The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-15
Selrnn City Council.

City Council was held tonight. there
 being present Councilmen Wilby. Cray son. Agee. Norris, Elder. Griffin and
 Quinn. Councilman Perry presiding. in
 the absence of President of the Coun-
 cil Peacock.
 The session opened with the reading of the minutes, which, after few cor
 rections. were adopted. Mayor Atkins's s
 recommendations to the Council were then read, which were afterwards taken
 up in sections and acted upon. He call
 ed the attention of the meeting to the
 work that had been done toward put
 ting the ely in good sanitary condition
 since the outbreak of yellow fever in New Orleans last month, and explained
 how the matter had been handled. and
 recommended that the service of a man
 to act as assistant sanitary inspector during the rest of the summer months
 be secured.
 This was passed and appointment of such officer left to him. He recom- mended the necessity of the city having charity hospital. and showed several late instances where much good in sew eral cases would have resulted if the city had owned such institution, and asked that committee be appointed to look into the matter of the city taking charge of he infirmary of the United Charities. and advised If that building could be secured that a citizen from each ward with two ladies should gov ern the institution. se
 The recommendation was followed by the correspondence which had pass ed between himself and Mrs. Hobbs. President of the United Charities. re- lating to the subject In which he had asked her to call meeting of the Board of Managers of that society and to lay his proposition before them. A reply from Mrs. Hobbs stated that the meeting had been held. and that it was decided to let the city have the building as 1t was, if they wanted 1t at so much a month and the same to be rented a year at q time. As for selling the building, the Board of Trustees, in whose hands it was, had informed her that the citizens of Selma had given the same to the United Charities, and that 1t could not be sold.
 Councilman Grayson moved that a special committee of three be appointed on the hospital. This was amended by Councilman Agee, who moved that the Mayor. City Attorney and City Physi- clan be added. The following were ap- pointed: Mayor Atkins. City Attorney Young, City Physician Skinner. Council- men Agee, Wilby and Grayson. An ordi- nance was then passed to fix the tax rate the same as was last year. The ruleB or the HeeLluE were tnen SuS- pended and a committee from the Board of Health addressed the meeting Dr. eiray, in behalf of the Board of Health, asked that a meat and milk inspector be appointed and stated that the sani- tory condition of the slaughter pens around the city. with the exception of two, were in terrible condition, and that If the members of the Council had seen them as the members of the Board of Health had. they would not eat the meat that had been killed in them. He asked for the adoption of an ordinance similar to the one now in force in Montgomery in the matter of union slaughter pens. pr. Pitts also spoke upon the subject, and stated that he believed that unwholesome meat and milk had been more deadly to residents in this section in the past thirty years than an epidemic of yellow fever would prove. The matter will be thoroughly discussed at later meeting, when probably the ordinance will be passed.
 W. R. Shafer presented a petition to the council from a number of merchants asking that license granted for moving stores around the city be rescinded. OF that higher tax be levied on same, as such people only did business 0 few months during the year, while other did business the year round. The matter was referred to a committee who will report back at the next regu- lar meeting of the Council The regu- lar order of business was then resumed and disposed of, after which the Coun- ell adjourned.