The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-19
MANY COMMITTEES
OUT OF EXISTENCE
ADMINISTRATIVE BOARD TO TAKE
Up WORK OF CDUNCLMANIC
BODIES.
BIG CONSOLIDATION
SEVEN SEPARATE BRANCHES OFF
C0USCIL TO TRANSACT ALL
THE WORK OF THE
BIG CONSOLIDATION

II the recommendation CT the coun
ell committee on rules prevails, there
Will be but seven council committees af-
Ter the first OF the year, many of the
present standing committees going out
of existence. with the work attached
TO them going into the hands of The
administrative board
The committee met last night and
formulated a. tentative plan of pro-
cedure for the council after the I.st
Of the year This plan was sent to
the city attorney, with the request
that he frame UP an ordinance cover
ing the action OF the committee and
present 1t at the special meeting Il
council next Monday night. The COM
nrittee will meet at o'clock on Mon
day to receive the draft from the city
attorney, and later in tho evening the
draft viii be handed to council
After mature consideration the com
mittee, consisting of Messrs. Peters.
Adams, Grimes, Powers, Melton, Jones,
Pollock and Mills, determined that the
work of council in future could be
transacted through seven committees.
These committees will embrace every
thing along the line Of legislative work.
In some instances committees are COM
bined so that various departments may
where heretofore they have had sep
arate local administrative boards.
For instance, the committees on wa
ter light. street cleaning, poor, cleo
tricity and grounds and buildings will
be condensed into one body, to be
known as the committee on public
works.
The committee on advertising which
has been one of the special commit
tees, will hereafter be a standing COM
mittee with tbs same membership as
heretofore. while the other six COM
mittees will be enlarged to a member
ship Of nine, four from each ward, and
one at large.
nstttee, the following line=up has hten
determined upon:
New Committees.
Committee en- Streets--To consist
OF nine members, five from common
council and, four from board or al
dermen.
Committee on Finance--To consist
OF nine members Ave from the COM
mon council and four from the board
board of aldermen.
Committee on Ordinances-To con-
sis1 of nine members, Ave from the
common council and four from the
board Of aldermen.
Committee on Public Works-To
consist of nine members, five from the
common council and. -FOUR from the
board Of aldermen.
Committee on River and Harbor--
To consist Of nine members Ave from
the common council and four from
the board of aldermen.
Committee on Claims and Local
Assessment-To consist or nine mem
berg, five from the common council
and four from the board OF alder
men
Committee on Advertising and Eu-
terprises-To consist of seven mem
bers. the president Of each branch,
three memb ers of the common council
and two members Of the board of al
dermen to be appointed by the re
Epective presidents The mayor shall
be ex-ofiicio a member of this com
nittee.
BY the conEolidat on OF the -am-
mttees these go OFT Of commission:
Light, electricity. water, relief Of the
poor, street cleaning. grounds and
Buildings. cemeteries, printing and
claims, markets, st Johns burying
ground, improvement Of James river
The board OF public interests re-
mains on the calendar, as this board
is a dxture by statutory action
Last night President Peters an
nounced that he would call council
together next Monday night to wind
up business for the year.