The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-19
CITY COUNCIL CLEANS HOUSE Aldermen Cleared Docket of Many Matters. WORKED UNTIL VERY LATE Car Tracks Must Come Off Mobile
 Street. Report of MT. Cole on City's Books Is stim Withheld from the Public --New Ordinances On Many
 Subjects.

The Montgomery City Council held house cleaning last night. Met in regular session, the city fathers estab- lished record for business. Not on- ly did they dispose of all unfinished business, and run through long list of petitions and communications, but they passed some score of resolutions and ordinances. Before the long ses- sion closed, the voice of Clerk J. J. Farley was hoarse and weakened from the reading of various bills and meas ures, and from the calling of innumera- ble rolls.
 One of the things which was pushed through in the all night performance was an appropriation of $14,25o for the purchase of the property corner Soutn McDonough and Scott Streets for pub lie school purposes. There was a nara struggle over the measure. number of the members of the Council, led by Alderman Lobman, spoke in favor Of postponing action on the vote, the oo- feet being to introduce another Eesolu- tion, which would probably have ended the agreement of the city to purchase the property The vote of the Council, however, stood against this idea, and an ordinance to appropriate the money was passed. and will be forwarded to the mayor for his vetor or approval.
 Big and little Thinss.
 Rut the Council was not satisfieo with dealing with big things like pub lie school properties alone The alder yoan went into smaller matters than That. They were met for business, and they spat on their hands and went at it in earnest.
 An ordinance was reported ana pass ed. empowering the mayor to renew tne
 nTnnArtV Ss.500. This mortgage was to nave eA- pired on July 1.
 or favorable report by the commit fee. n was ordered by the council that lights be placed on the Court square fountain. the declared object being to heautify the city streets and help along the 1910 movement.
 The disorderIy house question was considered under several phases The City Hall improvement agitation was summarily put to an end The tax rate of the year 1905 was renewed as inc tax rate for 1906 Even stray dogs esr,e in for A share of the attention Of thA Council, the latter taking view cbarItabie to the interests of the wan Aarinr canines while the man who uses nrofane language over the teIephone' according to one resolution passeo' roust hereafter pay a fine of $lOO Tor each ana every unseemly word ne us es. ,
 These and other matters were nus tied through with the quickness ana usual dispatch of the city governlhs hodv' The Montgomery Traction Com nsny was pulled over the carpet. rssolution was passed ordering the coponany to remove it's tracks rom WohiIe street. On another count. the company was taken to task in com nunication from the mayor, TOT the pau annditIon of the streets in Jefferson Davis Avenue, where the car tracAs nave been torn up for several months, m the latter instance, the mayor anu the City Attorney were directed 10 use any means necessary to remedy cohui tJona on that thoroughfare.
 n.a v,atter which was expected to
 bsard from last night was the re- nort of the Finance Committee on the -a,ork of Accountant Clark r. Cole' Ie cantIv employed by the city to go oNet tha citv's books At the request or tnls committee, however. the report oL tI0 aocountant was re-referred 10 tne Ioni roittee pending the completion ol the examination he IS nlaAi"s
 period of seven years. ,,,Ao,a q rov,an. license inspector. was reau' S,,,.or the attention of the Councll to .ra Tsil,re of the street car company n5 advertisers in street cars, 10 pay ssa fee of $2 required by the city oIu tSo ,nerces The letter was referred to '"e Tinance and Judiciary Coninhi'''
 FihaH Report of MT. Cole. .,o
 Alderman Lobman, chairman oa ao ptnance Committee, from which a ant had been expected on the exami- netion by Clarke P. Cole or the clty hooks, announced that a complete re re rort on the original contract coVerlms tpvrsntv months, had been prepared lie rooved however. that the matter pc raSreferred to the Committee on Fl nonce for a report to be made at later meeting, to be held after special Accountant Cole will have completed tbe report covering the last nine years The motion was adopted.
 Another matter reported by the FL nance Committee, was in response to a message from Mayor Teague to the committee calling attention to the fact that the mortgage tax on the Billing property, for $S,500 falls due on July The Mayor had asked that .ae Coun- ell authorize him to dispose of the prop erty or to take action with a view to renewing the mortgage The commit aee recommended that the Mayor be em- powered to renew the mortgage. The recommendation was approved.