The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-19
THE COUNCIL OF SELMA
NESTING OF THE
 CITY soLONs.
Mayor Atkins Vetoes the Chicken ordinance-Authorized to Bor- row $15, 900 to Meet Cur
 rent Expenses of City.


 row $15,0O0 to Meet Cur
 rent Expenses of City.
 Advertiser Bureau,
 Selma, April IS.
 The City Council in adjourned sessior met tonight and transacted much busi ness. including an authorization Of tho mayor to borrow $15,000 to meet current municipal expenses and the adoption oi an ordinance regulating the placing and operation of electrical lines. The mayor vetoed the Chicken ordinance,,' which was laid upon the table after a motion foi it's passage over the veto had beer offered and withdrawn.
 Those present when President Peacock called for order were Messrs. Phillips Hall. Agee, Norris, Berry and Elder City Clerk Stewart was secretary. Mayor v. B. Atkins was present and addressed the Council on the usual monthly recom- mendations.
 The mayor requested that the sum of $s50 be paid to William Wilby as part of the amount due to him for plumbing in the new city buildings. The request was granted and the amount ordered paid. On the ground that the ordinance to prevent the running at large of chickens turkeys, geese and ducks. vulEarly. called the "cflicken ordinance" and passed by the Council at it's last meeting, was local. would be ineffective and productive of great confusion, the mayor vetoed the measure. Mir Agee moved for the pas sage of the ordinance over the veto of the mayor. A question as to rules albided the dictum that the mayors veto could be nullified only by two-thirds major ity. Action was postponed until the next session.
 On Mayor Atkins's recommendation. the Council reeonsidered the recently passed ordinance allowing green grocers to con- duct business outside the city's market house. because, he said, 1t would inter fere with the revenues from the market house and would not be to the benefit of the greatest number of people. and would not be feasible on account of the lack of proper facilities for the inspection of meats and other perishable food stuffs.
 The premiums on the bonds issued to pay for the new city buildings are paid for out of revenues from the rent of the market stalls and the city should keep faith. Mayor Atkins said, in the spirit as we'll as in the letter with the bond holders. The ordinance was laid upon the table.
 The mayor was authorized to borrow a sum of money not exceeding $15.OO0 to meet the current expenses of the city, and to make notes for the repayment of this sum.
 : Mayor Atkins called the attention of the Council to the increasing use of cocaine and the ordinance committee was in- structed to prepare law to abate the evil
 The claim of F. M. Abbott for pay ment for 597 carloads of gravel for street was referred to the com mittee on streets and lights, with the mayor added. the committee being em- to act.
 Upon recommendation of Mayor Atkins, the ordinance to regulate electrical wir- ing wflich" had been adopted at the previous meeting was reconsidered. The mayor asked that changes be made in the ordinance which. he said, would read to create a new office. that of city cleo trician. and give to the tenant of the office too much power. MT, Berry. who prepared the ordinance, held. that the mayor was in error, and a discussion en- sued.
 The ordinance was considered seriatfm and as adopted empowers an employe of the city when directed by the committee ol streets and lights to regulate the con- dition and insulation on wires used for the of electricity, and giving the employe necessary authority to in spect and fix the penalty to be inflicted upon violators of the ordinance.
 A petition from the. Selma Lodge of Elks asking relief from payment of taxes on property, was granted, the Elks be- ing a benevolent order and receiving no rentals on the property.
 The regular reports of officers and | Ia andtt1os .anuin1ittaa yearA +poad nd Afc. pc sed of in the regular way ra 9s t- The committee on fire, department re- ported that the GamewelI- fire alarm sys- tenn was working to the entire satisfac- ion of the Selma Water Company.
 The committee on Hygiene decided to as asked by City Physician L.. c. Stanner, that the city make an for the publication of vi- al statistics.
 An ordinance fixing license for life and insurance agents was adopted, section 76 to read that each lgent or solicitor of each insurance com ,any shall pay $50. provided that life insurance companies doing business on he industrial plan shall pay only $50. The committee on public buildings was instructed to require Contractor Manly to complete the city hall within thirty days. The mayor and the city attorney were ldded. Interest at 4 per cent Is being paid on the bond issued to pay for the building and delay in construction is cost ng the city dearly.
 An ordinance to regulate the driving of Itock in the streets was introduced by MT. Agee and properly committed.
 Mir. Phillips, as chairman of special committee. recommended that the doors ,f the court house and of all churches be Iwung outward. The report was con cured in. g r.' s
 The bill of the Peacock Iron Works for 23. for iron windows and door for the ,ity prison was ordered paid is properly approved.
 Chief of Fire Department R. D. Wal ger. whose term of office expired this month. made the following important which were properly the mayor being added to the committee:
 That the chief be allowed more author ty and be less subservient to the com nittee on fire department that the city rive him horse and wagon so that he ,an more quickly reach fires; that 1,5OO Get of new hose be purchased; that two nore paid men at the Phoenix headqiUr- CTS and an assistant at the mechanics ,ngine house be hired; that the paid nen' of the department receive at least