The Detroit times., 1911-02-06
|c0UhCIL WILL ASK
|EEGISL At URE To.
| BOOST B0NDLIM|T
Orders Bill Prepared, and Alter
Formal Approval, Next Tuesday
Evening, Measure Will Be Taken
To Lansing by Aid Lodge.
Question of General Charter Revision
Discussed at Length, But No
Action Is Taken.

The common council, IN an informa,
session, Saturday noon, which was a..
Tended by about % OF the aldermen
unanimously adopted resolution re-
buesting Aid. John Lodge, chairman .!
le committee on city and charter les.
slation to prepare bill for submits
ion To the legislature. raising the
bity,s bonding limit from 2 To 3 per
cent. Aid. Lodge win have the meas.
Rrs In shape for the councils approval
lcSt Tuesday night; IN fact, such a
bin already has been prepared. and
ne council, in all probability, will d.
ect that the bill be sent 10 Lansing
forthwith. Aid. Lodge may be asked
10 present IL In person, for as former
tate representative ho Is thoroughly
acquainted with the procedure in such
] case.
This is the first tangible result II
he decision handed down by the al-
IRENE court last Wednesday In :ha
municipal ownership case. The gen
,ai opinion of the aldermen was thu t
he bond question was the one which
demanded first attention. and the rest,.
Eurion was adopted with but little dts
ission after Corporation Counsel
Iially had pointed out. as explained In
Che Times, Friday. that there wera
10 legal difficulties in the way of the
'assage Of special act. raising the
'noing limit And II the legislatu.e
let's promptly. the measure can be
admitted 10 the people OF Detroit ~
ne April election for final approval,
b said.
AID. Gilman, chairman of the coun-
II ways and means committee. fought
ard TO put through resolution lool,.
klg toward the submission 10 the PEG.
lie In April OF the question OF gen
fral charter revision. He presented
\ Written resolution declaring that il
as the sense Of the meeting that this
He done.
N Il think the people should be given
I'm opportunity to express an opinion
pa this question at the earliest pos.
ible moment" said Gilman. IF they
lecide. on April 8, that they do not
KANT q general charter revision. then
70 will still have time TO apply 10
he legislature for IN amendment 10
hc home rule bill that viii permit Us
% amend our old charter"
Aid. Vernon. author of the late
hmented civil service BILL knocked
but by the supreme courts decision.
pok a decided stand against the reso-
lition.
I'VE want 20 take plenty OF time To
box this question over" he sad
You've got 10 look farther than your
lose when II GENES TO general
Revision OF the charter Under the
Constitution. we would have to ACCEPT
Dr. reject the charter that the charter
Commission gave us. II might be a
Perfectly good charter in all respects
kut one, and that one defect might
Hill st. think Il would be a much
Better plan to proceed by the piece
heal method OF amending our CD
harter If we can get the authority
rom the legislature"
After more than n half hours de-
Nate Aid. Gilman withdrew his resc-
Iition and the meeting broke up. It
1 quite probable that the fight will
De renewed in the common council
3ext Tuesday night. and that steps
Eill be taken then. either looking To-
Yard a general charter revision or an
amendment 10 the home rule bill
LONG the lines suggested.
Asked by one of the aldermen q;
how long il would take to revise
'he charter, Corporation Counsel Ha.iy
uiiIned the program OF proceed. re
.ihted in The Times. In Pontiac. ne
aid. charter commission has beeh
h session for five months aud doas
lot expect to complete its work fof
I least seven months. In Grand Rap
lis, a charter commission has been II
ork for Ave months and is not
~ ough yet.