The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-31
nCOW ORDINANCE"
 GOES INTO EFFECT Much Business Done by Bes-
 Semer City Council MANY PETITIONS HEARD Seat of Alderman Myles Declared Va cant and His Successor Will Be
 Named at the Next Regu-
 lar Meeting.

Bessemer, August 30-(Special.) J. At a meeting of the mayor and alder men tonight the ordinance regulating the running of stock at large was passed, to go into effect ninety days from today. Thus ends one of the most interesting chapters in the pres ent council. A number of other im- portant matters were disposed of to- night
 The license on telephone companies operating in Bessemer was raised from $150 to $500 per annum.
 The council failed to have a session at the last two dates for meeting on account of a quorum not being present and considerable business piled up on the solons. Mayor Huey was in the chair and Aldermen Randle, Mundes, Hurd, Moore and Dennis were present.
 The seat of Alderman Richard Myles, who has also contributed an interesting chapter to the sometime aldermanic war, was declared vacant and his successor will be named at the next regular meeting. Alderman Myles and his family have removed to Sheffield.
 After the minutes of the previous meeting had been read and adopted the regular order of business was sus- pended and petitions from the citizens were heard. M. c. King asked that he be given license to sell produce on account of being a cripple. His peti- tion was denied.
 The petition to construct storm sewer .,, f1r.t e.fr1 -4 was referred to the street and light com mittee.
 The complaints relative to the unsani- tary condition of a vacant fot on Claren- ton avenue, between Twentieth and Twen- ty-first streets, were referred to the street and light committee.
 The petition of A. J. Long that he be charged only one-fourth the regular license to conduct a market in South Bessemer was denied.
 The petition of several citizens that the license of the fish and oyster stands be placed at $25 per year was acted favorably upon, the council passing an ordinance to that effect.
 The petition of Mrs. E. w. Allen that she be allowed $100 additional to the amount already allowed for damages done her property by the city on Nineteenth street was referred to committee com prising Aldermen Dennis, Hurd and Mayor Huey. The petition of Professor James M. Dill that $S that he had taken for tuition in a check that was invalid be refunded him was denied A petition from several citizens on Clarendon ave- nue. between Nineteenth and Twenty third streets, that the street be graded and eherted was referred back to the citizens with a request that they get the petitions of majority of the property owners on the petition.
 An invitation was read from the Amer ican League of Municipalities inviting Bessemer to send delegates to the con vention to be held at East St. Louis on October 3 was read. It was voted to send Mayor Huey and Aldermen Mundes and Randall as delegates. 1t was also voted to send the fire chief and assistant fire chief to the firemen's convention to be held at Chattanooga.
 '"rhe COW ordinance," prohibiting the running of stock at large in the city limits and imposing a fine of not less than s1 and more than $25 for all break ing the ordinance, was placed on third reading and passed. The law will go into effect within thirty days after pas sage.
 After hanging fire'' in the council for several months and being fought out in all the courts. the ''cow act' at last be- comes a law.
 The council went into executive session at Il o'clock tonight.