The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-05-16
School Appropriation.

building committee.
 School Appropriation.
 The Board of Education made its annual report to the council, and recommended that $1i5O0 be allowed for the budget of expenses during the next year. On motion. it was determined to appropriate this amount.
 The matter of electing a city engineer was next taken up and two names, A. J. Lint and John Hindershot, were placed in nomination. Lint received five votes and Hindershot received one. Alderman Crook and Alderman O'Gara refused to vote in the election.
 An ordinance specifying that no body can be inferred in a city cemetery with out death certificate has been secured from a reputable physician, was passed. The ordinance also provides that the phy siciar issuing the certificate shall re-
 0fe same to the city physician A s. ordinance was also passed re-
 laR all midwives and physicians to fsnaf all births and deaths that occur .1a ,heir Jurisdiction.
 man OGara offered a resolution It lare the franchise of the Bessemer
 aler Works company null and void, setting out for the. cause that the said corporation has violated it's contract In that it has shown discrimination by using a varying charge scale on water service in the city. The resolution created a mild sensation and it was referred to the wa ter works committee.
 Under the head of petitions and com plants, the butchers petitioned the coun- cil not to allow grocerymen to sell Nege- tables. The petition was denied
 Acting City Attorney M. G. Terry to t1,at ha Sheffield Steel and Iron company had of fered to enter into contract with the city to open up Dartmouth avenue where it runs through their property on condi- ton that the cross streets are to remain closed. The attorney recommended. how ever, that the contract be not entered into and that the city condemn both the ave nue and the cross streets for the public good. This position met the approval of the council.
 There being then no further business to come before it, the council adjourned.
 Notes and Personals.
 Mrs William Robeson, sister-in-law of William Wren, received a telegram yes terday to come at once to Buffalo, as her husband was shot and dangerously wounded in that city on last Saturday afternoon. Mrs. RobesOn left at once for T dent have been received as yet.
 The Knights of Pythias at Bessemer have received a telegram from it's repre- sentatives at the grand lodge in Anniston stating that Judge B. Clay Jones was unanimously elected grand chancellor for the state. Judge Jones is a member of Linton lodge No. 190 at Bessemer The local pythians are preparing to tender him a banquet when he returns to the city
 Mrs. w. T. Hart and Son, w. S. Mims left today for the Indian Territory on q three weeks visit to relatives and friends
 The habeaus corpus case of John An drews, negro who killed Taylor Johnson and wounded John MAstead some weeks ago. will be called in the criminal court of Birmingham on the 18th inst.
 J. H. Parsons returned today from Fl Paso, Tex, and New Mexico, where he has been absent four months on a combined business and pleasure trip.
 Sykes Brothers and Lewis have topened up a furniture store in the Steiner block
 The first and second Beaver hines played an interesting game of ball on the Fourth avenue diamond this afternoon. which resulted in a victory for the first team by the score of tQ 1. The victori- ous team will play EnsIey at the same park on next Friday afternoon.