Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-04-09
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 ARE SWORN IN Two Meetings Of the City Council " ere Held I.ast-
 Officials Installed.
TWO NEW AI,DEI ETEN
city tttorney Alexander q Noun-e Man Mayor ,I0rt;an Delivers
 Annual Address.

Annual Address.
 Two meetings Of the city council were held last night when She old members and two other city oil ieF7s retired and new n s took t1etr p.acea. Mayor A. (. Jordan delivered his annual address to the board 4f aldermen ard made many up.to-d 4te recommend9ties to that body. Wi.h a view to betteHing the conditions Of the city its. official departments and 1 fhe people generally.
 The new city attorney, W. B. Alex ander, who $ one Of the youngest if not the youngest man who has eve, served Piee Bluff ill that capacity, took the oath Of office, succeeding City Attorney w. B. Sorgells. City Clerk w. A. Leo Alderman Fred Fox, from the First Ward, and Alderman J. F. Hut from the Second ward, IRll re-e'ected fer two mo!a years, were also installed. Alderman Bsn B. Well, of the Third ward, who sue ceeds Russell lIllis. and Alderman R. G. Johnson, who goes into the council s3em the Fourth ward as the succeS4az 5f J. A. Clement, Wer5 swofa in and are the only two new 4lenfbers of the aldermanie b1dy.
 Annual Police Report. I.s The annual report 9lf Chief of Pc lica Pa9nell and Polfa9 jHds8 SfeMaT' showed cash fiaez collected, 711, ,S51.5o committed, $6,1135O; appealed, $1 7o5; total $19,750. The department issued 2,795 warrants during the year and transferred 31 cases to tha magistrate courts.
 Request is Denied.
 Through Alderman Sheppard the contractors who have the new hotel Wo1k in hand asked permi sion to place a large canvas sfgu across Man street at Fifth avenue Alderman l~cesnutt Clement am 'e5 object cd on the grounds tL @2uld be un- slightly and might caus~ horses to run away. The request was denied. The con, ractors were given permission to place the sign on the building as the first story is erected, on both Maih street and Fifth avenue.
 New Committees.
 Finance Committee-Fox, Howell Hut
 Fire C3mmlttee--Hutt, Chesnutt Veil.
 Cemetery Committee-J o il Il n Hut. Sheppard.
 Public Works Commttee-Shep- pard, Fox, Johnson.
 Ordinance Committee-Weil, Fox, Howell.
 Police mmittee-Chesnutt, John son, Wolff.
 Water and Light 'commiu,ee=-How- eli Sheppard, Wolff.
 sanitary Committee-Wolff, Ches- mutt, Veil.
 The recomme- dations of the mayor that new equipment and horses DC purchased for the police and lire de- partments were approved.
 Alderman Wolff made. another ap- peal for street improven ent wofk 2r Pullen street. He said he had t9 , swim across that street the othcl f night while on his way aome. Mayor ,Jordan's Address. TO the Beard of Aldermen of the City
 of Pine Bluff:
 The fiscal year just ended mark! another epoch in the history of ou City Government, and at such times ' is well to weigh anchor and take retrospective glacce at our Work ol th' past year. As public servants let u give an account of our stewardship fo 'eRy your works shall ye be judged
 The past year has been marked D. progress and development along al lines of municipal affairs, and Whil the present administration has bee handicapped by limited finances an has been unable on account of unpre aedented weather conditions durln the greater part of the year, of accon plishiil, Il We mad planned and hope s to accomplish, yet we can pof1t Wit pride to the results that crown ou efforts in handling the city's affairs. The signal ability of our Commtte lof Finance is evidenced by the mannf