases with the eruption on them, besides
several suspicious cases. The county
commissioners are building two new five
room houses just beyond the present
camp. About twenty people are quarter
ed on Red mountain.
May0r Pea sJ1DDlpmpnted his rapOrt
by virtually stating the same thing.
Every precaution is being taken and no
new cases have been reported in the last
day or two.
and the victim, with his wife, sister and
baby. are domiciled in the camp on Red
mountain.
An ordinance was introduced as follows
by Alderman McCartn:
An ordinance to better provide for the
cleanliness of the city.
Be 1t ordained by the mayor and board
of aldermen of Birmingham, That every
owner and occupant of dwelling house
in the city of Birmingham and every
owner or agent of vacant lots be, and is
hereby required to keep the premises and
sidewalks and to the center of the streets
attingent thereto free from weeds.
Be 1t further ordained, That any per-
son failing to comply with the provisions
of this ordinance SHALL on conviction, be
fined not less than 81 nor more than $25
DR.. Wilder was asked his opinion of the
ordinance and stated that he thought
1T was an excellent idea. Alderman Kerr
questioned the advisa bilty of passing
such an ordinance.
The rules were suspended and the or
dinance was put on its second and third
readings and final passage. 1t was
unanimously adopted
The street committee, through Chair
man McCartin, presented an ordinance
on the grading and paving of certain
streets The rules were suspended and
the ordinance was put on it's second and
third readings and final passage. 1t
prevailed.
Alderman McCartin offered a resolu-
ton authorizing the city engineer to adj
vertise for bids for all the curbing need
ed by the city during the year 1897.
A petition was received asking that
sidewalks be put down on the north side
of Fourth avenue, between certain streets
and on the south side of Avenue J, be-
tween Nineteenth and Twentieth streets.
resolution authorizing the work pre-
vailed.
Alderman Drennen introduced a n ordin-
ance requiring that all children applying
for admission to the public schools must
present a staement from a regularly IL
censed physician certifying that the said
child had been vaccnated, and that no
child shall be admitted who has not been
vaccinated. The ordinance was passed
under a suspension of the rules.
Alderman 1Tdy Introduced the IOllOW-
ing resolution, which was adopted:
Resolved. That the mayor and alder
men HI ar with sorrow of the bereavement
of Alderman Hentschel in the loss of his
wife and offer to him their sympathy in
this his hour of trouble.
Resolved, That a copy of these resolu-
tons be sent Alderman Hentschs and
be spread on the minutes of this body.
Resolved, That the board attend the
funeral of Mrs. Hentschel in a body.
The aldermen will attend the funeral In
a body.
Many resolutions were introduced, the
most important being given below.
The Old fight between the city authori-
ties and the police depa rtment was begun
anew when Alderman Ashford intro
duced the following ordinance, which
was adopted without a dissenting voice
Be 1t resolved by the mayor and board
of aldermen of Birmingham. That from
and after this date the market clerk, in
addition to his other duties should be
required to check up daily and to make
a daily report of all cases tried and con-
victed in the inferior criminal court
Be it further resolved, That it shall be
the duty of the said market clerk to call
the roll each morning of all prisoners con-