Amending The Charter

The oouncil met last Fi'lday night to hear tho report of the committee appointed to submit such ameadments to the city charter as might be deeraed advisable. The report proved a doubleheader, Aid. Manly, one of the committec, bringing in a minoi'ity report. The majority report of the committeo was then read by Aid. Wagner, Chairman of the committee. The principal chang-es proposed were as follows : 1. To fix the time for opening the polls at charter elections at 7 a. m. and close at 5 p. m., to conform with state elections. 2. To amend section 30, so that one alderman shall bc elected in each ward and three by the city at large each year, the council as thus elected to comprise one alderman from each ward and six alderman at large. 3. To make the term of office of the mayor and president of the council two years instead of one, and make them ineligible for re-election. 4. To allow the mayor to appoint the marshal and patrolmen without referrinji his nominations to the council for their approval, also to enable him to suspend them without suchreference. 5. To jrive the mayor, president of the council and alderman a salary of $100 a year each, whieh should be in full to all services rendered by them to the city. Also to give the clerk a salary not to exceed $1,000 per year. The main points in Aid. Manly's report were to do away with the Pres. of the Council and have the Mayor preside and also do away with the board of public works and have a committee of the council attend to the duties of this board. After discussing the various points, rejecting soine and approving others, the whole business of the committee and the work of the council that eveningf was practically annulled by a motion of Aid. Wagnor to lay the whole matter upon the table indefinetely, which motion received the unanimous vote of the council.