The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-06-14
Passes Peanut Ordinance
Over His Veto.
TAX LEVY IS INTRODUCED
1916 Mills Necessary for
The City.
Salary of Secretary to the Sinking
Fund Trustees Is Fixed at S75--A
Number of improvements are Ask
ed of Council.


slap to Mayor Setter because of his
use of the veto power which Is vest
ed In him. In the slapping process
all members of the COUNCIL took |
hand, the party lines being wholly |
oblterated.
The most important piece of legis- |
lation started Monday evening was an
ordinance fixing the tax levy In the
city for the coming year. Aside from
this little of Importance was done.
Council assembled promptly on
time and Immediately got down to
business i'm earnest
A petition for a sandstone sidewalk
on Bennett place from Garfield street
to Wilson avenue was read and re-
ferred to the street and alley COM
mittee, as was a petition to pave Vine
etreet from Center street to the right
of way of the G. G. C. & st. l..
railway
! A new petition foi the Improvement
of Mark street and the alley on which
| the Paddock transfer barns are To-
Gated with tar mecadam, the same
substance as was used on the Gale
donia pike at the terminus of Cen
ter street was presented to council.
A remonstrance against the improve
ment signed by Sarah +. Barker,
Matilda Barker, Bernice Barker, Mrs.
Mary Lee, Mrs. G. T.. Whips, Mrs.
Mary Powell, Mrs Margaret j. Hamil-
ton, j. *. Smith, r. Il. Roberts, II.
w. Haberman and John Haberman,
was also presented and a number OF
the property owners We're present to
B. -, L.. al
so number to protest against 1t
The petition with the remonstrance
was referred to the street and alley
committee and a motion that the
council as a body inspect the street
with a view to determining the me-
lcessty for the Improvement prevail
led. Council determined To make the
inspection Tuesday afternoon at two
O'Clock.
An ordinance accepting William u.
Jones first addition to the city Of
Marion was read Tor the first time.
The addition proposed comprises a few
lots on Olney avenue, near the Olney
avenue school building.
A new petition to improve Pearl
street from Church street to Prospect
street by paving was presented and
Preferred to the street and alley COM
mlttee. There appears to he no OBJ
lection upon the part of the property
owners and 1t Is probable that the
Improvement will be made.
At this point Mr., Bryant brought up
the question of improving the alley
back of the new government building
1t was represented that the govern.
ment would bear no part of the cost
of the Improvement and the property
owners of the opposite side of the al
ley from the new post Office building
does not want the Improvement
Council will inspect the alley and de-
termlne upon what is To be done with
1t.
j.. j. Rudolph called the attention
of council to the condition of north
Main street along the tracks of the
c. NJ. & b. electric railway. Here,
he reported, large bOlders are left ly-
ing In the middle of the street and
the roadway slopes from the car
tracks to the gutter, making travel
along the road very dangerous. He
asked that the city clerk call the at
tention of the service board to the
condition.
The ordinance fixing the tax levy for
the city for the coming year was IN
troduced he levy for 1910 will be as
follows: general purpose fund l.G
mills; public health fund, 2 mills
public safety fund, 2.G mills; public
service fund, So mills; making a to-
| tai of 10 mills. To this is added ad-
| ditional the following; library fund,
40 mills; sinking fund 3 mills; maxi
Ing grand total for the city of l5. 45
| mills.
petition for sanitary sewer and
cellar drain on Trey avenue from
| Walnut street to Superior street was
referred to the sanitary and sewer
committee.
Here came up the ordinance which
Mayor Setter vetoed and IL was APP
: parent that council proposed to get
even. The ordinance provided that all
I venders of peanuts, pop corn ice
cream, candies, soda water, pop, GIN
ger ale, and other soft drinks, in the
parks, be required to procure license
for which they must pay a fee OF
seventy-fye dollars per annum. The
Mayor vetoed the ordinance giving
as his reasons, the principal one being
mat church societies which might give
a picnic in the park would be barred
from having their own refreshmenl
stands The fine for violation of the
ordinance Is fixed at from ten to TWEEN
ty five dollars. Mr.. Brockett made
the motion to reconsider the ordinance
and upon the roll call every mothers
son voted in favor of it. Then came
the motion to adopt, and the same
vote was recorded in favor of that
proposition. The ordinance became q
law despite the veto of the mayor.
While council was in the mood II
wanted to take up the Greenwood
street ordinance which met a like fate
at the hands of the mayor, but the
much written over document had been
misplaced and could not be located, SO
that 1t was allowed to go over until
the next meeting.
While a hunt was being made fof
the Greenwood street sidewalk ordin-
ance.i Mr. 10. Randalls IL brought up the