The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-02
CITY COUNCIL IS
DOWN TO BUSINESS
Perfectly Harmonious Meeting
Held Last Night
PLANS TO SAVE MONEY
Mayors Veto of Budget and Salary
List Is sustained-Report Re-
quested On Quality of
Gas Furnished.
PLANS TO SAVE MONEY

The City Council settled down last
night to business. While the past year
had been ene of wrangling aud cfssso-
tlon, 1t seems the venerable board has
passed new years resolution to at
tend to the citys business.
AS consequence, nothing sensa-
tional developed. Two hours were
taken up With little details OF the CITY
| government. The Mayors vetoes of
the budget and the salary list, on ac-
count of several mistakes, were sus-
tanned, and the matters referred back
TO the finance committee. The fight
between Health Officer Hardness and
City Bacteriologist E. NJ. Duncan was
| decided in favor of Duncan, despite the
fact that Hardness was represented by
several doctors who made a hard fight
| to place the health officer over DIR.
| Duncan.
The light and telepho one committee
| was instructed to investigate the feas-
Utility of appointing a permanent light
and gas meter inspector, also to in
vestigate the quantity of gas being
furnished by the Birmingham Railway.
Light and Power company, and report
at the next meeting. The council also
| ordered an investigation of the sys-
TEN of transfers which was yesterday
inaugurated by the Birmingham Rail
way, Light and Power company. These
resolutions were all introduced by Al
derman Estes and unanimously carried
Plan To Save Money.
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port or the finance committee. was
adopted requiring City Clerk Mooney
to do the work hitherto performed by
the assistant to the license collector.
and that the duties of the assistant to
the street commissioner be imposed on
| the Mayors private recretary, b. A.
Pepperman. This will save the CITY
about $11S per month. The financial
| fiscal year of the city of Birmingham
was changed to run from July to July.
in order to include within year, both
the assessment and collection of fall
taxes.
A resolution was passed making it
Immediately illegal for any person to
| dispose of any lunch sandwich or meat
or drink of any kind from any lunch
| stand or restaurant on or abuting any
sidewalk, to any person who stands on
the sidewalk, or any place abutting
| thereon, and receives said lunch, sand
| witch, meal or drink.
A license of 5000, was imposed upon
jobbers of bananas. Licenses were
granted for the opening of pool rooms
| at 1902 First avenue, 1915 Second ave-
nue., 112 Eighteenth street, 1881 Sec
ond avenue and about Is in all. An
objection to the restaurants on First
avenue between Eighteenth and Nine
| teenth streets was referred to the mis-
cellaneous committee
These matters all passed off quietly,
| while the board was struggling to get
used to the intricate provisions of the
! city code.
IT'S this way" Alderman Jones
would say. mo, you're wrong would
be the answer of Alderman Stockmar,
| but finally the city attorney straight
ened them out.
Fight Between Health Officers.
The only interesting matter which
! came up was the report of the joint
committee on the squabble in the II ealth
and ARCHAEOLOGICAL departments. Alder
man Hogan said that it was merely
boiled down to a question of whether
! Duncan was capable or not to report
! to the Mayor and whether the Mayor
! was capable of receiving his reports
, or not, and the board decided that
both were perfectly capable.
! Alderman Jonn Copeland reported
for the committee recommending that
the ordinance defining the duties of the
/ bacteriologist be adopted with the
| amendment that he should report to
! the Mayor instead of to the health
| officer. He explained the friction eX-
J listing between the two departments,
| and tn ought DIR. Duncan too valuable
a man to lose. Alderman Forney made
a minority report, leaving out the
amendment which was laid on the Ia
BILE and the report was adopted DR..
| Sholl read resolution passed by the
county board of health recommend
ing that the ordinance be passed.
/ These Improvement ordinances and
| assessments We're made final: 1923, 301
/ and S57, matchmaking; $50, 3s1 and
1872, paving alleys and storm sewer.
Here is the report Of jolpt committees
of finance and Judiciary So
Present. Aldermen Fulgf@m, ONelii'
Heidi, Klotz, Burnett, Estes, Gum, For
! ney and Gregg.
| Absent: Aldermen Hogan and Moore.
The committees recommend that the at
tached petition of H. E. Presley, seeking
| relief be allowed, ordinance attached.
This was passed, and then reconsidered
| on motion of Alderman Jones. FINALLY 1t
| was again referred to the committee,
| city attorney and city engineer, with in
| structions to look further into the mat
| ter
All of the following reports were
| adopted:
Judiciary Committee.
Present: Aldermen Fulghum, O'Neill,
| Gum, Gregg, Heidi, Forney.
Absent: Alderman Moore.
The committee recommends that the at
| tached ordinance in reference to serving
! lunches on the sidewalks be adopted.
| That all other matters go over.
Miscellaneous Committee.
| Present: Aldermen Burnettf HEIDI,
! Klotz, Copeland, D. r., Fulghum
| Absent: Alderman Hogan.
! The committee recommended that the
| attached ordinance to repeal section .
| of the annual license ordinance pc
| adopted.
That attached ordinance to fix licenses
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