The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-16
*Renominated.

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 The old City Council of Montgomery had its last meeting last night and the new City Council took charge of the af- fairs of the city immediately after 1t adjourned. The old City Council received a message from Mayor Joseph congratu- 1ating 1t upon its work Several ordi- nances were introduced and laid over for consideration by the incoming City Fa- thers.
 Public interest centered in the meeting of the new Council and its nomination of subordinate city officials. After the meet ing of the new body and the transaction of some routine business, including the adoption of a resolution permitting the Plant System to use the property on Bell Street for other than hospital purposes, the new Council went into executive ses- sion and nominated the foregoing subor- dinate officials.
 Alderman Fleming was elected as Pres ident of the Council and Alderman Kohn was elected as Vice-President
 After the meeting of the two bodies, an enjoyable banquet was given at Elem ings.
 It was the last meeting of the old Coun- ell and besides the transaction of unfin- ished business before the old Council, there was much interest felt in the nom- ination of city officers to be had by the new Council and there was large num- Der of voters present
 A message was received from the Mayor informing the Council that the annual reports of the city officers for the last fiscal year are required to be transmitted to the Council at its second meeting in October, and as terms of the old Council men expire before that time, they will be made to the new Council.
 Messages from Mayor.
 The Mayor. in his message. refers to the record of the expiring Council and says that there were grave responsibili- ties. there being a deficit of $40.- OOO. with special obligations of $20.000 when they came into off, flee The expenditures of the city for the four preceding years had averaged more than $20000 per annum in excess of its income. The total excess of actual expenditures for general purposes dur term of the Council was in round figures E1,0OO and including the amount for the Auditorium, fire department property paid by year si7 6Is 6Isoss sasgFegated sS sssals, % a1 average of $22.003 per annum. The total expenditures for the same accounts, ex- elusive of interest, from sale of railroad bonds and property during the present terms Sl6.355.s7. average for each year of $S1T.S3. To the comparison should be added the amount of increase or bonds issued a few months before your term per annum $6.500. Aggregating for two years $13,000
 And also increased appropriation for maintenance of the public schools which $1S.500. But for these increases which was absolutely required $b.5O0 making were beyond the control of the Council, the excess of expenditures would have diSannparpd Tha@0 flpuraa show that if you had exceeded your income in same proportion as those of the previous four years there would now be a deficit. of
 These comparisons would be much more favorable to you If the fact Is con- sidered that the assessed value of prop l, 1899, fell off nearly $1, ,000, 900 as called to your attention in my address, which although increased the second year was still about $7oO.0OO less. This was offset, however. to some extent by a. close col- lection of taxes. leaving only an actual decrease of income from taxes for the two years of $.6m.S In any comparison this decrease of income should be con sidered, as 1t was absolutely beyond your power to prevent 1t, as the city is con fined by constitutional law to the State assessment of the preceding year.
 T do not attribute the decrease of ex- cess of expenditures altogether to the decrease of expenditures, although to a large extent this is so, but also to a very close ana strict attention 70 all sources of revenue which during the two years is sufficient to overcome the $500 de- creased tax collections and to increase income about $12.500 of balance from pro- ceeds of bonds for water works school buildings, sanitary and park. You can with pride invite criticism as to their disposal
 the Decatur Street School building com pleting water works plant which chal- lenge admiration of any expert, with the exception n.nsd,tv of duplicate ate pump of available. i With the Sanitary bond fund you have put in several miles of sewers covering the entire city, ex- cept a few cross streets, and still have Sl0,0O0 on hand. You found about q, 900 of the proceeds of park bonds available, which has been economically expended. Out of the total of street improvement taxes collected during your term of about S76. 900 you have paid Sl6. 319.17 for 10 per cent retained for old works. $22, 1884 installments on baby bonds. leaving $36- 551 4s available for new work with which you have laid and paid for two-thirds of mile of paved streets, two and one fourth miles sidewalk pavement. four and fourth miles curbing, four miles of sur face sewers. one and five-eighths miles of storm water sewers. and also put to per nanent grade Sayre, Hull, McDonough, parts of South, Pollard, Randolph, Law renee and Alabama Streets. This amount of work could not have been done except bv the use to a large extent of city pris- oners and regular street hands and teams"
 W. M. Hudson & Co. was awarded the contract for furnishing groceries, feed, etc. to the city, being the lowest bidder
 Some Routine Business.
 The ordinance to require a license Of persons, firms and corporations engaging in the business of selling and delivering goods in the city of Montgomery, though the places of business of such persons: firms and corporations may be outside or the city of Montgomery, but in the State of Alabama was adopted.
 Alderman Roman made the reports of the above ordinance from the Finance Committee and also presented the follow ing ordinances which went over to the next meeting notwithstanding the objec- tion of Alderman May.
 To repeal subsection i of an ordinance Go fx the amount of license required for certain trades. businesses or professions