The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1903-08-28
BUSINESS HANDLED BY
THE CITY SOLONS AT
MEETING LAST NIGHT

loUI, 1915, Alderman y. II. Qu blSflOn
used the following language: (An al
derman can now make a contract with
the city to furnish supplies of all kinds;
an alderman can, it seems, contract to
do all kinds of repair work, and furnish
material of every description, which
is being done every day. the effect
whereof was to lay upon every member
of this body, saving the mayor, the
charge of violating the law of the
State, as contained in Section IS of
our present City Code, complied in
1901, and thus to reflect upon each
alderman of this city
Be it therefore, resolved, That the
mayor appoint at once committee of
two from this body and two from the
citizens at large of this city, with
power to summon witnesses and pa
perS before them, and hear evidence:
and whose duty it shall be to enquire
at the earliest date practicable and
report to this body, so soon as can be
done by them, whether any alderman
or aldermen has or have, at any time
since any of the present members of
Council have been in office, violated
the provisions of said law; and if so.
who, and in what manner, aud when
was any such breach of duty commit
ted.
By Alderman du Bignon. BE and it
is hereby resolved by the mayor and
aldermen OF the city OF Brunswick in
council assembled that from and after
this date no member of the mayor
and council of the city of Brunswick
whether for himself or for any firm
or corporation that he may be inter.
ested in or al stockholder of, Shall
furnish any goods. merchandise, sup
plies or material of any kind or dc
any work or render any service OF
amy kind to the city or any of the
departments thereof or make any con
tracts with the city for pay or com
pensation of any kind, was lost on
the following vote the ayes and nays
having been called for: Ayes, Al
dermen du Bignon and Cook, nays,
ALDERMEN NewmanI ,Ka1ses, Taviol
and Dart
Chairman Kaiser. OF the hospital
committee, reported verbally that he
had been unable to obtain the signi.
ture of Mr.. Spears to quit claim
deed land, (Mr. Spears having been
advised not to sign by his attorney
and that it would be until the Deeem-
ber term of the court before the city
attorney could secure the order from
the court to get the title in such
shape as would warrant the spending
of money on same, by the city.
During his contemplated absence
from the city for some time Alderman
Kaiser asked to be relieved from the
craftsmanship of the committee.
Granted and onl a motion AlderuHN
Newman was appointed chairman AMI
Alderman Cook added to the commit
tee.
On motion Engineer Munday, Of
the pumping station was granted a
vacation for one week on full pay,
a competant man acceptable to ths
committee on public sanitation to be
selected by him to be put in his
stead.
and control the sale of stock
The ordinance to further regulate
The ordinance to further regulate
and control the disposition OF cattle
of any kind or character seized and
impounded etc. was brought up for
final passage but by consent wa
postponed until next regular meet
ing
Alderanm du Bignon announced
that no fire insurance had heretofore
been carried on the pumping station
but in view of THE possible damage
to same he had placed $1,500 insur-
ance thereon subject TO ratification
nv council. On motion OF Alderman
Cook the action of Alderman du Big
non was approved was approved
Bills and accounts properly approved
and audited read and ordered placed
in course of settlement.
N. d. RUSSELL,
Clerk of Council