The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-05
HAS
BUSY TIME AHEAD
Sc 7eral Important Matters
May Come Up Tuesday
ORDINANCE
Measure Will Be Considered if Mr..
Weatherly Returns in Time-Anti-
tuberculosis Meat Ordinance
May Also Be Taken Up

! Indications are that the commission
meeting next Tuesday when Mr.. Wealth
erly returns is going to be one of the
busiest and most important in some time.
Several important matters are pending
and any of them may be finally acted
upon
Ii is stated that the anti-diseased meat
ordinance may be ready for formal con-
sideration. Data has been received from
| other cities In regard to the loss to be
made up by the city when cows are killed
and their bodies destroyed when they are
killed and their bodies destroyed when
they are found to be diseased All that
remains before the ordinance is adopted
| is for the city commissioners to agree
| upon what portion of this loss shall be
borne by the city for the local dairymen
| It is said that the present state laws
really cover the situation and that it is
probable the city may adopt similar
statutes. The state law as il stands now,
| it is claimed, provides that after cows
are condemned by the inspector as being
| diseased, that they must be separated
| from the remainder of the herd for six
| months. If at the end of that time they
| still show traces of disease, they are TO
be killed. Then If after they are killed
it is proven the meat is diseased, the
owner of the COW bears the entire loss of
her value, while If it is shown that the
COW was not diseased, the state bears
the entire loss of her value.
The dairymen are asking that the city
bear certain percent of the loss on every
COW condemned and destroyed. The mem
bers of the commission refuse to state
what is their exact position. in fact they
claim they have not made up their
minds
Another ordinance of Importance con-
sidered by many to be of far more i'm
portance than the meat ordinance, is the
.,raffc ordinance and the automobile or
dinance. Before this Is passed, there
must be conference between the COM
missioners also. If Mr. weatherly re-
turns from North Carolina in time Mon
day 1t is probable conferences will be
held on both of these ordinances and If
SO. some definite action Is expected. The
automobile ordinance is considered ex-
ceedingly important. as it is intended to
drasticly regulate the speed, route and
all other particulars in regard to the run
ming of an automobile within the city
| limits Special attention is being paid
| to the blowing or horns and sirens, in
F, order to diminish the noise, and motor
| cycle and other vehicles are included as
well as automobiles. 1t is believed that
the ordinance will practically eliminate
serious automobile accidents within the
| city limits also, as they are to be forced
| to run so slow and within many other
J provisions as to passing street intersec-
| tions and turning corners that a serious
cc~ion will be practically impossible.
The matter of q reduction in interest OF
| city ilnproy ement assessments and petit
| tion for a franchise for j. NJ. Dewberry
to erect a plant and generate electric
current for light and power purposes have
been pending before the board for some
weeks. Both are considered important,
and it is expected that both will call forth
some interesting arguments on both sides
when they do finally come up.
! Cheaper gas is in statu quo. Since the
| introduction of the report OF City At
| torney Boyd to the effect that Brming-
ham was paving more than other cities
for gas, nothing has been done and there
are no indications of anything being done
in the near future. The matter has been
placed in the hands of President Exum