The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-12-06
new CITY COUNCIL
INDuCTED into OF.
Flee MONDAY NIGHT
Mayor Russell Appoints Mayor.Elects
Committees Telephone Company
Gives Notice Of Rental
Increase.

The old city council wound up It's
business at Monday nights session
and adjourned finally and forever.
Nothing but routine business was
transacted and they had finished In a
very short time.
When Mayor Russell called the new
city council to the half-circle, Mayor
elect Samuel appeared in the Council
Chamber and he was invited by the
Mayor to occupy a seat with him be-
hind the presiding officers desk. In
all affairs connected with the new
council Mayor Russell consulted the
Mayor elect before ruling or appoint
ing committees carrying out the new
ly elected officials wishes.
AS the first act upon the assembling
Of the new council, Mayor Russell ap-
pointed Mayor-elect Samuefs COM
mittees as follows:
Ways and Means - ]. A. Dodson,
chairman: M. R. Hirschfeld, J. B. Orr,
Simon Clarkson, N. s. Brady, Jas.
Frost.
Laws and Ordinances - ]. B. Orr,
chairman; Martin Narrower, Edward
Breeze, J. A. Dodson, P. H. Blythe,
Jas. Frost.
Internal Improvement - M. r.
Hlrschfeld, chairman; J. B. Orr, Sim
on Clarkson, ]. D. Keith, N. 8. Brady,
Jas. Frost.
Aims - O. Greenlee, chairman;
Simon Clarkson, J. B. Orr.
Claims and Accounts - ]. B. Orr,
chairman; M. R. Hirschfeld, Simon
Clarkson, ]. A. Dodson, P. H. Blythe,
o. Greenlee.
Sidewalks-Simon Clarkson, chair
man; M. R. Hirschfeld, c. B. Davis, j.
A. Dodson, N. s. Brady, o. Greenlee.
Licenses - Jas. Frost, chairman; !;
M. R. Hirschfeld, c. B. Davis, Edward
Breeze, ]. D. Keith, P. H. Blythe.
Police = N. 8. Brady, chairman; M
R. Hirschfeld, J. B. Orr, Simon Clark
son, J. D. Keith. Jas. Frost.
Wharves, Ferries - P. H. Blythe,
chairman; Martin Narrower, C. B. Da-
Wis, Edward Breeze, J. A. Dodson, o.
Greenlee.
- Water - ]. A. Dodson, chairman;
M. R. Hirschfeld, c. B. Davis, Simon
Clarkson, N. s. Brady, o. Greenlee.
Fire Department - J. D. Keith,
chairman; Martin Narrower. J. B. Orr,
Edward Breeze, N. S. Brady, Jas.
Frost.
Turnpikes and Railroads - c. B.
Davis, chairman; Martin Narrower, Ed
ward Breeze, J. A. Dodson, P. H.
Blythe, o. Greenlee.
Proposition and Grievance - Jas
Frost, chairman; Martin Narrower, G.
B. Davis, Edward Breeze, ]. D. Keith
N. s. Brady.
Public Buildings - Edward Breeze
chairman; Martin Narrower, c. B. Da.
Wis, ]. A. Dodson, P. H. Blythe. o
Greenlee.
Gas and Electricity - Martin Har'
over, chairman; J. B. Orr, Simon
Clarkson, J. D. Keith, N. s. Brady, Jas
Frost.
Greenwood Library - ]. d. Keith
chairman; A. M. J. Cochran, A. r
Quigley.
Committee on Education - ]. D
Keith, chairman; M. R. Hirschfeld, c
B. Davis, Edward Breeze, P. H. Blythe
o. Greenlee.
Ways and Means - e. T. Kirk
chairman; s. P. Browning, c. L
Wood, F. H. Clark, J. B. Durrett, T. M
Russell, J. Wesley Lee, H. J. Cochran
Following the appointment Of th'
new committees the City Clerk reat
a communication from the Maysvill'
Telephone Company giving council Of
ficial notice that they proposed to in
crease the telephone rental rates i'm
mediately and asking that commit
tee Of councilmen be named to checl
up the telephone company's books Il
see that they have the requisite mum
ber of subscribers to entitle them t,
an increase in rates. On this commit
tee Councilmen J. A. Dodson, NJ. r
Hlrschfeldt and J. D. Keith wer,
named.
Council then took up a series o
twenty ordinances. They were a
follows: ~ Abolishing Office of Mar
shal; (2) Abolishing Office of Nigh
Sergeant; (3) Abolishing Office o
Auditor; (4) Abolishing Office o
Prison Guard; (5) Adopting a set o
rules for the government Of councI
and fixing the first and third Thurs
day in each month as the regula
meeting times; (6) Determining VIII
shall be eligible for the Aims House
. ca Defeating the Aims House an
Pest House property TO that specifi
use; co. Providing for the election o
Assessor and fixing his salary at $3.50
(s) Requiring certain bonds OF all Of
ficers; tio) Providing for the election
Of q City Attorney for . term OF tv'
years and fixing his salary at $500 pc
year; I'LL Providing for the elsctol
Of . City Physician. defining his du
tsss and fixing his eonpsbsation q
$40 and fsss; fi3) Provi6ias for N
election Of ciiy clsrk and iixias III