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January 25, 1910, 237 It is recommended that award for the work be made to E, B, Wilkins for $1,200, provided he will supply the eight ~nchors and bracing roof of the Seventh Ward engine house, Referred by 0ommon Oovmeil December llth. .(~ith Fire Committee). To determine salaries of paid firemen for the incoming year. The joint committees recommend that all firemen, except engineers, entering the Fire De- partment after January I, 19i0, shall receive $50, per month for .the first year of their service, 52,50 for the second year, and $55. for the third year; and that engineers shall receive $?5 per month for such service. - (Signed) Jno. Howard Hall, Chairman, O, C. ) W. Jones Williams. ) M. E. Adams, 0hairman, B. of A. ) 0hairman of Fire 0ommittee. B. of A. Finance 0ommittee.) On motions, the regard to pay of firemen after January !, t0 nays, several recommendations of the 0o~umittee were adopted, except recommendation in 1910; that recommendation was lost by a Vote of 9 ayes to Fifth. An appropriation to pay teachers of the public schools for a part of January, 1910. 0onsideration of this matter was objected to, and it was referred to the Joint Finance Com. ~nere being no objection thereto, the following other matters were Considered: Estimates of the Chief of the Fire Department of supplies needed to amount of $3,945. to proper- ly equi~ the combination-wagons for the Sixth and Seventh wards, which said estimates had been proved by the Joint Fire 0ommittee. The Joint Finance Committee recommended that supplies be given to said engines at this time to amormt of $9%5, and said amount was appropriated. A further recommendation of the Joint Fire Oommittee that a fire-alarm-box be placed at the corner of Green and High streets, at a cost of $125, was_referred to the Joint Finance Committee. ~r. Brinson said that he thought the bill introduced in the Houseo~ Delegates lately by our re~resenta~mTe tnere~ M~, Wm. G? Parke~! to provmde that water companies shall be under the control an~ supervision of the uorporatmon Oomm~s~ion, was an e~cellent measUre; and he moved that hi2 endorse ~e action of ~r. Parker, notify him of the endorsement, and request him to include gas and electric ~ight ~omp~aiB~ ih his bill. The motion was adopted. .~tr. Bzinson said further that while he thought the ~Parker bill" for supplying the 0ity with water had i~ it many goodl features, yet he considered that the matters of requiring the City to ex- pend '$?5,000. on prelmmmna~ work for water and to ma~:e the v~te~ eommission a perpetual body, were very objectionable-; and he moved that a committee of five be appointed to wait on Mr. Parker with the view of having him amend the bill in these respeOts, The motion was adopt.ed; and Messrs. Brinson, Watts and Hanvey were appointed to said committee from t~e 0sEmen G0%tncil, and Montag~e and V~illiams from the Board of Aldermen. M~. Montague cmlled attention to the fact that Mr. Geo. P, Barnes. lately elected to the Board of Harbor Oonmissioners, had declined to serve thereon, and that there was a vacancy on the Board of ~uarantmne Commmssmoners, caused by the death of Mr. W. S, Langhorne; and he moved that the body go into an election to fill ss~[d vacancies. ~ne motion was adopted. .Whereupon, ~r, ~illiams nominated Mr, Hubert D, Ward to fill the vacancy on the Board of Har- bor OomEiseioners, and ~r, ~ontague nominated Dr. Geo. H. Garr for the Board of Quarantine Commis- sioners, and, there being no other nominations, these gentlemen were elected by the following vote, the vote being the same for each: For--M. B. Langhorne, C. W. ,Walker. D. ~. Ballentine, M. M. ~dams, E. N. Goodson, S. ~, Montages, ~. Jones Williams, i,. E. Palmer, 0. P. Murray, John Howard Hall. H. Z. ~atts, J. T. Hanvey, R. S. Brooks. 0has. R. Welton, J. H. Hall, Jr., Jno. P. Leigh, Z. C. Brinson, Ohas. J. Withy, C. L, Tyler, S, B. Hutchins, E. P. ~ilkins, H. H. Parker. 29. On motion, ~dSourned.