The Sentinel=record., 1913-11-08
MAYORS DECISION
 WAS TURNED DOWN
PETIT DRUMMING ORDINANCE E PROVES BONE OF ANOTHER
 COUNCIL CONTENTION.
Alderman Pettit, on Appeal From the Chair is Sustained by a Majority Vote Instead of Two Thirds.

! the special meeting of the city coun- cil last night when Alderman Petit appealed from a ruling of Mayor Nc. Clendon's relative to the standing the
 Petit ordinance had on the clerks calendar, and by a majority of five votes to four Pettits position was sustained.
 City Attorney Mclaughlin stat d that the Petit appeal wae sustained by a majority vote. rather than by a two-thirds vote, as is usually the case in deliberative bodies
 The Pettit ordinance had received two readings on the calendar, and when an ordinance on the question of electrical ispector which was new on the caledar, received two readinga ahead of the Petit ordinance. Alder man Ellis asked why the Petit ordi- nance had not been called up in it's regular order.
 Mir. Pettit retaliated by stating that he had asked the clerk to put the ordinance further down on the calendar and Chat such things had been done before.
 Mayor McClendon was asked for 8 ruling as to whether the Petit ordi. nance should be called in its turn, and the mayor ruled that all ord- nances should be called in rotation. which meant the Petit ordinance was next to be read
 T was called to a conference ta. day between a banker and a leading doctor." said Alderman Petit. where another settlement of the do2- tor drumming question was propose l. and l wanted my ordinance set back
 to ascertain something of the other matter The ordinance is being call | ed up tonight because the vote S against my ordinance It is a snap 1 judgment"
 Alderman Reynolds moved that the 1 ordinance be read. seconded by Al. 1 derman Ellis. Alderman Petit nov.
 ed that the ordinance not be read,
 and this was seconded by McLaugll- lin. The mayor ruled that the mo. ] tions were out of order.
 T appeal from the decision of the chair" said Alderman Petit Alderman Peden was called to the
 chair. and put the question, shall
 the appeal be sustained?" Those | Vfh hn fn
 peal were Aldermen Mclaughlin, Gunther. Petit and Rigsbee. Those
 who voted against it were Aldermen
 Ellis, Shepherd Reynolds and Wea- yer
 That left the vote tie, and Alder
 man Peden, as chairman, cast the | deciding vote. in favor of the Pet tit appeal. when he voted yes The ordinance therefore went back to the calendar in safety to be taken up at the next meeting, whereby had the mayor been sustained it is likely l the Petit ordinance would have bean killed.
 The claim made by s. A. Buchan- an for $500 for an audit of the city books, which had been authorized py the board of public affairs, was pre- 1 scented to the council, and the eight members presented voted unanimous ly for the payment of the sum, which settles a controversy that had been of long standing in the body.
 An ordinance prohibiting the enter ing of mercantile business without a license, eXempting grocers and hard, ware dealers, was passed on its third reading.
 On the adoption of a resolution au- thorizing the city attorney to confe ss a judgment in the sum of $1S,000 Q the water company in lieu of scrip the company now holds, the city is relieved of some of the outstanding scrip, and while the judgment will
 bear eight per cent interest, the change will materially aid the city in bridging its financial gulf.
 The State Fair Association was voted the sum of $20O by the city as the citys portion of decorating the streets during the state fair.