Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-10-23
JOINT N !. SESSION is HELD.

Election of Health Officer-Sessiol
| Also Fails on Election of One Police
! Commissioner From Second Ward
| Seven School Trustees Chosen.
A joint session of the city council
last night failed to reach decision
on the election of, city health II
ficer and after prolonged discus
sion the election was deferred Until
the next meeting of city council.
When the joint session was called to
order by F. F. Marbury president CT
the board of aldermen, H. R. Burke,
president of the common council,
stated that there had been CONSIDER
able discussion regarding the election
# a health officer, and he added that
ae did not know ofja single candidate
for the office.
Mr.. Burke said the idea prevails
here that there should be full time
tcalth officer.
He said that in discussing the mat
ser with DR.. w. L. Wood, specia!
slate health officer and also of thu
United States Public Health Service.
Tho now has an office in this city, DR.
Wood told him lie would serve rs
;ealth officer for Alexandria without
compensation provided, however, coun:-
I'll would give him an assistant. Mr.
. 2urke added that DR.. Wood thought
Re services of an assistant could be
obtained for $500 year. Mr.. Burke
l!so suggested that the health officer
;e made physician to the poor.
The present salary for health ofti-
:er is 81 1000 a year and the assistant
II deputy gets $4OO year.
Aldermen Summers wanted to know
f the law does not require the health
officer to be resident and also a
.axpayer and voter.
A general debate followed in which
Aldermen Ballenger, Harrison and
Summers and Councilmen Fletcher,
Sullivan, Batchellers Ruben. Baggett
md others participated.
Seven school trustees were chosen:
:hree to fill vacancies and four others
whose terms had expired were chosen
;ithout opposition.
For trustee in the first ward to fill
he vacancy caused by the resigna-
ION of L. H. Thompson, E. S. Lead
,eater and w. S. Connolly were no
cinated and Mr.. Leadbeater elected
ver Mr.. Connolly by vote of IA 70
w. H. T. Finke was chosen trustee
rom the second ward to fill: the va
'ancy caused by the death of S. /.
Monroe. /
James .Bayne was elected trustee
rom the third ward without opposi-
:on to fll:the vacan.j caused by the
:.esignation of Carroll Pierce.
Other e trustees t who were ire elected
;Itrout, opposition follow - =. l
c. R. Yates, first ward; s,H. Lunt
second ward; RIM, Colvin, third
vard; T. Calvert Perry, fourth ward.
Joshua Sherwood was reelected
keeper of the. city ;atms house without
opposition: ~ ;
There was an interesting race for
o!;ce commissioner from the second
ward between: R. E. Knight, incum-.
cent and James F. Peyton. Three bal
ots were taken without results. The
vote each time was Knight, eleven,
ard Peyton, ten. The election of a
commissioner from this ward there
fore went over until the next meeting
George IA. sehwarzmann was re
:ected commissioner from the third
ward over JohnJ. Bayne by vote Of
IS to 8.
Common council also ran into
snae in endeavoring to elect a coun-
Gilman from the first ward to fill va
cancy caused by the declination of
George E. Warfeld to serve. Council
man Ruben nominated E. F. Ticer and
Councilman McCaffrey nominated
CAPTAIN w. l.. Davis. Four ballots
we're taken without result. Each time.
the vote was: Ticer,'8; Davis 5. Sub
sequently the same candidates were
placed in nomination and Mr.. Ticer
was elected, receiving 8 votes to
Capt. Davis |. It required two
third vote of TIC entire membership to
elect.
A resolution sppropriating $4,000
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