The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-05-23
COUNCIL WON'T
TAKE IT BACK
REFUSES TO RECONSIDER Ac.
TON OF LAST WEEK IN AL
LOWING $50 TO DEPu-
TY TREASURER.

Despite the assertion of Mayor
Dodge that the action Of the council
at its meeting last Wednesday night,
in granting $3.50 to the deputy treas
urer for work done for the city, was
Illegal the council last night refused
to reconsider it, or to introduce a mo-
ton multiplying the proceedings Of the
last session relative to the matter.
At the opening of the-meeting the
mayor said: 81 desire to call the at
tention of the council To what l con-
slider "A very unlawful act committed
at the last meeting. | think ! have
made myself clear as to my position
i'm the matter of the illegality of in
creasing the salary of any officer after
his election to office, and / hope this
is the last time shall have TO call at
tention TO II. Knowing my position
you mt your last meeting deliberately
drafted a resolution which was simply
a subterfuge to accomplish the same
effect as would the raising of the
treasurers salary from $500 to $3.50.
The only remedy is for you to recon-
slider your act and request that a mo-
tion be made TO have il stricken from
the records. Don't let II go down in
history that the Hancock council had
been accessory to a crime"
Alderman O'Neill said that he want
ed to set himself right i'm this matter
and said that when he introduced the
resolution last Wednesday he did so
after securing the advice of the attor-
ney who had informed the council that
in tic form presented the action was
perfectly legal
Attorney Lawton stated that If the
money appropriated was to pay for
special services rendered by the deputy
treasurer to the city and not covered
by her duties for which she was paid
by the treasurer, the action was legal,
but if it Is simply n subterfuge to en-
able the payment of that much more
TO the assistant without it coming out
of the treasurers pocket it amounted
practically to the same thing as would
the adding of an extra $3.50 to the
treasurer's salary.
The mayor then called for a motion
to reconsider the previous action. AL
derman Gallen moved to do so, but he
was disqualified by reason of his not
having voted on the matter when IL
came up last week. No one else es-
sayed To move i'm the matter
said the mayor:
ton was illegally carried, because it
was accomplished by n viva voce vote
instead of by ayes and nays, and fur
thermore ! shall absolutely refuse to
sign any order for the payment Of
any money so appropriated We will
now proceed to the next order of bust
ness"
Money for Memorial Day.
At the request of w. III. Mason an
additional sum of $50 was granted for
the observance of Memorial day.
bringing the total allowed by the city
to 800, fifty dollars having been al
lowed at the last meeting.
Michael Quayle, who asked for per-
mission to alter his building i'm Quin-
cy street. was asked to present plans
or sketches of the proposed changes to
the council, as required by ordinance
August Mette inquired why the con-
tractor didn't begin work on east Han
cock sidewalks lie understood that
the clerk had been authorized to in
struct Contractor Anderson to go
ahead, but the latter had informed Mr.
Mette that he had no such orders.
Clerk Macdonald said that there was
apparently misunderstanding as he
had himself instructed Mr.. Anderson
TO proceed with the work.
Front Street Report.
Chairman O'Neill reported that Supt
Lawton had submitted to the commit
tee authorized to arrange for the inn
proving of Front street a proposal foi
the erection of a retaining wall alone
the roadway, in consideration of which
the Quincy Mining company would
give n strip of land ten feet wide ant
154 feet long, at the same time in
sisting that portions of the Cooper ant
Hicock properties be taken If required
to straighten the roadway. The mining
company would furnish plans and spe
cifications and furnish crushed rock 70
concrete, and in return the city SHOULD
build and maintain the sidewalk ad
Jacent to the improved section. Th'
committee was continued and author
lied to conduct further negotiations.
Annual Appropriation Bill.
The annual appropriation bill wa
presented and adopted after length.