The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-21
MUST GET RECORD
FROM ALL DEALERS
New Law Will Give Police Close
Supervision Over Second
Hand Stores.
BY MAJ. WERNER
Ordinance Committee Tables
Paper Relating to Local
Fee System.

After prolonged debate. the Council
Committee on Ordinance. Charter and
reform last night recommended for
adoption an ordinance regulating deal
ers in secondhand goods. requested
by the Police Department The ordi-
nance requires such dealers TO make
daily report in writing to the Police
Department OF purchases, and to keep
a record at their places OF business OF
such purchases. with the name and
address of'the party selling the goods,
and. II brought in a wagon. the name
OF t0e driver and the license number
of the vehicle. Chief Werner strongly
advocated the measure as n protec
ton. telling of instances where houses
have been robbed and the stolen goods
disposed OF for nominal prices to some
secondhand shop. The ordinance was
n substitute prepared by Mr.. Richards
and accepted by tho original patron,
Mr. Rogers. after it was amended by
striking out the requirement. that tho
daily written reports he made in Eng
lish and that permit must b. secured
from the Chief of Police for engaging
in the business of selling secondhand
goods. The ordinance had been befo7e
the committee since September. 1910
For City Chemist.
After hearing from Chairman Mills,
OF the Water Committee. Superinten-
dent Davis. of the Water Works. and
CITY Chemist Whitfield in opposition to
the report of subcommittee abolish
ing the position of chemist In charge
of the settling basins. all three on
clals holding the plan 10 DO utterly
impracticable. and that II was most
undesirable to leave the basins to be
operated by inexperienced day labor,
the committee recomm;tted the paper
ha ,,,,it
study OF the problem
An ordinance allowing the Building
Inspector TO designate one of the City
Hall janttors to clean the City Chem
lists Office. on Eighth street. daily for
extra compensation OF $40 per month,
was recommended
The ordinance regulating street OBJ.
structions. building material. mortar
boxes and hosting machines. was rec
commended for adoption as drafted by
the subcommittee, after conference
with committee from the Builders
Exchange. 1t provides that builders
may use onc-half the width Of tho
streets, must bridge over all cutters
and keep back five feet from street
car tracks Mr.. Pollock sought to add
clause regulating the kind OF motive
power or fuel used in hosts and en-
gines. calling attention to tho smoke
nuisance at Fourth and Broad and
other points but withdrew his euE-
gestion on the statament OF the Build
ing Inspector that he was repairing a
separate ordinance regulating the run
ming of such engines and HOSTS.
Fec Question Tabled.
Al the request OF it's patron, Mr.. Won
derlehr. the joint resolution requesting
tho General Assembly to amend the
present statutes in regard to fees al
lowed State and municipal officers in
this city so as 10 provide a salary IN
lieu OF all fees. was tablsd. Mr.. Pol
lock objected that while an advoca te
of abolishing the fee system, the res
olutiop would have the effect of put
ting on the city the burden of paying
the salaries of a number OF State off,
GERS who now draw their compensation
or fees from the State. The Commits
sioner of Revenue was stated TO he the
only officer now drawing fees from the
city Treasurer. all city officers being
on a salary basis. Several members ia
vorcd tlls plan of the pending West
hill, now before the General Assembly,
which requires all State officers now on
fee basis to file statement OF their
emoluments either from the State or
from the public at specified intervals.
thus giving 10 the General Assembly
of 1914 definite ngurcs as TO the pres
ent income to fee officers and q clearer
basis which 10 proceed to abolish
the entire system.
Salary increases were recommended
for adoption as follows: Five inspectors
and meter readers in the Water De-
partmcnt, to $50 per month each; fore
man of pump houses, to 1925 per day;
other pump-house hands, to 80 per day
each: pipe-lay!ng force. to S".75 per
day each; two electrical inspectors, to
800 per annum each
AS a number of other salary ordi-
nances and other papers arc still pend
ing, including the ordinance liking the
pay of the members OF the Administrn-
tive Board, another meeting Of The Or
dinance COMMITTEES will be called short
ly by Chairman Umlauf,
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