The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-09-02
NEW COUNCIL
DULY ORGANIZED
Peters and Turpin Continued as
Presiding Officers Of Both
Bodies.
FLOWERS AND GOOD BOOKS
Such Are Tokens That President
Iurpin Get From His Admir-
ing Associates.

TIE new Common Council met accord
-ns 20 law at O'Clock yesterday after
noon and took ~ only "a few minutes Ia
oisan-zine FOR Two years work The work
o- Organization consisted az going through
"It- t.e legal Performance OF tine duties
already outlined by "a former caucus of
rae body. wl4.l had decreed the re-elrl-
ton Of all tAe Old officers. The trausac-
ton az tals cur and dried business o,cu-
cd The time OF the Couucuncn Jess
t..an O. -4lf hour.
Al : cloeS. tAe new Board OF Alder
rien was scheduled 20 meet for organize
zion, buzz g. was something after o'clock
before quorum was present. and then
tae upper branch ot t-e elty legislature.
which is supposed 20 he m0re diguificd
Khan the other branch. took Uu more
time 90 gec down 20 business. II was
nearly clock when the venerable Sen
ators" completed tile business which
might have been disposed OF In five min
Ltes.
The Common council had been called
20 meet for organization az . o'clock. bat
II was quite $50 5fore Clerk Ben r. Au-
gust found a sufficient number OF tile
WHY elected present TO can the body
O. order.
At that Sour the following answered 20
rof cali. 1fessre w T. Atkinson. T. a.
Barber John p. BNey. Huusdon Cary.
a. i. Davis. John r DoaL+aNy. =. II
FERGUSON. II. O. Gates. r. r. Green q.
Is. Hobson. Julius a. Houson. Harry
Hurer. John =. Lea. John !. Lynch Nor
gan r. Mills John r Neagie A. T.
Phillips. II r. Pollard, Jr. g. *. Pol
lock- J. c. Powers a.. +. Richards. Il
H. Spence. jacob CmiaLt. William /.
bite. +. Williams. G.. II. Wiltshire.
L. =. Peters
The following members elected were NOT
present. James r. Cannon. F. II. CARRIER.
} aroson. w Fred Richardson. Cliff Wen.
= N White.
+ L was explained that the absence OF
Nlr. Cannon was due 10 the fact tnat
he is SIN touring Europe. The faNur-
4 20 attend of Jhe other members marked
absent was NOT explained
Mr.. Peters, President.
The clerk of the CourcE AR August
called tse body 20 order and read tae
/ certificate OF the election OF tho member
D above named furnished HIM hv the clerk
of che Hastings Court. and announce
that all ot them except Mr.. Cannon had
. been duly sworn in.
The first business in order declared
. clerk August. was the election ~
] That business lad already been prac.
+ ucallv disposed ~ in caucus. and AI~
. Pollock merely obey ED the hehest Of tr.
caucus when PEE named MI Robert Lee
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re-el4ot-d vice-prcsident. and llr. gen r
August clerk
Aii Pollard offered a resolution that
te rules ~ the OLD Council De adopted
whole. except rglc IT, which
r;nr--ea Tor the drawing by lot OF
N~ Mills opposed the exception
and offered as am amendment that rLe
u.d rules. as whole. be adopted Tho