The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-12-20
Council Passes Resolution
Favoring This and Asks
Sheriff to Meet with Street
Commissioner.
ATTORNEY GARDNER
CALLS PLAN LEGAL
City Would Have TO Pay the
Sheriff Fee Of 40 Cents per
Day for Each Man Worked
& Statute Says.

ThC uliscEC.5 III the Wayre county
tciI VIII b r:,t 10 ,:crk on the streets
and ALLEYS Of Richmond, aad probably
Oh the county roads, If mouon of
viii H. E~.,ol. mode at council meet
ing ;ast rieHt, meets the favor Of Sher-
If Meredith aHd is iou7d TO be legal.
The mot!ca adopted iuv.tcs the Sheriff
and street commissioner 10 confer in
order 10 find employment on the
streets for the prisoners.
According to quotations from the
state statute read by City Attorney
A. NJ. Gardner, the use OF prisoners
for street and road work is according
to law. Mr.. Gardner said the statute
provided that the city should pay 40
cents Cay to tie sheriff for the use
CT tie prisoners, that being his fee
received from the county if the prison
ers are confined The move is a popu-
lar one with the councilmen, who be-
l!eve it will be popular with the ci::-
zen5 at large.
A Popular Feature.
Couccilman Williams said he no.
ticed the Jail was going to give
blow out on Christmas day and he
supposed all the bar flies in town
would break their necks to get in for
the iced "
The statute covering the case says
that all able-bodied male prisoners
may be put to hard work on city
streets or alleys, working from six
to ten hours. 1t provides that the
prisoners shall be allowed 81 per day
on their fines. Gardner said he had
investigated the matter and found that
the Use of county prisoners would be
perfectly legal.
The Board of Works will investi-
gate the feasibility of tie action and
confer with Sheriff Meredith at once.
The prisoners may be used for clean
ing up the alleys, which are in bad
condition. and for cleaning snow from
the streets in case there is a heavy
fall. 1t would be saving to the city
and probably to the county, as it is
tractive to a certain class of people.
Salaries Of Firem-n.
Salaries of the city firemen will
probably be increased. following a sug-
gestion by Councilman H. H. Engel-
various reasons no appropriation had
ously in the budget meeting but for
various reasons no Appropriation had
been made. He said the position of
| firemen was a lazy old job but the
| boys were always on the job when
anything happened.
He Was Not BIuffing.
| You all thought was bluffing
when l suggested it in the budget
meeting declared Mr.. Engelbert, but
was not. l think that crematory ap-
preparation of $4,000 is much too large
and if the firemen's salaries were
raised S. per man per month, as l
planned the increase in the appropria-
| ton would only need to be s1.40o per
year. I believe we could take that
much off of the crematory appropria-
ton
| The Mayor kicked on the increase
of firemen's salaries saying it should
have been provided for in the budget.
| He advised against it but, on a motion
of Councilman Alphonse Weishaupt,
! the ordinance committee was ordered
to draft a bill increasing the salaries
of the fire laddies. 1t is said in the
first six months of service the pay will
be $50 per month. the second six
months sos and the end of a years
service a fire-fighter's salary will be
/ $40. At present the first years sal
airy is $50 and the second years sal
ary se5. The payroll of the depart
kment is something over s19, 900.