The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-11-21
ROUTINE BUSINESS
BEFORE THE COUNCIL
Commission to Revise the City Or
dinanCes Takes Its RepOrt-=Better
Highway to Prospect Hill.

The Common Council met at 8 O'Clock
last evening President Kendrick i'm the
chair, and a quorum present.
Councilman Cook from the committee
on ordinances, presented report upon
bill for an ordinance in amendment
of chapter "a Of the ordinances, entitled
highways" and providing for charg-
| ing the cost of removing ice and snow
! from sidewalks adjoining city property
! to the department having the care and
! custody of such city property. and
moved its passage.
Councilman Gardiner said that there
might be some MISUNDERSTANDING as 10
which department. should assume tn
cost as In the case OF public school
property, and he suggested that the
bill lay on the table until further in
formation could be obtained.
councilman Cooke said that the idea
was TO have snow and ice removed
promptly and speedily, and he believed
that the bin as drawn would provide
the remedy needed.
There was further discussion OF a
general nature after which the motion
10 lay on the table was lost, ami the
ordinance was adopted on a roll call, 81
TO 3.
<hA9D iipiil liit Sdiilt cOIllllllttts a blll
Tor an ordinance relative TO the ke ping
OF fowls I'm dwelling houses; passed.
REVISED ORDINANCES.
Councilman Cooke also presented the
report of the COMMISSIONS appointed
by resolution No. 70, series OF 1899. sub
mitting IAN ordinance comprising the
general ordinances OF the city OF Proyi-
dence as revised in tn year 1899"
al fzt-ip H.
wick is substantially as follows: The
condition of many OF the special city
statutes, i'm consequence of successive
amendments, is such that ii may be eX-
pcdient to postpone the printing OF the
city statutes until the amendment OF
some of them. and the repeal of others.
can be obtained from the General AS
sembly.
That the practice OF printing extracts
from the general statutory law OF the
state be discontinued, for the reason
that the Disadvantages OF so doing are
at least equal to the advantages.
That the special city statutes. includ-
ing the city charter and it's amend
ments. be published in separate vol
ume; and that the revised ordinances
of the city council and the revised rules
OF The board OF aldermen, together with |
the special ordinances adopted prior TO |
January 1887, which are still i'm force |
be published I'm another volume; thus |
providing two volumes Of perhaps 500 |
pages each.
That the special ordinances adopted |
since January, 1887. be not reprinted be |
cause they already exist in print I'm the
annual supplements" TO the ordinance
book OF 1887. But this presupposes that
the supplements for 1893 and 1899 will be
published. The special ordinances are
not frequently referred to- and never
hastily; and all necessary and conve-
nient access 10 them can be supplied by |
q reference-injeX In the volume CON |
tanning the ordinances and rules.
The commissioner therefore requests |
that he may b. authorized ana directed |
TO confer with the committee on ord-
nances and the city solicitor, and 10
adopt the method and form of pubiica-
tion of the city laws which they shall
recommend.
In presenting this report the commits
sloner desires To acknowledge the val
liable assistance OF Mr.. Daniel II. HAY
den, especially In the adaptation OF the
ordinances 10 the present adminlstra-
tive methods or the city government.
The resolution accompau, sig the re-
port reads as follows: Resolved. THAT
the commissioner appointed under reso-
luton No. 40, series of 1899 be and he
is hereby authori2el and directed I'm
carrying out the provisions of said res
oluton NO. 20 70 publish the city Ia qVs
and ordinances i'm accordance with the
recommendation contained I'm his re-
port submitted to the City Council No
vember 90 1899
On motion of Councilman Shenhan
the report and all papers connected
with the matter were referred to the
committee on ordinances.
SEWERS ORDERED.
Councilman o'Connell from the COM
mittee on sewers. presented a report
upon resolution ordering a storm sew
er I'm Livingston street, North Main
street and Branch avenue: estimated
cost s6644a6
Also report upon resolutions order
ing sewers % be- but I'm Burnside
street. CaDron street. Bahaklava street
.halkstone and River avenues. and i'm
AtWells avenue. from the railroad
bridge westerly 20 end Of sewer near
Eagle street: total estimated cost of
'ald sewers S2917; total assessments ,
'350f The several resolutions were
adopted collectively on a roll call.
From the board of aldermen were !
u0ME E0O arm egCn