The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-09-03
NEW COUNCIL CONyENES
CALLED TO ORDER BY MAYOR
WALLACE.

The new City Council met promptly at
| o clock Thursday morning in response
20 "a call issued 10y Mayor Thomas Z.
| Wallace, who assumed his duties sept.
/ lst All Of the members were present ~
! follows: Col. f.. ID. Cole, ". Il. Bradley
! /. T.. Rowe, l.. ". Mills, j " Masters.
Major W :. Embrey. Henry Dannehl,
| Prof. 5 W. SomerViIle. NJ. :. Chancellor,
George H. Morrison, W l.. Watson, r
! VI. Young, Jr. Mayor Wallace presided
until an organization could be perfected
MIR. Bradley WAS requested 10 act ~ TEN
pOrary Clerk,
The space reserved Tor spectators war
crowded, as ALSO wa the yestlbule. Ar
soon As the body WAS called 60 order 10y
Mayor Wallace, MIR. Rowe nominated
Col. Cole for President aud MIR. Watson
nominated Prof SOmeryille. Mr. Dan
neh seconded the nomination ot Col
Cole aud Mr. Mills that Of Prof. SOmer
VILE The vote resulted in tie ole q.
Somerville 6. Mayor Wallace mnde Ia
statement. in which he gave reasons,
which will be found in u communication
in another part of this paper. for casting
his vote under the circumstances, ana
broke the tie 10y voting for Col. Cole.
which elected the latter. lie WAS asked
for authority ia reference 10 the proceed
ings bv Mersrs Watson. Morrison,
Someryille aud others, To all of whom
Mayor Wallace stated that the law W nS
clear
MIR. Watson and Mr. Mills and several
of the other new members protested
against the action Of Mayor Wallace IL
Z =.
called Col. Cole tn take the chair as Pres
/ dent
/ Col. Cole thanked the body for the hon
or conferred upon aim aud said he would
eBdeayor to do his duties a. presiding OH
Ger 20 the best Of his ability.
Mr. Bradley nominated Mir. Dung i1r
yirp. President and Mr.. Mills nominated
Mr. Rowe. Mr. Rowe begged ID DE eS /
cused, hut MIR Mills declined to with /
draw the nomination. Mr.. Rowe voted /
Tor Mr.. Young aud protested that he did /
not desire the office. Mr. Young was |
elected receiving Z votes, and were cast
for Mr Rowe.
For Clerk OF the Council. Mr.. Bradley /
nominated MIR :. +. Eastburn. The /
nomination was seconded by Mr. Wat /
son and Mr.. Eastburn received the unan 4
imous vote On motion of Mr. Chancel /
lor a committee WAS appointed 10 wait
on MIR. Easthurn and notify him of hie
election. The chairman appointed
Messrs. Mills, Morrison and Young Thu
committee soon returned with Mr.. East
burn. who was sworn in 10y Justice ;. >
Quinn aud Immediately assumed hir
duties.
on motion of MIR. Bradley. seconded
by MIR. Mills, his salary was fixed az
$4,000 per Annum.
Mr. Mills asked il there was q City At
tOrney. Mr.. Dannehl answered ny stat
M that Mr ST. Geo. K Fitzhugh has
been regularly employed 10y the city from
time 10 time when legal services were
nee6ed. Mr. Mills then said he desired O.
have IA legal opinion on the question oi
the Mayor casting the deciding vote Tor
President of the body, but Mr. Flt2hugh
Was out OF the city aud could not br
summoned.
In reply to question OF MIR. SOmer
vile. a. 70 what officers constituted the
organization of the Council, President
Cole stated that they Wefe President
Clerk. vice President and Recorder.
For Recorder MIR. Dannehl nominated
Major w. s Embrey. and made hand
some epeech in referring TO the high qual
ities Of that gentleman Mr. Young
nominated Mr.. Watson for the same OF
tee. = conded 10y Mr Masters. Mr., I'm
hrpy received seven votes and wRH elected
Mr.. Watson received I've votes
The matter OF determining which
OF the members should serve tn
short and long terms WAS taken up
The law wac read by Mr., Dan
Dphl and Messrs Chancellor and SOmeT
vile were appointed tellers- The matter
WINS settled By lot. according to law, IA
follows: Lower Ward, Messrs Young
Watson and Dannehl each drew long
term of four years, Mersrs. Morrison
Embrey and Masters each drew thu
short term Of two years; Upper Ward
Nessrs. Mills SomerYille. and Cole each
drew the long term OF four years, And
Hessrs. Rowe. Chancellor and bradle!
each drew a short term OF TWO years
The election of Collector of City Taxes
was then gone into aud Mr.. 4. +. Rowe
was unanimously reelected.
The office Of City Surveyor was passed
Dy on motion of Sir Dannehl.
Mr. Mills moved that the office OF Ulerk
Of the Market be passed by, but the mo
ton was defeated by tie vote and Mr.
samuel Fitzhugh was reelected, recelv-
ing eleven votes llis salary was fixed
AZ 80 per annum.
The office of weigher OF coal and meas
nrer OF lumber. on motion OF MIR. Mills
was pasted by.
For Superintendent Of Aims House. Mr.
/. W. Ball was unanimously reelected
and his salary fixed at 81 30 per annum
For scavengers the following were sp
olcants; 'pper Ward, Cumberland MILF
and j. A Stone. Mills received : votes.
Stone I. Mills was elected Lower
Ward, f. W Jones. james shelton and
r. l.. Carneal were applicants. The first
ballot resulted: Jones votes. Shelton q /
and none for Csrneal. Second ballot,
Jones 9 and Shelton 3. Jones was
elected
Police OfIcers.-The salary wns fixed |
at $40 per month for each officer with |
ices. The applicants were az follows
| Upper Ward, Charles A. Gore, W. |
Tansill and j. b. Proctor Tansill re.
ceived II, Gore I, Proctor q. Tansill
and Gore were elected. Lower Ward, sp- /
plieants, ". X. Hall, j. II. Robinson, ".
0. Pound On the first ballot Hall re-
ceived all of the votes and was elected. |
| Robinson received 6 votes and Pound 9. |
On the second ballot each again received |
six votes, and this continued until nearly |
twenty ballots were cast
About 1910, when there seemed no
prospect of breaking the deadlock, Mr. /
Bradley moved that the Council 90 into
committee OF whole and the spectators
we're requested to retire IL w8sexpected |
that some plan would be agreed upon, |
while in conference, by which the dead
lock would be broken, but when the |
doors were re-opened, balloting was re
sumed With the same result as before |
Robinson and Pounds each receiving 6 /
votes. A recess WAS then taken until /
four o'clock
The Council reassembled at O'Clock |
and Mr. BRADLEY took the floor and made |