The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-04
ALDERMEN
 AND SCHOOLS Progress is Made by City Council. MEETS AGAIN MONDAY New Buildings and Other Improvements Planned. City Fathers in Session Until . Late Hour-Chief Gerald Reports on
 Number of vagrants
 Arrested.


 building, to be used by both boys and girls, be erected. will in all probabilit be carried out by the City Council of Montgomery. At the regular meeting of the Council last night progress was made towards carrying out this recom- mendation of the School Board.
 The matter went over until a special meeting of the Council which has been called for next Monday night. The plan embraces the erection of a high school building which will cost at least $50. 900, the transformation of the present Girls High School building. on High and Lawrence Streets. into grammar school. the tearing down of the old Chiffon College building and the stop ping of the proposed Improvements to the Sayre Street school building. The plan embraces also the issuance of bonds to the amount of $70,000 or $75,- 900.
 At a previous meeting of the Council Alderman Jackson presented an ordi- nance for the destruction of certain bonds. whose authorization for school purposes had been made by the Council, but which had not been sold because substitute bonds had been sold in their place.
 Under a report of the School Com mittee, presented by Alderman Gunter. this ordinance, as well as other ordi- nances relating to this matter. went over to the special meeting to be held next Monday night.
 The entire Aldermanic Board was present last night with the exception of Aldermen Griffith and Thompson.
 Educational Conditions.
 The City School Board submitted to the Council an important suggestion as to the educational conditions of the city. The Board earnestly suggested af building to be used by both boys and girls as a high school. The communi- cation stated that the present building occupied by the Girls High School could be transformed into a grammar school at a moderate cost.
 The Board recommended to the Coun- cil that a bond Issue of $70,000 be made by the Council for the purpose of erect Ing the new high school building. The Council was reminded that the people of Montgomery had never turned down a bond issue for school purposes. The sum named. 1t was set forth, would be sufficient to put up a spacious building ample for all needs and fitted out with all necessary appurtenances. The communication was sent to the school committee.
 A second communication from the City School Board notifying tine Coun- ell of the salaries of teachers and jam itors as fixed by the Board. The total of these salaries for the year of 1905 and 1906 was shown by the communi- cation to be $57.106.
 This communication was received and filed. ..... ..
 Fifty-two Arrests for vagrancy. From the Chief of Police a communi- cation was read giving the Council the information 1t sought in the resolution asking how many arrests had been made for vagrancy during the month of June. The chief reported that ar rests for this offense were made under three sections of the City Code. The total number of these arrests. the chief reported was f1ftytwo.
 Alderman Jackson, the author of the resolution, asked that the communica- ton of the chief go over until the next regular meeting of the Council as he might or might not desire to have some action taken on the mat ter.
 | In response to resolution City At torney Ray Rushton reported upon the status of the city's claim against the bondsmen of ex-City Treasurer R. H. | Somerville for the city's money lost in the failure of the Josah Morris bank. The report dealt exhaustively with the history of the Councils eff | forts to collect the money the city | had on deposit when the bank failed. | When the bank failed the city had on deposit $s9.530. The city, with oth. | CT depositors, agreed to let F. NJ. Bill | ling remain in charge of the affairs with the understanding that he would | pay the amount in eight payments at regular intervals. The first of these payments was made on time. The seo- | ond payment was not promptly paid ha nit shit against Mir Somerville and his bondsmen. While the suit was pending MT. Bill | ling deeded the city the Clayton Street. house used as the Boys High School as the city's second payment The city withdrew the suit with the record that 1t did not waive any of its rights to bring a future suit. | Since then an effort was made to throw the affairs of the bank into bankruptcy. That matter was now pending in the bankruptcy court.
 The City Attorney reported that MT. l Somcryille was now living in Bir- mingham. MT. Billing, who Is on MT. Somerville's bond. admitted his liabil- l ity for the face of the bond, but the other two bondsmen, A. A. Wiley and John w. Durr, denied liability. They held, the City Attorney reported, that they had only guaranteed the honesty l <l not guaranteed the stability of the bank in which the citys funds were deposited. .r"@
 The communication was received and filed
 Removal of Waterworks once. l Chairman Teague from the Public | Works Committee, reported upon the renting of the stores under the city building. The report recommended that the city water works office be moved from its present location on Monroe Street to a location in the city building, to be selected by the Acting Mayor.
 | The report recommended that the corner store be rented for S900 annual ly and that the other two stores fac l ing Monroe Street, be rented for $500 a year. The report further recom- mended that the citys stores on North | Perry Street be rented by the Clerk | and the Treasurer to the best advan- tage.
 The report was adopted. | By adopting the report of the Fi- nance Committee the Council awarded the contract for furnishing the city with provisions for the present month | to l.. Lasseter X Co.
 Chairman Strauss of the Park Com mittee, reported a substitute for the | ordinance donating the open space in front of the cemetery to the White l House Association as a site for the first White House of the Confederacy. The substitute was the same as the origi- nal ordinance with the addition Of a section which provided that the Asso- citation, when the house had been erect | ed should have some person in con-