The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-12-20
Alderman Altman Presented Res
OIutiOn al Special Meeting
LICENSE SCHEDULE ADOPTED
The Street Musicians VIII Not Have
to Pay for the Privilege of Pros
ecutlng Their Art-5ell
Telephone Case.

At the special meeting of the city coun-
Gil last night Alderman J. ]. Altman
presented a resolution to the effect that
the mayor appoint a committee 10 con-
slider and make a report on the question
as to the best way and means of securing
a water system for the city, and that
1t was the sense of the council that it
was in favor of the ownership of water
works system by the city.
The resolution was simply presented
and read. as the council was in special
session to consider the license schedule
ordinance. 1t was not referred, and will
probably be presented again at the next
meeting.
The resolution, as read by Alderman
Altman, is as follows:
Resolved by the mayor and board of
alderman of Birmingham. that the mayor
appoint a committee of five, who shall be
members of this board, whose duty it
shall be to consider and report to the
board the best way and means
of securing water system for
this city; second; that it Is hereby de-
clared that this board is in favor of the
ownership of a water works system by
this city,
License Schedule.
At the meeting of the council last night
the license schedule ordinance was adopt
ed, after two amendments were made.
when 1t passed to the third from the Sec
ond reading.
An interesting feature of the document
is that no provision for the charging Of
license for music is mode, and it was the
purpose of the miscellaneous committee
to discontinue all licenses heretofore
charged for music of various kinds Ac-
cording to this persons who sing, or play
musical instruments on the streets, will
not have to pay for the privilege.
Another interesting feature is that re-
garding fruit stands. The license for fruit
stands will remain the same, $40, but
provision Is made that in the license the
location of a stand must be designated,
and no stand shall extend more than
three feet on the sidewalk.
Alderman Jones introduced an ordi-
nance to the effect that all persons con-
Quoting fruit stands who violate the law
regulating sidewalks as to the accumu-
lation of trash be fined IS for the first Of
Tense and $40 for the second. This or
dinance was referred to the proper COM
| mittee.
There were present at the meeting May
or Drennen, Aldermen D. R. COPELAND, ].
R. Copeland, Gum, Altman, Heidi, Jones,
Thach, Harrington, Moore, Ward and
Linnehan.
1t was o'clock when the meeting was
called to order by the mayor, as the
members of the judiciary committee, to
which the license schedule ordinance was
referred at the meeting of the council
Wednesday night, were in consultation
in the mayors office.
Bell Telephone.
| The ordinance was placed on its second
reading, and before reading the items
Alderman Jones said if there was any
one present who wished to say anything
in regard to any of the license figures, he
would like him to speak when the item In
teresting him was reached. The only OBJ
lection offered was by the Ben Tele-
phone company, through e. K. Campbell,
attorney. The company claimed that the
$1,000 license ON companies having a rate
of $3.50 or moro should be the same as on
companies charging $3.50 or less, or a
license of $3.50. 1t thought the license for
all companies should be placed at the
same figure. The company claimed 1t
paid $1,000, in taxes. The license was not
changed.
An amendment was offered by Alder
man Ward, and adopted that the license
on telegraph companies making an extra
charge for kilograms delivered in the
corporate limits be changed from $500 to
$780, and for companies not making the
extra charge the same, $500.
| Alderman Ward offered an amendment
| to the license on retail liquor dealers
which is $500, that 1t be changed to 5000.
| but 1t was not adopted.
The ordinance was read the third time
and put on its final passage, resulting in
| its adoption.