The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-08
MEET FRIDAY FOR HOYT-GAMB|LL CASE Council Will Consider Matter
 At Special Session IPSO FACTOlLAW REPEALED Council Finds Ordinance Unconstitu- tonsl Which Revokes Mans Li-
 cense to Do Business After
 Conviction.
IPSO FACTOlLAW REPEAL ED


 Hoyt as alderman from the Third ward. This matter, along with the retiring of President John L. Parker and the sue cession of President Harry Jones. was the most important action of the council last night.
 There was a full attendance of the board. The business was rapidly disposed of and harmony controlled
 Among the attendants were the several city officials, including Mayor Ward, the principals in the Hoyt- -Gambil contest, with their attorneys, and about 50 other citizens interested in as many matters. l At the conclusion of the short session l the members of the council and the city 1 officials repaired to the Hotel Hillman. 1 where the retiring president. John L. l Parker, was host at a banquet The City Council was reorganized by the accession of MT. Jones, the election of Barnes Morgan, aldermanic nominee, to fill the vacancy in the Eighth ward, due to the resignation of MT. Jones, and
 the election of Alderman Gregg of the l Seventh ward. to the position of presi-
 dent, pro tempore.
 1 MT. Gregg was nominated by Alderman ] ONeill, whose term in that capacity ex- l pired last night. There were no other
 nominations and MT. Gregg's election was unanimous.
 After the reorganization Clerk Shrop- ! shire read a communication from Walter
 Metcalf, chairman Of the democratic com
 mittee of the city of Birmingham, which
 was a formal notification that A. A. i Gambill had filed protest against the
 election of Asa l.. Hoyt an alderman
 from the Third ward
 1 As soon as the matter was broached Alderman Gregg moved that the matter 1 be carried over until Friday night and
 provided that on this date the City Coun-
 ell would meet in special session, take up
 the matter and dispose of 1t.
 Called on for Deciding Vote.
 No sooner was MT. Morgan seated than
 he was called upon to cast the deciding
 vote as to whether or not the Mayors
 veto on the matter of extending the gas
 and light franchise of T. H. Aldrich would
 be sustained. MT. Morgan, expressing
 the fact that he was unfamiliar with 1 the matter passed his vote. However. there being one ballot short of the num-
 her necessary to turn down the veto, Pres
 ident Jones expressed a hope that MT
 Morgan would reconsider. He did so,
 and cast an affirmative vote, which made
 a. total large enough to overthrow the 1 Mayors veto.
 Had MT. Morgan not voted, President
 Jones would have been called upon 10 1 break the tie.
 | In yetoing the request for extension of the franchise which was granted at the
 last meeting of the board, the mayor de-
 clared that this franchise had been ex-
 tended for large number of times, and
 that for other reasons he judged it wise to l refuse the request for extension. 1nas 1 much, however as the veto was voted
 down. the franchise will be renewed until
 March, 1909.
 Ward Makes Recommendations. | Mayor Ward made several recommenda-
 tions to the council. He recommended | the appointment of a committee of three i to act with the president for the purpose l of conferring concerning the increasing of
 the forces of the police and fire depart
 ments on account of the acquisition of
 new territory. The committee was ap- l pointed.
 His recommendation that resolutions be
 adopted having for their object the con
 struction of safe bridges at Twelfth ave 1 nue. north between Twenty-sxth and
 Twenty seventh streets. and Thirty-sec- l ond and Thirty-third streets, was referred
 to the proper committee
 l The board concurred in the mayors rec 1 ommendation that the proper committee 1 take up with the water company the mat 1 ter of supply for domestic and hydrant purposes in the newly acquired territory. 1 The mayor recommended that as soon l as possible the board have placed at the l corner of every street and avenue of the 1 city it's name. He called attention, too, ] to the promiscuous and irregular naming 1 of streets. He pointed out that some streets for half their lengths. are num- l bered and for the remainder of their | lengths are known by name. He called l attention to the fact that there were two 1 Florida streets and a Florida avenue, and l that there were two Alabamas and two l Georgias. The council will take up this l matter at once.
 ! The mayors recommendation that l committee be appointed to confer with the | Board of Education relative to the in 1 creasing of public school facilities was ! favorably acted upon, the committee to be named at a later date.
 Ordinance No Al was repealed D. R. l Copeland, Moore and Cooper alone voting l against the action. The ordinance was l that which made a violation of the proh- bition law the ipso facto revocation of the license of the place of business. | G. H. Estes, who introduced this ordi- nance, voted fin favor of its repeal, ex- plaining his action by the statement that the city attorney had informed him it was unconstitutional. The motion to repeal was made by Alderman Burnett. N l An ordinance introduced by Alderman Klotz, being an amendment to section 72S of the code, was adopted. This amend ment made 1t incumbent on all people erecting new buildings in Birmingham to acniire their proper numbers and place | them permanently in a conspicuous place. | Alderman Heidt, chairman of a special | committee named to see that hackmen | obtained fair play at all stations, | ported an agreement reached with the | transfer companies which agreement was l referred to the proper committee for | the purpose of drafting an ordinance. 1 The special committee was then dis | solved.