The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-08-20
SESSION OF CITY
COUNCIL is QUIET
Favorable Recommendation On
Liquor Storage Ordinance
WILLIAMS SALARY PAID
Assessments on Certain North High
lands Property for Improvements
Are To Be Reduced-Text
of Committee Report.

palcn at the meeting OF the city council
last night and nothing was brought up
to interrupt the progress of dispensation
with business. The meeting amounted to
practically nothing more than the adop-
ton of the various committees reports
Under the report of the excise commit
tee recommendation was made for the
adoption of an ordinance making it I'M
lawful to store beer or whisky or other
intoxicating liquor on the premises of a
soft drink establishment in the city of
Birmingham. This part of the commit
tees report was adopted without OPP
position.
Embodied in the report of the joint
police and sanitation and finance COM
n;ittee was recommendation for the
adoption of a resolution providing for adj
ditional men for the police force The
resolution in question calls for three adj
ditionai mounted men to be used in pa
trolling the property recently annexed,
comprising the Tenth and Eleventh
wards.
The joint committee also recommended
that the petition of City Detective
Thomas G. Williams for salary for the
time lost while suspended be allowed, the
amount being $27 Aldermen Cooper and
Estes voted against the committees re-
port. Mr.. Estes stating that Detective
Williams had declined to obey request
of the city's chief executive. The in
stance to which reference was had was
that which came up some time ago, when
the mayor was breaking up socialstic
meeting on the corner of Third avenue
and Twentieth street The committees
report was adopted.
A report of special committee appoint
ed by the street committee to look into
ana report recommendation on the as
sessments under improvement ordinance
No. $40, recommended a reduction of the
assessments in question. Most of the
property affected is on the North High
lands, and the reduction of the assess
ments ranges from % to 80 per cent The
report was adopted.
Following are the reports of committees
as read last night.
Street Committee.
Present: Aldermen Stockmar, Fulghum,
ONeill, Hogan, Jones. Absent: Alderman
Burnett.
The street committee recommends that
action adopting resolution to open up
Thirty-sixth street be reconsidered.
That the question of opening up Thir-
ty-sixth street be referred to the city en-
gineer, city attorney, chairman of street
committee and aldermen from ward af-
fected.
That contract be drawn up between the
city and Stephen Smith and G. r. Braz-
elton to guarantee the city from any ex-
pense attached to opening up street from
Florida avenue to southern boundary line
of city, said contract to be approved by
the mayor.
That attached deed be recorded.
That city engineer be instructed to draw
proper ordinance for improving alley
north of Highland avenue, between Iro-
quois and Lincoln streets.
That the mayor be instructed to open up
Eighth avenue between Twenty-sixth and
Twenty eighth streets
That the petition of Julian T. Dixon be
referred to the city engineer, aldermen
from ward affected and street commits
sioner.
That petition of ]. C. Scott be referred
to city engineer, street commissioner and
aldermen from ward affected.
That request to repair sidewalks on
Fifth avenue be referred to the mayor
and city engineer.
That city engineer be instructed to draw
proper ordinance to improve, pave, gutter
and put down sidewalks on Twenty-sixth
street between Madison avenue and High
land avenue.
That the attached resolution, THAT city
engineer report on all important improve
ments before same are ordered, be
adopted.
That the attached ordinance, ITO pro-
hibit the planting Of Carolina poplar
Trees be adopted.
That the attached report of special
committee on ASSESSMENTS under improve
ment ordinance No. $40 be adopted.
That the attached report of special
committee on assessments under improves
ment ordinance No $40 be adopted.
That petition to open up and improve
North Twenty-sixth street be referred to
city engineer.
That petition of Sixth avenue citizens
be referred to city engineer and street
commissioner.
That recommendations of the city en-
gineer regarding Marble avenue, petition
be concurred in.
That location of certain sewer be re-
ferred to city attorney, mayor and city
engineer.
judiciary Committee.
Present: Aldermen Fulghum, O'Neill,
Gregg, Heidi, Forney. Absent: Aldermen
Gum and Moore.
The judiciary committee recommends
that improvement ordinance No. 400 be
adopted
That the attached ordinance, ITO pre-
vent peddling or hawking fish and oysters
in the city, be adopted.
That the attached ordinance providing
for appointment of officers and fixing
nolling places for general election be
adopted.
That the attached ordinance providing
for school bond election be adopted.
That all other matters go over.
That the attached resolution instructing
the chief of police to hold liquors seized
be adopted
Special Committee.
THE special committee appointed by the
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