Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-08

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Inc reorganization OF the city council is
attracting considerable attention and is in
'eFestlng politicians of both parties. Ac-
1'TuIhg TO the rules, the old council will
meet next Monday night and dispose of all
diminished business. The vote cast at the
election Tuesday will then be canvassed and
the new members will be sworn in In
meaiate!y after the new members are in
Quoted into office an adjournment until
luesday night will be taken, when the new
council VIII meet and organize. The law
IN lhis connection says that each council
| man. before entering upon his duties. shall
De required TO give a bond to the CITY with
Two or more good and sufficient suretias
VINO shall each justify in the sum of s. 600
over and above all debts II is further
provided in the laws Of the state that If
any councilman shall vote for apy expendi
ture or appropriation of money or the Gre
alton of any liability in excess Of the amount
allowed by law that such councilman and
his sureties shall be liable to the law. In
the same section Of the statutes is found
the following regarding the organization OF
the council:
All councIlmen's terms of Office shall
commence the first Tuesday succeeding the
day Of election, upon which day they shall
council"
In connection with the organization OF the
council the state laws provide that: The
council will elect one of its own body
who shall be styled the president Of the
council and who shall preside at all meet
lngs of the council in the absence Of the
mayor. All acts Of the president of the
council while acting as temporary mayor
shall be as binding upon the council and
the city as if performed by the mayor"
After the legal formalities have been com
piled with next Monday evening and the
new members are sworn in the next thing
viii be the organization. The mayor, of
course, will preside, but the question of
appointing committees will be raised when
the mayer sends in his list and the fight
OF year ago will most likely be gone over
again. Last year the members Of the coun-
ell construed the law TO mean that the coun-
ell itself should meet and organize without
the aid, consent or assistance Of the mayor.
On account Of this difference OF opinion
no committee cards were printed and re-
ally no committees were officially ap-
pointed, although committees served during
the year without having any legal license
10 do so. II I'd Johnston succeeds in break
ing into the council he wlil, It IS reported,
try TO take a hand in the organization and
will attempt TO construe the law so as TO
invalidste the committees appointed or
named by the mayor. Johnston holds that
when the law says that the council shall
meet and organize it does not include the
mayor Mayor Ensor however holds other
wise and Will stand on his rights as chief
executive and insist that he name the com
mittees
There is some talk OF throwing out the
entire vote cast in the Fourth ward and
II this is done Sam Mort the present rep
resentatiye Of the ward In the council, will
hold over until a successor is elected and
qualified. It is asserted that the action Of
the judges in moving the voting precinct
from the barn at Thiriy-second and X
streets 70 the old school house was nOt
done according 10 law and for this reason
the entire vote may be thrown out. II the
ward is thrown out Lsverty and Olin, re-
publicans, will be elected members Of the
Board Of Education in the place OF Ryan
and Ficenec, democrats.
In connection with the conduct Of the
city council the law SAYS the mayor shall
have the deciding vote iL all cases where
there Is a tie, with the exception Of cases
where the expenditure Of money is in ques-