The Savannah morning news., 1901-10-02
MUST FURNISH BOND
ORDINANCE TO COVER CITY TREAS
URER's CLERKS.
FOR AID INTERIM APPOINTMENT
CHAIRMAN DIXON'S NEW ORDI-
NANCE ALSO PROVIDES.


and No Provision Is Made for an.
Appointment During His Absence.
His Clerks viii Have to Furnish
Security in the Sum of $4,000.
To-night's Meeting of Council Will
BE Interesting Separation of
Races Is Not PrObabIe-QuestiOn of
Street Railway Franchise.
An ordinance requiring the clerks in
the office of the city treasurer to fur
nish bond in the sum of $1,000, will be
introduced at to-night's meeting of
Council by Chairman James NJ. Dixon
of the Finance Committee. The meas
ure also provides for the appointment
of an ad interim treasurer.
The necessity of such an ordinance
was brought out some time ago, and
there will be no opposition to the ordi-
nance that will be placed on it's first
reading tonight. AS matters now
stand, the treasurer is the only offiial
in that office under bond, and no pro-
vision is made for the transaction of
business during his absence from the
city. 1t had been held that his bail
would cover the workings of the office,
even though a mistake should be made
by clerk. There seems to be ques-
ton as to whether this ruling could be
made to hold, and, too, even if it is
perfectly regular, the aldermen say
that it is a hardship on the treasurer
to hold him responsible for the acts of
his clerks when the matter can be rec
titled by an ordinance.
AS far as is known this is the only
new ordinance that will be introduced
at the session of Council The meet
ing, however, promises to be an inter
esting one. The ordinance introduced
by the Committee of the Whole for the
| separation of the races on dummy
electric and street cars, awil be put on
its second reading for passage. When
the measure first saw light it was be-
lieved that it would pass without oppo-
sition. A canvass of the aldermen
makes it safe to predict that the meas
ure will be defeated tonight. unless
there is a decided and unexpected
| change in the feelings of the members
of the board. An alderman stated that
he did not see how Council could be
expected to pass the ordinance, when
there is said to be a state law to gov
ern the case. Neither does he think
that the plan outlined in the ordinance
| is practicable.
Mayor Myers and those members of
the board who could be seen. favor an
| ordnance providing for the laying of
| electric light, telephone and telegraph
wires underground on West Broad
street, before the street is paved with
Fltrlned brick. The members of Coun-
Gil think very we'll of the plan. and
say that it is a step in the right di-
rection. The aldermen say that such
an ordinance should come from the
| chairman of the Streets and Lanes
| committee. Chairman Watson said
| that he had been too busy to give the
| question any consideration, and that he
had not had time to draw up any or
dinances. even if he had been so dis
! posed. Unless some other member of
the board takes the matter up, there
| Will be no ordinance on this line to-
night, although it is quite probable
| that the question will be discussed in
| caucus.
The matter of the offering of a street
railway franchise will probably be
| taken up by the Committee of the
| Whole, and some change may be made
in the report of the Streets and Lanes
Committee. The only objection to the
| report made by some of the aldermen
Is the minimum price named by the
city to be received for the franchise.
Those who oppose it think that $75 900
is too much when such short payments
| are required. One alderman is in favor
| OF making the minimum price 100000
and selling to the highest bidder. It
is not believed that if an ordinance
should be adopted to conform with
the report of the Streets and Lanes
Committee that a purchaser for the
! franchise would be found
The petition of the Seaboard Air
Line for the privilege to lay tracks on
the Strand, Bay, jefferson and Bryan
streets will probably be refused al
though there will be some discussion
of the subject. Mayor Myers favors
the granting of the privilege, and some
of the aldermen have not yet determin-
ed how they will vote. They say that
| they prefer to hear the question argued
| pro and con before putting themselves
on record. Several members of the
board are unalterably opposed to Civ
ing the railroad what it asks for and
| will probably manage to kill the peti-
ton.
An ordinance on it's second reading.
providing for the roadways, sidewalks
and grass plats of Thirty-fourth, Thir-
ty-fifth and Thirty-sixth streets, be-
tween Habersham and Montgomery
streets, will be passed. The ordinance
was introduced by the Committee on
Streets and Lanes to secure the uni
formity of the streets and sidewalks.
The roadways on the three streets in
the southern section must be thirty
two feet wide, the grass plats five feet
wide and the sidewalks nine feet. AS
far as can be learned. there are no
other matters of Importance to be
transacted by Council.