Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-04-15
NEW COUNCIL VOTES TO Do
AWAY WITH STREET LIGHTS

On mouon OF Mr. fraIt, az lne
meeting of the new City Council,
Monday evening, it was voted to do
away with the street lights in this
city. Mr.. johnson seconded Mr..
Pratt's motion, which carried unani-
mostly. Nothing toward lighting the
street was done at this meeting.
Following the last meeting of the
old Council the new one met and the
following new members took their
places: j. W. Lewis, 1st, ward; j..
II. Ballew, End ward; Z. L. johnson,
Bird ward; R. N. Armstrong, 4th ward.
New Committees.
Mayor J. W. Dry then appointed
the new committees as follows:
claims-Lewis, Witherspoon, Arm
strong; finance--Atkinson, Ragsdale;
street and alley--Pratt, Witherspoon,
Ballew; water and light-Wither-
spoon, Johnson, Ragsdale; printing
Armstrong, Ballew; cemetery and
park-Johnson, Lewis, Pratt; ways
and means-Ragsdale, Atkinson,
Witherspoon; purchasing-Ballew,
Ragsdale, Armstrong.
Executive Session.
The Council then went into execu-
tive session and ]. w. Lewis was ell
ected Mayor pro tenn.
S. ]. Sanford was re-appointed
Street Commissioner. E. w. Walker
and ]. H. Claybrook were the other
applicants.
Clay Patrick was re-appointed Fire
Driver, but it was voted that the
prisoners should do the janitor work
around the City Hall, formerly done
by Mr.. Patrick. This cuts off $40 per
month from Mr.. Patrick's salary. F.
M. Williams was re-appointed Sup
erintendent of Elmwood Cemetery.
The old council before adjourning
voted that the City Engineer be paid
the salary specified by the ordinance,
namely $50 per year and $500 per
day for work done. Several years ago
the Council mutually agreed to pay
the City Engineer SIS a month but
this agreement was done away with,
Monday evening. r. s. Mckinney
was appointed City Engineer. E. f.
Ketter, who has held this position for
some time was not an applicant for
re-appointment.
The matter of employing driver
for the city team was left with the
Street and Alley Committee. Charles
Stratton has held this position and
was applicant for re-appointment.
No Night Police Appointed.
| No night police were appointed at
the session, Monday, as an ordinance
was introduced providing that one or
more may be used instead of two as
heretofore. If this ordinance is pass
ed it is quite likely only one man
will be appointed. The applicants
for the position were Elmer Robinson,
Ernest Barnett, john Harris, W. A.
Sullivan, ]. F. Dorgan, j. R. Sexton,
| G. A. Kimbrough, j. H. Kemp, John
Payne, Willie Pierce and ]. W. Pratt.
| A. A. Wallace and William Pollock
were re-appointed members of the
Library Board and R M. White was
appointed to fill the vacancy left by
L. d. Graham. Vernon Morris was
re-appointed Fire Chief.
The Old Council Meets.
At the meeting of the old Council
bills to the amount of $1650.29 were
allowed. Mr.. Atkinson, of the Fin
ance Committee gave the financial
statement as follows: balance in the
various funds-general, $1889.18i
sewer, $s73.65; library, $S9S.39; Gem
etery, $38941.
An ordinance to consolidate the of
fees of the street commissioner anc
city engineer was defeated but The
salary of the city engineer was ma
terially decreased.
f. M. Williams, Supt. of ElmwooC
Cemetery reported II burials for th'
past month, Is white and colored.
Mr.. johnson reported the new fir'
alarm system to be working satisfac
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