The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-10-19

| fox mAifeasan>e or tnisfeasance
| These three were to pass upon an
I plica,ie ms, just AZ the various boards
now do. Tie would concentrate tha
authority now hold by the boards un-
der one head. thus relieving the May.
or OF this duty. and creating an eff.
! ficiencv service.
| Neither MIR. Pollock. nor Mr.. Mere
dith. could see the reason for sucr
board. They believed that as me
object OF the committees work was
to abolish the board and tn concen-
trate authority the board suggesta1
! by Mr.. Jones would he superfiuous.
Mr. Pollard said Il would be plac-
ing an unnecessary cog In the wheel
( which the coniIrittee was turning out
Mr.. HcAdams and l'r. E-miss thought
there might he some Such restr!c-
ton placed upon the appointing pow
er. but did not think the specific sue-
gestion a rood one
MIR, Jones was the only member
voting for the resolution. those OPP
posing IL being Messrs. Peters, Pull
Ter. Radcliffe. Had lon. Pollock.
A resolution offered by Mr.. Pollock,
following one formerly introduced by
/ Mr. Adams. asking the Cay Attorney
20 give an opinion as to whether the
Legislature had done everything II
could toward giving cities OF the first
class att the rights of acting uron
amendments 10 the Charter. was
adopted and forwarded to the City
Attorney
The object Of this resolution is 70
have the con, vnittee set right az TO its
prerogative with the end in view OF
obtaining authority to amend the
Charter without having to go inter-
.1ittentfy 10 the Legislature.
Against Preferential Ballot.
Mr. Ratciire wanted the committee
to incorporate In It's report the prefer
entail ballot. He argued that all per-
sons before the people for election
should he elected by a majority vote,
and the preferential ballot would an
swer that purpose.
After some discussion. In which ex-
pressions of opinion. all against the
proposition. by Messrs, McAdams,
Meredith and Pollock. the matter was
tabled for further discussion and
thought
Then Mr. Radcliffe introduced a.
resolution providing for a Board OF
Estimate and Appcrtionmcnt. to take
the place of the Finance Committee
In the formation Of the budget. He
wanted the board to consist of the
Mayor, the presidents of the Board
OF = i1ermen ana council, CHAIRMAN VI
the Finance Committee. tho City Au-
ditor. and two members of the Ad-
nainistrative Eoard
There was serious OPP osition TO this
plan by Messrs Pollard, Ha1don.
Wallerstein. Meredith and Pollock.
They argued that the committee IN
adopting such a proposition would
simply cop plicate the very things
which It was trying to clarity.
The vote on the resolution was
three to four. as follows: Noes, Pol
lock. Fuller, Haddon. Peters Ayes,
Radcliffe. Jones. Adams.
AT this point Captain Mccarthy Of
fered his suggestion concerning the
sinking fund-that the city's contri-
button be advanced to 2 Ia per cent.
and the bonds be extended to forty
years, so that the fund would eventu-
ally absorb itself. After Mr.. Pollock
had expressed himself upon the ques-
ton. by saying the best asset the
city had was it's Sinking Fund, the
committee adjourned to meet next
Monday night
Absolutely no progress was made
last night. Much valuable debate was
engaged in. which may lead up to
tangible results at future meetings,
Those present were: Messrs. Be
miss. Meredith. Pollard, Wallerstein,
McAdams, Jones. Pollock. Fuller
Radcliffe, Haddon Adams. Peters.