Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-03-31
COUNCIL ADOPTS ORDINANCE
FIXING PAY AT $500 INSTEAD
OF $1,000.
CITY TO COLLECT FEES
NOW GOING TO COUNTY
City Will Pay County For Boarding
Prisoners and Expects to Be Ahead
Present Salary Paid Mayor-ordi-
nance Covering New Plan to Be In
troduced Monday.

| The salary of the mayor Of Mar
shalltown is to be $1,000 per year here
after instead Of $1,000, according to an
ordinance called upon it's second read
ing by Councilman Herman Monday
night.
| In raising the salary the city will also
put into effect plan whereby the city
will collect all fees to which 1t is en-
titled in state cases, which are now be-
ing paid into the county treasury under
an arrangement with the board of SUI
pervisors whereby the county boards
free Of charge all city prisoners. The
board and lodging of these prisoners
will hereafter be paid by the city, IND
| it is believed the city will save $1,000
per year, or the amount now paid the
mayor as salary
Claim Mayor Has More Work.
When Mayor Ingledue entered into
Office he agreed to take $1,000 per year
as full compensation for his work, and
the fee system, which had been oper-
alive, ceased to exist. This ordinance
was passed February 10, 1906. On De-
cember 81, 1908, Councilman Herman
introduced the amended ordinance
raised the salary 5000. This ordinance
provided that when adopted it would
not become operative until the term
Of the present mayor had expired. 1t
therefore became necessary, providing
Mayor Ingledue was to take advantage
Of the increase. for the present council
to adopt the ordinance.
In support Of the ordinance, Herman
said that the mayors duties had dou-
bled under the new law, and the head
OF a corporation the size Of Marshall
town was entitled to more than $1,000
per year. He cited Mason City. not as
large as Marshalltown, which had
raised the sarary OF its mayor from
$1,000 to $1,000, "and we have no pro-
hibition mayor, either" Herman added.
Herman said that when he introduced
the ordinance he did not know who
would be the next mayor.
Mcdonald also spoke tn favor Of the
ordinance, and called attention to the
increased duties Of the office, declaring
that the administration spoke for it
self, and that the mayor Of Marshall
town was compelled to give most of his
time to city affairs.
Devine thought that as long as mem
bers of the council were doing their
work for the munificent sum of 81 per
meeting he thought the present salary
of the mayor was commensurate in
comparison. Devine thought the mat
ter better be left to the incoming coun-
ell.
Mayor Outlines Plan.
Mayor Ingledue then outlined a plan
whereby the city could save the pres
ent salary of the mayor yearly. Under
the law the mayor is entitled to $1,000
salary from the county for acting as
justice of the peace, ex-officio. The Of
fcers are entitled to $500 in fees, the
same paid constable working under
a Justice. This $1,S0O was now being
paid into the county treasury under the
no fee system, but could be collected
by the mayor and turned over to the
city. The county now boards city pris-
oners, and the expense attached is es-
timated at about $500 per year This
would give the city $1,000 annually that
the county is now receiving, and would
pay the new salary of the mayor, and
save the $1,000 now being paid as sal
airy.
The vote to suspend the rules, and
on the final adoption of the ordinance,
was unanimous.
A motion by Mcdonald followed, in
structing the city solicitor to prepare
an ordnance to be presented at the
next meeting. calling for the collection
Of the fees due the city. This was
adopted.
The present council will hold it's last
next Monday night, and fol-
lowing the adjournment, sine die, the