The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-02-05
RAISE SALARY OF
CITY Mt I0RNEY.
Common Council Votes Him
$4,000 a Year and Assistant
at $4,000.
POLICE FORCE GETS RAISE
t Was Salary Increase Night il.
the Common Council--Otlcr
Business.

Business.
,'hc Common Council at It's regular
meeting last night disposed OF a great
number of matters. but without entirely
completing the business before IT, ads
icurilcd until Thursday night No propo-
sltion OF great Importance Of public in
stercst was finally disposed Of perhaps the
nearest approach thereto being the pas
sage Of nh ordinance providing for an IN.
crease of tho city Attorneys salary to
5000 per year, md giving him m assist
ant who will be named by him. and
whose salary shall be $1,000 per annun.
The ordinance to permit the Chesapeake
and Ohio to build spur tracks across thu
streets and 10 construct same over the
old basin from Seventh to Ninth Streets
on property owned by 1t was passed by
the lower branch. and now goes TO the
upper branch.
An effort of Mr.. Unlanf to amend
tho early-closing ordinance SO as to
limit Tho sale of liquor by others thun
qualified voters and to forbid women
dispensing liquors, created some uls-
cussion in the nature of u legal dis
cussion, but this ended in the send
Ing OF the ordinance TO tho table.
The salaries of police officers were
Increased, including those of the chief
and the clerk to the board, and the
ordinance now goes to the other branch
for concurrence. The increase Is 10
| per cent. all around
Detail Of Session.
immediately after the usual opening
| prcliminares tho messugc OF Mayor
Mccarthy vetoing an ordinance to per-
! NIT the vestry OF st. Johns Church to
| construct n parish-hou and Incmorihl
chapel within the church-yard was
read, and, without discussion thereon.
| was sent to tho Committee on ST
| JONAS Burying Ground, from which it
/ came.
The question of salaries was then
taken up action resulting on tho va
rious ordinances as follows:
Fixing sale Of general foreman Of Street
Cleaning Department at S1eD per Year.
Adopled.
Fixing salary of tho clerk OF Street
Cleaning Department at $3.50 and appoint
Ing, him clerk o. the Committee on Street
Cleaning. Adopted.
4 To fix the salaries Of policemen as fol-
t lows: Chief of police, 5000: clerk OF I'o-
lice Department.. $3.50; captains, sl.320;
scrgeants, sl,1m: patrolmcn. sl,co3.T5.
Adopted, Messrs Cannon, Richards and
d. NJ White voting no.
To fix pay of carpenter at Lower Gas
Works at s. per day Adopted. Mr. Gun
non voting no.
To fix number and compensation OF crn-
sployes OF the Water Department. increas-
ing pay of clerk and stenographer from
$500 TO $3.50. Adopted, Messrs. Cannon
md D. M. White voting no.
Fixing pay of Inspector of tho Street
Department Mt 1876 per day. Adopted.
AIessrs Cannon and ID. NJ. White and
! President Peters voting no.
! Wi .f,,,d. .
Cleaning Department at 81 per day.
Adopted, Mcssrs. Cannon and D. NJ.
White voting no.
TO fix compensation of laborcrs in Street
Department at g per day Adopted.
Mcssrs. Cannon and p. NJ. White voting
no.
City Attorney.
, When the ordinance fixing the salary
) OF the city Attorney and prescribing his
!, term Of office at two years, and re-
!, curing him to give his entire time tic
. the business of the city, prescribing his
salary AT 5000. and providing for an
: assistant at s1.5oo per year, was laid be
, fore the Council, Mr. Cannon spoke ir
! advocacy Of his proposition.
Later he withdrew this and moved tc
. amend by FIXING tile salary Of the Cts
: Attorney at $500 and of his assistant a
e $1,000
u Mr. Pollock wished the two question:
If separated, favoring 5000 for the attorney
u and 5000 for the assistant
: Mr. Magic offered as substitute {
II proposition providing for the election
= OF the assistant BY the Council. blu
J. making no change In the proposed sal
)r airy.
1T as to the method of choosing the as
I sistant, advocating the selection o
&c the man by the attorney
re- cn1 Z n n
J. to elect, and advocated giving the at
k torney power to select.
IN The Ncaglc substitute was lost. NJ
IN i. u. Richardson and Mr.. Nengle alon
III favoring 1t.
6. Mr.. Cannon's amendment to max
z, q the attorneys snlary S4.So0, .lnstea
~ OF $4,000, was lost without division
~ He thcn moved that the salary {
~, the assistant be made $1,000 per az
q mum. Adopted. II to 0.
The amended ordinance fixing In
two salaries at $4,000 and $4,000 wa
then defeated, / Q ayes to noes.
Mr. Mills changed from aye to no,
D. order to move Il reconsideration, whic
he did and then moved to lay III
rdinance on the table, 1t took th
~ course.
~ Tho ordinance fixing the salary {
a.; the foreman OF the tapping force
the water department at $3.50 per da,
u
Ia and other employees of pump-ho {
es $3.50 per day, was adopted.
e Adverse Report.
Cd Tho FINANCE Committee reported NJ
he verscly on the proposition of NJ
cs Lynch relative to the Feasibility OF s.
~ lecting two High School sites. in II
~ absence OF Mi. Lynch, the rcpoA W;
~ laid on the table
The Finance Committee reported wi
favorable recommendation tho Cal
ordinance, appropriating $4,000 to a
JH quire Il site and construct and furn!s
en- a Richmond building at the JamestoW
nj Exposition, the SUN named to cover g
.st expense incident 10 carrying out, u
~ Recommendation.
70 Mi. Cannon explained tho projet
n and recitcd the progress OF the NOV
nd lnent from it's Inception. Tho probe
Oh had been endorsed by he Chamber
lie
nd 1900 + * 4 " /,