The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1951-07-12
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The first order of business at the
regular meeting of the Mayor and
Council held on Thursday night,
was. the disposal of the Mayors veto
of two ordinances passed by the
Council, dealing with the coming of
the city.
During the discussion which pre-
coded the overriding of the veto by
vote of 4 to / (for comment on the
vote see Around Town With The
Editor), Samuel c. Strife read
statement on behalf of himself and
Edward Oswald, Jr., two special at
torneys engaged by a to 1 vote of
the Council to represent the City on
the coming question, in which it was
stated that:
'It is our considered judgement
and opinion that if the ordinances
presently before this body are
adopted over the Mayors veto of
June %, that such ordinances will
be valid in all respects"
Mayor Mills in brief reply stat
ed that his conscious was clear on
his veto of the ordinances and that
he was only living up to the oath he
took when he assumed the office of
Mayor following the 1949 election
Brief statements were also made
by Lloyd R. Kuhn, attorney for the
North End Improvement Associa-
ton, and by Glenn R. Brayton, area
director of the UAW-CIO.
Following the disposal of this mat
ter, the following business was trans
acted:
Glenn r. Brayton, area director of
the UAW-CIO, requested permits
sion of the Council to use sound
equipment for the purpose of urg-
| ing the citizens of Hagerstown to
write to their Congressman in Wash
ington to keep controls and price
ceilings in effect.
Mr.. Brayton read letter that he
| had written to the Chief of Police,
requesting permission for the. use
! of the sound system, and also Chief
Browns answer, in which permits
sion was not granted, because the
Police Chief felt that if it was, a
precedent would be established.
After some discussion, the Council
voted to consider the matter at an
executive session, to be held i'm
mediately after the regular meet
ing was concluded.
At this special session, the same
four councilmen who on two oc-
casions have overridden the Mayors
veto of the coming ordinances, also
voted to override the decision of the
Chief of Police and to give the CIO
the permit they requested.
Councilman Knight brought up
the question of the Hetzer Com
pany laying water pipe line along
the Dual Highway and during the
discussion that followed it was
found that Mr.. Wilson had arrang-
ed for the Hetzer Company to do the
job, but had not called for com
petitive bids. The city engineer, Mr..
Steinbach, did, however, point out
that the price being charged by the
Hetzer Company for the Job was
much lower than the city could do
with its own force.
$50
The final action at the meeting
concerned the loads of dirt being
carried away from the fairgrounds,
down Mulberry Street. During the
discussion it was pointed out that
this resulted in dirt being blown
onto the porches and into homes of
the residents on the street, and the
Council felt that something should
be done about it Immediately.
No immediate action was taken,
however, as the City Attorney, Bruce
Lightner, stated that an ordinance
is now being drawn up which, when
passed by the Council, will do away
with this nuisance, not only on Null
berry Street, but on any other
street in the community.