The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-12-05
COUNCIL ADOPTS
PLANS To CHANGE
CITY GOVERNMENT
Substitute, However, Calls
for Adjustment of Police,
Fire and Health Boards
MILLS LOSES FIG HIT :
TO KEEP 8 WARDS
Hirschberg Offers Amend
ment Which Provides for
Change In Administrative
Board Ordinance

BY the vote Of twenty -one to ninoA5
teen. Common Council last night, with
every member present. adopted sub
stitute for the administrative board
ordinance, which provides for abolish-s
ment Of the police. fire. and health
boards Otherwise the ordinances
stands intact. The substitute. offered
by MIR. Hirschberg. of Jefferson ward
was strongly advocated by Mr.. Um-
lauf, of Clay ward. and az strongly
opposed by Mr.. Pollock. Of Lee ward,
chairman Of tho committee which
drafted the two measures providing
for a change In the present city gov-
eminent.
BY the Same vote. though the per-
sonnet was somewhat different. tho
body also adopted the other ordinances
which calls for redistricting OF the.
city into four wards and q conseQuent
material reduction In the membership
OF the City Council.
How They Voted.
The vote on the Hirschberg substi-
tute stood ~ follows: Ayes-Bowman,
Brown. Cease. Fuller. gin. Haddon.
Hirschberg. Hobson. Huber. Jones,
Lumsden. Mills. Pollard, Powers. J. G.
Rogers, Seaton, Sullivan. Umlaua,
Wiltshire. Workman. Peters. Noes
Batkins. Blake. Boschen. Bradley
Burke, Butler. Ferguson, Lynch, Mti-
Ter. Primer. Pollock, Powell. Powers.
J. T. Radcliffe. Reade. Richards. Rtch-
ardson. Selph. Vonderlehr.
Though he succeeded In carrying an
amendment providing for retention Of
eight wards with reduced representa~
tion in Council. Mr.. Mills. OF Jeffer-
son ward. went down to defeat before
the nnAl vote on the FORWARD re-
districting plan was taken. This va
accomplished by the action OF Presi-
dent Peters in ruling that his sub-
stitute was not germane to the issue.
Mr.. Mills appealed from the ruling Of
the chair. but WAS able to muster only
seventeen votes ~ against twenty
two oiled by the other side, the chair
failing to cast a ballot.
Adoption cf the four ward plan was
carried A. follows: Ayes-Batkins.
Blake, Boschen, Butler. Ferguson,
cinnere, Pollard. Pollock. Powell. Rat
clifTe, Readc. Richardson. Seaton.
selph. Umiauf. vonderlehr. Peters.
Noes-Bowman, Bradley. Brown.
Burke, Cease. Fuller, Gill. Haddon.
Hobson. Huber. Jones, Mills. Powers,
J. c., Powers, ]. r.. Richards. Rogers
Sullivan: wiltshire. Workman.
Outlook Seems Bright.
There was much speculation at the
the adoption Of the Hirschberg SUBJ
stitute will have upon the Board ok
Aldermen when that body tackles tho
two ordinances next Tuesday night.
Among the optimistic. however.
opinion was freely expressed that the
Aldermen Will adopt both measures
~ they come from the lower branch.
but not without a stubborn fight on
the part OF the opposing side.
1t took the Common Council nearly
four hours to dispose OF the tive
papers before them, no other busi-5
moss being attempted at the session.
With the chamber crowded with
leading representative from the city'o:
business and commercial organisa-
lions, and with many politicians ana
members OF the Board Of Aldermen
on hand ~ deeply interested spectA-s
tors tho body. on motion OF Mr.
Radcliffe. Of Lee ward. made the two
ordinances the nrst order Of business,
calling them from the batch OF papers
presented by the ordinance commit-S
tee. which passed upon them. favosss
ably some days ago.
Mills Leads on,
When Clerk August had concluded
the reading Of the FORWARD plAns
which was taken up first, Mr.. Nt1lns
led or by questioning the validity ~
the city attorneys opinion to the effect
that only = majority vote would ~
necessary to pass both measures. He
first asked that the opinion be pro-
duced. After some little delay. Pre-
dent Peters produced It. Then Mr.
August was asked to read II. WA1n
this somewhat tedious task WAS -
complished. Mr.. Mills insisted that III
clearly required a two-thirds vote. in~S
asmuch as the provision for rea1sS
rangement OF the poll lists incident ~
the redistrietins plan would entail A.
appropriation Of something like 81
900. Under the terms Of the citys
charter. he pointed out. a twO-thirdo.
vote was always necessary in cases 90
appropriations In excess Of $1O0. s,
Tho city attorney" he said, '.praA
tically comedies that fact and -
lodges the ISSUE" Z
Pollock to the Rescue.
At this juncture. Mr.. Pollock carr
to the rescue OF City Attorney Po1%S
lard, strongly refufing the charge M
Pollard. who was present, nodded 80
sent when called on by Pollock a
bear witness that the provision ~ A4N
special commissioners to be nan9eN|
for Encouragement of the poll lists w.
strictly . State affair ana had
direct bearing on the issue at ham& "
II was then that Mr.. Mills ofEAFq
hits substitute amendment pFovt4f1
for retention Of the etght-Waf4 -
tenn. hin plan providing for c1ia99
amendment 10 ~ to allow 3 ~
ssntation Of three councilmen 80 e.
aldermen from each ward, nAa11l
total Of twenty-four councilmen r.
sixteen aldermen. sSss
Dehaeo Enanau.
Here snsued long Aebata het
M. Mills and Mr.. polloGk "
whether the suhstieuse 49, - 4Ii
% xhs issuA ~. Aollech eonfG
that Il waa incsMbs9t upsa
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