The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-06

worth of valuable property and pay
 s6,000 for it's destruction. He says tha
 by the installation of a plant simila
 to the plant now being operated |
 Jacksonville that both the city and tn
 citizens would be aided The matte
 was referred to the Committee on San itation.
 The Holloway ordinance setting ou
 the duties of the city license inspecto was adopted by a unanimous vote Hitherto there has been no ordinanc, specifically setting out the duties oi this officer.
 vagrancy Lnw Changed. The Holloway ordinance substituting the State vagrancy law for the present l city vagrancy ordinance, was passed l without dissent.
 Gravel on Fielder Street. The ordinance providing for the paw 1 ing of the sidewalks and the gravel l ling of the roadway on Fielder Street from the east side of Court Street to the Norman Bridge Road was called up.
 Alderman Holloway moved to amend that the city pay for the graveling. He said that the street was Beautifully sraveled by the Board of Revenue pre- vious to the annexation of this property to the city. Since the annexation tho city in laying water mains had ruined the roadway. He thought that the city was honor bound to pay for the gray elling.
 Alderman Sullivan opposed the amendment on the ground that the peo- pie of Fielder street did not want to come into the city. The amendment was adopted. The ordinance was then adopted by the following vote:
 Ayes-Gunter. Cox, Foster, Holio- way, Hudson. Jones, Roemer Ruth. Strauss, Tait. Tyson. A. L., Tyson, J. c.
 Nays-Griffith. Lobman, and Ryan.
 The ordinance appropriating $6U0 for fitting up an office and laboratory for the City Physician was adopted, Pres ident Gunter alone dissenting.
 The ordinance refunding to the Plan- ters Cotton Oil Company money erron- eousiy collected for taxes was adopted by a unanimous vote
 number of ordinances authorizing the issue of baby bonds for paving sidewalks. or ordinance for which paw ing have previously been passed. were adopted.
 resolution. introduced by Alder man Gunter. referred to the Commit tee on Finance. provides for a contin- gency fund for. the Mayor, amounting to $500.
 Several ordinances providing for mi- nor sidewalk pavements and sewer ex- tensions, were introduced and referred to the Committee on Sidewalks and Baby Bonds, and the Committee on Sanitation respectively.
 An ordinance wes introduced and re- ferred to the Committee on Judiciary, placing a license of $200 on dressed green meats.
 Waterworiks Bookkeeping.
 Alderman Foster introduced a reso- lution calling on the Waterworks Com mittee to look into the methods of bookkeeping in the office of the water works and to report back to the Coun- ell as soon as possible. recommenda- tions of what is thought to be needed. The resolution was adopted.
 Bids were opened on a number of small sanitary sewers and referred to the Committee on Waterworks. Bids were also ppNled for the pavilion to be built in Oakweod Cemetery. The fg- ures ranged around $500 and $700. They were referred to the Cemetery Com mittee.
 Five bids on the new steam fire en- zine of capacity of $50 gallons per minute were opened and referred to joint committee on Finance. and Fire.
 An ordinance of Alderman Lobman. fixing every fourth Monday in each month as the date for a special meet ing of the Council for the exclusive purpose of considering ordinances per taining to paving and baby bonds, was adopted almost unanimously and the Council adjourned at Il o'clock.