Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-21
NEW PLAN FOR
HANDLING DOGS
COMMISSION OF THREE IS DE-
SIRED BY COUNCIL
MAY RELIEVE HUMANE ANIMAL
LEAGUE OF CONTRACT
If Carried Out, City Win Have Police,
Park, Water, Fire and
Dog Commis-
sioners


appointed Jointly by the mayor and
city council will handle the dog pound,
and the contract with the Humane Ami
NAL league will be Cancelled, il the
plans of the council are carried out.
The city attorney was instructed to
| present such an ordinance to the coun-
| Gil at some session this week, and 1t
| will probably be passed. Six members
| of the council favored 1t yesterday,
! and Councilman Wren, who was not
present, is expected to vote with these
! six. Healy and Clampitt were the two
| who opposed it, Clampitt because he
wanted it laid over two weeks, and
| Healy because he was avoWedly IN ia
vor of the Humane Animal league con-
| tinuIng the contract.
The details of the commission plan
have not yet been worked out, nor has
a name for it been selected, but Coun-
| Gilman Blanchard, who proposed the
measure after Councilman Wallace had
suggested it, seemed to know about
what he wanted, and it will be left to
him to assist the city attorney in pre-
pairing the ordinance.
The council wrestled with the dog
question nearly an hour yesterday af-
ternoon.
Present New Contract
The matter came UP on the presenta-
ton of a new contract with the HUI
name Animal league, designed to get
around the injunction issued by the
court restraining the city auditor from
paying the league any money on its
contract. The men employed at the
city pound have not been paid their
wages by reason of this Injunction
and it was in an effort to get some
money for salaries that Judge Rossiter
presented the new contract. The new
contract was in every particular ike
the one in force, and on which the re-
straining order was issued, but since
the first contract was made the people
have voted a charter amendment CIV
ing the council the specific right to
make such a contract.
Russ Avery, who appeared as attor-
ney for the faction that secured the in
junction, warned the council that the
court would probably construe it as
contempt if the city auditor paid out
| any money to the Humane Animal
! league, even under a new contract, anci
advised postponement until after the
| court had decided the suit, which will
| be early in August.
When Mr.. Avery had concluded N.
w. thinner, secretary of the S. z. Z. A,
which Clampitt wanted to know was
or was not related to the Southern Pa
cific, introduced a petition declaring
his organization was ready to accept
the same contract the Humane Animal
league has for 471a per cent of the an
nual license fees collected on dogs. The
contract with the league calls for 70
per cent of all such license fees.
S. P. C. A. Makes Offer
Councilman Lyon, who championed
the cause of the animal league, pro-
fessed i'm this offer of the S. P. c. A. to
see the cause of the difficulty the ami
NAL league has had, and the unpleas-
ant notoriety it has gained in some
quarters.
w. H. Chambers. president of the So
ciety, said the S. P. G. A. had offered
to take the contract for 30 per cent OF
the license fees when the matter was
first broached a year ago, but had no
opportunity to formally present its
proposition.
Councilman wallace spoke words of
commendation for the work the league
has done in handling the dog question
the last year, but said the league
should not be commended for re"em-
ploying the Vacher family, which had
Originally caused all the disturbance
over dogs.
Mr.. Wallace said the matter would
never be satisfactorily settled until a
commission was created to handle the
city pound on the same principle as the
police, fire, park and other commits
sions.
DR.. w. A. Lamb, who was first
poundmaster when the contract was
given the Humane Animal league, said
the commission plan suggested by Mr..
Wallace was the only solution of the
matter.
Then Mr.. Blanchard introduced his
resolution for a commission. He first
worded it that the members were to be
appointed by the mayor and confirmed
by the council This was lost by a tie
vote. Lyon, Yonkin, Clampitt ana Hea-
lv voting against it, while Wallace,
Blanchard, Dromgold and Pease voted
in its favor. Lyon and Yonkin both
admitted they opposed it because the
mayor was to make the appointments
Blanchard then changed it to read ap--
pointed by the mayor and council, and
this was carried The city attorney is
expected to present this ordinance at
some session of the council this week.