The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-29
EIGHT EMPLOYES
 ARE RELEASED AT
 SAVING 0F $75OO
Commissioners Abolish Jobs Assistant Health Officer
 and Seven Detectives
MEAT INSPECTOR
 MURFEE REINSTATED
The Green Trading Stamp Matter Is Brought Up By Merchants-COm- mission Takes Adjourn
 ment to Tuesday

mission Takes Adjourn ment to Tuesday Seven plainclothes men and one as sistant city health officer were released yesterday from the service of the city in conformity with resolution of As sociate Commissioner A. o. Lane There by the city pay rolls were reduced ss560. However, M. c. Murfee. meat and milk inspector, was reinstated after be- ing abolished and his salary set at sS0 per month. A net saving was affected of s7500 per year.
 The detectives released from service were as follows:
 w. l.. Sigsbee, s9750 per month. c. J. Justin, $97.50 per month. M l.. Moore, s97.50 per month.
 John Horan, $50 per month. J. F. Pare, $50 per month. w. A. Disheroon, $So per month.
 w. H. McAllister. $50 per month. Health department: Dr. John W. Watts, assistant city health officer, s110 per month.
 Meat and milk department: L. c. Murfee inspector, reinstated, salary $81 per month.
 Total cut, $S460.
 Addition to pay roll, s960 per year. Net saving, $7500 per year. The resolution of Judge Lane calling for the release of the plainclothes men was preceded by some observations from the commissioner in which he said that he had made diligent inquiries concerning the police department. He | then moved the adoption of the reso- | lution, which called for the dismissal of the policemen.
 To Have Recess The commissioners will not meet again now until next Tuesday. They have been in almost constant session since the early part of this month. President Culpepper Exum will perhaps attend the grand opera in Atlanta, while Associate Commission CT Weatherly, it is gathered, has some personal affairs in Mississippi to occupy his time. Associate Commissioner A. O.. Lane will remain in Birmingham and ''sit on the lid"
 1t is not expected that the city will be without quorum of commissioners for any length of time. In the interim Judge Lane will be in charge, and he will come very near handling any propositions that may intrude upon the calm about the city hall.
 Trading Stamps to Front | Before adopting the retrenchments res | olution yesterday afternoon the -commis- sioners tackled the dreaded and much d tro1 1i,,cr .to -;t, Briefly the fight is that firm desires to give premiums on trading stamps to those who pay cash at certain mercantile es- tablishments, securing in return the stamp. They are redeemable It was stated that the present license of 5000 is prohibitve, and unless modified the firm will go out of business. The com missioners heard several citizens pro and con, principally con- and finally referred the matter to Judge A. O. Lane for a legal investigation and opinion as to the character of the business. The trading stamp matter was up before the council at several meetings and a H. cense of $250O was fixed. Later the license was reduced to s1OO0 This was paid and the company continues to do business.
 The merchants yesterday declared to the commission that the business was dele
 
 desired them prohibited from the city M. V. Joseph was one of the speak CTS and said unless the company was prohibited from doing business in this city they would eventually draw $400,- 900 or more from Birmingham which would go to swell the coffers of the operators in other parts of the country. The company presented to the commits sion that their gross business was ap- proXimately $12,000 per year E. H. Cooper, Col John W. Tomlin- son. M. V. Joseph, D. M. Drennen, J. L. Drennen and others spoke for the proposition and against 1t. The indications would seem to indi- cate that the license will be permitted to remain, although no intimation was given by the commissioners.
 Cattle May Roam a Little Commissioner Weatherly introduced an ordinance prohibiting the running of cattle at large in Birmingham. He added proviso, however, that where the cattle were put on unused com mons or in charge of a herder, to pre- vent the tresspassing on other peoples lawns, the commissioners would not in terfere.
 MT. Weatherly made his position clear upon the ordinance in the fol- lowing words:
 lnu h Stdtc law WHICH dDSOlulely prohibits the running of stock at large. This commission would be adopting an illegal ordinance should we under take to permit their grazing on the public domain. I have endeavored to arrive at as liberal a judgment as pos sible and I believe the last clause of this ordinance letting them roam when herded will meet the situation on an equitable basis.
 That is the only relief we can give those who wish the free grazing and be within the requirements of the state laws"
 The commissioners adjourned after this ordinance was adopted to meet again Tuesday morning at II o'clock