The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-18
PENNINGTON HAS
 RESIGNED OFFICE EnsIey is Without a City Clerk
 for Short Time
MIDNIGHT CLOSING LAW
Electric Light Plant Proposition Is Re- vlved In City Councll-Contract With Light Company Is to
 Be Looked Into.

uIar meeting of the city council of Ens- ley tonight City Clerk Lawrence H. Pen nngton resigned his position and the resignation was accepted with regrets by the council
 While the fact that MT. Pennington would resign had been made known tg the mayor and members of the council the news will come as a surprise to most of the people of the city who have had no iniling of MT. Pennington's inten- tions, in fact MT. Pennington had not contemplated such a move until a few days ago when he was offered posi- tion with the Pratt Consolidated Coal company at Mineral Springs.
 The resignation is to take effect next Monday and MT. Pennington will go as once to take his new position
 He Is highly esteemed by the members of the council and the business men of Ensley, who have come In contact with him and many expressions of regret were heard after the meeting last night that he would leave the office.
 Mir. Pennington's successor has not yet been selected and the matter of electng another city clerk was passed to the next regular meeting. The resignation came so unexpected that no one has had time to think of a suitable successor in the of flee.
 A resolution was adopted at the meet- ing tonight providing that all saloons in the city open at 5 O. clock in the morn- ing and close at 12 o'clock at night. There was some opposition to this resolution but it finally carried with but one dissenting vote. Heretofore there has been no law regulating this matter and one or two saloons have kept open doors from F o'clock Sunday night to P o'clock the following Saturday night. The new law goes into effect at once
 The matter of the proposed electric light plant for the city was again brought up and upon resolution the contract now in existence with the Birmingham Rail- way, Light and Power company, together with the petition recently presented to the council, charging the company with breach of contract, was referred to the streets and lights committee for investl- gation and report. It will be remembered that at a pre- vious meeting of the council a petition bearing over 500 names of citizens asking that an electric light plant be built by the city was presented. The body of the petition charged that the Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company had failed to keep the provisions of the con- tract, and on those grounds asked that the contract be annulled. No action was taken on this petition at the time it was presented, and it was called up tonight for reconsideration. In referring 1t to the streets and lights committee instruction was given that the contract be thoroughly examined, and that any Breach be reported to the next meeting of the oouncil
 An ordinance was adopted requiring those in reach of the city sanitary sewers not connected with same to pay 60 cents per month into the city treasury for the purpose of paying the expense of sanitary services on the premises of such citizens refusing to connect with the sewers. The miscellaneous committee asked for more time to report upon the printing of the new city code, as the work of codffi- cation had not been completed. Attorney Frank Deedmeyer has been engaged upon this work for some time. but it is require ing more time and labor than was at first thought. The rea,ir,d time was granted by the council.
 The session was a short one and ad- journed to meet in extra session next Thursday night.
 Those present were Mayor N. w. Scott, Aldermen M. s. Sherman, P. J. Rogers, J. M. Donaldson, W. L. Settle, J. F. Culpepper, Ed Keenon, F. ]. Owen and J. w. Brigham.
 Local and Personal.
 The Ladies Aid society of the Cum berland Presbyterian church gave an ice cream festival on the wide porches of the office building at the corner of Nine teenth street and Avenue E tonight, which was well attended.
 Henry W. Wood has gone to Colorado Springs and other points in the middle west where he will spend weeks va cation.
 Miss Marian Wilson will go to Spring field. Tenn, tomorrow where she will spend some time visiting friends and relatives.
 Mrs E. V. Braswell of Mobile who has been spending some time in Ensley visiting her daughter, Mrs. A. E. Wells. left today for St. Louis, where she will spend some time.
 Father Doyle is out of the city spend ing his summer vacation. I,,lra Jaaner was in the citv todav