The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-10
CITY TO LEASE
 ITS CONNECTS. Council Decides on This
 Action. WILL RESERVE FEW OF THEM Report of Finance Committee Causes Warm Debate. -< With Amendment That Twenty Pr,s- oners Over Ie Be Used on Streets.
 Report l. Adopted--To
 Retire Bends.

Consideration and1fnai adoption o, an amended report of the Finance committee upon the awarding of inc contract for the convict labor of Mont- gomery occupied the Council during .ne greater and by far the most inter- esting part of It's session last night.
 By the adoption of the amended re. port the city leases all of its fomale convicts and ftS male convicts under the age of IS years to l.. w. Hunter. and its male eonvicts over the ,age of l6 to w. H. Henderson. with the pro- vision tbat the city shall always ro. tain at Feast twenty male convicts over le years old for work upon the slevs. only such as may be surplus Henderson. -
 The confederation and disposal of the matter was marked by quick debate and many parliamentary strategies. Alderman Jones, leading the fight for the retention of convicts by the city. and Alderman Moritz. Chairman of the Finance Committee. which made the report being the chief of the faction favoring the adoption of an amended report. in which the retention of any convicts for the use of the city was not stipulated.
 The Mayors veto of the salaries or.- dinance. because of provision of the charter requiring that vetoes may properly he. submitted to the Council only at regular sessions was not given to the Council last night
 Of Two ImpOrtant Aesolutions.
 Important matters disposed of with ton by President dunter. that the Mayor. with the Finance and Street Committees of the Council, be author ized to meet with the Board of Revs~ nue of Montgomery County with q view to reaching an agreement as to the disposition Of the road and bridge fund now due or alleged to be due to the city of Montgomery; and an ordi- nance, reported with a communication from Mayor Teague. that the salary of the street car inspector be fixed at $ee0 q year. payable in monthly install. . ments. This salary was not named in the omnibus salaries ordinance. Tho latter. introduced into the pro. cAedtngs upon report of the Finance Committee. was treated with dispatch. the ordinances being referred to tho Committee on Finance. The resolution by President Gunter. bearing spon the road and bridge fund, was adopted. Ii has to do with m amount about $2b.- 900, which wilT be available to the city tor its own uses.
 The report of she Finance Commit tee on tue leasing eof convictc wac then read as follows:
 Finance iCommIttee Reports.
 gro the City Council of Montgomery;
 "We. your Committee on Finance. beg leave to report on the accompany ing bids for the lease of city convicts, that we accept as the best bid. for two years, from January 1, 1908, to Janu- ary l. 1910. that of Mir. L. w. Hun ter.
 'For female convicts, under age of IS, $3.25 per month.
 ''For female ~convicts over age of Is, $5 per month.
 $5 per month
 And that we accept as the best bid for two years. from Janu0yy l. 1908, to January 1. 1910. that of W. c. Hendor- son:
 aFor male ccnvicts ovor age of Is. at rate of $Io.bo per month.
 Beginning with Alderman Seidle's motion to postpone and protestation by Alderman Moritz. the long debate was on. Alderma Jones. opening the fire for the opposition to the adoption of the report. moved to amend by pro yiding that no males over the age or Is years be leased, and that only the female convicts and the males under 16 be let. Alderman Tyson said that the advertisements for bids Tor tne Ia Dor had been made under certain con- ditions and that the Council had-,no right to change the conditions after the bids had been received His mo- ton to table Alderman Jones's amend ment was lost Alderman Saul moved that the report be taken up seriatim. but the chair ruled that the question to the amendment.
 MT. Mortiz supporting the report of his Committee. spoke humorously. nunnfng upon the Aldermen large, whom he designated as the very large and the medium large Alderman-at- large. He dvocated the leasing of lie convicts. At present, he said, the city has about. ,thirty-six. and as the Mayor was empowered to retain as many. as he deemed necessary for the city'sl use, he thought there was no nse to amend the report as presented.
 Alderman Tyson opposed the amend nent which, he said, was unnecessary. The convicts. he said, cost the city about SIS a month. and that amount with sthe amount the city would re- .eive for the lease of each prisoner. would make each of the men worth $25 a month. Under the contract already offere d the city could keep all the, convicts 1t nee ded Then amendments ana motions to table in quick succession. with the