The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-22
MUCH TALK
 IN COUNCIL But Very Little Was.
 Done. EVERYTHING IS POSTPONED Motion to Adjourn Was Even
 Debated. srany ordinances Presented, Amena- sa, Debated, FartAer Ameaasd yhsn Passed to Next
 Monday For Tinal
 Passage.
EVERYTHING IS POSTPONED

Ordinances, substitutions. amend ments, scuabblings, debates, real live flibustering and session prolonged throughout several hourA but with t all the City Council adjourned at II o'clock Monday night without having effected any business of important na- ture. There was much of importance brought up, but invariably the mo- mentous issues were met with the re- quest to postpone action until next Monday night, and consequently there piled np for the next meeting enough work to keep several councils busy.
 And by the procrsstination. Antonio. and Pietro and the rest of the ba- nana-selllng sons of sunny Italy got a respite. for the proposed ordinance to move from sidewalks all fruit stands. stairways and booths was passed over with the rest It was the first Of the ordinances to crop out, and with 1t began the talking and debating that marked the evening.
 There, was another, providing that all persons or firms engaged in TO- moving or transplantinG trees be as- sesssd s25 per annum license that was Introduced And when anal acc tion was taken. on the ordinance, it bore little resemblance to the first, draft. For there were amendments and. substitutions and so on without end. At first 1t was endeav0red to amend the bill by making the license $50; them there came advocates of the tree movers who. iauding their work of beautifying the city, declared that no license should be charged; then came another who stated that the or dinance was aimed at but one firm. which moved full grown trees, the only concern in the country perform ing such tasks, and branding the work a monopoly, held oue for the $50. Then there was an amendment to make the ordinance apply to shade trees alone. and then another exenapt ing fiorists and landscape gardeners from the license. But finally. with the load of amendments. the ordi. nance was passed at $35. Whewi
 And then there were the questions of the dog tax aud the street tax that were brought up as ordinances. talked over, and finally postponed with the others. The street tax es- pecially elieited much talk. It all. began with the amondment to exempt militia from the payment thereof. then another to make the tax paynaent $2 instead of g as provided. and an-. other, and another, until, in a frenzy of despair, the council rescinded those amendments which had passed, and rejected most .of. the others, and pass ed the street tax matter over until next Monday night.
 And the dog license ordinance like wise. It provided that tax of $1 be assessed. that all dogs be tagged, and that the untagged ones be taken up, to be either killed or redeemed af- ter three days at the price of $2 by its owner. Here Alderman Johnson won himself renown as the friend of the dogs, by adding an amendment providing that any person might re- deem the animals from execution. in case of the failure of the owner 10 do so. by the payment of the penalty. This occasioTied some discussion, but MT. Johnson's amendment, backed by a plea through the author from the FIunaana Society and other animal low ers found favor Alderman Saul in- troduced a further amendment, that keepers of kennels be assessed 70 yearly license in addition to the. indi- vIdual dog tax And the much amend ed ordlnancer like the rest, went over for final action to next Monday
 rrhere was a proposed license tax on .utomobiles of siO year; but the man Sron, the Capitol who knows all about auch things, branded the ordinance @S ,.sSa., IeeisIation." It was Alderman 1srsssefl who stated that if q tax was .sgessed against automobiles, 1t would ba put right and equitable to im- roeaiate1y draft a license ordinances arainst horses and buggies. and Ah a,,ch personal property. And when- ever an ordinance was deoated" Y w
 S,,yoa.iiately declared important, ana ,.ostno,ed until next Monday; and such ssas Enc fate of the automobile license
 Several amendments and additions 10 tho license schedule were proposea through ordinances. which, in some way. were settled at the meeting. pne amended the money lenders license from s4O0 to Ss25, and later to $500. the term to be applied to all money brok- CTS advancing on personal property Snd n6t on crops or real estate. An- ntbAr made necessary by an omission ,.Srsna the original schedule, fixed q