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January 18. 1910.
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<br /> The question of the Mayor about bonds for the police force w~-s referred to the Joint Fir~nce Gem.
<br /> The~yor returned his approval also to the followir~gmatters adopted December 14-21, 1910:
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<br /> A proposal of Huybert & ~ to remove trash from the streets of the City.
<br /> A propos~i of Huybert & Dun~u~m to furnish horses, etc., to be used with street sprinklers and
<br /> sweepers owned by the City, to clean the paved streets; and to take up and remove all street sweepings.
<br /> To authorize the Treasurer to renew ~ctes in the several 0ity ba~ks to amount of $38,000.00.
<br /> ~n 0rdina~ce to Prescribe and. Regulate the Pay of the Oity 0olleetor.
<br /> ~n Ordinance to Amend and Re-ordain Section 65 of the 0rdinanee Book cf 1905 in Reference to the
<br /> Duties of the Oity Auditor.
<br /> Appropriations-- $200. to b~ild a g~llery in Grimes Battery ~ room,
<br /> out of the appropriation to the Public Property Department.
<br /> $400. for another street sweeper,
<br /> ~300. for purchase mOf 10,000 vitrified ~avin~ bri~w~
<br /> flash t su~p!y the Police Department v~th 6 pistols, 6 pa rs of handcuffs, 25 night sticks, t2
<br /> $~24. for r~ai~ of the Jail boiler.
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<br /> $~00, ~o purchase four horses for the new combination chemmeal hose wagons.
<br /> $24~.40 to pay light bills of the Por~smo~th Gas Oompany, for 1907 and 1908, which the 0ompany
<br /> claims have not been paid.
<br /> 522~13 ~or ~lary of Judge of the Oirouit Court, beginning February l, 1910j
<br /> ~. per ~ay ~o be al~owed street pavers on and after ~anuar q
<br /> y 1, 1 lo
<br /> 2~,~94- 5or two. combination chemieai hose wagons bought of the Robinson ~*~= a ..... ~== B
<br /> $2,~00. ~o purchase house and ground of the Union Fire Com~3v =~ *~= ~2~-~{*~?'~
<br /> streets in the Sixth Ward. -~., ....... ~.~¢ o¢ ~ose an~ ~ueen
<br /> $~,~00. to purchase the~ .property at the ocrner of EZm &nd He~z~y streets in the Seventh ~ard,
<br /> owned by J. Davis Reed. (~'nms item was approved by the Presiden~ of'the Boar& of Alder~en).
<br /> A~& the foilo~riz~-other matters:
<br /> To relieve the 0hristian Church, north e~st corner of ~ashing-
<br /> ton and Co~ty streets, of paying 0ity t~es for the year 1909,
<br /> To require FidelityB0nds of City officers for their incoming terms beginning January ~ 1910,
<br /> with the ~mo,&uts as herein named as_fo!l~ws: ·
<br />~ 0ity Attorney~.. $1,000:· City 0ollector, $50,000; 0ityEngi~neer, $2,000; Clerk of the Market,
<br />$1,000; 0o~mmss~oner of the Revenue, $2,0005 Health Officer, $1,000; 0ity Treasurer, $10,O00;Delin-
<br />~en~ T~ 0911ec~or, $~,0005 Inspector.of Plumbing, $1,O00; Sanitary Inspector, $I,000; Keeper of
<br />~ne o~e~e~ermes, ,~00; ~eeper of the Almshouse, ~l,0~0;.~reet'~spector, ~I~000; 0hief of Police,
<br />.$1,000, other policemen, each $500; City Clerk ~i'OO0
<br />~1:000; Physic!an to the Poor~ $500; and no bo~d~t~ ~e' ~y~r, $1,000; Chmef of the Fire Department,
<br />~emghts and Measures or the Hmgh ~onstable. required of the City Scavenger, Sealer of
<br /> To authorize the Auditor to transfer $45- from theseveral street accounts to Middle Street
<br /> co,ut, in order to complete the paving on said street.
