Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-06-27
MAYOR REBUKEs
PRES. BRUMBACK
Takes Serious Exception to
Illegal Passage of
Resolution.
HOT VETO MESSAGE.
HOT VETO MESSAGE.
Mayor Makes His Position Clear
Z! Says he Will Not Permit Violations
! of City Charter by Council.

Il In a message to City Council.
vetoing resolution adopted by
council last Tuesday night, which
was returned today, Mayor Thomas
A. Fisher, administers svinging
rebuke to r. D. Brumback. presi-
dent of the lower board.
This resolution is one which provides
for the printing Of the annual reports
OF the city in the two daily news
papers at cost of $50. The reso-
luton was introduced in the board
OF aldermen and passed by unani-
mous vote. When it reached the
common council there was some de-
bate and Councilman Burke desired
TO have the resolution referred to
the finance committee. Council
man Williams objected and the
measure went to a vote. There
were eight members voting for its
adoption and five against it. When
the vote twas s,nnounced Council
man Smith called the attention of
President Brumback to the fact that
as the resolution was new business
i. required II affirmative votes for
its passage on the night OF its III
PRODUCTION. The chair refused to
recognize the point as made by MIR.
Smith as well as the point that all
resolutions whether new business
or not required the vote of ma
jority of the members Of each board,
which in this case was nine votes.
The resolution was received by
the mayer bearing the endorsement
from the clerk or the common coun-
eli that it had been passed in that
body by a vote of s to 5. He
therefor every promptly vetoed 1t in
accordance with the provisions OF
the city charter.
In his veto message the Mayor
1a.rs serious exception TO the ac-
1i.n al !lcsldcnt Brunlback ana
does not mince words in his rebuke
IT, that OFFICIAL.
Tie message is as follows:
City Council of Alexandria:
herewith return without my ap-
proval. a. resolution providing for
the printing of certain annual re-
ports in the newspapers of AleXan-
dria. at a cost of sixty dollars, and
hearing ON il an endorsement to the
effect that Common Council concur
red in the action Of the Board Of
Aldermen by vote OF. ayes, eight;
NAYS, five 1t is apparent that TINS
resolution was not properly passed
nv the lower Board Section Thir-
teen of the City charter, provides as
follows:
"The concurrence of a majority of
the wmole number Of members OF
each branch of the City Council shall
be necessary for the passage of any
law. order or resolution, or for re-
pealing, altering or revoking the
same. and no. bill or act creating a
r." law, amending or altering an eX-
;stinq law shall be passed at the same
Eession on which it is presented
unless it shall: receive the votes OF
tEree-fourths of the members OF
each branch of the City Council"
AS this resolution had never been
before Council previosu to the nigh
of its introduction, and also marked
q new method of publishing the cit,
reports. it was clearly new busines:
and. therefore. would have required
twelve votes. for its passage by th'
lower Board on the night OF its In
+sruction. Even had it not beer
- business, it could not have pas
the lower board with less mum
of votes than nine. notice Il
ZQoaing the newspaper accounts Q
3as proceedings of City Council o.
J cath. that these facts wer
- ight to,the attention of the Presi
.g of the lower board and althoug
is no doubt fully aware Of tn
governing the actions Of Cit
tncil. he refused to take COG
8nce Of the objections, and in
I'd that the law had been properl
xasied I cannot let this oppol
.gstty pass without taking seriou