The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-17
MUCH BUSINESS TRANSACTED 1T
 BOARD MEETING Motion to Establish Hack
 Stands in the
 City, F0RNEYS MOTION
 WAS NOT PASSED w. H. Abernathy Was Elected City Electrician, With Salary of S1oo a Month-saIoon License Issued.

In one of the shortest meetings the board of aldermen ever held, the city fa- thers last night disposed of a volume of routine business
 Present at the meeting were Mayor Ward, Aldermen Wheeler, o'Neill, Bar bour. D. R. Copeland Cooper, Gum, Fulghum, Forney, Jones, Heldt, Stock mar and Sims.
 The report of the finance committee recommended the adoption of the follow ing resolution which was carried without opposition:
 Be 1t resolved by the mayor and al- dermen of Birmingham, That the board thank Chief Weir and the police de- pertinent for their active assistance In bringing about better sanitary conditions and especially thank Officers Todd, Perk- erson, Burson, Burke and Disheroon who have devoted all of their time since July 25 to this purpose.
 "Be 1t further resolved, That s10 each be allowed Officers Todd, Perkerson and Burson, and $5 each allowed officers Disheroon and Burke"
 The report of the finance committee made by Alderman Jones, which was adopted. was as follows:
 The committee recommends:
 That George D. Garrard be paid the sun of $35O as settlement in full for condemnation cf certain property
 That Annie W. Dallas be refunded the sum of s49O, amount paid for property purchased at tax sale.
 That the attached list of assessments for 1oI, real ard personal tax upon personal property, be vacated and also the attached list O. merchants, tax as- sessments for the year 1905, be vacated as recommended by tax collector.
 That petition of Pratt Coal company with references to tax on their prop erty outside of city be set aside.
 That the attached resolution be adopt ed.
 Hack Stand.
 On recommendation of the judiciary committee an ordinance was adopted in regard to the establishment of hack stands on Morris avenue between Eighteenth and Nineteenth streets and also under the Twenty-first and Twenty-seeond street bridges. At these places hacks may stay in waiting to receive passengers and for receiving passengers at any other place the resolution provides that on conviction a fine of not less than $l nor more than S100 shall be imposed or a sentence to a
 
 six months or one or both
 The full report of the Judiciary com- mittee made by Alderman Fulghum, was adopted as follows:
 "The committee recommend.
 That we report ordinance No. 2S1 fa- vorable for adoption.
 "Petition of citizens of Seventh ward with reference to "red light" district be received and filed.
 That petition of J. w. Raney for dam aged for polluting Valley Creek be dis allowed.
 "That petition of M. M. Gwin for dam ages for polluting Valley Creek be dis allowed.
 That petition of J. w. Dupuy for dam ages for polluting Valley Creek be dis allowed.
 That the hack stand ordinance be re- ported favorable and adopted.
 That we recommend to the board the election of an electric inspector to take effect September 1, 1905, and that the sal- ary of said inspector be fixed at s100 per month.
 Judiciary Report.
 The feature of the report of the judiciary committee was the recommendation that the resolution of Alderman Forney in regard to increasing the tax rate on pub lie utilities per cent go over until De- cember 1.
 The idea of the committee in desiring to postpone action on the resolution un- til December 1, was on account of the contracts which are now in force. and the majority of the committee believed that the rate should not be increased until the contracts had expired Alderman Forney in speaking in behalf of his reso- luton stated that 1t was designed to se- cure for the city and the people the money p1 bot he thought 1t should be taken up now. He stated that fixing the increase at 8 per cent was only suggestion and was inserted in the resolution as a starter He said it could be changed by the board as desired Alderman Forney's motion that the majority report of the misce- laneous committee be not confirmed, was lost
 The miscellaneous committee also rec commended the granting of a license for Arnold & Watkins to run saloon on Twenty y-second street between Avenue B and Avenue c, which report was concur red in by the board.
 The street committee's report was as follows:
 'sWe recommend:
 That the city engineer be instructed to draw an ordinance for paving Twenty first and Twenty-second streets between MOTHS avenue 1Uu failrOad reservation with vitrifed brick.
 s'That the resolution of Alderman O'Neill for paving Eighth avenue be rec ferred to the aldermen from Second ward with instructions to present a petition signed hy the majority of property own CTS along said avenue asking for same to be paved.
 That no excavations be made in any streets where there are street railroad tracks, except those under contract from August IT until after October 1. 1905
 That the street commissioner be in- structed to put Avenue c in as good con- dition as possible with the city force
 That the permit granted to the Pool Contracting and Building company to repair office building on First avenue between Twentieth and Twenty-first streets be confirmed and extended for one week
 'eThat the United States Wood Pre- serving company be allowed to change speeifcatlons on Highland avenue block having provided the city attorney rules that the city has the authority so to do.
 ''That the contract for work under ordinance No 275 be awarded to Dunn & Lellande Brothers for s7000, they be- ing the lowest bidders.
 'arhat the contract for wcrk under or dinances PAT. 27O 271, 273 and 275 be award cd 10 Crockett Paving company for s4,65i thev being the lowest bidders.
 aThe report was adopted with the ex- cantion of the clause in regard to the changing of specifications for the wooden block paving for Highland avenue.
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