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August 9 · 1910 On motion~ the Street Ir~peetor was i.~?trueted to have c~vers put on the eate~ ~sins mentioned by the Myer, T~he expense of same to be pamd for out of ~even~h '*ard funds. The Nayor returned also his approval of the following matters adopted by the ~wo branches of Oounoil July 14~19, 1~I0: ~ To appropriate $150. for ~y of atto~eys, K. E. Griffin, A. E. ~a~er ~d ~i~s~on P~rrish, for e~mi~ng records of ~he Hu~tings 09~r~. ~ To approp~ate $522,13 for sa!a~ of Judge of the 0~ou~t Oo~, for the year be~ng ~eb~ i, 19tI. ~To approp~ate $225. fo~ purchase of a~ adding ~ehine for the City ~reasu~e~. ~To autho~ize the ~nsfer ~of $460,18 of Seventh U~rd ~mds to the Board of Heal+~, to ~e-imburse said Bo~d for such ~ ~o~ advanced by i~t to said SevenYh ~*ard for sa~ purposes. To authorize the Si~h ~d Local Board 2o contract for ~he remo~l of night soil from the ward, at $1.25 pe~ year per h0~. ~ ~'To appropriate $922, out of p~ving ~ds, ~o ~ve Webster, Leckie and Randolph streets. ~Ts authorize the ~reas~er ~o renew no~es i~ ~he seve~l Oity b~s ~e ~o~t of $21,000.00. To ~pose a fine of $20. per day for 32 days, on ~e Sho~e Gomp~, for faille to ~Dply ma~e- ~a! for the Fifth Ward sewe~ge, as req~ed to dc by i~s contract ~th the m'~ ~o appropriate $32~. to re~imburse ~ con,tee of ~he Go,oil for e~e~es incu~ed by them in visiting cities for ~nation ef pavements, -~ To i~t~et ~he Oi~y Atto~ey to ~e the necessary ste~s for coude~ ~he '~istead proper- ty" touehi~ ~he cour~ house ~rd. To keep Doliceman.,V~. J. ~te, on ~he p~y rolls as lo~ ms he ~y continue ~it for duty. He disapproved of ~he fo!lo~ng: ~ O~di~nee for Ee=ge~ of .the Sou~he~ Bell ~d ~he Southe~ States Telephone Gomp~es, ~ ~ve ~he .felling ~sons therefor: "I ~empprove of the ordnance =ep~ling the ~c~ee heretofore ~nted the '~ou~hem~ ~t~tes ~lephone 0ompany ~d pe~tting the S0u~he~ Bell Telephone ~d Telegraph Com~ to ae~re She Dhysie~ AsgSts of She Bouthe~ ~ates Telephone 0om~ and to hold ~d ope=aSe ~he $~e'~under the ~n~ise heretofore ~n~ed ~o the Bou~he~ Bell ~eiephone ~d Tele~ph Oompa~, and pe~tting ee~min ad~oes in presen~ telephone rates, for the r~$ons t~t I believe it is in violation of s~ orion 28, o~pter 3, of the 0ity o~r- ter in that adequate provision h~s not been made to secure ef of the property in good order, that the rates the said Bell equitable and I question if the r~tes are reasonable, and I of the State Gonstitution which prohibits the enactment of la~ "The gr~nting of the privileges asked for by the Bell business in this City and section, and before pe?mitting such 'ioieney of service and the maintenance mpany is permitted to charge are not !ieve ~id or&ina~ce is in violation impari~ the obligation of ~o~t~a~t~. o~ea%es a monopoly in %he telephone monopoly prope~ ~e~%ions be adopted to secure efficiency of se~¢e at fair ~nd equitable rates. "I h~Ve give~ my views fully in regard to the necessity Of regula$ion and as to rate~, in a cir- ~ular.lette~ dated Ju%.y tlth, 1~10, a copy of which is attached to this~ "I~regard tO said ordinancebeing in violation of the ~tate 0onstitution I would state that the Southern StaSes Teiephone Gom!~ny entered into a eon~ract on October l, 18~6, to furnish tele- phone service at certain fixed rates for a period of twenty~five years from that date. ~The Southern States Gompanyhas m~de cont~raets with certain telephone users to supply ~elephone .service at the rates fixed in its f~anchise, and while ~he said eontr~ts may have been made for pe- riods no~ e~.~eed/ng on? year. yet each of the telephone users had a rmght to renew same from year to year untml the ex~iratmon of ~he period for which the franchise Was gr~nted, that is, until 1921, The said users should not be deprived of the privilege the~h~e without their consent.~and ~he Oity should not, by th? passage of an ordinance, impair the oblsga~mon the ~outhern States Telephone 0om- party has entered-into-to-Supply ~ele~none service, =Respectfully, '~ ~J. Davis Reed, Nayor." "22, July, 1910~" The dlsapprova~ of the ~yor and his reasons therefor, having been read, the Ghair put the ques- tio~ Shall the ordmn~n~e s~and as adopted by this body J~y 14th, no~th~n~ng the veto of the ~yor ~he~eo~? ~er~u3en~ on me,ion of~, H~wks~ the ae~io~ ef the~bod2 J~y 14th ~s re-affo~ed by the fol- 10~ng vote~ - - Ayes-~ll, Je~Ee~r~; ~mtts,~H~vey, Bilisoly, %elton, Eall, J. ~., Jo~son, ~eigh, ~!nson, Re~ol~s, O=oss~ Withy, Eawks,.Hu~eh~ns,~ Uilkins, Parker, ~ders. ~eig~, 18.- Third. R.epor~s of Officers and otne. unfinmshed busmnes . The regular reports of Officers for July were presented and were ordered to ta~ke the usual course. The oaths of office of H. 0. Reynolds and ~rk Saunders elected to this body July 14th, were pre- sentedand were ordered to fil~ A bill ~of Oscie DashieeI for $118.25,.being a b~lance due for plumbing in the ~ail~ was referred to the Joint ~inan~e ~ommittee. Reports of the 8ixth and Seventh wards of expenditures in said wards for July, were presented and were referred! to the Joint ~inanee ~ommittee. In aooordan¢~e with request of the Oounoit therefor June 15th and 2tat that the 3eventh ~ard Board should inveetlg~te~and report as to how the lumber bought of ~. ~. Tilley previous to Jan~ ~uary let, was disposed of, the ~ocal Board replied and gave a satisfactory explanation of the The reply o~ the Bo~rd ~as ordered to file. A eormmumicationw~s read from the Sixth ~ard Local Board in which request v~s made that said Local Board be authorized to e~ter a~ f~iendly suit against the 0ity, in. order to determine whether TJae ward or the City sho~d pay for water used on the streets of said wam~l. No action was taken on T~he request. A request of the Bixth ~ard ~eeal Board for an appropriation o£ $2,075 to be used for s~md~ purposes in the ~ixth Ward, was referred to the Joint Finance Oom~nittee.