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In Meeting Today to ConsiderPoor House CaseMORE MONEY ASKEDBy Commissioners, aiul Declined by Council, Which Adjourned Before it Keally Intended to—StatusUnchanged.£»V ? OUJWILl or.* iThe County Council today held ai session to consider additional ap-j propriation for the Fayette County ' Infirmary. It made no further appropriation, and its failure to do so resulted in a storm which rent the board asunder and entailed the resignation of its oldest member.Months ago, it will be remembered, the County Council appropriated $7,000 for repairs at at the Infirmary. W. H. Garns, architect, prepared plans for improvement approximating that amount. These were submitted to the State Board of Charities and the State Health Board, both of which rejected the contemplated improvements as insufficient. Mr. Garns then prepared more extensive plans, intended to satisfy the state boards with the least additional cost. These plans called for improvements that would aggregate $10,000. The CountyCommissioners today formally asked the County Council for an additional appropriation of $3,000, in order that the second set of plans might be carried out.All the six members of the County Council, Dr. W. R. Sipe, William Baker, T. (y McBurney, Frank Col-trane, Daniel Kerschner and FrankHanson, were present. Mr. McBurney seemed to be the leader of .the opposition to an additional appropriation.BREAKING OF STORM.The storm broke directly after Chairman Sipe stated the business of the meeting. In a characteristically direct speech Mr. McBurney signified his disapproval of further appropriation. Mr. Garns was called, and briefly explained the two sets of plans, and County Commissioners Shipley and Kellum added some elucidating remarks. It seemed that the County Council was on the point of appropriating—not $3,000 for additional repairs, but the full price of a new infirmary building.A vote was taken on the $3,000 appropriation, and the vote was unanimous to disallow it. Most of the Council seemed to expect some consideration of the larger appropriation.PARLIAMENTARY TWIST.At this psychic moment T. C. McBurney moved adjournment. Frank Loltrane seconded that motion, and the County Council found itself adjourned before it could draw' its breath again. Directly upon the heels of that move several members began to discuss the propriety of a new building. Mr. McBurney reminded them that they were adjourned. Then the matter of reconsidering their adjournment was raised, but this, it appeared, could only be proposed by the man who had moved adjournment. This man was Mr. McBurney, and lie had no notion of reconsidering. In the dust storm thus raised William Baker, the oldest Councilman in point of service, arose and indignantly said he had been caled time and agin to consider the old infirmary’s needs, and that each time something happened which thwarted the intentions of the board. He therefore tendered his resignation, which was really out of order, since the Council was adjourned.NOT TO RESIGN.Mr. Baker was seen by the News after the session concluded and stated that he would not offer his formal resignation to the Board but would continue as one of its members. He had -made the tender, he said on the spur of the moment, having been particularly wrought up on account of the fact that he had traveled some twelve miles to attend the session and that an adjournment was taken within a few minutes after the board had beenftQ I (Continued on Third Page).
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Connersville Evening News
Connersville, Indiana, US
Mon, Apr 20, 1914
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