The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-09
OLD LICENSE
 WILL STAND No Increase on Retail
 Saloons. COUNCIL IN BUSY SESSION Fruit Vendors License is at Last
 Increased. An Ordinance was Read and Adopted Authorizing Payment of Bonds To Cover Bonded In-
 debtedness.

 as this year. Several weeks ago. when the city fathers met in special session to con sider a proposed raise, the license after a wrangIe of several hours was voted to be chagged from $400 and $200 to $500 and $500. the greater sum apply ing to saloons within the fire limits of Montgomery, and the lesser sums referring only to the saloons outside of this district.
 Last night when the section referr- ing to retail liquor licenses was reached by the Council. all minds, to all appearances, being far away from another license crusade, Alderman Sul- 1ivan arose to speak. He had only few words to say.
 Tt is a well known fact" he said, 'that the saloon license as at present provided for is too great. It is an injustice to all saloon keepers, and one that the City Council should re- gret. In view of this, MT. President. I move that the license be changed to read $400 and $200 and not as the Finance Committee has reported it." Several hearty seconds came to the Alderman's motion. The vote was put, and with only Aldermen Lobman, Eos ter and Griffith voting mo-" the meas ure was carried. and other business
 
 The following other liquor licenses, however, were changed: Distilling liuuors, from $100 to $150 wholesale liquors, from $200 to $500; retailing malt liquors. from $75 to $50; retail ing malt liquors and wine only. from $125 tos$150; for selling what is known as Malt Extract" "Hopenweiss," or both, from $75 to $f60.
 The Council had been called to- gether for the purpose of passing upon the report of the Finance Committee relative to the license schedule for the fiscal year of 1907-190S, and to pass upon a number of other matters of not particular prominence. Those who were present were: President Gunter, Aldermen Ruth. Jones, Ryan, Coins, Sullivan, Tait Grifnth, Roemer, A. L.. Tyson, J. c. Tyson, Foster, Lob man and several Aldermen elect. A large number of visitors turned out to greet the local law makers.
 Payment of Bonds.
 An ordinance was read to the Council and passed. authorizing the payment of $950 of bonds to cover the $So.950 bonded indebtedness of the city. Eighty of the bonds were shown to be of a denomination of $1.000 each, and in order to make payment in even sum the $50 sum over the required amount was ordered to be brought back in one of the bonds, and the de- felt of S95o ordered to be paid out of the city treasury.
 Upon motion and vote. Clark P. Cole. the Atlanta auditor who was employed by the city to audit the books in the various city departments, was ordered to be paid $500 for his services. AL dermen A. L. Tyson and Romer ob- tected to the payment on the ground that MT. Coles system was probably too complicated for tho good of the
 nfh A l. dermen spoke adversary to the pay ment, the necessary sum was ordered to be paid.
 Two hundred and forty dollars was orderely to be appropriated for the purpose of paying for a new system of hooks that is to be introduced In the Water Works Department of the city government. The system is one con trolled by Auditor Cole, and is identi- cal with the one used by the City Treasurer.
 Teh second most interesting fight of the night was the discussion on the recommendation and ordinance to raise the tax on real and personal property one-eighth per centum, from $11.25 pef annum to $12.50.
 As introduced by the Finance Com mittee. the change was uuthorized' oO cents to the dollar being onereo to he set aside for the purpose of helping
  heinz offered to be set aside for the nurpose of paying off the public debt, interest on the same, public school maintenance, etc. Chairman Lopmah. of the committee. strenuously urged the passage, insisting that the city was in need of as many funds as possible if it desired to keep itself half way out of debt
 Alderman A. L. Tyson thought that the raise was too much. He cited the fate that the Board of Revenue, by as- sessing the Montgomery property aoout sS,5OO, ,O00 higher than at present was 1ivinR the city an increase from that source, alone of about $42.0OO. He thought that the property owners had about all that they could well stand m to. and advised. in view of this that the report of the committee be not adoped. -.,,,-.., .,,ara of the same opinion. Both thought tbat the best way to make city sue ceed would be to make the expenses to it's citizens as low as possible. Al derman Foster expressed htmselt as oL inc opinion of the other adverse speak- CTS whereupon the question was called for and the proposed change and in crease killed. Alderman Lobman was the only Councilman to vote for the measure, evelen voting against IL.
 An ordinance of Alderman Sullivan. having reference to a cnange or tA3 gasolene ordinance, was read before the Council. and adopted in the form or an amendment. The amendment IS to the effect that the automobile life glVer can be stored three feet and not twenty five feet from a building as was hlther to prohibited.
 When the license schedule was called for and taken under discussion, Alder man J. T. Tyson advised the city fath- CTS present that his intentions were to vote against most of the sections that advised an increase from what the licenses are at present. He stuck fairly well to his intentions.
 Fruit License.
 One of the most interesting ques- lions to come before the Aldermen in the license schedule was the question of whether or not the fruit vendors license should be changed, or whether they should be prohibited from doing business in Montgomery.
 Concerning the vending of fruits from wagons, the Finance Committee had recommended a change of from $50 to S5O decreasing the license for the vending of fruit from handcarts from s25 to $15. After brilliant contro- versy. however, a practically prohib- itory license was imposed upon both each being increased to S1oo. Basket