The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-03
People Will Ballot April Il On
 $2OO,OOO Bond Issue,
VULCAN GETS ONLY $500
HiIIman Hospital Matter Is Referred to Finance Committee-Second Ave nue Nuisance Matter Acted
 on-other Business.


 The mayor The mayor and board of al- dermen last night passed a resolution au- thorizing a vote by the qualified citizens of Birmingham on the matter of issuing s2000OO worth of bonds for the purpose of constructing public school houses and buildings. The election is to be held on April II next. at the same time that the general primary is held
 This practically means that the ques- tion of erecting a high school building and two grammar school buildings shall be decided by the people of Birmingham, as the bonds cannot be issued except by a majority ballot of the qualified voters of the city of Birmingham.
 Five Hundred for Vulcan.
 The board also appropriated $5O0 for the Vulcan fund and referred the petition of the Hillman hospital for $40O per month to the finance committee, with instruc- tions to report at the next meeting. The Commercial club committee on the St. Louis exhibit had expected about $l5O0 from the mayor and board of aldermen. The provision for the vote on the school bonds came up under the report of Chair man Altman of the judiciary committee. The caption of the ordinance, which was placed on it's second and third readings last night, Is as follows
 School Bond Ordinance.
 "An ordinance to provide for an election to be held in the city of Birmingham for the purpose of the qualified voters of such city voting upon and deciding the ques- ton as to whether or not the bonds of such city shall be issued for the purpose of constructing public school houses and buildings"
 The ordinance provides that there shall be 200 bonds of 5000 each and that they shall be numbered consecutively from 1 to 200, and shall bear interest not to ex- ceed per cent per annum for twenty years, and shall not be sold for less than their face value. The mayor is instructed to prepare the ballots for the vote. The ballots shall bear the words:
 For s20O.OOo five per cent twenty-year public school house and buildings bond issue" and
 Against s2o0OOO five per cent twenty year public school house and buildings bond issue. A C<) cross mark shall deslg- nate the way the voter wishes to vote.
 The Polls.
 The ordinance provides that the polls shall be at the following places for the nine wards:
 First Ward-City hall.
 Second Ward-Thornton' store, Fourth avenue and Eighteenth street.
 Third Ward-Emmons store, Eleventh avenue and Nineteenth street. north.
 Fourth Ward-Tenth avenue and Twen- ty-fourth street
 Fifth Ward-Courthouse
 Sixth Ward-Avenue F and Twenty seventh street.
 Seventh ward-Avenue F and Twenty second street.
 Eighth Ward-Avenue D and Nineteenth street.
 Ninth Ward-Avenue F and Twelfth street.
 Two grammar schools are to be erect ed. one at Five Points and the other in the Fourth ward, on North Highlands.
 Eli P. Smith, representing the board of education, spoke in favor of the immedi- ate passage of the ordinance as 1t would require one months publication before the vote could be taken, and if 1t were postponed until the next meeting 1t would be too late to hold the vote at the time of the general primary. Mir. Smith has work cd constantly for the past three days with City Attorney Ed Smith and Alderman Forney getting the ordinance in shape for it's passage, and every legal point which could possibly block the sale of the bonds or the passage of the ordinance has been carefully investigated and fixed
 A petition signed by about 15OJ people was presented by Attorney Latady repre- senting J. Blach & Sons. asking that a high school building be erected.
 Second Avenue Stands.
 Two ordinances, introduced by Alder man Cooper were adopted to break up the nuisance of the stands on Second avenue near the Jefferson theatre. The first pro- vides for the regulation of the sale of green meats, and provides that 1t cannot be done within 100 feet of any church.. theatre or other public building. It makes a violation punishable by a fine of from s25 to s1O0 and sentence of from thirty to 1S0 days.
 The other ordinance is to prevent the sale of green meats at TIC Second avenue, and also provides that the license of Louis Tobis be revoked. It provides a similar fine and sentence to the other ordinance. It also prevents the keeping. selling or displa ying of said meats.
 Alderman Cooper also introduced res olutlon naming a committee to see if it would be advisable for The mayor and board of aldermen to bear half the ex- pense of moving the two story building back of the building at the corner of Sec ond avenue and Eighteenth street in order that the place might be no longer nuis- ance. It was carried and committee will investigate
 Noise Nuisance.
 The special committee consisting of Mayor Drennen, City Engineer Kendrick and Alderman J. R. Copeland. appointed to ahata fba rrofea u,feanoa o,,