The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-26
NONTAXPAYERS TO SHARE BURDEN OF
 CITY GOVERNMENT
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Seventeenth avenues, north, current to be supplied by the North Birmingham plant
 Ordered the following street lights in- stalled:
 Tungsten, Sixty-eighth street and Third avenue, south.
 Arc. Rising avenue and Peter street
 Tungsten, Sixty-second street, between Fourth and Fifth avenues, north.
 Tungsten, Twenty eighth street and Avenue Y, Fairview
 Tungsten. in front 912 Adams street Graymont.
 Relieved c. L. Montgomery from pay ment of s75 forfeiture on bond of Clar- ence Muslin on account of death of de- fendant.
 Confirmed improvement ordinance No. 892C, to provide for the construc- ton of certain sanitary sewers.
 Approved action of Commissioner Barber in releasing certain prisoners from the city jail on probation.
 Instructed city attorney to draw or dinance imposing tax of s5 on every male inhabitant of the city, not ex- empt by state law, who does not con tribute directly to the support of the government by the payment of poll tax, property taxes or license taxes.
 Directed the city comptroller to stop payment of all bills to the Birmin gham Railway, Light and Power company for steam heat pending conference on steam heat franchise.
 Approved vouchers, pay rolls and coptractors' estimates.
 Confirmed action of Commissioner Barber in reducing certain fines inn posed in the recorders court from De- cember 19, 1915, to January, 19, 1915.
 Authorized the city comptroller to accept partial payments on certain de- linquent suburban assessments
 Authorized the city comptroller to refund c. c. Lewis $10 account over payment of license.
 Instructed the city engineer to draw ordinance for the paving of the fol- lowing streets with standard pave ment:
 Arlington avenue, from Maiden Lane, to connect with the Milner Heights ad- dition.
 Fifteenth avenue, south from Maple wood avenue or Twenty second street, to connect with the Milner Heights addition.
 Twenty-second street north, from Third avenue to Fifth avenue.
 Adopted an ordinance fixing Tuesday and Friday of each week as the regu- lar meeting days of the city commits sion.
 Authorized the president of the board to execute contract on behalf of the city of Birmin gham with the Wood ward Iron company relative to street light at Vanderbilt station.
 Accepted resignation of Dr. Charles Whelan as city physician. effective February 1, 1916.
 Adopted ordinance No. 341-C, an or dinance to further regulate the sale or other disposition of foodstuffs and to establish sanitary regulations for all places in the city of Birmin gham fov h,1r,, hair ic factured, stored, kept, prepared or of fered for sale or sold, or otherwise dis posed of, and provide penalties for the violation of the provisions of this or d1nance, and to repeal all ordinances in conflict thereof.
 The following matters were referred to Commissioner Barber:
 Petition of H. l.. Cobb and Homer Bremer for refund of fine.
 To the city attorney:
 An ordinance to authorize the com missioner of health and education to employ food inspector for the city of Birmingham
 To Commissioner Truss and the city engineer:
 Proposition of Samuel Ginsberg with reference to dry closets.
 Improvement of Seventeenth street, Ensley, between pike road and Twenty third avnue.
 The following petitions were denied: Petition of L. W. Dupuy for quit claim deed to part of lot IS, block 907, Edmonds and Earle survey.
 Petition of Jere G. Laird relative to repair of water service pipe on Fountain avenue.
 Proposition of American Cast Iron and Pipe company, relative to the i'm provement of Fifteenth street. north.
 All other matters went over.