The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-18
SALARY RAISED ID $2O0 PER MONTH Chief Wier Gets Increase Be- ginning With May FIRE LIMITS EXTENDED Council Session Is Taken Up for Most Part With Routine Matters and
 Passage of Improvement
 Ordinances.
FIRE LIMITS EXTENDED

so Tar as any acton or importance by the Board of Aldermen is concerned, it must have gone up in the smoke as the public improvement bonds were burned in the council chamber last night by City
 Attorney Ed Smith. The council meeting
 required one hour, but was taken up with
 routine work and the reading of ordi-
 nances.
 Among the most needed action was the
 advance of the salary of the chief of po-
 lice Up to this time it has been only l $15O but beginning next month it will be
 rasedsto S200 per month, or s24O0 per year | This motion was postponed from the last
 meeting, but went through the finance 1 committee without any opposition
 The fire limits were extended about a
 half a block to take in a part of the
 new Terminal station, while an amend
 ment to the city code was passed chang
 ing the stock laws. Hereafter stock run
 ming at large can be taken up whether
 in the street or not. thus protecting the
 people who are worried by cows grazing
 on their lawns. Before this an animal l could not be taken up by the poundkeep-
 CT unless he found 1t in the street or in l --
 public place.
 The pound fee was also raised from $1 1 to 2 per head thus putting the pound l department on a self-sustainnk basis, and l forcing the owners to be more careful
 The matters relating to the crematory,
 the dalrymen and the grade crossings, which were expected to enliven the meet 1 ing, all went over. f2
 Committee Wants More Time. The railroad committee asked for fur
 ther time, as Alderman O'Neill had been
 doing jury duty, but the committee in
 tends to get together before the next
 meeting and put things moving. The bids I for the crematory were opened in the
 committee meeting yesterday afternoon,
 but the contract was not awarded. The
 lowest bidder, MT. Smith, from north
 ern point, was present, and caused quite
 2 stir by his talk The contract will
 probably be awarded to his firm l committee of dairymen was present l to represent tine association, and made 1t
 plain their intentions are to pay up li- censes for the last two years immedia tcly and to continue at war with the city no longer. It seemed the opinion of the ma 1 jorlty of aldermen that the cases against
 most of them, at any rate those who only l owe for 1906 and 1907, should be mol
 pressed on the payment of the license. 1 The city intends 10 work in the traces
 with them if they are willing, but other
 wise the milk pail is apt to be kicked | over.
 Improvement Bonds Destroyed. | The meeting was called to order with the following present; Aldermen ONeill Parker, Copeland, D. F., Copeland, ]. R.,
 Cooper, Heidt. Klotz. Simms. Barbour, Fulghum. Moore, Stocllnar, City Attor- ney Smith destroyed improvements bonds
 of series No. 24O, to :,
 Alderman Jones then reported for the finance committee. The assessments for ordinance 32i consisting cf improvements
 10 the value of s175ss 45. were confirmed
 as well as No. 270 costing Y4G53. The ais- sessments on the storm sewer, whieh was | ordered in ordinance 1Ss. and the side
 walk Improvements on HighRnd averiue
 in ordinance 36S, costing $so.S7, were made final.
 AlutTHld1 SlOckIldf or the iTttl c0m- mittee moved to refer an improemeInt or dinance for paving Second alley 10 the street committee. While Alderran Stock mar was reading the report ofthc street committee, Alderman Wheeler in terrupt- ed and wished to discuss everyI idividual item, saying that he had the right to the floor as well anyone else. By motion duly carried he was allowed five min utes in which to say everything he wished. When he had finished the last second Alderman Hedt called time and business proceeded
 The judiciary committees report was thei. read by Alderman Fulghum and final action was taken on the change of name of Florida avenue.
 Amendment to Stock Law | Here is the amendment ao the stock | law:
 Section l. It shall be unlawful for
 any horse. mule, hog, sheep, goat, COW
 or any animal of the COW kind, to run at large in or upon any of the streets, avenues, alleys. parks or public places
 of the city of Birmingham, and 1t shall be the duty of the poundkeeper to take
 up any such. animal so running at large and impound the same. and 1t shall be
 unlawful for any such animal to be tied turned loose to graze, for any other purpose where there Is no good fence to confine the same such property,
 unless the said animal is securely tied i or staked out, and it shall be the duty of the poundkeeper to take up such ani- mal."
 | The second section outlines that he shall | Immediately proceed to sell said animal | at public outcry after five days notice | turned to the owner after the payment | of s2 fee and for feeding Horses. 50 cents; | cows, 9 cents, and hogs 10 cents. New Fire Limits.
 !, The fire limits as they stand amended | are as follows: Beginning at the inter | section of Thirteenth street and the railroads, thence north along Thirteenth | street to Third avenue, thence east along l Third avenue to Fifteenth street. thence l north along Fifteenth street 10 Fourth l avenue thence east along Fourth ave nue to Sixteenth street thence north along Sixteenth street to Fifth avenue, thence l east along Fifth avefse to Seventeenth | street thence north aiong Seventeenth l st. eet tc Sixth avenue, thence east along
 thence south along Twenty-seventh street