The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-19
 STILL IN DARK City Council Fails to Fix the Number. MAY CL0GGED WHEELS s Alderman Objected to Action
 and Matter Postponed. An Ordinance Adopted Requiring Off, fcials to Make Bonds. City to
 Pay Premiums7,Applieation
 for Option on Bonds.

Contrary to expectations the Montgom- cry City Council last night failed to de- eide upon the number of patrolmen for the Montgomery Police Department dur. decide this one vexed point was caused by the peculiar law that provides that one member of the City Council may shape its legislation. If there be not l, must cease to turn. There was not una nimity last night. Again Alderman May | refused to give his consent and the Coun- l ell postponed action until It's next meet | ing.
 The most important matter adopted by | the Council at its meeting last night was l an ordinance providing that all city offi- cials who are subject to a surety bond panies and that the city shall pay the premiums on the bonds out of the gen. eral fund. The matter was discussed at some length and was finally ma , adopted; present at the meeting last night, but no Alderman suggested that the unlucRy | number caused postponement of action upon the question of deciding the number of patrolmen who are to guard the peace and dignity for two years more. Those who were present were: President Elem ing and Aldermen Gunter. Haygood. May
 Cheney. Hartley. Toole: Roeder. McIn- tyre. Anderson, Kohn, Hudson and Far | ley.
 commenting condemnation of certain | sidewalks for curbing was referred to the | Go mmittee on Streets. On account of Alderman Rushton hay. ] ing been absent from the city the Finance Committee, of which he IS a member was granted further time to report on mat ters which are under consideration by | that Committee.
 Reports from Committees.
 Alderman Hartley, Chairman of the Committee on Streets. reported favor ably a petition from T. J. Mattox asking permission to erect sign at the corner of Bibb and Commerce Streets The re- port of the Committee was concurTed In.
 Alderman Rushton. Chairman of the Light Committee reported Ss' adversely Idms Tps for two arc lights. The report of the Committee was concurred in.
 The Fire Committee through It's Chair upon petition from Bremen searcy. Cassidy, Oland and Mcdaniel. asking
 that their physician's bills be paid by
 the Council. They were injured whiie
 Streets by collision between hose
 cart and an electric car. June 70, at the time Fire Captain Sykes was killed
 The blls of the physS.iadns, ,o yhS ylss and as
 the Counscil passed an ordinance appro, l priating the money out of the general | fund. Alderman Gunter voted against
 Alderman Mcintyre reported from the Rules Committee resolution providing
 that during the months or Novemoer. | December, January. February ana Marcn | the City Council meet at D. m instead
 of D. m. The resolution was unani-
 mously adopted.
 | Numerous petitions were read and re-
 ferred to appropriate comhttees. Among | these petitions was one from a number | of Montgomery women praying that the Council have all eating stands removed | from the streets.
 Bonds of City Officials.
 The Clerk then read an ordinance in-
 troduced at the previous meeting Of the | Council providing that all city ofncials who now give bond be required to make
 such bond with a guarantee company
 and that the premiums be paid out Of | the general fund. The ordinance was ln- | troduoed by Alderman May. | Alderman Mcintyre moved to amend by striking out the section requiring the | city to pay the premiums.
 g. as follows:
 Ayes-Anderson, Cheney. Farley. Mo | Intyre-4.
 Nays-FIeming. Gunter Haygood, May, Hartley Toole. Roeder. Kohn Hudson-S; Alderman Cheney said he was opposed l to the ordinance because 1t practically l increased the salaries of city omclais who had heretofore paid their own pre-
 miums on bonds He moved to table the | ordinance indefinitely, but the motion was i lost.
 For the information of Alderman Che ney, Alderman Kohn, Chairman of the
 Finance Committee. said that the follow 1 ing city officials made bonds in the | amounts: indicated: Treasurer $4O,0OO | Clerk, $10.000; Chief of Police. $l0,OOO; Su- | perintendent of waterworks 5000: Mar ket Clerk, 5000; Superintendent of City
 Schools. 5000; Sexton, $1.00O; Superinten- | dent of Streets, $1,O00; City Engineer | $1, 900.
 | Alderman Kohn said he had estimated | that it would cost the city about S5OO l year to pay these premiums. The great | CT part of the amount he said would be
 paid on the bond of the Treasurer and | he said he did not think so great a part
 of the amount should fall on the Treas ! urer. .+.... Alderman Cheney asked Alderman l Kohn If the effect of the ordinance was not to raise the salaries of the city off, | cials and Alderman Kohn replied that i this would be the practical effect of the
 ordinance if it was adopted. He said | that under the present ordinance the
 bonds were merely approved by the May
 or and were usually made by friends of | the officials.
 ] Alderman Mcintyre said he heartily ap- | proved of the bonds being made by the
 guaranty companies but he did not be- iieve the city should be required to pay l the premiums.
 tThe original ordinance was then adopt