Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-01-13
Vetoed Ordinance Revising The
Salaries Of City officials
Goes Through.
VERY NICE RAISES FOR SOME.
Councilman Smith This Time
Changes And Votes With
Majority.

The Council met Friday night in
adjourned session with Mayor Yost
presiding for the first time.
The various annual reports filed
at the lastmeeting we're returned by
the finance committee, approved and
filed. A small budget of accounts
for December was reported and or
dered paid. The street lighting bill
for three months presented in De-
cember. part Of it since the con-
tract expired Nov. 16, was finally
reported from the finance commit
tee and allowed, amounting to ST.
1884. The money to pay this bill
was turned over in a cash surplus by
the retiring treasurer Jan. 3. The
Treasurer's annual report to Jan 3,
showed a cash balance of SO, 300.
These routine matters were soon
disposed of.
The ordinance increasing some of
the salaries for the terms beginning
Jan. 5, 1914, which was vetoed in
December by Mayor Meacham, was
again introduced, changed with the
section fixing the sa airy of the SEX
ton of the colored cemetery placed
in separate ordinance, and both
ordinances were passed. Council
man Smith, who voted against the
increases before, this time voted with
the four councilmen who originally
passed the vetoed ordinance.
Councilman Buckner made speech
against the ordinance, pointing out
that the salaries of fhe judge and at
torney were about bouble those paid
in several other dties larger than
HopMnsville Couhcilmen Buckner
and Woodbridge voted against the
ordinance, which changed the pres
ent salaries. repeating ordinance in
conflict. There is said to be grave
doubt of the legality of the proceed
ing increasing salaries in the midst
of a term. The ordinance carries
appropriations close to the debt limit
of the city under the recent decision.
This with the school debt of $66, 900
brings the current Indebtedness for
1914 up to $91 800 less $4,000 on
hand, or $50, The estimated
revenues will be about $4,000 for
1914. The contracts for lights and
water have not been renewed yet.
| Upon application of Rev. C. M.
Thompson for the Associated Chart
ties, an appropriation of $3.50 was
made out of the Latham Poor Fund
income for 1914. 1t was also asked
that the ordinance prohibiting beg
ging be enforced and that permits
now authorized be withheld.
| Manager Choate, of the KY. Public
Service Co., was present and said the
street lights were 800 watts, but he
did not know what candle power.
He said if any residences or business
houses had been charged more than
the franchise rates of IL and 10 cents
respectively it was a mistake not in
tended. Mr. Choate said the pres
ent service was being greatly i'm
proved by a new plant and he believ-
ed everything would be satisfactory
in short time.
| Mayor Yost appointed CounciImen
Southall and Buckner to act with
him as committee on Pardons.
This committee heretofore elected by
the Council under section $500 of the
charter. was not appointed by the
former mayor, whose appointments
of committees Dec. are continued
for the present.
The table below gives the salaries
paid during 1918, compared with the
proposed salaries for the present
year:
/ SALARIES RAISED $500.