The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-06-13
B[Al1'H MEASURE
UP TO The MAYOR !.
sAmended Ordinance
Goes Through Board
With Ease.
ONLY ONE VOTE
y 'I,ii'i5' IN OPPOSITION.
Talk Of Getting Chief Health OF
ficer from Outside Richmond.
Want Dr.. Johnston for
President Of Board.
High School Mat
h8S ter Goes By.

& Barring approval by His Honor, the
Mayor, the amended ordinance reorgan''z-
Ing the Health Department OF the city Is
now law, having been concurred IN oy
the Board OF Aldermen last night.
This result was not at all uneSpecte,sd.
Indeed. 1t was anticipated, as the Board ail1 !.
had adopted the original paper before i
was amended By the Council.
{ The vote on the ordinance was vas, as as
folio VS. Ayes--NIessrs. Adams, Allen Ben Ben
NETT, Blair, Burton, Cottrell, Dabney'
Donahue. Gilman. Gunst, Mann. Minor,
gRennoIds, George j. Seay, Whittets anu
ATurpin (l6). Noes-Mr. Satterfeld o..
( .Absent--N1essrs Grundy, NJ. Eli seay't
Washer and Wood (4).
Is Mr.. Allen explained his VOTE saying
he much preferred the original ordinance,
hut said he would vote "sye' because
4 this was the best thing in sight.
1T was always thought the BOARD would
concur, as II adopted the cEginal ordt-.
nance by an overwhelming majority be-
!. fore 1t was amended by the lower
branch.
s The ordinance now goes to His Honor Honor,
5dorses It, Ii will become effective, as IS
provided, on July 1, 1906
Want Dr.. ] ohnston.
ss55S Members who are close to the sltua-
s1tiou say the chief health officer may 'e
an out-of-tpwn man. but strong effort
will be made to get Dr. George Ben
Johnston to accept the presidency of the
q Board "A least. three of tho five men-
Il bers Of the Board shall be medical doc
Z tors. but none Of them shall receive COM
pensa ton for their services. The chief
health officers salary is fixed at S2,500
per year. ~ Isl
The matter relating to the purchase Of
5additional property for the proposed new
High School building did not come up
THE Board concurred in the ordnance to
furnish street car companies free water
with which to sprinkle the streets, as
well as that to sell the Clark Spring
property to Miss Grace Arents and the
HOLLYWOOD Company.
Vi The ordinance to require overhead troll
ley systems Of street railway companies
was referred In order to allow fire insur-i
anoe companies to be heard Mr.. Ben,
nett was zone OF those who opposed this
reference, and said for the most part
insurance people were "grafters." He
thought they would take care OF them
selves all right most anywhere. A.
s4ss Tho Board tabled an ordinance to pay
Observation-Disclosures 1inC54 2optuVVi
for school property. etc, In the event Of
the annexation scheme being consum-
mated, though this course was vigorously
fought by Mr.. Blair, who wished inlme-
$diata concurrence.
S9i Mr.. Adams moved to refer the ordi-l
nance requiring the street railway COM
1panfes here to Install a double overhead
trolley system to the Committee on,
Streets, and Mr.. Satter1eld moved to
amend by adding the Committee on Elec-i
tricity. The clerk read a petition from
"a large number Of fire insurance agents,
asking reference in order that they may
offer opposition.
" Messrs. Dabney and Mann opposed
reference. and said the ordinance was
necessary in order to protect the city's
waner rnainsa against further damage
from electrolysis. s55
Ar. Dabney moved to amend by re-
During report to either branch. Mr..
Dabney withdrew his amendment ami
the matter was referred, after some
further debate in which the members
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