The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-06
COUNCIL CREATES
 W.IGHER'S OFFICE A. J. Hall Inspector of Weights
 and Measures WILL RECEIVE ONLY FEES The clty's Revenues for September. Several Ordinances conflrmed-co- caIne Laws Slightly Amended.
 Gutterlns and Paving.
WILL RECEIVE ONLY FEES


 the position. His compensation will be in the form of fees. The council also adopted ordinances prescribing the duties of the inspector of weights and meas ures.
 The semi-monthly meeting was called to order about 7:45 o'clock by Alderman Walter Moore, who Is acting mayor in the absence of Mayor Drennen, who Is in St. Louis. The following members of the council were present:
 Chairman Moore. Aldermen Greener, Wheeler. Ward. ONeill. Barbour, Cope land. D. R., Copeland, J. R., Gum, Cooper, Forney. Heidt, Thach, Jones, Stockmar and Sims. The minutes were adopted as read by City Clerk Murray.
 September Revenues.
 Alderman Thach presented the report of the finance committee. The regluar monthly bills and accounts were audited and ordered paid. The report of the city treasurer for the month of Septem- that period were s34,S99.23. Of this amount s14,227.1 was for real and per- sonal tax for 1904. s1,O64.50 for merchants tax, S1,669 for fines collected in the infe- rior criminal court and s1A7O75 for H. censes.
 Assessments were made final on ordi- nance No. 176, which provided for gutter ing and sidewalk paving and other im- provements along Avenue I from Eff teenth to Nineteenth streets. The cost was S, ,649.S9.
 The following ordinances were con- firmed:
 Ordinance No. 22e, providing for sani- tary sewer In the vicinity of Eighth alley and Twenty-sixth street.
 Ordinance No. 227, providing for the re- pair of sidewalks in the vicinity of Fourth alley and Twentieth street.
 Ordinance No. 22S, providing for grad ing. macadamizing, curbing and otherwise improving Twentieth street from Tenth to Huntsville avenues.
 Ordinance Mo- 229, providing for im- provements along Lynch avenue from Nineteenth street to Huntsville avenue and Ina street from Lynch avenue to Fourteenth avenue.
 Weighing and Measuring.
 1A favorable report was made by the judiciary committee on the ordinance pro- viding for a system of weighing coal in Birmingham. It was adopted and sec- ond ordinance was introduced providing for the election of an inspector of weights p1 l.,r ha oif Thta ordinance, which was adopted, provides that the inspector shall keep all instru- ments necessary to perform his duties and shall keep Q set of books in order that he might preserve record. The inspector shall. wnen called upon, weigh or measure meats, liquors, brandy, wine, butter lard, tallow, coal, cotton, lime. sand. cattle. hogs sheep. hay lumber, oats, fodder, bran rye. corn, flour, sugar, etc. The fees range from one to fifteen cents for each inspection and of this amount the inspector is to receive seven- ty-five per cent gross.
 The new official Is given authority to inspect all scales, dry measures, cloth measures used by merchants and deal-
 
 monthly to the ci-sT council. For inspect ing measures, weights and scales the fees of the inspector range from ten cents to s5. He is authorized if he should deem 1t necessary, to appoint deputy to assist him.
 Upon motion of Alderman Jones the council then went into the election of an inspector. MT. Hall was the only one placed in nomination and his election was made unanimous. He will enter into the discharge of his duties immed- lately.
 Cocaine Laws Amended. The cocaine laws or the city were amended slightly Upon motion of All derman Stockmar copies of the laws will be sent to the municipal boards in each of the cities and towns in this district with the request that they adopt similar | laws. CopieG will also be sent to local druggists. It is to be .igidly enforced. The following improvement ordinances were adopted:
 Ordinance No. 230, providing for paving | Eighteenth street from Avenue tc Fourth avenue; Morris avenue from | Eighteenth to Nineteenth streets and l Morris avenue from Twenty-second tc | Twenty-fourth streets. with vitrified | brick.
 Ordinance No 231, providing for the con- struction of sidewalks on Thirteenth street from Avenue H to Avenue I. Ordinance No. 232, providing for paving First avenue from Twenty-second to Twenty-third streets with bituminous macadam.
 Ordinance No 2S3, providing for grading and otherwise improving Twenty-fourth street from Avenue H to Avenue I. Ordinance No. 234. providing for grading and otherwise improving Avenue c from Seventeenth to Twentieth streets. ce:...-.ery Committee.
 Chairman Barbour of the cemetery com- mittee reported that the collections at Oak Hill cemetery last month amounted to $232. with expenses amounting to s1S0. MT. Barbour introduced a resolution pro- viding for improving Marshall avenue in the Third ward. It was referred to the street committee.
 The street commissioner will have the intersection at Gcyamore street and Or ange avenue repaired. This department will also repair the gutters along Twen- tieth and Twenty-frst streets. between Eighth and Tenth avenues
 The contract for building sanitary sewers under ordinance No. 194 was awarded to McPoland & Go. by the street