The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-16
S3 STREET TAX
 WILL BE LEVIED
 ON ALL CITIZENS Council Turns Bown Mayors Request for I've Special
 Officers to Assist Him
SUBURBS ARE THANKED
 FOR ENTERING THE CITY
Resolution lnstructs Clerk To Give Publicity to Name of Every Per son Convicted In Police
 Court.

Ihe City Council held, what might be termed, joint meeting with it's silent partner. the police commission. last night. Surrounded by nearly every member of the police commission. the Burnett faction again stood solid against Mayor Ward, and by a vote-of Il to voted down his request for two officers to be used in the enforcement or prohibition and the laws against gambling
 The chamber was crowded with a mixed audience, prominent being a number of former saloonkeepers and present members of the gambling fra ternity. The meeting required some two hours and was full of events.
 Over the protest of Aldermen Moore. Cooper, Forney, O'Neill, Stockmar and Eggleston the street tax of $3 was passed, and License Collector Boggan was empowered to employ an assistant to collect it, beginning February l. The ordinance is now up to the Mayor for his signature. From the spirit shown last night 1t is evident that it would be carried over his head should he de- eide to veto it, as the vote throughout was IS to 6.
 Important Actions By Counsel. Among the important actions was the adoption of resolutions introduced by Alderman Jones, thanking the suburbs for entering Birmingham, calling upon the street railway company to put on extra cars on the loop lines, and in structing the city clerk to give pub licity to the names of every person convicted in the police court. Alder man Estes secured tn passagelof ordi- nances prohibiting fiat wheels on hte street railway companys cars, prohib- iting smoking on street cars, except in the specially provided compartments, and was voted down on his Ward reso- lution. The breweries were let off with six minths' license. Twelve pool TO, are given permits to take out ase. ,ur were .disallowed, and six e pool rooms went over. The aaI the city was changed by orc aa5 ,gin with July.
 opened with the com raa the Mayor. and his V Ha by a majority vote
 9t Southern freight
 ,llowing a frame b a Hu ny that railroad wi ai a5 'omething that has the city for Ion. atset 2 vote, sup l porting etc of Moore, ] Copeland 4 s-.s ones and 1 Estes.
 Str Ess lp.
 The next lsa come up was the tl, -sa l of Georgia to co. ast 4cN a he neighborhood of eeQis au l Twenty ninth stre .aa ed. Alderman Fuls u tu aia report of the judicia. teamttea
 Present: Aldermen V1 n eill, Gum. Gregg, Heidt, Fol ri foore Absent: None.
 | %The committee recomm 1 attached ordinance fixing l be adopted.
 1 aldermen Moore and ON ~ ] on this proposition"
 l Alderman Moore quickly .ut ss | substitute that the report b. aE | table, This was lost Aide | then arose, and begged tn | pause and think before tai .N l drastic action. sThe report | far as to authorize the arres 1 ing on the street of r ft@ Ht | of S. You are s~t~ vas ssi | ing men an enFy quiet one fr
 knew lus WI, what the death in the fa district are eoi1 the immediatf 2 | time as well as the me. .aa US 1z see that many woman, or l | be thrown out of their home . suit" MT Cooper then moved back to the committee until | Alderman O'Neill made a s een | claring the tax an injustice sa | cutfon Alderman Heidt folio rd gF0= | tecting the tax, stating that ta 2 afz | ing people are just as patrioti any l class, and they would be will aa | their share Alderman Copelan sa4 6 | was up to every man to carry his a6H l Alderman Moore then took ie3e and declared it an iniquitous t ta i | 22,0OO are already out of employ eH a the district and that it would on aeaf the filling of jails with poor peo aas have no method to pay the tax. -d it would be better to put some ai fat policemen to working the str But the vote was tdhtii, anu | 4ta was created. Here is the ordina Text of Ordinance. Be it ordained by the City c. of Birmingham. as follows: Section l. That a street tax of the support of the streets within tn its of the city of Birmingham be, an same is hereby levied and assessed af9. and against each male inhabitant = city of Birmingham not less than + eeg more than 50 years of age, and no, empt by law.
 Sec g. That said tax shall be H February l, 19OS and in default Febr' 15, 1908, and that the same shall be able at the office of the street tax ,lector of the city of Birmingham in city hall. or to the said street tax lector.
 s'Sec g. That after default in the p ment of said tax, the said street r collector may with or without noti enforce the collection of the same suit and garnishment other proper pr cedure in any court of competent juri diction.
 How It Is Collected.
 Alderman Burnett then introduced tn s ordinance:
 Be it ordained by the City Counci of Birmingham as follows
 "Section l. That the office of street ho iS ore