Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-08-17
| MYERS REFRA|NS FROM
DISCUSSING HIS REMOVAL
VIII Under No Circumstances Seek
to Force Board to Rein
state Him.
HAD NOT BEEN NOTIFIED
III Any Action Is Brought Against
Administrative Board 1t VIII BE
FOR Purpose Other Than Retriev.
ing OF Position.

! BY motion OF the whole and unant-
! nous adoption. the Administrative
Board yesterday morning placed It's Of
hcial seal on its action in conference
saturday morning. removing E. T d.
Myers. Jr.. Chief of Surveys in
the annexed territory. and merging his
position with that Of NJ O. Hanlins.
second Assistant City Engineer.
me resolution conveying this action
also provided that all reports in refer
cnce I" survey in the new territory
shall be made by Mr. Hankins directly
10 the board. The change took effect
yesterday. Clerk W. W. Dunford was
| instructed to send copies Of the reso-
lntton to Mr.. Myers and to Major
Iiankins.
DECLINES TO DISCUSS
ACTION OF BOARD
have no statement TO make at
.ihs time" said Mr.. Myers yesterday
"nen asked for an expression.
~ was authoritatively stated last
hiEht on behalf OF Mr. Myers that he
Will make no effort to compel rein
statement, and that his connectio ion with
the board In an official capacity Is
hnaily severed. Should any action
nsaihst the board be instituted by Mr..
u a
purpose other than the forcing Of a
Reinstatement
MT. hahktns was apprised Saturday
morning OF the action OF the board
~: Myers did not learn Of his dis.
nissai until he read the account OF
the boards conference IN the Sunday
Il'nes- Dispatch. He declined yesterday
TO be interviewed In the matter, and
CITY Ensineer Boiling under whose
supervision Mr.. Myers performed tn.
laoors assigned TO him. also declined
10 enter into discussion OF the ac-
t,on OF tn Administrative Board
UNANIMOUS VOTE on
ORDER OF DISMISSAL.
The record shows that nil members
OF the board. with the exception OF
chairman Robert Whittet, Jr. who is
on SICK leave in Canada. were sigma
Tory to tho resolution under which tho
dismissal OF Mr.. Myers was effected
ana inc merger made. No one man
stands sponsor for the resolution
AS was stated In The Timcs-Dis-
fatch of Sunday morning, the change
was deemed advisable by the board DO
cause OF alleged hardness on the part
OF Mr. Myers. His engineering ability
was not questioned But the board
did feel, II was stated that tho su--
vcy should be executed more auicLl"
as II Is desired to begin at the earliest
moment possible the improvements in
the annexed territory, to which, under
the annexation ordinance In effect on
November 5. 1914. tho city Is obligated
HAS FULL POWER
UNDER REVISED CHARTER
Members Of the board interviewed on
Saturday stated that their decision was
in compliance with the city charter.
which. in section 3o-H. reads as fol-
lows:
And the power is hereby expressly
conferred on the Administrative Board
to abolish any Office which they arc
authorized to All. or combine the duties
nppcrtaining TO two or more Offices in
one officer. and designate the officer
TO execute the combined duties. and
the person whose office is abolished
and who has not been elected to per-
form the duties that are discontinued.
shall have no right to demand or re-
ccive any salary OF compensation
thereafter"