For Other Purposes Was In The Bill

FOR OTHER PURPOSES WAS IN THE BILL

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BONDING THE CITY FOR $40,000 IN THE COMMITTEE

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Mr. Sawyer Did Not Ask to Have Bill Withdrawn Until After It Had Been Withdrawn

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City Attorney Sawyer and Mayor Copeland assured the council Monday that the permit in the $40,000 bonding bill to use the money "for other purposes" was an error in printing the bill, which was not discovered until after they had returned to Ann Arbor after they had unsuccessfully urged the governor to sign the bill. Then Mr. Sawyer said he telegraphed Mr. Whitaker to withdraw the bill from the governor and it was withdrawn.

It might be well to have some other testimony on this point. Representative Whitaker, who introduced the bill under the assumption that it was what the city wanted, as it was sent up to him from here, was asked over the telephone about this clause. Without knowing what Mr. Sawyer had said Mr. Whitaker replied that when the bill came before the house committee, some members objected to it on the ground that not only could the money be used for paying overdrafts but "for other purposes." Representative Whitaker told the committee that he would just as soon they would strike that out. But Chairman Monroe said the people at Ann Arbor must know what they wanted better than the people in Lansing and they had better leave it in.

Representative Whitaker in reply to a further query said that the day after the bill had been withdrawn from the governor he got a telegram from Mr. Sawyer asking him to have the bill withdrawn.