The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-09-10
THE LIMIT is $500.
CITY CAN'T SPEND MORE FOR THE
GREENE FUNERAL.
INJUNCTION WILL STOP IT.
If AN APPROPRIATION OF A
GREATER AMOUNT is MADE.

An Alderman Asserted Most Posi-
lively Yesterday That He Knew
That an Injunction WouId BE Sc
cured That Would Restrain the
City From Making All Such ApprO-
prIatiOns in the Future-It Is As
serted That such an ApprOpria-
ton Would Not he strictly Legal,
and That an Appeal 10 the Courts
Would stop It-LimftatiOn to $500
Expense May Result in Remains
Being Restored to the Old Vault.
No large amount will be appropri-
ated by the City Council to defray the
expense incident to the Refinement
Greene. 1t is said that the appropria-
ton will not exceed $780, In fact, it
is declared that it cannot exceed that
amount.
Such an appropriation would be
clearly illegal" said one alderman yes
terday. Il know it TO be fact that
an injunction will be secured, restrain
ing the city from making such an APP
preparation of the peoples money, if
the amount voted should be more than
$500.
1.-The injunction would not be merely
to prevent the appropriation for the
Greene obsequies, but it would operate
There are a number of causes to
which the city contributes by special
appropriation from time to time, and,
if put to the test, these appropriations
would not stand in court. They are
clearly illegal. The causes to which
tributions are clearly set forth, and an
appeal to the courts would stop appro-
priations that were not in strict ac-
cordance with the law that gives Coun-
ell the right to dispose of the money
paid into the treasury.
mo, 1 am not at liberty to tell you
who is going to secure the injunction.
1t will be forthcoming, however, if
an appropriation of more than $500 is
made"
An Injunction Threatened.
With the expense of the refinement
confined to $500, it is doubtful if the
ceremonies can be given the scope that
has been expected. 1t is by no means
improbable that the city will take no
part III the ceremonies, save to make
an appropriation to defray the eX-
penses of an amount not exceeding
$500.
Some weeks ago, when a meeting of
the special committee that has the
matter of the refinement of the re-
mains in hand was held, 1t was the
expressed opinion that the city should
take no part in the function unless it
should be of sufficient scope to include
President Roosevelt among those in
vited and entertained at the city's ex-
pense. Other important personages
also were to be invited, or the city
would not regard the function as of
a magnitude that would justify it in
taking the leading part in making all
arrangements and extending invita-
tions.
ON a Less Extensive Scale
Upon an appropriation of $500
the expenses as then conceived, could
not be met. Since that meeting, how
ever, the injunction threat has been
made, so that it would seem impos-
sible for the city to undertake to con-
duct the ceremonies upon the scale
that was intended.
In view of these facts, it seems not
improbable that the refinement of the
remains of the Revolutions hero will
have tC take the course mentioned by
Mr.. Fl. T. Waller representing the
Greene descendants, in his letter to the
May and Aldermen. This was the re-
CT mmittal of the remains to the Old
MossmaE vault in the Colonial Gene
terry, unless the city would agree TO
assume the entire charge of the OBJ
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