The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-22

 court The resident concerned is a client of Attorney Jesse Drennen. and Attorney Smith stated that if the board would au- thorize him to do so he would align him self with Attorney Drennen, and make the case the one on which the city based it's action.
 After his remarks the city attorney Was given authority to proceed The ease will be presented 10 the supreme court next week. and Attorney Smith expects a decis- ion within the following sixty days.
 Pool Room Drinking Tabooed.
 A resolution offered by Alderman Heidt and referred to the judiciary committee. is intended as a blow to the drinking in pool and billiard rooms of the city, which, 1t is alleged, is practced.
 The resolution follows:
 Be 1t resolved by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the city of Birmingham. That it shall be unlawful for any person to serve. sell. deliver, give, receive. drinN or supply any spurious. vinous. or malt liquors in any pool or billiard room of the city: or to cause, permit. or suffer the same to be done, or to aid or abet there in"
 In the second section of the resolution. it was further ordered that any person violating any provision of the above shall receive a punishment in accordance with the regulations of the code.
 Improvement Ordinances.
 Assessments in the following ordinances were aseertained:
 271. Providing for the grading of Black berry street from Arlington to Fifteenth avenues. estimated to cost &29171; 297, providing for the grading of Avenue from Twelfth to Fourteenth streets, es- timated cost $9O77.0S; 316. providing for the paving of Avenue B from Twentieth to Twenty-fourth streets with bituminous macadam and Vitrined brick, estimated cost s23 254.15 of which amount $i299 ' is assessed against the Birmingham Rail- way. Light and Power company, which company on Avenue operates a double track.
 The following ordinances were con frmed:
 366-providing for the construction or a sanitary sewer on Twelfth street 36S. pto- Viding for certain paving on South ftlsn- lands; 369. providing for the pavement of Avenue r from Twentieth 10 Twenty seventh streets: 37O, providing for the im- provement of certain sidewalks; 31l. pro- viding for the construction of a sanitary sewer in Twentieth alley and Avenue B,
 Assessments under the following were confirmed:
 316-Providing for the paving of Alley from Twentieth to Twenty-fourth streets. estimated cost $66i0 .6l; S19, provd- ing for the paving of Twenty-second street from Avenue A to Avenue R with bituminous macadam and vitrified brick estimated cost $36i2. T. The following ordinances were intro duced;
 379-Providing for the paving of Nine teenth alley from Thirteenth to Four teenth streets; 37S. providing for the con- struction of sanitary sewer; 379. pro- viding for the paving and otherwise im- provoment of Third avenue from Thir- teenth to Eighteenth streets; 3S0, provd- ing for the pavement of the sidewalks on Twenty third street from Eleventh to Twelfth avenues. These were referred To the judiciary committee.
 A resolution was adopted instructng the city engineer to prepare an ordinance for the construction of a sanitary sewer in the Third ward.
 Alderman Fulghum succeeded in having passed q resolution establishing an arc light on Avenue F and Twenty-seventh street. to be paid for and maintained by the Birmingham Belt railway.
 The following reports of standing com mittees were adopted: Finance Committee.
 Present-The Mayor and Aldermen Jones, Heidt, Parker, <lotz and Cooper. Absent, Alderman Gray. The committee reports as follows:
 That city court case and costs No. 1465i. Mitchell vs. Gambill and case and costs No. 14747. Mitchell vs Gambill, be settled for s256 70.
 That fire plug be ordered in at Third avenue and Twenty ninth street. north. That petition of R. F. Smith, represent ing Mrs. Eugene Welch, asking for $l000 damages, be dsallowed. That petition of J. H. Reynolds for damages 10 amount of s25 doctors bill and & hospital bill. on account of dam ages sustained by patrol wagon. be al- lowed 10 extent of s7 hospital bill in full of all damages.
 That action of Mayor in advancing sl1 900 on November 10 10 Board of Edu- cation for school purposes be and is here with approved.
 That Joe Clay have S1075 refunded to him. which was unlawfully collected as license.
 That city treasurer be instructed 10 turn s200 into the general fune of the city which was deposited by Joe Marsicano ai forfeit, as all rights to same have been waived by said Marsicano in writing That the Mayor be authorized to pur- chase from Annie Legge the south half of lots 22, 23 and 24. in block IS. Green Springs addition, for a sum not exceed ing $750.