The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-24
ACTION. OF COUNCIL
ALDERMEN UNANIMOUS IN HELP
 ING FRISCO.
Ordinancc ADpropriating ol,00o Passed W1thOut DtssehttAg VUfe-F0Wrth NatioAaI Uank Gets the
 scheel Bonds.

at speclal meeting helu at oeiock lief of the stricken citisens of San Francisco.
 This action by the Council was in Aldermen in a message sent by Mayor W. M Teague. There was some dis cussion of the right of the Aldermen,
 ne city whsn the S yass mously.
 The Council was in session one hour ana curing that time transacted con When the Council was called to or- der at 8 o'clock by President Gaston
 9i o9wnf Hudson Aasrcen cen meb man, Foster. Roemer. Griffith, Sullivan, Gains, Strauss, Jones, Ryan, Tait and The following message from Mayor Teague was read:.
 Montgomery, Ala, April 2s. 1908. ITO the Honorable City Council of Montgomery.
 Tn the terrible calamity which has recently befallen San Francisco and the neighboring places of the Pacific makes 1t incumbent upon all the peo- pie of the United States to respond lib- erally and promptly to the call of dis- itai city of Alabama should have no hesitancy In. placing herself in the foremost ranks. Our citizens individ-
 uslly are responding in a most sub ment. 1t Is only meet and proper that the City Council should also make 2 contribution from the public funds or Montgomery for the Teller of the Wes- tern sufferers. T recommend, therefore. that SS ,u appropriate, by ordinance, the sum of $1,000 to be used for this purpose. Respectfully. w. NJ. Teague. Mayor" Immediately Alderman Lobman. introduced an ordinance appropriating sl, 900 for the relief of the San Fran cisco sufferers. The ordinance pro-
 yides that the money ego be @ f0rwaraed sny oy On motion of Alderman Strauss the rules were suspended for the purpose .of putting the ordinance on It's pass Aldermen j. c. Tyson said he WIS in sympathy with the ordinance, but ne desired to be advised by the JudiciaI
 Committee if the Council could. under Alderman Strauss appealed to the Council to pass the ordinance. II ought to be done. he said, to properly
 express the sympathy of the ppsopIe psopIIe of of the Queen City of the West. Alderman Tyson said he merely wanted to do whatever was done ih Alderman Sullivan agreed with Al. derfnan Tyson. He, too, sympathized with San Francisco, and he was on a committee which was soliciting funds from the taxpayers of Montgomery for the San Francisco sufferers. He said that a measure was now pending before the Council to provide uniforms for the police. He was advised that ure and he doubted if the ordinance under consideration was in conformity with the city charter.
 Alderman Holloway said the members
 of the Council had sworn to be guided with the ordinance and he wanted to
 approprists the money but he wanted 1t done legally 1 or the ordinance. He appeaied to his | associates not to delay such an urgent | matter.
 'Lef us send this money to San Fran cisco" said Alderman Lobman. and let
 Alderman Cox wanted the ordinance passed at once. The urgency or me
 can made t neeessary he 3e ssia 9svO to act Alderman J. c. Tyson wanted the aa- vice of City Attorney Mcintyre. who was present, but Alderman Sullivan nance to the Judiciary Committee to re- ci' today He paid tribute to the sym
 athetic feeling which animated Alder
 wstch: wat dog of the treasury" but said that charity begins at home, and that
 Alderman Lobman had opposed appro- priations for worthy purposes ,,t,,rs at home
 that Selma would slide into the river:
 tomorrow, which is not unlikely" said
 Alderman Sullivan. We couldn't get
 airmngham afpaha rsnh sheud S have ep easastrophe.
 we would have to help Birmingham,
 and we are about to set bad prece-
 The Sixth Ward Alderman moved to
 refer the matter to the Judiciary Com
 mittee to report at a special meeting
 today at noon.
 the suggestion of several Aldermen, City Attorney Mcintyre was invited to advise the Council as to the legality of the ordinance.
 sought to relieve suffering in perhaps. the greatest disaster in the world. It was an extraordinary occasion. Look ing at the charter technically and crit, ically, he believed that the Council could not appropriate the money. But. he said. other cities. banks and even the government had not stopped to consider the legal technicalities in the
 The motion to refer the ordinance to the Judiciary, Committee was with,
 
 passed unanimously by an aye and nay vote.
 Other Business.
 Bids for supplying valves and other machinery for the waterworks depart ment were opened and the contract was awarded to the Alabama Machin- cry and Supply Company of Montgom-
 Alderman Lobman submitted a report which was adopted on an ave and nay vote, awarding the issue of s75,- 000 of school bonds to the Fourth Ma tional Bank. which bid 103,56 IA and accrued interest or in round figures $77,671.S7 and accrued interest.
 Alderman Lobman introduced a res olution directing that all certified checks accompanying unsuccessful The resolution was adopted.
 The contract for supplying the city with groceries for the month of May was awarded to s. Loeb & Go.
 Alderman Roemer for the Committee on Sidewalk Paving and Baby Bonds reported as to condemning and improv- ing certain sidewalks and the reports were adopted.
 . Several ordinances providing for sidewalk paving were passed. These included the sidewalks of South Street from Lawrence to Hull Streets; the sidewalks Of Randolph Street from pe- of Perry Street from Jefferson to Pol lard Streets; Perry Street from Jeffer- son to Columbus, and Forest Avenue from Highland Avenue to the South side of Oak Park
 The Council then at g o'clock ad- journed