The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-04-05
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Mayor Calls Attention tolgID[Ean1gcr
iii Present Method Of Intro nitro:
duction Of Ord i1a,lcesa
THE POLLOCK 4 ! RESOLUTION rs ! y
Executive Refers to : Tllliss las, .1:s
Illustration ion Of Point 4 H IS Ii
Makes. ssES@
.THE POLLOCK RESOLUTION,

.ouncll, delivered to that body OH. Mon
lay night, but not vet read or printed
il full, Mayor Mccarthy has this t.
NY IN advocacy OF changing the order
,t business OF the Council 30 MS U
Prevent tho Introduction OF Resolutions
" ordinances Of which tho members
ND the public are not aware unit
Icy urc acted upon in COMMITTEES o.
N the floor OF tho Council: sF5
.I Also cArncstlS recommend n
change III the rules Of the City
call for the introduction Of rcsol,,-
siona and ortlinanccs to Take plnre
at the beginning instcnd OF ut the
end Of tho session, In order that
there mny be time for questions
or answers whici, will develop the
nature md purpose OF the new
bustncxs introduced. and will put
the Council and the public ON
notice. No paper ought To lie nl-
lowed to 40 through either branch
to n committee until the members
present hnvr somc conception of itA
nature and ,urpoec. Az illustrating
The Importance and necessity for
this change, I here mention the
fact thnt recently n revolution WINS
introduced ut roll cnll ana referred
to the Committee on Finance
which plainly provided Tint cnses
on appeal from the Police Court
to the Hastings Court might be
Iollc proxcquicd by the City At
torncy. In another instnnce IN
effort WINS made on roll call mt n
late hour to vitnlly amend nm f,,,-
uortnut ordinance, and possibly to-
defeat IT,"
The Resolution.
The resolution ia which tho Mayo
referred was the following, offered y
Gilbert *. Pollock,
Madison Ward. OH March Attn, taken u
BIZ the Finance Committee, and table
on March 10Th:
.s\vhcrcas there are certain np-
nrnls pen,linE in the HustlnEx Court
OF the city Of RfchInond from
judgments OF the Police Justice in,-
nosinr fines under the ordinance
recently adopted by the Council OF
The city OF nchmond, entitled IAN
ordinance to amend md reordain
section 13 Of chapter 8: of Ntch-l
,,,,,I cav Code. 1900, concerning
..,,un,o.. for alleged yto-
I...,n"n ~ 'th.. snid ordinance, with
IN the next few days after 1t be-
c,,.,.. directive: and
..xv,,ar.,a. a. !. believed that .nid
,,,.,aS ,.,n,nt,on. were uninten-5
tinn:,i. ana that the parties commit
go. ..s,1 ,,,,Int,nn. nrc now kfrict-
,"s s ,.,s,- ,.,,i, +hc renu,re-
.as .,.n ..,,, nr,,,nnncr In The
.'.e..s, =, r.nnX,nr nil screens.
,,,,a,. .t,,.ecr. curtu, pnr,ition.,
or pninted, ground, or stunned glass
windows or door. or other obst true.
.lon" '-....s., -. ~; :.
au "o" -. ...rn.,
uR" :, rcsoIvei Nv ihe counciI Of
Al. ..,,x ~ tictmond. tho nourd az
Alderman conInrrin.r.
aIhut the city Attorney be, aud
he IL hereby, authorized and In
structed, to nollc prosecute and dis
mis-. all Of said pending appeals,
which, in hi. jm,lg mcnt, arose out O
violations Of the said ordinance
which took plncc witlin the next
few days after said ordinance be-
came effective, where the evidence
does not show niirmntivcIy that
the defendants Intentionally, viO-
lated the requirements Of the said
ordinance In the matter OF HcrcenH,
blinds, etc"
The resolution bears the name OF :
patron, written IN ink, OH the back a
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