The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-09
BOARD DISCUSSES
ROUTINE MATTERS
Campbell Asked To Draft
Bill Regulating City
Pensions

The city commissioners yester-
day attended t. a number of rou-
tine matters in a long session in
the council chamber.
They heard a delegation from
North Fourth street protest against
the large number of rummage
sales being conducted in that Sec
ton, the proceeds from which do
not go to charity. Mayor Thomas
E. Cooper said he would call the
matter to the attention of the city
police and force all persons hold
ing such sales from any place 9th.
err than their own property to Sc
cure permits.
Permits for rummage sales are
not issued from the finance de-
partment except to responsible Of
ficers of churches or charitable or
CARNATIONS who guarantee the pro-
ceeds will go to charity.
The board authorized William B.
Campbell, city attorney. to ask
New Hanover county legislators to
seek passage of a bill which would
regulate the payment of pensions
to city employees receiving work
mems compensation. Under the
bill if an employe is receiving
workmen's compensation in an
amount greater than his pension,
he would receive no pension. If
the workman's compensation is less
than his pension, the compensation
would be supplemented to bring it
up to the amount of what his pen
sion would normally be.
Campbell pointed out that in one
instance the city had an employe
who Vas pensioned on so per cent
of his pay and for a time drew so
percent of his pay in workmen's
compensation, meaning that after
he left the employment OF the city
he was receiving 10 percent more
money than he received while
working for the city.
The board authorized the signing
of a lease for Thalian hall with
the ITALIAN association. j. P. Pref
low signed the lease for the Thali-
ans and Mayor Cooper for the city.
Letters from Thomas H. Wright,
OF the Wilmington Light Infantry,
and from the Home Guard COM
mittee of the Wilmington Defense
Council, urging that ] a e S B..
Lynch be made commander of the
Home Guard unit to be established
here were turned over to w. Louis
Fisher, city commissioner of fl
nance, and Addison Hewlett, chair
man of the county board of COM
mtssjoners, who Monday were ap-
pointed a committee to recommend
a commander for the unit at a
joint meeting of the city and county
boards.
Emmett H. Bellamy appeared tc
ask that some relief be given a
Mr.. Fzzell who WORKED in the Wa
ter department of the city for 27
years and is now retired without
pension. j. E. L. Wade, city COM.
missioner of public works, pointed
out the city has no pension system
for such employees and urged that
steps be taken to secure an old age
pension for the man under the So
cial Security act.
The commissioners passed ON
first reading an ordinance which
would tax itinerant sellers of sec
ond hand automobiles $500 a year
and would require them to secure
a permit to purchase a license.
Louie E. Woodbury., of the Civi.
tan club, appeared to ask the COM
missioners to make available $500
which they promised S year
they would pay this year to enable
the club to secur the iron lung
which it purchased last year after
a drive for public subscriptions.
The matter was referred to Com
missioner Fisher.
A beer permit was granted the
Tourist Grill, 107 North Third
street.
Commissioner Wade reported
that D. G. Thompson will be sent
here this week by the federal de-
partment of the interior to conduct
a survey to determine if there is
sufficient evidence of a suitable
supply of underground water for
Wilmington to warrant the drilling
of test wells to determine the ex-
tent of that water. l