The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1914-12-24

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TO be knocked out of a chance Il
VOTE YOUR SENTIMENTS?
Dear citizen and voter, have yol
/, discerned by now who is slated fol
the city mapagership and the othe'
of1ces?, It's not puzzle at all; the
solution is plain
The minutes of the meeting follow
for YOUR earnest consideration
The Committee to work out pro
messed chances in the Charter OF the
CITY of High Point, as agreed upon
in a recent mass meeting of the citl-
zens, met in the city hall on We'd
nesday, December 18th, 1914, at
| 1902. M. Those present were the
| members of the City Council, except
one, the Mayor, S. L. Davis, w e.
Bradshaw, A. Lyon. Robert Brockett,
G.. D. Smith, Alvin Parker, W. P.
Pickett and j. E. Kirkman.
After the meeting had been called
to order by the Mayor, DR.. W. T..
Bradshaw was nominated for Chair
man and elected unanimously. o.
E. Mendenhall was elected Secretary:
After considerable discussion and
some preliminary statements, a
motion was offered and seconded,
that the portion of the City Charter
with reference to street improve
ment, be amended to cause the city
to pay one third of the cost and the
abutting property owners on each
side of tn" street to pay one third
of the cost of such improved streets.
This motion was carried unanl-
mously.
Then followed motion to repeal
the portion of the present City Char
ter as regards discount and penalty
upon taxes and that the same be
amended to provide that the taxes
may be paid net in October. All
taxes unpaid on November LIST
shall bear the legal rate of 6 per
cent interest until paid. The motion
prevailed.
A motion was made that the Rep
resentative. to the General Assemb-
ly be requested to have such legis
lation passed. as will authorize a
bond issue for street improvement
for one hundred thousand dollars,
($1O0,OO0 .0O), the bonds to be sold
in sucl amounts and at such times,
when in the judgment of the City
Council. public necessity demands.
The motion carried.
A motion followed, that like
bond issue of fifty thousand dollars
(5U,OOO.OO), be provided for sewer
and sanitary purposes, said bonds
to be issued and sold only at such
times and in such amounts as pIb-
lie necessity may require. The
motion carried
1t was moved and second
ed that elections in High
Point be put upon a political
basis and to do so, a primary
election law for both Demo-
cratic and Republican.parties
be provided. The vote was
put aye and naye and pr
vailed, the majority voting
in the affirmative.
Following this was motion that
the present Municipal Board be re-
duced from nine members to five
members, the said Board to have
charge of all departments of the
city INCLUDING THE PUBLIC
SCHOOLS and that provision be
made for a paid city manager to
give his entire time to the affairs of
the city. A rising vote Was called.
Davis, Bradshaw, Lyon, Brockett,
Smith, Parker, Pickett and Kirkman
voting in the affirmative; those in
the negative, Burrus, Tate, Eshel.
man, Hedrick, MendenhaIl, Sechrest
and Vestal. TERRY DID NOT
VOTE.
1t was then moved and seconded
that the members of the first board
be named in the bill, as follows, S.
L. Davis, W. P. Pickett, C. D. Smith,
J. W. Harris, and R. B. Terry. A
rising vote was called. Those vot-
ing in the affirmative were Davis
Brockett, Bradshaw, Parker, Kirk
man, Pickett, Lyon, and Smith;
: those in Inc negative, Burrus, Tate,