The Sentinel=record., 1914-05-02

the matter was turned over to the above committee with full power to act Chairman Tom Petit of the committee called a meeting immedi- ately for o'clock this morning, and the matter of beginning a suit against the paving company, and also of making some arrangement for the present repair of the street, will be taken up at this time.
 One suit will be instituted imme- diately against the company, and at | the expiration of the ten-year con tract a suit will be brought that it l is believed will in a measure reim- l purse the city for some of the injury it has suffered through the lack of the paving company to maintain the paving on Central avenue in a decent manner.
 Police Bill Passed. The veto that Mayor McClendon applied to the police bill which re- stricts the number of police that may be indiscriminately appointed,
 
 of the council some authority in the matter of who shall be appointed, was ineffective last night, for by a vote of to the council passed the measure over the veto of the mayor. When the bill was called up for its final passage over the veto of the Mayor, Alderman Sigman, author of the bill, said that it had passed | unanimously at a former session of the council and that all the aldermen seemed to believe it was a good bill. lie said that he believed it a good bill then, and still regarded it as such. He disliked to vote for any , meas ure over the veto of the mayor, but the council had unanimously passed the bill, and the mayor had vetoed it over the whole of the coun- cil. He said that he would vote to pass the bill over the veto.
 Mayor McClendon took the floor in defense of the veto and against the bill He stated that he believed that the city had not had proper police protection for years. He referred to the condition of the past winter, and said that the police department was self-sustaining. He was frank to state that he did not believe this was an opportune time to pass such a bill, and that his feelings would be hurt by the passing of the measure. He thought that restricting the police department would cause visitors to stay away from the city, and that visitor could not be expected to come 10 a city that had but four police on duty at a time. He said he would not go to a resort where such con- dition existed. He thought that the council would regret the action if that bOGy passed the bill
 The vote on the bill, for passing it over the veto, was as follows: AL dermen Borman, Williamson, Petit, Shepherd, Rigsbee, Baugaurer, Sig man and Wood Those voting to sus- tain the mayors veto were Aldermen Cartney, Peden and Ledwidge. AL derman Mclaughlin was absent. The vote being for the bill, it was passed over the veto.
 Alderman Borman, the new alder man from the First ward, came to the front last night with an ordi- nance that was read three times and passed, and one that will be gen erally approved. It prohibits any person or corporation from selling meats n this city, or bringing meats to this city, who does not hold cer- tificate from the board of health giv- ing such authority. The board of health is to give certificates to all such slaughterhouses, packing houses, and those who keep their premises sanitary and clean, and to refuse such certificates to those who do not. That means that after County Health Officer Wood makes an in- spection of slaughter houses and finds rotten conditions, as had been investigated by the grand jury there will be some method of enforcing the rules against the sale in the city I Dl tiG DlOuuNt LII ouNh piuhShhNA | houses.
 The bill is patterned after the state law. The board of health has | the authority to issue certificates and to refuse to issue them. There will be monthly inspections, and
 those who do not keep their prem ises clean will not be permitted to sell their meats in the city. Mayor McClendon called the atten- tion of the council to the fact that there is not full toll collected for
 the street pole privileges in the city, and Attorney Mclaughlin explained that this tax was based on inspec- tions that had not been made re- gently, but would be made in the city, in the future, when the full sum of the poll tax in the city could be collected.