The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-05-10

a great number of small9and compare
lively unimportant committees a. quorum
is often hard to secure, the members
are annoyed by long and tedious delays
and the business of the city suffers in
consequence.
Under the new arrangement ten COM
mittees are discontinued or merged w..n
other committees. and one new committee
is created.
THE NEW COMMITTEE.
The new committee. decided upon on re-
comlnendation of the City Attorney. Pol
lard, Will be known as the Committee:
on Local Assessments" It will consist
of eleven members five from the Board
of Aldermen and six from the Common
Council, five of whom will constitt1ts
quorum In all other committees a ma
jority will be necessary for a quorum.
The new Local Assessments Committee,
will take charge of the large volume Of
Indebtedness to the city incurred BIZ rea-
son OF sidewalk and other Improvements
charged against the abutting property
owner. This IS said now to amount to
S100.n 900. The Council has neglected tlIis
matter for quite a unle. It is proposed to
conduct the city, s affairs IN this Connec-
.tion in more bu=iness-like fashion here
after. and hence the committee. From
LIE I'D lhlS VI tliS bcl VI IL anu
the friction that will result from any
serious effort to push its work and set
tie UP claims. it is safe to forecast that
there will be no general stampede among
the members of the new Council for the
pla ces on this committee.
Ten committees are discontinued or
merged with others. The Committee on
5E.;rc Department is dropped. a s its du-
TICS now fall to the Board of Fire Com
missiGners The three committees on
Police. Elections and Schools are merged
into one committee. The two committees
Oh Claims and Salaries and Accounts and
Printing are merged into one committee.
The three committees on Ordinances.
Charter Changes and Retrenchment and
Fefor1n are merged into one committee.
The three committees on the three mar
l1ets are merged into one committee. The
c. tmnittee on Fire Alarm and Police
Telegraph is dropped for the same rea-
eon as the Committee on the Fire De-
,iartnlent The Committee on ShockCe
Creek is merged With that on streets.
LIST OF COMMITTEES.
Under the new scheme there will be the
f Slowing Joint Council Committees:
l. A Committee on Streets and Shockoe
Creek to consist of fourteen members.
c.le from the Board and Common Coun-
Gil from each ward The Committee on
streets 10" mas IOuTleeH members, dS
above.
?. The following eight committees, to
consist of eleven members each, five from
the Board of Aldermen and six from the
omnlon Councils: Finance. Light. Elec-
u:city. Water. Relief of the Poor. Health,
Grounds and Buildings and Ordinances,
Charter and Reform.
Under the present arrangement. FL
narce. Light. Water, Relief Of the Poor.
II = L.,
nine members four from the Board and
five from the Common Council, The
Electricity Committee now has seven
members. three from the Beard and four
f. ON the Common Council. The new Or
G,rance Charter and Reform Committee
will be the consolidation of three COM
II ittees, which now aggregate member
ship Of nineteen.
s. The following four committees. to
consist of nine members csch. four from
the Board and fve from tre, Common
Council: Printing and Claims. Cemete-
l.ies, Markets, and Police. Election and
Schools The first is consolidation OF
two committees of five members each. The
Cemeteries Committee now has seven
members. The three Market Committees
now have five members each. The Schools
Committee now has seven members. and
the Police and Elections Committees tive
members each
The ST Johns Burying-grou Com
nttee will remain as at present-a com
mittee of five two from the Board and
three from the Common Council.
The James River Committee will con-
sist of three Aldermen. five Councilmen
and seven from the Chamber of Com
merce, as at present.
The Board of Public Interests will con-
sist of two Aldermen. three Councilmen
and FIVE citizens. as a present
Under the new arrangement there will
be seventy-livc committee appointments
from the Board of Aldermen. to be di-
vided among twenty-one mqmbers. or
about three and half committees on an
avera ge to an Alderman. and ninetH-two
committee appointments from the Com
mon Council to be divided among thirty
five members. or something over two and
half committees on an average to each
Councilman.