The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-13
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Opinion 81 City Attorney Page
Reference to the Free
Bridge Ordinance.
RICHMOND SHOULD JOIN } IN u
Mr.. Page Believes That i; There The e
Could sBe. Several Advantage
n Gus Changes.
RICHMOND SHOULD JOIN i IN. IN i
Manchester Bureau Times. Dispatch.

l1IeO DTluSO 1NuyOs AoAANSOs GU
will be considered BY the City Assembly
tonight and there Will be several cons
ferences before tho MA ttcr. is settled, II
indeed 1t ever materializos. 4, IL =.
n City Attorney Charles L. Page gave
his opinion regarding tho ordinance at
the meeting Of tho Ordinance Committee
last night He says that the ordinance
Is defective In several places and that
the city should confer with Richmond
before taking any step towards the build
Ing Of tho opposed free bridge. 5l
v a brief synopsis Of Mr.. Pages opinion
follows: II III 81 .tS4 y ri
Mr.. Page held that in the purchase OF:
N1ayo's bridge, and the construction OF
~ new bridge upon the site. under the
terms OF the ordinance, tho city OF Mnn-{
chester, al though denling through the
medium Of a separate corporation, was
the real principal and the real debtor in
the affair. and, therefore. IS AZ 81 IN
Il 1st. That the act Of April Q, 1902, in-3
cooperating the bridge company, was
not Unconstitutional, L as authorizing the
city to grant It's credit to or IN MD OF
any corporation; II III q IL II 4, y n 81 {sg5 4
a I'd. That the flfty-year bonds, proposed
to be issuod by the ordinance, were for-5
hidden by section &C Of the city charter;,
and that the bonds ISSUED could not be
for n grenter period than
sthirty-four years:
81 Sd. That the city would have to pro-
lvide&for the interest and sinkinE-fund
on the bonds, pending the completion Of
the bridge, and after that would have to
make good any deficiency that might
exist in either account, after applying
thereto the income from the bridge;
TIL. That the bonds, though the debt
Of the city. were not forhiddenby section
81 Of the city charter, fixing the debt limit
Of the city at 20 per cent, that section
being implicitly repealed by the act or
April92. 1902. .5
Il He further held that the bridge could
not be mortgaged or, incumbered as pro-
power inconsistent. with the declared use
and purpose Of the, bridge as q public
. "a s That proceedings had been begun
act. and that there fore the powers OF the
bridge. company still survived; IS
3d. Thnt the proposed ordinance was
eonditionaly to the purchase &C Of May u1'
iridge before ascertalnlng the cost Of the
venture In definite shape. and whether
the necessary bonds could be placed at n
3, 4th.,hI hat, before undertaking to, commit
the city Of Manchester to the whole cost
OF the bridge. the Council should appoint
the city. Of Richmond, and urge upon them m
the passage Of the ordinance now fupon,
the table Of the latter body, providing
tor t I constructionso Of the bridge by the
two tiles. ,joln tlyeandS edunllyslyi
Grand Jury Witnesses.
day summoned the following witnesses
to appear before the members I. Of the
g gdia r,l Jury Ir on Monday morning: Mrs,
R RvahfA Fssrg 4151,95t and Mrs Bridget
syyaymacl, "A HE Wa yma ok, j. IS. Belcher,{
2. H. Sheffleld Harry lofty. John
TAYLOR, ". =: Granger, 9. II Myers Yer !
W.. w ~ MEYERS and John Hastings.
n The colored witnessesfto he summoned
are Mary u. Jackson Mary McCulien.
Robert Montague, Dabney and Martha
5ohn ana With Mar little 1 sha
iTopsey Jones. i.af5
Bonds Sold in City.
a Tho Bank Of Manchester purchased the
entire $4,000 worth Of $Ithirty-four year
bonds issued by the city for the erection
or theF..tiltering plant This bank made
bonas eng gn Pd for n the eursnnas q5 he
once sold tho bonds to the institution. 1a
$ The@S bonds were advertised for sale
through The Times dispatch and tho
Bond Buyer, Of New York.. The bonds
were purchased at par.
Regarding Automobiles.
Will tend to regulate the speed Of aauto-
mobiles through the city. The ordinance
will prohibit any automobile exceeding
the speed limit of ten miles and will
require the chauffeur to stop his ma.
chine and lekd any horse or mule that
he happens to meet on the highWay,.,, I, +
the animal Is frightened by NE SpuA1''s
apparatus. !,
hg bean sent to every city co9ne in
the state. 1t. will likely, get ..1a l3le q
80 ~r~fF M AaOa
! In ms Special session last night, the Health
COMMITTEES authorized the chairman, Al.
aGermnrf John w. Moore to purchase at
once a mule for he,city garbage force ,aas;
Ono or the city mules was tfound dead
In the stable yesterday morning. II was
at ilrst thought that lightning had struck
the animal but this theory was exploded
t that the mule had died from nat
ural causes . Est /.
There is a movement on foot to have
the Health Committee purchase the , .a {; {.
give To the department q now and younger
@ Personals and Briefs.
Miss Alma. Bradah hay the q popular rd g
shaw,8of No. ~ MrDonougll Street 4, VINO VI Q
much Improved Drs. Fiji and Brodnax
and and 1T Il Thought that she YIN be able
to leave her room with'n y 2, fe,w w Gays q !
sistant postmaster while Mr., II. r. Beat
tie is out OF tho city. I,
Miss Tessie Nance, Of Lynehburgi Is
the guest of her aunt. M, Mrs j. g l'al-
Mrs. w, n. Martin. of No III Hull
street, is visiting her father. Mr.. Dun
navnnt of CHESTERFIELD county. !,
Mrs. Alice Eastman Is me guest "
Mrs. \ Lester, Of West Fourteenth Street.
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