The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-18

money to be expended. The report
makes no such specification.
The chair ruled that the order was
properly before the house. Alderman
O'Connell appealed from the ruling of
the chair, but the chair was sustained
by vote of to 8. Alderman Bar
rett raised the point that no order ap-
propriating money could be considered
unless by general consent, and he OBJ
jected. The chair ruled otherwise, and
the alderman appealed. The chair was
again sustained, however, by vote
Of to 8.
Alderman O'Connell then brought up
the point that the report had never
been accepted, and that the order could
not be adopted previous to that action.
A motion was then made and the re-
port accepted. The alderman from ward
then made claim that the order had
never been before the board previous
to this time, and that therefore it came
in the line of new business and could
not be disposed of by one reading, If
any member objected
The city solicitor was appealed to,
but Mr.. Rugg was hardly prepared to
rule in the point at issue, so far as
the matter of parliamentary law was
concerned. He considered the records
of the board would show what he'd
been done with the matter. The record
was consulted, but no mention was
made of the order.
Alderman O'Connell took another
stand on this point, and contended that
the chair was wrong in his ruling. Fle
appealed to the members to take time
and make sure that their action was
legal. The president ruled finally that
the order had been before the board
before, and took another vote
on,
from his decision, which result
ed to g. Alderman Huot having left
the chamber before the vote was taxi
en-. The order, as amended was then
put and carried by a vote of 5 to 3,
the yeas and nays being called for
The committee on police submitted a
report on the police rules as revised
last year, and still further amended
this year. The amendment made to
the rules as printed is in connection
with rule SO, which states: mo officer
shall during his tour Of duty or at any
time while in uniform receive from
the proprietor Of any hotel saloon, res
taurant, coffee house, lunch room or
night lunch cart or any of their en-
ployees or of any person in their be-
half, any refreshment whatsoever with
out paying therefor the same price
charged to the public. Any violation
suspension
| The committee wish to amend the
rule by changing the word paying to
| rendering in payment" Several mem
bers of the board had not read the
rule, and the report was finally laid
over until the next meeting.
| When the order for additional salary
of $500 to be paid Sylvester w. Dear
| born for horse hire reached the upper
/ hco nd ANT CT
Several aldermen expressed themselves
Of the opinion that the office of in
| spector of brick was getting all the
salary necessary at present. The mat
| ter was tabled.
The matter of Capitalization of high
schools came in for some discussion,
but the orders providing for a new
high school at the south end were
passed by a vote of to 3.
The order to refund SIS paid by H.
E. Townsend as water tax, passed by
the lower board, was rejected in non
concurrence.
A communication from the mayor rel
alive to disbursing money to Mary Ell
len Martin and Augustus Brigham, as
provided by law, was approved.
These sewer assessments were or
dered: College street-Ellen McGauley
guardian for Nellie McCauley, $51;
Thomas F. McGauley, $780, Holy Gross
College, $153.
Clay street-Ellen McGauley guar
dian for Annie McGauley, $99.27; Geo.
Jarman, $4,000; John r. Boyce, $50 so;
Mark Hook, $1,000; Ellen M. Boyden
$91 so; Alma G. Boyden, sS1.S6; George
Jarman, $34.17; William H. Smith
$50 so; Equity Cooperative Bank
$780, Alma G. Bcyden, $66.30
Some of the members wanted to ad.
journ until September, but motor
was finally passed to hold the mex
meeting Monday night next, at TAI
o'clock