The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-03
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The Pollock Amendment
Adopted by Council.
THE RESOLUTION
OF'MR. 4 + I. F. T }. II, I. ]. CARRIER G. \
TO Reduce Number Of Council
and P'ay$Them.
CITY FATHERS ARE
DETERMINED lei, TO RIDE
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overrued Veto Of the Mayor-Clty
Attorney to CO After the Passen-
ger and Power Company Or
dinance gainst Standing
on Street Car Plat
forms.
To Reduce sNumberSof Council.
and Pay Them.
CITY FATHERS ARE
DETERMINED TO RIDE

Among the matters, which received the
attention Of tho Common Council at its
session last night were two Of para
mount Importance. referring respectively
to the use Of. the speedway on the Sab
bath and to the reduction In the mern-
lbershlp OF the City Council. e,
Upon divided vote and after rather
lively discussion. the Il Bottoms amend
,ment was rejected. and the speedway
was reopened for tho use Of the people OF
Richmond on the Lords Day. The clause
in the original ordinance. however, was
at tho instance OF Mr.. Pollock, so amend ).
ed as specifically to provide that the
race-course shall be used far "trotting."5
leaving the implication that It cannot be
employed for trial racing. Members Of
the Council charged Mr., Pollock with
idodging the issue. He replied that
he was squarely against the
endorsement OF horse racing by the city.
but that he thought the speedway should
be opened for ultimate use lss 8s55 "a
REDUCTION or N tRI BElRS.
4 Tho unanimous ste 4 Or The body wszs
given to resolution offered by Mr.. Gar!
ber, Of Fulton, providing for the appoint
ment of joint committee to consider
the blity OF reducing the number
of members in the two branches Of the
Legislative department. and of providing
proper remuneration for tho said mem
ters instead Of having them "a to serve
gratis as at present Mr.. CARRIER made
"a rather sensa tlonal speech in presenting
this resolution. a4s istii8
@ II Various other matters OF interest and I'M
portance came before the Council, The
Mayors veto in referelNo to car fares
i for Councilmen was overriden; the City
Attorney was instructed to investigate
the Passenger and Power Company with
{ to proceed against It; an ordinance was
offered and referred making It unlawful
Z to stand on street car platforms. N
DETAIL OF THE MEETING.
5s& When the body was called to order
Sergeant at Arms Ruskell announced
that he. had a message from the Mayor.
Clerk August read the communica ton,
which proved to be a veto OF the ordi-
nance instructing the Committee on
Finance to provide sufficient money to
purchase street car ticket for the Coun-
I Gil members. 55a
Mayor Taylor set forth in the message
I that tho measure was not passed by a
8two-thirds vote in either branch. and.
{ that In effect lit&would result further in a.
violation OF the intent OF the new Con-
stitution. He also claimed In the letter
that the enactment would result in ex-
travagance. 5t3 n i3 ~
On motion OF Mr.. Pollock action on the
veto was held up for the time being, as
all the Councilmen were not present.
e On motion of Mr.. Hicks the reading OF
the bugdet vas dispensed with where-i
upon 1t was moved that 1t be adopted. a III.
sg "A roll call was taken and showed that
the budget had been adopted by. a vote
of 20 to es, Mossrs Bloomberg. Shea and
Phillips representing the minority.
CITY ACCOUNTANTS REPORT.
The report Of City Accountant McCar-
thy was read. It set forth that James
e. Grady clerk OF the Board Of Health,
was totally incompetent, It was about
to be- received and filed and forwarded
to the Board, when Mr.. Hicks held up
such action. pending an explanation by
himself OF the Health Committee's action,
He said that similar charges had been
made to the committee and had been in
.vestigated and found ungrounded. The
Investigation had been conducted through