The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1910-04-29
new CITY
OFFICERS

All members were present and May
! or Veal in the chair when tne new
city council met last night in the first
regular session since being sworn in.
Without forInality, Mayor Veal pro-
ceeded to announce the standing COM
mittees of his administration, as fol
lows:
FINANCE: = ,Haymaker, Pearce
and Mullis.
STREETS and ALLEYS: Getting
ham
SIDEWALKS and BRIDGES:
Wyllys.
SANTTARI:-Brya
WATER. LIGHTS and SEWERS
-Cmmins. Cottingharn and Pearce.
POOR and PAUPER:
FIRE DEPARTMENT. Whiteman.
ORDINANCE and RULES: Reid \
CITY FFAIRS:-Pearce.
RULES: President of Council VI
POLICE DEPARTMENT T:-Mullis.
The mayor then announced that the
election of a council president was
IN order Mr.. Mullis nominated MIR.
Reid and Mr.. Wyllys seconded the
nomination. Mr.. Reid was elected IL
unanimously, except for his own vote.
The order of business of the old
council was then taken up. with very
little response from the various com
mittees. The old council had cleared
its slate pretty well and the new com
nittees had not yet nad much busi
ness to bring up.
MIR. Reid of rhe committee On ord |
inances, had four ordinances to sub |
utes recess be taken to discuss them. |
They were then taken up and read in
rhe following order:
SAINT AIRY ANCE:-A.nend- |
ing the old sanitary ordinance so as
to abolish all open, above-ground !
water closets in the city and requiring i
that in parts of the city not reached /
hy the sewers, all owners of closets |
must dig pits for same. which will be |
dark and fy-rroof as nearly as posi- I
BILE.
An ordinance creating the Office of |
City Supervisor, fixing his duties, ct.
An ordinance providing for the i
sprinklmg of streets, taking in all |
from Virginia ON the east to
Kansas avenue on the west. Summit |
street on the south and Ninth street
on the north, and parts of certain
streets outside these limits. The ord
nance assesses a frontage tax of IL
cents per year lineal frontage foot a.
gainst property on streets running
lortn and south, and six cents per
year per lineal frontage foot agains.
on streets running east and
west. The ordinance provides further
tI1.,& |
a lien on the property. If passed, the
law Will go INTO effect June l, next.
An ordinance preventing the sale
1f intoxicating liquors in the city OF
with certain exceptions ana
effective July l, 1910.
TIE suggested ordinances were
urned over to the various commit
ees for introduction in regular form.
III to be read at introduction, as re-
Iuired by law.
The ordinance providing for a city
supervisor was introduced by Mr.
Reid and numbered 21O; and was re-
erred to the committee on city af-
airs. MIR. Pearce.
Mr.. CuaSmins introduced Ordinance
70. 211, the proposed ordinance on
street spri7kling. The ordinance was
'eferred to the committee on water,
'ewer and lights, Mr.. Cummins.
Ordinance No. 212, the prohibition
ordinance, was introduced by Mr.
'earce. Upon motion the rules were
by unanimous vote and the
ordinance was read by number and
title only, the reading in full being
until next meeting.
The new sanitary ordinance was
lot formally introduced.
A resolution was passed. extending
cordial invitation to Governor Mills
o come to Roswell and authorizing
ne appointment of a reception and
committee, to serve
Turing the Governors visit On this