Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1911-04-04
City Council Meeting

Inc city council met last night in
regular bi-monthly session, Mayor
Paulk in the chair. Two members,
Ware and Adams were absent.
Little in the line of new business
was done, the proceedings being
routine and tedious.
The bills for the regular monthly
salaries of the city officials and en-
ployees were read and approved
without objection, Other bills for
small and necessary expenditures
for various purposes were also read
and ordered paid.
City Clerk Hanger called attention
to note held by the First National
Bank, and now due against the City.
City Treasurer Mingledorf was
present, and stated that although
there was over three thousand dol
lars balance in the city treasury, he
thought it advisable to renew the
note. Acting upon this suggestion,
a motion was made and adopted
authorizing the City attorney and
the City clerk to negotiate a renewal
with the bank.
A communication from the State
Board of Health was received in
viting the city to send delegates to
a Health Convention to be held in
Atlanta in the near future, at which
representatives of the various local
boards Of health throughout the
state are to meet and discuss health
problems.
DR.. Osborne stated to the council
that the people were awakening as
never before to the importance of
conserving the public health, and
are beginning to realize that more
than half the prevalent diseases of
today are preventable,
| A motion was made and carried
that DR., 0sherne be authorized to
attend the Health Convention on
behalf of the city,
The proposed ordinance, which
has come to be known as the Fly
Ordinance" was read a second time
and put upon its passage. 1t in
voked some discussion, one member
saying that it could never be en-
forced.
The ordinance related chiefly to
screening against the fly pest, and
required everybody to screen the
doors and windows of their resi-
dences; required butchers and
grocers to screen all meats and
moist foods, as we'll as their stores
and stalls; required keepers of livery
stables, stock barns and pens to
clean them up daily, put the litter
into a box or receptacle and screen
the same.
The importance of screening
against the fly was admitted by the
members of the council, but there
was a pretty general sentiment that
this ordinance was too drastic and
sweeping to permit its being
enforced with any degree of reason
ableness.
1t was voted down, only1 two
votes being cast for it. DR.. Osborne,
who framed it, was instructed to
frame another along less drastic
and difficult lines.
An ordinance to further regulate
and define the privileges of the near
beer dealers, was read a first time
and went over to the next meeting
under the rules. 1t provides that
no dealer shall be permitted to store
beer in any place except on the
premises where it is licensed to be
sold.
Dr. Osborne's salary was raised
to $500 per month.
City Attorney Wall was present,
and stated to the council that Judge
Whipple had informed him that he
would this morning hand down his
decision in the school tax injunc-
ton case. He would, he said, enjoin
the tax collector from collecting the
10 per cent. forfeiture penalty, but
deny the injunction as to the
rest of thr plaintiffs contention.