The daily Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1916-1917, 1916-08-28

!. council shall have power to fix the
= compensation of all officers and en-
plOyes of the city: but the salary OF
an officer SHALL NOT BE CHANGED
during the time for which he was elect
. ei or appointed
S He who can read the English Ian
guage can understand these two pro-
, visions of law and their application
- ID the Columbia city council increase.
: And although these three police are
) appointed regularly for definite term
Of one year and the fire chief for de-
finite term of one year, yet the City
Attorney will contend the law does not
apply in this case because of the view
that these city officers do not serve
for fixed term at salary which is
fixed by (the city, law.
And we do not know whether it
takes the law to keep the city coun-
ell from doing that which we think
/ it ought not to do. but everyone can
clearly see that the law was a rock
| in the middle of the road to get around
which the city council Travelled in |
circle in these two meetings For |
these officers desired this increase, |
which the council understood. There
fore, the following procedure takes !
place to get around the rock at both
meetings, each meeting being step by
step as follows:
LIST. Both city council and officer
understand that such officer desires an
increase. (The whole matter and law
being discussed in open cOuncil) End.
Mr.. officer resigns and is no longer an
official OF the city of Columbia. 3rd
The city council suddenly discovers
that the city of Columbia is without
any police. the three able police hav-
ing just handed in their resignation.
18th. The city council is puzzled. 1t
does not understand. Why did our ef-
fcient three police resign? Possibly
we did not pay them large enough sal
AIRY for the strenuous labor they per-
formed. 5th The city council votes
TO increase from $40 to $50 per month
the salaries of whoever shall be
our three NENT policemen to fill the :.
vacancy that NOW exists 9Th. The
once did have three very able police
men. eth. In conclusion, the Mayor !,
and city council re-instate these three =
lardworking policemen and all is
we'll that ends well :,
The taxpayers of Columbia are en- q
tiled TO read the official record of r.
he proceedings of these two memoir r,
Lble council meetings, which official :,
ecord of the City Clerk of these two
ouncil meetings is. as follows: words -
n parenthesis being our own: Il
MEETING JULY 6. 1915 fo
.alaries of Police. designations. la
The matter Of increasing the salar- tn
rs of the two night police and deputy ci
i"i small vas DiouShI up uioNuoo-
d. The attorney statess that the Of la
GERS salary could not be LEGALLY TO
lcreased while in Office to
The officers we're given an Opportun- m
Y to resign. tn
Chas Mitchell and ID. II. Rowland in
,nder their designations as night po- ab
VI ID l.; tb
,signatiOn as Deputy Marshall to TN
Ike effect Immediately. which were of
,cepted an
The Police Committee Davis, Haw- Mi
ms. McDonnelD recommend that the Sc
Ilaries OF THE OFFICERS be in
eased from Seventy Dollars to Eigh- re!
Dollars per month Seconded and thu
lrried. . Voting for, Davis, Haw- bia
ms. Kellogg. Klass. Mcdonnell. and eXi
law Absent: Alton and Lipscomb. Th
The ordinance was then approved ing
the mayor in open council. as
*sf ser
rpoinment of Police. Deputy Mar as
all. =
The Mayor appoints Chas. Mitch It'll
. Policeman. which appointment fici
as unanimously confirmed by the cit,
uncil if !
The Mayor appoints d. H. Rowland, the
,liceman, which appointment was icy
animously confirmed by the coun- {
VIII
The Mayor names w. R. Miller, de- anC
~ marshall, which appointment acc
is unanimously confirmed by the ere
uncil. tun
On motion the council adjourned. Cit,
'''''' nev
IGULAR MEETING, MAY. .. 1916 lun
signation of Fire Chief Kurtz to
:. y. Kurtz. ireceiving a salary of sigl
per month. tenders his resignation wei
fire chief to take effect at once, acc
ich is accepted. We
THE MAYOR STATES THAT THE app
RMER CHIEF WANTS $4,000 are