The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1910-12-14

FEBRUARY.
The much-discussed question as to
whether the city of lDaytcua shall
have u municipal judge to try all
cases now brought before the Mayor
aid an unsalaried Mayor. will be left
to the people for a decision at the
election in February.
AT least this is the solution of the
problem which the city council pro-
poses to make and the ordinance
committee was instructed at the
meeting Tuesday evening to prepare
the proposed change in the city char
ter, to make it read that a municipal
Judge shall be appointed by the coun-
ell, that the Mayor shall serve with
out salary and such other changes
as the committee may deem necessary
and for the best interests of the city.
These proposed changes will be
fl St submitted to the council and
then u the people in the next cleo
ton.
The proposed plan is to do away
with the salary of the Mayor and
have this money applied on the sal
airy of the municipal Judge. 1t is also
proposed to have the offices of muni-
cipal Judge and city attorney COM
ioAned, and the salary now paid a
separate city attorney applied toward
the salary of the Judge. 1t is
believed this change will have the
direct effect of causing a more strict
enforcement of the city ordinances,
because the Judge, holding office by
virtue OF appointment from the coun-
Gil will no. have his Judgment in
| fluenced by the prospect of gaining
or fear of losing votes at the next
election
By another action taken by the
council at the meeting Tuesday even
ing it b4hooves all business persons
Who have not yet paid their occupa-
ton taxes to pay them at once. 1t
was reported that number of the
occupation taxes, which the law re-
qufres shall be paid by the first of
October, have not yet been paid, and
from the collector a list Of all that
have bceL paid and list OF all that
| have not been paid. The list of those
Who have not paid will be placed in
/ IL, <~F oil md
will have to be an accounting for a
violation. OF the ordinance.
BY order of the council the shell
banks belonging to the city are now
closed and no more shell is to be
scld from The banks. Trespass signs
are to be put up on the premises as
/ : warning that the banks are closed
to all but the city. The clerk was
also instructed to advertise for bids
/ hauled ever the roads. The contract
city in the repair of streets hauled
BIZ water route to eliminate the ne
cessity of having the heavy loads
hauled over the roads The contrac
for this work will call for the shell
to be brought by water to the city
/ and then hauled to the place where
needed in the repair Of streets.
The ordinance committee was in
structed to renew the lease of the
telephone company for the upper par
CT, the city hall building for five
years, with the understanding tha
the lease shall terminate in case thu
building is abandoned or torn down
The report of City Health Office
E. L. Stewart, for the month of No
vember showed no births and on
death. Tie health officer called tn
a.. ention of the council to the fac
that the birth and death reports ar
ret being filed with the department
as they. should be, according to tn
law. He said the general sanltar,
conditions of the city are good.
Bills &c the amount of s4o2.0S wer
ordered paid by the council.