The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-19
MEETING WILL BE
 VERY INTERESTING
Last City Council Session for
 1904 Wednesday Night
ADOPT LICENSE SCHEDULE
Report to be Made on Alderman Wards Retrenohment Resolutions. Will Fix Commissions for u.
 cense lnspectc7 Gambill.

The last meeting of the city council for the year 1904 will be held next Wednes- day evening at 7.9O o'clock. Several mat ters of importance are to come up, and tho meeting promises to be an interesting one.
 The annual license schedule for the year 1905 will be presented by the miscellane- ous and the finance committees for adop- ton. The joint committees with the mayor and the city attorney added, have about completed the new schedule for next years licenses for doing business in the city of Birmingham. Another meeting of the point committee will be held however. before the council meets. and the work will be completed. It is understood there are but few changes to be made over the schedule ;or the present year.
 The finance committee will probably report on the retrenchment resolutions presented by Alderman George B. Ward at the last meeting of the city council. The resolutions-three in number-pro- vide:
 First-For the reduction 1f the mayors salary from ss6OO to s250O per annum, commencing January 1.
 Second-To abolish the offices of assist ant to the tax collector and assistant to the city treasurer
 Third-To consolidate the office of city clerk and city auditor.
 Mean a Saving.
 If these measures are adopted, 1t will prove a great saving to the city of Bir- mingham. Alderman Ward, who Is the mayor-eleet is member O. the finance committee of the city council, and he will make a fight to secure favorable report on the proposed legislation.
 The finance committee will offer reso- lution fixing the commissions of the license inspector and street tax collector, probably, for the year 19O5 When the salaries of city officials were fixed at the last meeting of the city council that of the mayor, and the commissions for Inspector Gambill, were carried over until the meeting Wednesday night.
 It Is hardly probable that any report will be made by the fire and water ser vice committee and the finance commit tee. with reference to the communication recently received by Mayor Drennen with reference to better fire insurance rate for the citizens of Birmingham as an in- creased fire department from the South eastern Tariff association. The matter will probably go over until tho new year. inasmuch as it is rather a hard matter to secure a representative cc .mittee meet
 
 The meetings of the joint committees to take up the communication from the tariff association will consume several days time As the different interests that will be present must be heard from. In addition to the tariff association communi- cation, the joint committees will also consider the resolutions recently offered in the city council by Alderman II. A. 1 stockmar and John C. Forney, providing for the establishment of fire stations in Ninth and Sixth wards. respectively.
 Cemetery Improvements.
 A report on the resolution offered by Alderman Ben F. Barbour, chairman of the cemetery committee, providing for an appropriation of s50O0 for the purpose of improving Oak Hill cemetery. may not be presented at the meeting We'd nesday night. The matter is in the hands l or the finance committee. and a number I of citizens of Birmingham are urging upon the committee to adopt the resolu- tions. They say that the cemetery is in a bad condition, and that an appropria- tion for beautifying and improving the place is almost an absolute necessity. Inasmuch as the head" of all the city | departments were reelected at the last meeting of the city council, to serve next year. there will be no changes at the city hall, on the first of the new year. with probably one or two excep-