<br /> To make award to Geo. ~.-Bell to install 12 fire-alarm -boxes in the Sixth ~nd Seventh wards
<br /> and to overhaul the firs alarm syste~ in the-City proper. '
<br /> S~ ..To ~e aw~d to the G~mewell Fire Alarm Telegraph System to supply 12 fire-alarm-bo~es for the
<br /> mx~n an~ oeventh wards, and ~00 battery cells, at $1,625.00~
<br /> To make the salaries of Tillermenand ~agonmen of the Fire Department ~55- per month~ beginning
<br /> J~n~ry l, 1910~
<br /> To allow paid men of the Fire Department a l0 day leave of ~bsence yearly after January l, 1910;
<br />provided that men who shall have been in the service less than one year shall have leave in the pro-
<br />portion that the number of months of such service bears to one year,
<br /> To make award to L. ~. Biliso!y to supply the City with medicines for 1910 as follows:
<br /> Gratis Prescriptions, 5 cents each;
<br /> Proprietary and Patent Medicines, 5 per c~nt~ above cost.
<br /> To make av~rd to I. C. Brinkley to supply the Almshouse with rations for 1910, at $2,046.35.
<br /> To make av~rd to Zevyand Jacobs to supply the Almshouse with clothing for men for 1910.
<br /> To make award to The Friedlin 0ompany the Almshouse with other material for 1910.~
<br /> {For ' ~
<br /> m ~ems and prices furnished by Zevy & Jacobs and Wne Friedlin 0'ompany see records of
<br />of the Common ~ounoil. page 233}.
<br /> A resolution to p~ve the following n~ned street=.
<br /> London. from Water to Chestnut; Din~iddie;
<br />Effingham, from Glasgow to Oounty; Hatton. from Glasgow to Ng~ai; Naval. from Hatton to ~i~den;
<br />Riverview. from Naval to Bay4 Ann, from 0hestnut to Owen; Fmrs~,' ~ from Wythe to Lincoln; 0hestnut,
<br />from Glasgow to Race; Harrison. from Washington to ~ythe; Fifth. f~om Harrison to Fayette; Fayette.
<br />from Fifth to ~hird; ~shington~ from North to Harrison.
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<br /> i~e Mayor disapproved of the resolution adopted December 14-21, 1909. to make the salary of the
<br />City Attorney ~2,500~ per annum beginning January l, 1910, and g~ve the following re, sons ~herefor:
<br /> "All of the above items are approved except that making $2~500L for salary per year of 0ity
<br />torney, John ~. Happer, to be°mn January l, 1910, which I regret, appreciating as ~ do the brilliancy
<br />of intellect of the gentleman affected~ that ~ must disapprove for the following reasons:
<br /> "Salaries should be fixed ~or the office and not the man, and if it is desired to give Captain
<br />Happer a larger salary on account of his unusual ability it would be equally consmstent~' to reduce the
<br />salaries of Other City officials whom-you may consider not so brilliant or efficient.
<br /> "Adequate compensation should be fixed for all offices and it is up to the peoole to elect com-
<br />petent persons to fill these offices.
<br /> ~hile I favor a reasonab!e increase in the salary of the 0ity Attorney yet the one hundred and
<br />fifty per cent.increase is unprecedented and unusual and is more than any other city of like size
<br />in the State is paying {Roanoke and Ly~chburg paying $1,500, ~ud Petersburg and Newport News, ($1,200)..
<br /> "The~e are other City employees giving their entire time to the 0ity, some of them have asked fez
<br />a modest increase in their s~laries or compensation and others who have not asked, but no less enti-
<br />tled to an increase, who should be considered before such an increase is made in the salary of one
<br />official who does not give his entire time to the 0ity.
<br /> "If the additional compensation is to be for increased work to be required of the City Attorney
<br />~hen section 67 of"the~-City ordinances defining the duties of the office should be amendad so as to
<br />more explieitely define what these duties are before the salary is increased.
<br /> "I see no reason to expect any material increase in the work to be done by the City ittorney
<br />for the next year or so and~ consider a sum materially less than $2,500, adequate compensation for the
<br />present. ·
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