The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-30
MANY SALARIES
To Be INCREASED
IN GREATER CITY
City Council Incorporates Car
mlchal ! Sill Into Proyis-
ions Of City Code
FULLER BILL WILL ALSO
Be INCLUDED IN THE LAW
Final Meeting of Birmingham Alder
men Under Old Limits Held Last
Night-Session Was Unusu-
ally Short.



The next meeting of aldermen will be
those of Greater Birmingham and the
meeting will occur on the first Wednes-
day of January, 1910.
The last session of the aldermen OF
Birmingham, held last night in the coun-
cil chamber of the city hall. was per-
haps the shortest of its history.
There have been other meetings he
work of which consisted in the reading
of formal committee reports but never
were the reports so limited in number
as last evening when the finance COM
mittee reported very briefly and tho
finance. legislative and judiciary report
cd jointly concerning the salaries of city
officials for next year and other mat
ters
But the meeting was one of import
ance and considerable work, the accom-
plishment of which was practically conf
pleted yesterday afternoon. received the
official approval of the authorities.
The most important matter was an
item in the report of the judiciary and
legislative committees which put the Car
michael statewide prohibition bill into
effect in Birmingham as a city ordin-
ance. This was done In order that vio-
lations of the prohibition laws might be
punishable by city authorities. Hereto
fore, according to a recent decision of
the supreme court in the Krelhaus case.
convictions made by city authorities OF
alleged violators of the prohibition laws
were null and void because the city had
no ordinance referring specifically to the
prohibition laws. What is practically the
Fuller bill was introduced and referred
to a subsequent meeting for passage.
New OFFICES Created.
The office of park commissioner was
created last night. and Joseph Lambert,
by q unanimous vote. was chosen to the
new position. He will have jurisdiction
and the care of all the parks of the
greater city. The council also provided
for the employment of a second assist
ant building inspector, two assistant
plumbing inspectors. two assistant license
inspectors and for the purchase of a
motorcycle for use by attaches of the
plumbing inspectors office.
The salary Of officials, .including fire
men and policemen to serve the greater
city, were arranged for oext year and
provisions was made for sub-recorders
and attorneys to aid City Attorney Thach
and Assistant City Attorney Smith. Pre-
vision was made, as has been the Gus
tom, for an honorary member of the hre
department, this member being Thomas
Jeffers, formerly a mayor of Birming-
ham. Provision Is also made for the
several charitable institutions which
heretofore have received benefits from
the city.
The great majority of the officials of
Greater Birmingham will receive more
money than they have received as en-
ployes of Birmingham and there Is gen
eral satisfaction expressed. Chief Bod
eker desired The Age-Herald to thank
for him in behalf of every member of
the police department, the members of
the board for the increased sum to be
paid policemen next year.
The committee reports follow;
Finance Committee.
present; Aldermen Gregg, Burnett
Morgan. Hogan, Metcalfe, Copeland, J.
R.. Gambill, Collins, Klotz. Absent: AL
dermen O'Neill and HEIDI.
Alderman Gregg. acting chairman of
the finance committee, submitted the fol-
lowing report;
The finance committee recommends that
the attached resolution fixing salaries for
| the year 1910 be adopted.
That the salary of the license inspect
or's clerk be fixed at the sum OF SIS for
the year 1910.
That Humane OFFICER L. A. Bonnie be
allowed the sum OF SIS per month for the
year $780,.
Be 1t resolved by the City Council Of
| birmingham as follows: That salaries for
the year 1910 be fixed as follows:
| City auditor, $3.50 per month.
Chief of the fire department, $225 per
month.
Assistant to chief of IRE department.
| $50 per month.
engineers fire department, 800 per
month.
Captains fre department. 500 per
month.
superintendent nre alarm. 500 per
month.
Hostler to chief, $50 per month.
| Firemen, SO per month for first six
months.
s1remen. SO per month second sig
| months.
I
! Fire hydrant inspector, SO per month
| frst six months.
Fire hydrant inspector, SIS per month
| second six months.
| Fire hydrant inspector, $50 per month
| after IL months.
Blacksmiths. fire department. $50 per
month frst six months.
Blacksmiths, nre department, 800 per
| month second six months.
! Blacksmiths, fre department. $s5 per
| month after u months.
| Carpenters. fire department, $50 per
month first six months.
Carpenters. fire department SIS per
| month second six months.
| Carpenters. fire department. $50 per
month after II months.
Htcrskeepers. fire department, so per
month first six months.
storskespers. fire department. SIS per
| month second six months.
storskeepers, fire department, $50 per
month after IL months.
| Chief Of police, 500 per month.
Chief o. detectives, $40 per month.
| Captains, $40 per month.
| 0ergeants, ee7.5o per month.
| Detectives, e7.U per month.
First desk sergeant 3s2. 6o per month.
| Second desk sergeant, 80 per month
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