The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-03
EVERYONE W. MED
 TALK IN COUNCIL Last Night Session Prolonged
 to Three Hours FULLER BILL IS ENACTED New Automobile Patrol to Be Pur- cbssed-Subway or yiaduct Planned Over Eighteenth Street Cross
 inS-Ordinanee Changed
FULLER BILL IS ENACTED

Long winded speeches by many of the aldermen stretched last nights council meeting to a three-hour session, but de- spite the excessive amount of apparently unnecessary talk the meeting was inter- esting an account of the large number of matters which were brought before the board
 Probably the most important action taken was the adoption of the Fuller prohibition law, so changed as to con- form to the city code. The purchase of an automobile patrol wagon was author ized, while another matter of real in terest was the unanimous adoption of a resolution instructing the city engi- neer to draw up plans and specifications for the construction of either a subway or viaduct on Nineteenth street from First avenue to Powell avenue.
 A resolution was introduced by Alder mas Frank W. Smith regulating the run ming of street cars, which requires the running of owl cars; while another one was introduced by Alderman Barnes Nor gan requiring the Ensley- Birmingham 5- cent fare.
 Alderman McDowell introduce, reso- lution covering the pound law proposl- tion, which was unanimously adopted. This makes 1t unlawful for a COW, hxAa sheep and like animals to run at large or to be kept in place which has an in secure fence If the animal is not securely tied, anywhere within the limits of Greater Birmingham, except in such places where the Mayor in his judgment may decide that the law would really be hurtful to the people. This puts the matter up to one man and 1t is believed
 will result in a satisfactory arrange ment of matter which has created quite a stir among portions of the ter
 ritory annexed to Birmingham on the first of the year.
 Paving Eighteenth Street
 The street committee recomm ended that the question of paving Eighteenth street
 be referred to the aldermen from the
 Eighth ward for the purpose of ascer- taining the wishes of the residents along this street regarding the matter
 A petition to operate moving picture theatres after l o'clock onASunday after moons was introduced by Pete Houppert and other proprietors of such places of amusement
 The board almost became disrupted over the question of allowing City Attorney Robert Thach an assistant for a period
 Of a few months to handle the great
 number of cases which had been dumped
 upon his office by the annexation of the | various municipalities to Birmingham.
 Fred G. Moore of Ensley has been as-
 sisting Mir Thach since the first of the
 payment of his salary during this time. Alderman Graham Perdue started things | by objecting very strenuously to the al- lowing of the assistant He stated that he was not neded and that it was simply the making of a place for some one. Be- fore the vocal fracas had come to an end Aldermen Heidt. Moore. O'Neill and Cope land had joined in. It lasted for over half an hour and only ceased when Pres ident Jones rapped his gavep and refused to hear from anyone else.
 Regarding the West End paving trou- blJ, the matter of the s10o,000 bond issue | for this work was taken up and referred to the finance committee by President | Jones. Kicks should be made to this committee before the next regular meet | ing of the council.
 Discussion of Fuller Bill Alderman Barnes Morgan started the
 vocal fireworks again when the question of adopting the ruler prohibition law came up. He wanted to postpone the matter for two weeks. Perdue arose and expressed the opinion that it should be adopted at once as the city was losing some three or four thousands dollars | each months by the lack of it. Attor- ney Thach also spoke of the need of it.. stating that the city had only the Car michael bill to act under and urged the immediate adoption of the Fuller law. President Jones also spoke for it. saying that in adopting 1t the board would only be placing the same law upon the city which every member of it thought was in the code two weeks ago. Alderman Morgan wanted to know why the city could get along as well with the. Carmi- chael law. Mayor c Erien then took the floor and explained how the county was now getting the money resulting from prohibition arrests made by the police department instead of the city. After this Morgan withdrew his motion and the bill was adopted.
 Attorney Forney Johnson made applica- ton for the franchises which the various municipalities annexed to Birmingham had granted to the Tdewater company. The matter was referred to the proper committee This, 1t is understood, is only a technical requirement. relative to the holding of the franchises.
 The reports of the various committees were as follows:
 Street Committee
 Present: Aldermen Copeland. J. R.. Morgan, Metcalfe, Starbuck, Copeland, D. R., O'Neill, Burnett.
 Absent: Aldermen Mcdonald, Gregg, Gibson, Mcdowell, McAkinaw, Norwood. Alderman Copeland. J. R., chairman of the street committee submitted the following report:
 The street committee recommends that the matter of paving Eighteenth street from Avenue A to Avenue K be re- ferred to the aldermen from the Eighth 
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