Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-01-28
MAYOR FISHER
IS SUSTAINED
Board of Aldermen Refuse
to Concur in Action of
Common Council.
VOTE FIVE TO THREE.
.C-ua;il Will Net Pay Legal En-
rcnses OF Urban S. Lambert in
Lis ..prea. 10 Supreme Court.

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The Rua.d CT :: dermen last nigrt
by decisive vote refused to con:
IN tie action me lower board m
declaring operative Notwithstanding
the Mayors objections, Il res
olut:on appropriating $3.50 to
s:efray the legal expenses OF
Urban S. Lambert, Councilman from
the First Ward, in his appeal to the
Supreme Court when his seat was
contested in the Common Council,
also a resolution appropriating SlOO
for the construction of sewer at
Ming street and The city limits.
Board OF Aldermen.
The Mayors veto message was
sent to the Board of Aldermen at
the last regular meeting, but that
board deferred action until last night.
The message was the first business
considered
Mr.. Summers asked if the Alder
men were compelled to vote to sus-
tain the Mayors objections to both
Iesolutins.
President Marbury at first thought
this could be done, but subsequently
ruled that it would be necessary to
act upon both, as his honor had en-
braced the two resolutions in his
message.
Messrs. BaAenger and Field said
TIC. votc shauEs: 70 aponsbcih 1880
lutions.
Mr.. Hill subsequently said:
"Mr. President was prepared to
vote to sustain the Mayor in his veto
Of this allowance of $3.50 at our last
meeting, bat Mr.. Ogden asked for a
postponement, and, as a courtesy, |
cheeffully consented to the same.
The Mayor gives his reasons for a
veto. 1t makes 70 difference as to
how much or how little it pleases or
displeases. He uses sound words, or,
nj least, some ideas that had urged
in the committee, as The Chairman
of the Finance Committee. (Mr.
Field) will, no doubt, admit, namely,
The Corporation Attorney should
have been consulted, and if such con-
tests are started, the parties to it
should either pay the bills or ask
Council in advance. ! consented to
:. report on the resolution against my
will, as I had for months objected to
it in committee I voted for it also
against my best judgment and vii!
correct that evil by refusing to vote
to pass it over the objections OF the
Mayor Many years ago the late
James Fossett and my father, the
late John n. Hill, engaged in legal
proceedings over the position Of
Collector of Taxes. Mr.. Fossett paid
his expenses and my father paid
his, and l suppose Mr.. Viii
liams expects to pay his and the
members of the Common Council
who instituted the proceedings
against Mr.. Williams will have tt
nav theirs. Let Mr.. Lambert ant
his friends pay this bill of $3.50, an'
then, perhaps, it will be realized ina
the CITY Council is composed of twt
branches, not one. If Council sub
mits to this precedent, other lltlga
ton will follow, the parties to which
will assume the city must bear tnei
expenses. hope the Mayors ooJec
tions will be sustained"
At the close of MIR. Hill's remark
the President said: "Shall the resotu
tions become operative rotwithstand
ing the Mayors objections? '
The ayes and noes were called wit
the following result }T&< a1 10
Ayes. MessrS. 0gden. Ballenge
and Field-3. Noes. Messrs. Hill
Brill. Fitzgerald, Summers; and Nh
Presidents. , no.
An ordinance making it unlawfu
for any person to conduct garage o
shop for housing, or repairing bi
cycles, motorcycles or motorbicycle
within three hundred feet of an
church, was received from the Com
mon Council. "'.'ea -
NJ. Brill. could not see his wa
clear to vote for the ordinance, =
it seemed to be legisiating asain.