Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-07
CITY COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.
Hascali Secures Withdrawal Of City from
Police Board Gases.
BaOATcH BOARD GETS ITS PAY
Petition In Intervention VIII B'
Withdrawn from supreme Court
and Matter Left q the
Legislature.

BY aresoiutlon, the sponsor for which was
Mr. HaBcall, the city council has in
structed the city attorney and his assist
ant TO withdraw on behalf Of the city from
the case In the supreme court involving the
status Of the contesting Boards Of Fire and
Police commissioners And in another reso-
luton from the same source the board d.
rected the city comptroller to include in
the next appropriation ordinance for the
payment of salaries the amounts due
Messrs. Broatoh, Wright. Thomas and
s~pratlen as members OF the Board of Fire
and Police commissioners.
The resolution first referred to provides
that the city attorney and assistant city at
torney are directed to withdraw the inter-
vening petition and cross-petition in the
proceedings now pending in the supreme
court Of the state Of Nebraska In the
case Of the State OF Nebraska ex rel. Frank
A. Kennedy ct al. REALTORS against Will
liam J. Broatch ct al. respondents. and that
the city Of Omaha withdraw as %intervenors
in those proceedings. Mr.. HascalI ex-
planned that as the state legislature has
now convened, he thought It as well to
1rop the proceedings in the supreme court
and let the legislature take the matter in
hand. The resolution was adopted by a vote
Of to 1, Mr.. Zimman voting in the mega
tive and Messrs. Burnley, Mount and Hoye
being absent.
The proper city authorities were in
structed by resolution to complete the ne
gotiations with Splitter & Co. Of Toledo
for the sale OF the pending issue of 5000, 900
OF city bonds at the agreed premium of
$1,000.
Increase In Salaries.
au...s. - A. a.ai.t.-. .-.-t
tee, the twin ordinances OF Mr.. Zimman to
raise the salaries of fremen and police
men, were given their third reading and
passed. BY this action all Of the members
OF the FIRE department, with the exception
of the chief and his two assistants and the
engineers, and the members Of the police
department below the rank OF sergeant
that is, the patrolmen and detectives-wil
receive an advance OF IS per month each
In their salaries.
A report from the COMMITTEES on lighting
recommending that the ordinance ordering
forty new gas lamps be not passed because
Of lack of funds, was adopted.
A communication from Tax Commissioner
Fleming asking II the council when acting
I'm the capacity OF Board Of Equalization
would consider protests filed with the Board
OF Review and not reached by that body for
lack OF time, was placed on hle. In thia
connection Mr.. Hascall said that the coun-
Gil could not consider complaints made ia
the Board of Review, but new complaints
must be made in these cases IL they were
to come before the council.
Notices Of personal injury claims, with
no amounts stated, were filed by Samuel l.
Morris, who is alleged to have sprained
his left ankle by slipping on an icy side.
walk on Thirteenth street between Harvey
and Howard streets, on the morning Of De.
cember a; and Ella Spencer. who is alleged
TO have fallen on a sidewalk on the east
side Of Twenty-third street near Cumine
street on the morning OF January 8, and