Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1910-09-09
CITY COUNCIL
| ELECTS OFFICERS
Organization Perfected for
: Coming Year and Amend
ment to Rules Adopted by
Both Branches at Interest
ing Sessions

Both branches of the City Council
elected officers at well attended meet
ings held shortly after noon Thursday.
The common council showed the
following members present; Messrs.
Bowman, Crosby, East, Gibson, Pey-
ton, Byers. Neff, Shewey, Ware, Buch
annon, CARRIER and Heydenreich, the
latter four of whom are new MEM
bers. Mr.. Crosby, who was nominal
ed and unanimously elected presi-
dent of the common council, took the
chair and after thanking the gentle
ment present for the honor bestowed
upon him again, heard a motion to
elect MIR. East, vice-chairman. Mr..
East was also unanimously elected.
Rules, as heretofore in force with
this body, except that the committees
on Health: Safety, Schools, Printing
ard Retrenchments were omitted, were
adopted in resolution amendatory
thereto, read by Mr.. Crosby, and which
appears in full below, after which
the meeting adjourned.
A meeting of the Board of Aldermen
followed with Messrs Fretwell, Ka-
BILE. Landes, Stratton, Sillings. Bow
man, Hogshead and Lang present
Messrs Landes and SilIings being tHe
new members.
After thanking the body for unan-
imous election as President, Mr.. Lang
heard vote on the election
of Mr.. Kable, who was nominated for
vice-chairman, and also unanimously
elected to that Office. The resolution
just previously adopted by the COM
mon council was read and after some,
discussion concerning the committees,
was amended to provide that of the
three members specified as quorum,
at least one should be from the Board
of Aldermen and adopted by unan-
imous vote, after which this meeting
was also adjourned.
The following is the resolution
amending the rules governing both
branches of the city council:
Resolved; that Section 6 of Chap
ter of the rules governing the coun-
Gil for the city of Staunton and the
same is hereby amended as follows:
AS soon as convenient after each
organization of the two branches of
the council, there shall be appointed
bv the presi dent of each branch of
the city council, the following stand
ing committees, to be composed of
four members each, two members from
each branch of the council except the
committee on streets, which shall
consist of five members, two members
from the Board Of Aldermen and
three members from the common
council. In the appointment of the
committee, the representation shall be
distributed, as far as practical, equal
ly between each ward of the city; one
member each from the board of
Aldermen and Common Council, shall
be from each ward, except, the third
member from the Common Council, sof
the committee on streets, shall be ap-
pointed from either ward, in discre-
tion of the president of the Common
Council.
1st, Committee of finance; 2nd,
committee of auditing: 3rd, commit
tee of ordinances; 4th, committee OF
streets; 5th, committee of water, 9Th,
committee on street lights; 9TH, COM
mittee of fire, 8th, committee Of poor;
9th, committee of police; 10th, COM
mittee of public grounds and build
ings
Said committees shall meet at least
once in each month and at such other
times as they may prescribe: All re-
ports of the committees to the Com
mon Council shall be in writing and
be signed by a majority of the COM
mittee. Three members of any COM
mittee shall constitute a quorum for
the transaction of business, one of
whom shall be from the Board of
Aldermen.
The president may be placed by the
council upon any special committee.
The council may, by resolution,
raise select committees for special
purposes.
FATALLY INJURED BY CAR