The Detroit times., 1913-05-29

five? MATTER UP
.TOCHARTERBODY
Committee, Unable to Agree,
Submits Two Reports to
the Board
RIGHT OF BOAT CLERKS ON
BELLE ISLE QUESTIONED
Burton Thinks They Shouldn't
Have Jurisdiction Over Prop
erty Owned BY City

The report OF the charter commits
| sions committee on finance was sub.
mitted. Wednesday morning. The
members have signed two recon.
mendations for the assessing depart
ment One provides for a board OF
| five assessors, one to be appointed
each year for a term Of Ave years, the
| senior members to be president Of the
| board. The compensation il to be
! fixed by the common council the
| board is to appoint its own secretary
The other provides for one assessor
appointed by the mayor. to hold Office
during the pleasure Of the mayor, to
receive $4,000 year; and the
appointment of five deputy assess.
Ors and such assistants and
other subordinates as the common
council may allow, on the rec
Ommendation OF the assessor. Sal.
aries Of the minor officials are to be
fixed by the council. This proposal IL
the work of Commissioner Ferris, and
the committee, finding itself divided.
decided to bring In a double report.
The report was put on the general
order, and will probably be considered
after the municipal ownership pro-
visions are cleared up.
In committee Of the whole, the CON-
mission finished its consideration OF
the park committees report. Commits
sioner DENLY objected again to legls-
lation by charter, and succeeded In
having one section, defining several
/ duties of the commissioner, stricken
out. Commissioner Burton precipitat.
ed long discussion by asking about
the rights OF the Detroit Boat club
and the Detroit Yacht club on Belle
| Isle.
Il believe they have nominal
lease" said Mr. Dust. THE supposi
ton is that they add to the beauty
OF the landscape and attract visitors. -
Fortunately or unfortunately, I'm
an honorary member Of one OF those
clubs. | don't know which" said Mr.
Burton. I'm asking for information
merely; I've got nothing against
them But have the clubs right TO
keep people off properly that belongs
to the city?"
Mr. Dandell insisted that liquor is
sold in the clubs. though ii is pro
hibited In the casino He was cor.
rected by Mr.. Broadway, who said
that no liquor is sold in either boat
house. Mr. DENLY finally found out
and informed the commission, that
| the club houses were built In the De-
troit river by permission of the war
department. and that access to them
BY way o. the island was granted by
the common council.
| Another discussion was precipitated
by the section providing that the COM
missioner have maps of the depart
ment's real estate made and filed. Mr..
Ahern said: In the creation of de-
partment Of engineering 1t Is con-
ltemplated that map records of all de-
partments will be made and kept up
to date. The park department will be
one OF these departments of record.
We have found that the underground
work, the maps Of sewers. pipes and
conduits. is not well taken care OF,
and We wish to bring the engineering
department up to date"
Commissioner Heating said that the
d. u. X. stole right-of-way through
Palmer park because there was no
proper survey Of the park"
The final clause Of the report, pro-
viding for penalty for violations Of
these sections OF the charter, was
stricken ont.
The committee Of the whole then
adopted the report OF the committee
on elections, providing for an election
of city officers on the first Monday Of
April. 1915. who shall take Office on
the first Tuesday Of the following
May.