The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-06-08
Opponents 10 Measure in Pres
ent Form Claim Action is
A Victory
SPECIAL COMMITTEE HAD
RECOMMENDED ADOPTION
City Council Adopts Ordinance Pro-
vidinq for Paving South Twentieth
Street for Several Blocks.
Much Business.

| The opponents of the anti graft ordi-
nance, in its present form, now pending
in the City Council, won their first We
tory at the regular semi-monthly meet
ing of the City Council last night, when
the measure was referred back to the jul
dietary committee, alter a report by the
| special committee had been made recon-
mendirg the adoption of the ordinance.
The vote TO refer it back to the judi
cary committee stood 10 to 3.
The mayor Alderman John G. Greener
of the First ward and Alderman 3. II.
! Cooper of the Fifth ward voted in the
negative.
Alderman Walter Moore OF the Fourth
ward who moved that the ordinance be
referred back to the judiciary commit
tee, was supported by Alderman Simon
l<lotz of the Second ward, Alderman d.
r. Copeland of the Third ward, Alderman
w. r. Gum of the Fifth ward, Alderman
John C. Forney and Fred :. Fulghum
of the Sixth ward, Alderman John L. Par
ker of the Seventh ward, Alderman Harry
Jones of the Eighth ward and Alderman
Thomas Simms and II. A. 6tocsmar of
|
the Ninth ward.
The ordinance was introduced at the
last meeting of the City Council, and was
referred to special committee, composed
of five members This committee met and
! deliberated over the proposed measure
and framed this report:
Meeting of the special COMMITTEE Pres
ent, the Mayor Aldermen Fulghum,
| Cooper and City Attorney Smith.
I'VE recommend that the anti-graft or
dinance be adopted
Proposed Measure.
The proposed ordinance is as follows:
Section l. Be it ordained by the Mayor
and Aldermen of Birmingham, That 1t
shall be unlawful for the mayor any al
| derman. head of department, chief of
! bureau, deputy or clerk in any depart
ment or bureau, or other office of the
| city Of Birmingham, or for any firm
of which any such person is a member,
: or for any corporation of which any such
/ person as stakeholder, director or Of
ficer. to be or become interested, directly
or indirectly, either as principal or agent,
! in the procuring or performance of any
express or implied contract or of any
work or business. or In the sale of any
article, the expense price, compensa ton,
| value or consideration of which Is pay
able from the city treasury or is or shall
! be a debt or liability of the Mayor and
Aldermen of Birmingham.
! Sec. 2. Be it further ordained, That
| every contract, express or implied here
after made In violation of any of the
provisions of or contained in this ordi-
nance. shall be and is hereby declared to
be absolutely void and of no effect.
Sec. 3. Be it further ordained. That any
| person soliciting procuring. entering in
| to, participating in or performing any
| express or implied contract, or any work
| or business or in the sale of any article
such as described in section l of this or
| dinance. knowing that the mayor. and
aldermen head of department, chief of
bureau, or other officer of the city of
| Birmingham Is interested ir the same
| in any manner described in said section 1
F., of this ordinance; or any person who shall
| in any other manner violate and provision
| or provisions of or contained In any sec
ton of this ordinance, shall be punished
| for each offense by fine not less than
| $40 nor more than 500. and be impris-
oned at hard labor for the city not ex-
ceeding six months, one or both"
stockmar Takes Chair.
Tt was near the end of the meeting last
night when Alderman Cooper arose to
read the above report Of the special COM
mite The Mayor called Alderman
Stockmar to the chair and he assumed
a seat at a desk on the floor of the
council chamber. Everything was still
when the report was read. The Alderman
from the Fifth ward then moved that
the ordinance be placed on its second
reading, which was quickl seconded by
the Mayor. Alderman Moore was on
his feet Immediately, with a motion to
refer the ordinance back to the judiciary
committee The Alderman said that in
his opinion the ordinance was a drastic
one, and some sections should be stricken
out and some amendments made. His mo-
ton was seconded and then Alderman
Cooper moved that the Moore motion be
| tabled. After some argument on parlia-
mentary law the motion offered by AL
derman Cooper was put and it was lost
The motion of Alderman Moore was then
adopted by a vote of ten to three.
The meeting last night was one full of