The age-herald., 1900-03-22
LENGTHY SESSION
 OF CITY COUNCIL Several Important Matters Up
 for Consideration. PETITION OF THE DAlRYMEN Use of Streets for Fair Purpose Grant ed to the Elks- Improvement As- sessment Ordinances Adopt
 ed-Other Business
PETITION OF THE DAlRYMEN

nine improvement assessment ordinances listened to a complaint from the associated dairymen of Birmingham granted permit to the Elks to use Second avenue between Eighteenth and Nineteenth streets for street fair purposes, discussed a number of other matters and adjourned. Twelve members of the board were pres ent when the mayor rapped for order but two of these left when the assessment or dinances were taken up and half of the oth- CTS retired to the mayors office, where they remained except when called into the council chamber to answer to their names on aye and nay votes. When Mayor Drennen called the board to order the following members were present: Mayor Drennen, and Aldermen Rainbow, Mcknight, Kerr, Meighan, Moore, Will jams, McNally, Thach, Heidt, Gray and Jones.
 The Dairymen A committee representing the Dali ymen's association was present to enter a protest against certain provisions of the mix in- spection ordinance recently adopted. on motion the regular order of business was suspended and the committee requested 10 make known their complaints. H. Hassard' for the committee, read the following peu- ton, which was presented with an amended ordinance, covering the claims of the dalry- men: ITO the Honorable Board of Mayor ana Aldermen:
 "Gentlemen
 "1 That whereas, we dairymen, workinS hard late and ealfy, for living, ~Tpn .ess reward for our labor than any ouIer pro fessljon and considerably more so py a re- cent ordinance which your honoraole po1y has seen fit to enaCS inasmuch as II u-s- crim.na;es against the local dairymen Dy not embracing all parties that sell mak' nor extending outside your pohce Jurlsdac- ti9n.
 "2 Tcat it dscriminates, in that :f sucn ordinance was made in the interest Cu the public hea.tn tc fails in its object, as u does not include cream or butter, Wh'1h are more like.y to carry disease produclng germs than milk.
 .3. That tt discriminaies In that it does not provide the necessary safeguards that the public helbtn demands in requiring any and every shipped dairy product to be ac- companied widl certificate of properly qualified veterinary surgeon or other au- tnoIity, showing that tne cows producing such sn:pped product are free from lhlec- tious diseases, which in substance is what the local datryman is obliged to have
 A. That il discriminates in that it does restrict the sale elf oleostnous substances, winch are not direct products of leSbtd- mate dairy, or creamery, by special license or otherwise and under its true name.
 ''5 And to show We approve of a fair and equitable law that has for its object the welfare of the public health, with equal rights to all and special privileges to none, we respectfully submit for adoption the annexed as an amended ordinances:
 Mr. Hassard said the dairymen wanted the license to remain the same as at pres ent, that is, 8 per year for dairy with less than ten cows, and $1O per year for dairy with more than ten cows, but he said they wanted all parties treated alike. He said that parties living out in the country would come to the city during the summer, when milk was plentiful, and sell their product without paying the license.
 He further urged that dealers in butter, cream and milk shipped in from other places be taxed and made especial refer ence to the Elgin creamery as furnishing an article that he said was not pure or clean. He said the dairymen wanted the inspection applied to butter and cream, as well as to milk.
 Mar. ct Committee
 The market committee, through Its chairman, Alderman Rainbow, made the following report:
 AS there has been some talk of a fifty cent inspection fee to be charged for the tuberculosis test, the committee recom- mends that no charge of this kind shall be made, and nothing but the regular fee of five and ten dollars will be collected, as in the regular ordinance.
 That the inspector be instructed to pro- ceed at once with the tuberculosis test.
 ''nhe committee further recommends that for all milk shipped into the city that the man handling the same be required to pay a license the same as dairymen here, and that he shall show a certificate from a qualified veterinary surgeon showing that the cows from which the milk is taken are free from tuberculosis and all other infec- tious diseases.
 '"The committee further recommends that the board of mayor and aldermen al- low s75 for whitewashing the meat and veg etable markets.
 The petition, together with the market committees report, was referred to the market committee with instructions to re- port back al the next meeting of the coun- cil.
 That portion of the committees report relating to the tuberculosis test was adopt ed.
 
 W. P. McCrossn representing commit- tee from the Birmingham lodge of Elks, presented a petition requesting a permit to conduct a street fair for one week in May, and for the use of Second avenue from Fourteenth street to within 1S0 feet of Eighteenth street, and that no license be required for same. The fair is to be given for the benefit of the local lodge of Eks, the proceeds to go towards building home in this city for the members of that order. The petition was granted.
 The regular order of business was taken up, and Chairman Kerr of the finance com- mttee, recommended the appropriation of $1,OO0, with which to pay for the lot at the north end of Oak Hill cemetery, recently purchase9 from Judge J. J. Garrettson. The recommendation was adopted.
 MT. Kerr called up the ordinances levying assessments for street and sanitary im- provements, nine in number, and objections being made to their adoption, action 2p ] them was deferred fifteen minutes until D. ! J. Smyer, who represented several prop