The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-24
IT'S A LITERARY
MONS TRO5|TY!
President Turpin So Calls New
Tax Ordinance Prepared BY
Finance Committee.
is A DISGRACE TO RICHMOND
Council to Fight Court Stenog-
rapher Bill Proposed BY the
Bar Association.


The special meeting of the Board of
Aldermen last night was not the tame
anair some OF the members had expected
! it to he
| The meeting was called by President
Turpin to consider the tax assessment
ordinance recently passed by the Com
mon Council. and 1t was thought by
gone that the upper branch would SIM
ply accept the action of the lower branch
and take but very short time in which
to do 1t. but such was not the case.
In the first place President Turpin CNrr.
Gunst in the chair) got after committee
from the Bar Association and offered
resolutions calling said committee down
for undertaking to create new Office
at big salary. by way OF the Legis-
lature The resolutions were adopted.
Major Otway S. Allen was unanimously
elected Alderman to represent Madison
Ward in place of Mr.. Zimmerman, re-
signed.
When the tax ordinance came up there
was lively discussion. Speaking to a
motion to make the pawnbrokers' tax
$500 instead of 500, as the Common
Council made 1t, Mr.. Turpin made
vigorous speech. Criticising and con-
demning the whole license tax system,
and referring to the ordinance, as a
literary monstrosity-'
Detailed Proceedings.
At the hour named for the special meet
ing of the Board of Aldermen, fourteen
members were present, and with that
number the business of the evening was
commenced: but one member (Mr. Blair)
had to leave to catch n train, and as
thirteen could not pass anything, they
spent the evening In useless discussion.
Immediately after roll call Mr.. Dona-
hoe. of AIadisos Ward. arose and In a
pleasing little speech nominated Major
Otway S. Allen for alderman, to succeed
Mr.. w. II. Zimmerman, resigned The
nomination was seconded by Mr.. Dabney.
who spoke In complimentary terms of
both the retiring and incoming aldermen.
Major Allen was unanimously elected
Tho resignation of Mr.. zimmerman left
an aldermanic vacancy In the board of
commissioners of the Sinking Fund. Mr.
Dabney nominated Alderman S. II. Cot
troll to fill the vacancy. and he was
unanimously clerted.
Court Stenographers.
| President Turpln called Mr. Gunst to
tho chair. and taking the floor. stated
| that at a recent meeting of the Bar AS
| sociation of Richmond a committee was
| appointed to go before the Legislature
to get q bill passed providing for the
| appointment of'court stenographers for
| the Circuit ant Law and Equity Courts.
The Bar Association proposed in their
| bill that these stenographers should be
| paid by fees. but the committee had OF It's
| own accord changed the proposition so
as to provide that the pay Of each stenog-
| rapher should be s1,200 per year, the same
| to be paid by the city of Richmond
( Mr.. Turpn resented the action of n
| committee of the Bar Association or the
Legislature in creating or proposing to
| create new officers for tho city without
| giving the Council a chanoo to say
word, and embodied his resentment In the
following preamble and resolutions. which
| were adopted under a suspension OF the
| rules:
Whereas, a bill has been introduced ipto ths
se 1S noySs S
Circuit and Law and Equity Courts OF this
whereas, said bill undertakes to nix the
q said 20 and bps
Whereas, the Council OF the city. Of Rich
ri is aepov hr9 dRsasssa et s
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Council whose duty shall \ s Se % aPpsaE before
Wmlss saId lii be- be- and T.
tie passase 81 saA bin Insofar as ii attempts
10 lrnIose scharse upon the treasury ol thls
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