Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1902-03-26
SESSION OF COUNCIL
FULL OF INTEREST,
Official Proceedings of Meeting Mon
day Night.
SALARIES OF OFFICERS FIXED.
Council Authorized to Make Loan of
OOOTemporarily Public Weigh
er May Be Elected Proceedings
Full of Interest.

Full of Interest.
Regular meeting Mayor and City
Council Monday night March Gath,
| 1902 Present: Mayor Fielder. pre-
siding. Aldermen j. B. Hudson,
Fort, Bolton, Sherlock j r. Hudson
and Glover.
Minutes last regular meeting read
and confirmed.
Ordinance prescribing the number
OF police to be elected by the Commits.
sloRers was called up for second read
ing, read and balIotted upon. Yeas, j.
b. Hudson, Bolton and Glover-3.
Nays, Fort, Sherlock, j. r. Hudson
and Fielder.
Ordinance fixing salaries of police
was called up for second reading.
Read and ballotted upon. Yeas, j.
b. Hudson, Bolton and Glover-3
Nays, Fort, Sherlock, j. r Hudson
and Fielder
Ordinance naming the number of
police and fixing their salariep, Alder
man j. b. Hudson moved to strike the
preamble from ordinance, which was
lost
The ordinance was then read and
adopted by sections and then adopted
as whole. Yeas, j. B. Hudson, Fort,
Sherlock, j. r. Hudson, Glover and
Felier-6. Nays, BoIton-1.
Ordinance re enacting sections % to
LAT of the code except sections 90 and
145. Also the number of police aud
date of their appointment. Amount of
salaries to be controlled and governed
by ordinance passed third Monday of
March 1909 Also re-enactng part of
section 50 was called up for second
reading, read and adopted by sections
and then adopted AS q whole,
Yeas, Fort, Sherlock, ). r Hudson
Fielder. Nays, j. B. Hudson, Bolton
and Glover
Motion to accept bond Of J. B. Ans
ley, superintendent water works, and
W. Fl. Feagin city marshal, carried
Messrs Jackson and McGinty came
before Council and asked to be classed
as brokers, which request was referred
to Ordinance committee
Ordinance relative to public weigher |
read and referred to Ordinance COM
mittee; also ordered spread upon the |
minutes.
Petition of citizens on Church street |
asking that certain portions of this |
street be graded was read and petition
granted provide they pay for curbing. |
Petition of First Baptist Church re |
ferred to Street committee.
Petition of Miller & Clark to make |
extension to their shop, granted.
Petition of M. s. Holiday to move
wooden Building further down on |
Jackson street was granted.
Petition of E. @. Speer referred to |
Fire committee with authority to act.
Communication of J. E. Mathis Sec
rotary Board of Education notifying |
the Council of vacancies on the Board |
was read. Alderman j. B. Hudson |
moved TO reject the communication. |
Yeas, J. r. Hudson, Bolton and Glov-
er. Nays, j r Hudson, Fort, Shel-
lock and Fielder.
Council then went into election and |
the following were elected members of |
the Board of Education, G. M. Ell |
bridge, w. E. Brown, F. A, Hooper,
f. b. Everett.
Alderman Fort stated that it was
necessary to make loan to meet Ger
tain expenses. On motion the FL |
nance committee was authorized to
make loan of $4,000 Yeap, Fort,
Sherlock, j. r. Hudson and Fielder.
Nays, j. B. Hudson Bolton and Glover.
Reports of sections of Oak Grove and
Colored cemeteries were read and or
dered spread on the minutes.
Alderman Fort moved to expunge
from the minutes authority of Finance
committee to make loans. Motion was
carried. Alderman Fort then offered
resolution empowering the Finance
committee with authority to make
temporary loan of 5000. Yeas, Fort,
Sherlock, j. r. Hudson and Fielder.
Nays, j. B. Hudson, Bolton and
Glover.
Chairman Water an Sewerage
committee report petition of Americas
Oil Co. Motion to suspend reading
bills carried.
Ell. @. MITCHELL G. & T.