The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-25
SUNDAY LAW IS MODIFIED Amended by Council to
 Meet Objections. FISH MEN MAY OPEN Aldermen at Special Meeting
 Discuss Paving.
 s- The Judiciary Committee Submits ordi- nance ms to Closing Business Es- tabli.hments which is Adopt ed without Division. 

The City Council of Montgomery at a sneeial meeting last night passed substitute ordinance to the sweeping Sunday closing ordinance now on the statute books of the city.
 Z The substitute ordinance was recon mended by the entire Judiciary com mittee and was adopted without de- bate or dissent. It provides that drug- eists. cigar stores, news stands, soua founts, bakeries, newspapers. ice stores and livery stables are allowed to re- main open throughout the day ana fresh meat and fish and oyster dealers are allowed to remain open until 9:So o'clock Sunday morning.
 The Council was called to order py President Gunter at o'clock with the following Aldermen present: Messrs. Coins. Ruth, Tyson tJ. C), Fe0er, Ty- son GA. L.), Griffith, Ryan, Holloway and Jones.
 As soon as the report of the Commit tee on Judiciary was disposed of the Committee on Streets reported on number of matters not reported at the last regular meeting on account Of the illness of Alderman J. H. Hartley. cbairman of the committee. The report was made by Alderman T. Gardner Eos ter. who expressed the regrets of his fellow members Of the committee that the chairman could not make the report in person.
 A number of petitions for electric signs to be hung over sidewalks were reported on favorably, it being a prin- ciple of the Council to encourage the placing of illuminated signs.
 On the petitions for the graveling or Monroe Avenue from McDonough Street to Jackson Street, the committee re- ported recommending that the work be done under "the baby bond act ana asked that the matter be referred to the new Committee on Sidewalk Pav- ing and Baby Bonds.
 This recommendation met with re- sistance from Alderman c. A. Griffith. The Fifth Ward Alderman Is not given to speech making. but he called the at tention of the Council to the fact that the old Council had adopted an ordi- nance guaranteeing all property owners along streets whose sidewalks were paved under "the baby bond act" the erave1ing of their streets by the city free of cost He said that the people expected this and he did not believe if would be fair to compel these peo- ple to pay for the work of gravelling
 Alderman Foster said that gravelltne of streets was permanent improve ment and he believed that all perma- neut improvements should be charged to a special fund to avoid the neces' sity of meeting another $6S.000 deficit at the end of the fiscal year.
 Alderman Gunter supported the ides | of Alderman Foster He said that If { | start was to be made in this direction | it should be made immediately and th' Council should not pave some streets l free and later on compel the propert! | owners on other streets to pay for thu | work. He called the attention of tn | Council to the fact that this Is a nev | Council and the slate is at presen l clean. The members have no especia interest in what the old Council did | Alderman Jones wanted to krov
 what would become of streets who's | sidewalks have already been paved un | der the promise of the old Council. H | did not get the Information.
 l Aide, man Holloway moved that tn l entire matter be re-referred. His mo ton was seconded by Alderman A. | l Tyson and the motion prevailed.
 number of similar reports took tn l same course.
 The Committee on Streets recon
 mended that the contract entered int between the Mayor and Street Commit tee and tlie Montgomery Street Rail l way that the street railway pay $10
 toward lowering the water mains ol Jefferson Davis Avenue now beini graded by that company be ratified. Tn
 rules were suspended and the repor was adopted.
 The Council adjourned at S:30 o'clock