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ReP ~u~ry 11, 1910. Out of ~ppropriation to the P~bliQ Property Depar~ent. ~$400. for another street sweeper. ~ ~00. for ~rchase of 10,000 vitrified paving bricks. ~ $125. to supply~ the Police Depart~men~ v~th .... 6 pmstols. 6 pairs of handcuffs, 25 ~ght-stmcks ~nd 12 ~ash-liEhts. $800. to purchase fou~.~rses for the n~w oombinatio~ eh-~ic~l hose ~gons. ~ $244.40 to pay light bmlls of the Port~outh Gas 0ompany, for 1907 ~nd 1908, which the Oomp~ old,ms h~ve not been p~d. . $522.13 for s~l~ of the Jutge of the 0rareSt 0curt, begi~ng Febr~ry l, 1910. $~. per day to be allowed street pavers on ~d after J~nuary l, 1910. .~$2,500. for salary per y~r of the 0ity Atto~ey~ Jno. W. Happer~ to begin J~nua~ l, 1910. $5,094. for ~o combination ehemie~ hose w~go~ bought 'of the Robinson Fire App~ztus ~ompzny. ~ $2,800. to purchase house ~d gro~d of the U~on 2ire Comply, at the ~co~er of Rose ~nd Queen streets in the Sixth ~rd. ~ $3,300. to p~chase the proper~y .~t the co,er of Elm ~d He~y streets in the Seventh o~ed by J. D~s Reed, for use of the FireDep~r~ent. (Approved by ~esident of Board of ~de~en). ' And the follo~ng other ~tters: To relieve the 0h~sti~n Church, north east co,er of ington ~nd Gouty streets, of pa~ng Oity t~es for the year 1909. ~ To ~equi~e Fideli~ Bqnds of 0ity craters fo= their ~co~ng te~s be~ing Jan~ l, 1910, ~th the ~o~ts as herein n~ed: . . ~ City Atto~ey, $1,000; 0ity Ooll~ctor, $50~00~; 0ity ~neer, $2,oo9 Clerk of the $1,000; Co~issioner of the Reve~ue~ $2,000; 0ity Tre~s~rer,~ $1o,o9o; Delmnquent Ta~ Collector, $2,000; Eealth. Offie~, $i,000; Inspector of ~b~ng, $1,000; Sanmtary I~p$~tor, $1~000; of the~ O~ete~es~ $5~0; EeeDer of th~ A~shouse~ $1,000; Street I~pector, ~,000; Chief of~ Pomice, $1,000; other polmeemen, ~e~ch $500; Om~~ Clerk, $1,000; Mayor, $1,'009; ~ief of the Fire Depar~ent. $1~000; Physician to the Poo~, $500; ~nd nO bon~ to be required of t~e Oity Sczvenger, Sealer of ~em~ts ~d Ne~sures, or High Co~t~BleJ ~To ~uthorize th~ &uditor to t~nsfer $45- from the several street accosts to ~ddle Street Accost, in order to complete the p~ving on said street. ~ To make mw~d to. Geo. ~1. B~ll to install 12 fi~e~mla~-boxes in the Sixth ~d Seventh wards. ~d to overhaul the fire ala~ system in the 0it2 proper. ~ To m~e award to .the ~ewell Fire Al~ Telegr~Dh~Sy~tem to supply 12 fire-~l~-boxes for ~e Sixth ~d Seventh w~rds, ~d 100 b~ttery cells, at $1,625.00. ~ To m~e the salaries of Tillemen ~d W~go~en of the Fire Department $55. per month, begin- ~hg January l, To ,allow paid men of the Fire ~ar~ent a ~0 dzy leave of absence yearly after Janumry. 1, provide~th~t men who sh~ll h~ve been mn the se~mee less th~ one year ~sh~ll hate the lemve mn the proportion that the n~ber of months of such so,ice bears to one year. ~To ~e ~ward to L. ~..Bilisoly to supply the 0ity ~th m~diQines for 1910 ~s follows: Grmtis Prescriptions. 5 cents ea~$ Prop~ieta~ and ~tent ~edicines, 5 per cent ~bove cost. ~ To ~e mw~rd to I. O. Bri~ley to supply the Almshouse with ratio~ for 1910, at $2,o46~35. ~ To m~ke ~wa~d to ~evy & J~eobs to supply the ~lmshous~ with clothing for 1910, as follows: 12 suits for ~ite Eon, $~.75 per 1~ "" " Colored ~, ~.00 " 6 doz. pts. of socks, 1.00 " dozen. 5 " Undershirts, 6.00 5 " drawers, 6.00 2~1~2 doz. pts. of suspenders, 2.64 2-1/~ ~ hats, 12.00 ~ top shirts, 6.00 " " " make award to The Friedlin 0omD~ny to supply the Almshouse with material for 1910. a~ follows; 2 doz. women's under shirts, $~.00 per dozen. 2 " " " pants, 3.00 " " " 2 " pts. of hose, 1.10 " . . ~8 " ' shoes. 1.50 " Pair- 4 " - " bls~kets, 1.55 " " 150 yds. ~f dress Hoods, 9 centsper yard. 150 " 6~4 white sheeting, 22-1/2 cents, per yard. 150 " " 4/4 brow~ " " 7 cents per..yard. A resolution to pave the follov~lng name~streets: London, fro~ Water to Chestnut; Dinwiddie; Effingham, from Glasgow to Do~Ut~; H~tton. from Glasgow to Naval~ Na. val, ~rom H~tton to Linden; '~ Rivervmew, from~aval to Bay; Ann, from ~nest~t to Owen; First, from Wythe to L~ncoln. Chest~$ut, from Glasg°w t° Rase; Harrison. from Washington to Fifth; Fifth, from Hallson to Fayette; ~ayette. from Fifth to Third; ~ashington, from North to Harrison The ~yor disapproved of the resolution to make the salary of the City Attorney $2,500. per year, and g~ve the following reasons therefor: "All of the ~bove items ~re approved except that making $2,500. for salary per year of City A. ttormey,.John ~. Happer, to begin January 1. 1910, which I regret, appreciating ~s I .do the brill- mangy of intellect of the gentleman affected, that I must disappr~ove for the follo~ing reasons: =Salaries should be fixed for the office and not the m~n, and if it is desired to give Captain Eapper a l~ger salary on account of his unusual abili~ty it would be equally consistent to reduce the salaries of other City officials whom you m~y consider not so brilliant or efficient. "Adequate compensation should be fixed for all offices and it is up to the people to el~ect com- petent persons to fml~_ these offices. "While I ~vor a reasonable increase in the salary of the City Attorney yet the one hundred ~nd fifty per cent. increase is u~preeedented and unusual and is more than any other ~it~ of like size in the State is paying (Roanoke and L~mchburg paying $1,500. and Petersburg and Nev~ort News. '$1. 200 ). . "There are other City employees giwim~g their entire time to the Oity, some of whom h~ve asked fo~' a modest increase in their salaries or compensation and others who have not ask_ed, but no ~less en- title& to an increase, who should be considered before such an increase is made in the salary of one of.~fi~ci~l ~vho does not give his e~.tire time to the 0ity.