The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-04
ACTION j I OF POLICE BOARD
Tho Veto Message of5MaYor Taylor.
\. Which Mas Read In the Com.

Tho Veto Message Of Mayor Taylor
Which Was Read in tho Com.
mon Council on Mon.
day Evening
Growing out Of the veto Of Mayor Tay-
lor upon the ordinance recently passed
by the Council and the Board to author
tie the purchase OF sufficient tickets TO
j transport members Of both bodies on the
street cars, and the subsequent action Of
tho Common Council in passing the matter m tL1t'
4 over the head of the Mayor 1t develops
that there is difference or opinion Pc
Istween MIR. w. a. CrenehaW ana t A1e
| Mayor. 3 ~, F
\ OF the Mayor In vetolng The street car
ticket measure is not entirely In accord
! with his former action along this line.
Flo stated In the Council Monday night
that there was at present move on on
foot In the Police Board by which tho
Mayor would be furnished with free trans
portatIon on the cars. +,
MAYOR DENIED IT.
In an interview yesterday Mayor Tay-
lor denied positively that he knows any
thing OF an effort In this direction. and
says that he IS not at all inconsistent
In turning down the proposition.
Regardless of Mayor Iraylor'e deninl
tina t he knows anything OF an effort to
give him free transportation on the street
cars, Mr., Crenshaw reafIlrmed yesterday
afternoon what he had said in the Coun-
Gil Monday night, adding that Mayor Tay-
lor was present at the meeting Of the
Police Board when the resolution was
passed.
, 4ia5f75H OVERLOOKED IT. s5l
Thus 1t would seem that the Mayor
failed ITO follow the action Of the board
very closely, for the records OF tho body
really do show that such q resolution
as spoken Of by Mr.. Crenshaw was passed.
The effect Of the resolution Is for the
board to appropriate from the funds Of
tho expense account given the depart
nent by the Council 800 each year to
purchase car tickets. to be equally divided
between the Mayor and the Police JUS
.ticc, ISL
Such resolution was passed, and Mr..
Chris. Manning was named as q COM
mittee Of one to take the matter up with
the car companies with view to ascer-
tanning If they would transport the Mayor
and the Police Justice for $50 each per
annum.
THE MAYORS VETO.
q The veto message Of the Mayor, which
was not printed last night because OF lack
of space, reads as follows: 5@
Gentlemen: On February g. 1903. your
body adopted a, resolution instruotlng the
Committed on Finance to report in tho
next annual budget an amount sufficient
to transport each member Of the Coun-a
ell over the railway lines OF the city for
one year from March i. 1908. said amount
not to exceed an amount equal to $50 for
each member of the City Council. On
February 10, 1903, said resolution was con-
Cured In by tho Board OF Aldermen, and
on the 18th OF February, 1908. y! 1t was
presented to me by the city clerk for my.
consideration.
II herewith return the said resolution
withoutmy approval and for tho follows
Ing reasons:
"Flrst-The resolution failed to pass
the Common Council and Board Of Alder
men by the requisite two-thIrds vote nee
essary for any expenditure OF money ex-
ceedIng s1C0
Observation-Disclosures of tho Council &C.
cepting the trust confded to them by the
people Cor should have done SOY with
| distinct understanding Of Its duties and
| limitations
"The charter makes no provision for
| perquistes. privileges or emoluments att
| tach!ng to said office. On the contrary,
| the new Constitution especially hedges
! them about with pains and penalties and
distinctly and clearly forbids the accepts
ance Of gifts. privileges or passes over
the railway lines of either the city or
State. BY indirect methods, therefore,
| this resolution apparently aims to accom-
plish that which Is expressly forbidden
BY the law.
~ considerlit a dangerous expedieht to
establish. calculated In roundabout ways.
- y,,nf Nhac1xoH n 1aaH M, ho TO
OF free passes or other abuses in the.
future.
"Thlrd-It cannot be shown that tho
actual use OF these tickets Is required by
councilmen In the discharge OF their
purely official duties. except In very
small part and the excess must be con-
sidered In the light Of gratuity To Is.
lustrate this point more clearly. a fair,
estimate OF the number OF rides neces-
sary tor official visitation to Council and
committee meetings is as follows:
"As the Council meets monthly there
would be twelve rides to tho chamber and
twelve rides from the chamber par an
nun for regular. meetings. and supposing
there should be six special or called meet
ings, twelve additional rides would DO
called tor. making thirty-slx rides in all
for Council meetings. The important
committees OF the Council. such as
streets, ElIHNt,i GTpuuuht ttllu &1Nllu|NBs,
Water and Finance. meet. say fortntghtly,
while the unimportant ones such as
Elections, Markets. Cemeteries. ETC., meet
much less frequently. only q very few
times in each year. but II We assume that
all OF them meet as often as twice a
month, or twenty-four times nor annuln,
and that each member serves on four
committee. he would ride nlnety-slx times
to ana nnety-six times from said meet
lngs. and these added to tho ,thirty-six
rides to and from the chamber would
make a total Of two hundred and twen-
tyelght rides, which. at four and ones
sixth cents per ride. would amount to
$3.50 per annum. 1t will therefore appear
that out OF the allowance of $50 for tickets
there would be an excess Of $4,000 in.
tickets for each member for social or
business uses, Believing this unwnrrant-
cd for municipal purposes and will open
the door for further lnfringements upon
! corporate economy cannot sanction
such all act OF your honorable bodies,
"Respectfully.
@ ORCHARD NJ TAYLOR,
Mayor"
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