The Forrest City times., 1906-04-27
CITY COUNCIL.

v 'onhell met III the courthouse Tues Gay night, April 24 The following theIhoer> were present. Aldermen (. II. HaNeas. INV Mallory. S. II. Mann. ] W. J. Lanier. S. r Mcdaniel. W. T. sanders. Recorder Chas. Bernard MaHof Walter German presiding.
 he Mayor stated the object of the adjourned meeting to be that of hear Ing petitions for and against and dis cas>lng the stock law. Upon asking II anyone present had such petition. | lion N. w. Norton presented q lengthy petition opposing the susper,- sion of any part of the stock ordinance.
 MT F.. Bonner chaperoned petition asking that so much of the stock or. dlnance as related to mich COWS be suspended. and such animals be allow. ed To run al large until November l. He had no selfish interest iii this mat Ter, but acted simply in behalf of the poor people of the city who owned COWS and had no room nor feed To keen them up. He said that the south was on the verge of stock food famine" hat pfOyender was SO scarce and hiph that Il was beyond the reach of the poor; and he hoped the Council would iaNorabIy consider the petition. He suggested that the cows be allowed to run al large during the day and be put up during the night
 Alderman Mann read tt lengthy communication from ladies of Forrest City in opposition to turning the COWS ioose:..
 Dr Rush. President of the Board of Health. Was called for. and responded ln talk setting forth the dangers of the impure water and food which COWS would get if turned out
 Mrs. J. NJ. Prewett added weight to the petition against the suspension of the the stock law by a few well-chosen and earnest remarks.
 NIT. Ellis Hurley spok- in favor of turning 'em loose. and criticised the COW petition as having q graveyard" list of names on it.
 The Mayor read the petition to sus- pend that portion of the stock ordi- nance which relates 10 cows.
 Alderman Mann said he questioned the right Of the council to suspend any portion of an ordinance they can repeal the whole. but cannot suspend d part. He complimented the work of the old council. and did not think II right to undo what they had labored for years to accomplish. He remarked the best advertisement our city has k it's well-paved sidewalks and grayeled streets. and the citizens are now sod ding 10 the curbs and planting young trees. and if the cows are turned loose To pasture on the streets. it would be useless for people to try to beautify their homes.
 Alderman Lanicr said there are no real poor people in the city, and in looking over the petition he found only d few who were not able to keep their cows up and feed them. He said he was not willing 10 stand by and see his town retrograde while others around us were progressing. He re- marked that petitions as d rule have very little weight. as some people will sign almost anything, and said he saw the name of one man on the list whom he would wager did not know the diff ference between a sweet milk COW and a butter milk COW
 The Mayor said he did not want the council to act hastily on this matter: said lie ordinance had been in force since November. and 1he people bad every reason To believe that 1he que>- tion Was settled: said il would take from sixty to ninety days for the peo- pie To prepare for the loose COW. and did hot believe iu saSpeHdiHe any DOT tiou of the ordinances but II any ae- tion WAS takeu il should be the feiee- tion ot lhe petition or repeal T the ordinance in toto.
 Alderman Mann moved that tae pc Iition 10 suspend that part ef the stock ordinance aN reate> to COWS, he denied. Seconded h1 Alderman Ne baniei
 The aAc> and ual> being called for the vote resulted d. follows;
 Ayes Aldermen Mallory. Mann. IIaYens. Mcdaniel. Lanier.
 Nays \ ldermdn Sanders.
 The Mayor declared the prayer of the petitioners denied,
 Capt. James Russell appeared before the council and presented a proposi- i tion from the owner offering the Flee tric Light Plant for sale to the city. He spoke of the advantage it would be to the city, pecuniary and other wise. to combine the water works and 1 light plant, with the city as owner,