The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-29

to pay. the citizen is liable for weeks work on the public ways. and that tho receipts for the tax go into a special fund for street improvement. That last clause fixed Mir. SeldeI
 'Nuttin' to it." he gaia Put the money in general fund. it's being crest ed as a source of revenue and what Is the use of tieing up the money" The idea took and the clause making In . special fund was decapitated. Then Mir. Parrish arose to a point of personal privilege and asked how the money was going to be collected. Alderman Ruth said the new munt- cipai code biif provided for the creation. of the office of City Tax Assessor and that the same should be created and the work of collecting put in the oflciars hands. Alderman Johnson saw visions of shis ofice conflicting with the recently suR~ gested Tax Inspector proposIsloo. which by the way. did not come up as the meeting. He said that the police could put in their spare time collecting the money.
 Alderman thompson took kindly to this proposition and said the police should be given the privilege of stop ping all men they saw on the street who looked eligible for the tax and making them produce a tax receipt or get pinched.
 President Gunter picked Mir. Parrish out of all the Aldermen who arose to protest the idea and the Council iist, ened to him.
 When Mir. Parrish finfshed the Couns cil was convinced to man that such q mode of collecting would be detriment. al to the city's best interests.
 Alderman Parrish, said the neasare was popular with the people and that 1t was principally initiated for the fundamental provocative initiative of rendering superfiuous human beings. not only seif-sustaining items in muni- cipai strength, but also as a compre- hensive and systematic source of inter nal revenue. without undue reference to the inconsequential jurisprudence relative 10 such eongIoeierated legisla- tion. and that the indigent and un- homed homogeneous floating pcpulA- ton Of parti-colored humans would be added to the revenue strength of sue municipality.
 Pale and trembling, Alderman Seidel asked Mr. Parrish, with whom he had been conversing. but to save another spell, the ordinance was unanimously passed as 1t stood.
 Must Get Money.
 Aldermen Gunter and sBrassell de- sired to explain their votes. and did so accordingly. while the unanimous vote was being cast. Mir. BrasselI said he considered the street tax neces- sary evil, that 1t was hard to tax people for paving and then make them pay for walking on it, but he believed the good citizens recognized the fact that the city must have a revenue from some source, and under the circun- stances the street tax was necessary.
 Tt Is simply case of 8 necessity for a municipal revenue and un9er these circumstances vote for it." said Mir Gunter. but If things im- prove would like to see it repealed"
 When the automobile tax was trun- dled into the room. another furore arose in which class legislation, spirit of the Sans Culot," Shades of Watt Tyler and Guy Fawkes." were bandied about the room. The question was sent on to a meeting to be held another time.
 An ordinance introduced by Alder man Thompson which requires the Sea board Air Line Railroad to remove its tracks from the Lower Wetumpka Road, was passed.
 Almost all Of the old paving ordi- uances passed at the last several meet ings Of Council were repealed and substituted by ordinances that added grAniIold DiOck 10 the HlhkeEA@As th@S may be chosen by the citizens.
 It was decided to pave, at the re- quest of citizens. South Perry Street with asphalt or bttuiithie for a half mile past the city iisatts ffom that point on the street to which the as- phaIt now extends.
 An ordinance to tax all dogs S1 per annum was adopted, but row was raised at the part of the ordinance that provided any one could take dog condemned to death, out of the city pound and own him, provided the right owner did not offer to repay the pound fee. Alderman Jones said all the or- dInances amounted to was to use nig- ger dogs for sausagea, and when he was asked if he ate that kind. he said he supposed he did, as he had eaten sausages bought from butchers.
 Alderman Saul said the clause about taking the dogs out meant war. that 8. man would light for his dog before anything else, and no end of trouble was in store If it were allowed to TO. main.
 Alderman Johnson said the tender hearted s. P. c. A. people would turn out every old mangy dog the city caught.
 Es,,t tha ardtnanna vaa naasAd