The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-11-18
FINANCE COMMITTEE.

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Tire finance committee, in making its
report. recommended that the taxes
collected on certain property, assessed
in the name of Rev. Thos. Lennox, but
which was really church property, be
remitted; that the bill of the Media
vid- Hyer Co. for damages sustained
by the city sewer overlooking their
Office on Palafox street be paid, and
that the bond of the Pensacola State
Bank, as city depository, be ap-
proved. The report was received and
the recommendations adopted.
COMPLAINTS MUST BE MADE.
Together with its report, the water
and gas committee submitted a recon-
mendation that frr the future all per-
sons having complaints about being
overcharged for water, or other SINH
lar complaints in this department,
should make them to the council and
not to the water and gas committee.
1t was explained that the reason for
making this recommendation was that
1t was the opinion of the members of
the committee that they had no right
to make any reduction in bills, whether
correct or incorrect. The recommen-
dations was adopted.
ORDINANCE EXERCISING.
The ordinance engrossing commit
tee reported favorably on an amend
ment to the ordinance governing
grading, paving and curbing, and at
placed on third reading and adopted.
FRANCHISES AND PRIVILEGES.
The franchise and privileges com
mittee reported favorabiy on the
amendment to the ordinance granting
a franchise to Swift & Co. for the
building of a spur track on Tara gona
street and recommended its adoption.
The committee offered a substitute or
dinance for the ordinance relating to
the extension of the time in which the
Pensacola, Mobile & New Orleans
Railroad may complete the road, and
at the proper time the ordinance was
introduced and placed on first reading
The COMMITTEES further reported that
the ordinance relating to both the L.
& n. Railroad. Company and the Mem
phis & Gulf Railroad Company were
under consideration and asked for
further time, which was granted.
GENERAL ORDINANCES.
The general ordinance committee
recommended that the ordinance es-
tablishing the Office of inspector of
weights and measures and fixing the
salary of the office should be amended
so as to pay $50 per month instead of
SIS. The amendment was adopted
when the ordinance was placed on
second reading and the ordinance re
ferred to the ordinance engrossing
committee
The committee also offered an
amendment TO the ordinance relating
to allowing the saloons to remain open
until IL o'clock on Christmas eve
night and Mardi Gras night. Alder
man Semnles stated that, as a mem
Der of the committee. he had refused
to sign this recommendation, and
when the ordinance was placed on
second reading, he argued that the
saloons should be allowed to remain
open on the night before Mardi Gras
and on Christmas night If allowed to
remain open on the other nights. In
the meantime a motion was made and
seconded to adopt the amendment and
refer the ordinance to the ordinance
engTosslng committee, and it took this
course.
Alderman Semmes then said that he
arose to point of personal privilege
and said that he had been "bam-
boozled" out of his right to express
his opinion and get vote on his side
of the question. Alderman Kent then
made a motion that the action of the
council in referring the ordinance to
the ordinance engrossing committee