The Cairo bulletin., 1913-05-27
Council Wishes to be Certain a. to
Legal Phase Before Grant
ing Permission. go
THREE NEW APPOINTMENTS
Leek as Corporation Counsel, Ais.
thorpe as Treasurer and
Dacres as Supervisor.

inc last regular weekly couHSii
meeting for the month of May held
yesterday morning was productive OF
several important matters, the main
feature being an application OF the
Cairo Electric Traction Co., for per-
mission to lay down a short switch
track on Halliday avenue from the
| line the company already has on the
alley into the plant of the Cairo
Brewery Co.
The purpose OF putting In the
switch is to convey fee on the. Inter-
urban car to Mound City
A point was raised BY one OF the
commissioners that the granting OF
the right would have to be submit
ted to vote OF the people under a
strict Interpretation of Section 81 OF
laws governing the Commission Form
of Government.
The mater was referred to the
proper legal bureau for an opinion.
The contention is made that since
the Traction Co. has been already
granted a franchise to lay down
tracks and switches on the streets
land alleys of the City of Cairo and
operate an electric railway thereon,
nothing further Is required than OBJ
tanning permission Of the council for
the right of an extension of a track
or the laying down OF switch on
streets and alleys already occupied
| by it, but the ordinance or resolution
shall after its presentation remain
ON file with the clerk for public in
spection at least one week before its
final passage and the work done un-
the supervision OF Commissioner
Kelly.
In support that this is the only
lproper construction that can be
lplaced on the law as applied to this
lease, argument was advanced that
every time one OF the telephone COM
|panies secured new subscriber and
Twas compelled thereby to set out
Iono pole, an election would be re-
'quired, If Sec "a applied.
The other remaining feature were
the appointment Of Angus Leek as
corporation counsel, Ha, r. Aisthorps
as city treasurer and II. J. Dacres as
lstreet supervisor and poundmaster.
| An ordinance fixing the salaries
of all the appointive officers was
placed on first reading.
Corporation Counsel, salary s125
per mcnth; City Attorney. salary
$40 per month and fifteen per cent
lof all fines collected; City Clerk.
salary Si00 per month and certain
fees; City Comptroller, salary $aa
per month; City Treasurer, salary
$50 pei month and fees; Chief of Pc
lice, salary 800 per month: Nigh.
Sergeant, $50 per month; police Of
fcerss 20 per month; Chief Of Fire
department, 500 per month; tiremen,
$50 per month; captains of fire de-
partment, $40 per month; City En-
gineer, SIPS per month; Health Of
feer and Food Inspector. $40 per
month: Street Supervisor and Pound
master, salary based on fines coi-
lected
I The bonds of Ernest Nordman,
city comptroller: Thomas A. Fuller,
chief of police and Charles Mekin-
ney. Charles Beard andBertNiehols.
police cons.ables. were approved.
The designations of John Sheehan
as street supervisor and poundmas-
ter, Frank Fitzgerald, Health OFT
Ger: and Harry Jones and George
Mills, police constables were read
and accepted.
Several building petitions were
read and referred as follows;
Valentine Resch TO erect pigeon
shed at the rear of the house at the
Junction of Washington avenue and
Poplar at Tenth street In violation
OF See. ,, chap. XXIv.
w. p. Lahue TO erect stucco cot
tage on Thirty-fifth street
Mrs. James Meehan to remodel
dwelling house ON north side OF
Fifth street between Washington
and Walnut.
| The above were referred to Com