City Laborers Can Now Get Money Due Them

CITY LABORERS CAN NOW GET MONEY DUE THEM

First Act of Mayor Brown Was to Call Council Together

First Act of the New Council Was to Provide for the payment of All City Warrants--New City Attorney

  The city laborers will get their pay without waiting for bonds, without discount and without any fuss and feathers. The resolution which effected this was passed in a few moments Tuesday evening on the first day of the new common council's lease of life.

   The new council bids fair to be a business council. President Walz presided with dignity and without a waste of words. The council knew what it wanted and went straight to the point and adjourned. Despite the long message from City Attorney. Sawyer, which was read in good shape by Clerk Granger, who takes to his new duties like one to the manor born, the council got through its business and adjourned in 25 minutes, and yet there was no apparent attempt to hustle things through.

   At 7:20 o'clock, President Walz brought down the gavel and announced simply "The clerk will please call the roll."

    Ald. Douglas, Gill, Schlenker, Hutzel, Kearns, Clancy, Johnson, Bangs, Goodyear and Fischer answered to their names. A minute or two later Ald. Robinson entered, followed a minute later by Ald. Grose.

   The call tor the council meeting by Mayor Brown was read and President Walz asked "What shall be done in reference to providing for the payment of the warrants?"   

   Ald. Douglas presented a resolution that the city pay five per cent Interest per annum to the Ann Arbor Savings bank on city warrants from the time the same are presented to the hank for payment until the city has money in its treasury to pay the same, it being understood that the bank is to hold said warrants without cancellation from the time presented until redeemed by said city.

   Mr. T. U. Kearney stated that Mayor Brown had requested him to state that he had seen President Hiscock, of the Ann Arbor Savings bank, who had stated that if such a resolution as this were passed the bank would take these orders and hold them until the city had money to pay them.

   The resolution passed unanimously as follows: Yeas- Ald. Douglas, Gill, Schlenker, Hutzel, Kearns, Clancy, Johnson, Bangs, Goodyear, Fischer, Robinson, Pres. Walz-12. Nays, none.

   Ald. Fischer moved that the clerk be instructed to return to the contractors who had bid on the Liberty street paving the certified checks which accompanied their bids. This passed, 13 yeas, 0 nays.

    The resignation of Hon. A. J. Sawyer as city attorney was presented and will be found in another column. lts reading was listened to with interest and a few smiles occasionally played over the countenances of the attentive listeners. Ald. Schlenker moved that the resignation and communication of Mr. Sawyer be accepted and placed on file.

   A communication of the mayor nominated Thomas D. Kearney for city attorney. Ald. Clancy immediately moved that Mr. Kearney be confirmed and the motion carried by a unanimous vote.

   The council adjourned at 7:45.

   Mayor Brown's pre-election promise was thus kept on the very first day of his administration and kept in the manner in which the Argus pointed out that the laborers could be paid weeks ago.