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Show HUE AM 1(11. ILK HILL Ilia bill now llora Ilia LiiMb.a, with reference to "board of lire nd Idle oommlaelonera la ollleaol IK.IHMJ and more iDbabltantt, end lo place the polio, urlaon and Dta daparlroaun ol aid elllM upon nonpartlaan be.le," It oieaeur which th Hivl bellevee i lo b lularr and deeorvInK ol paaeaxe and approval. II dm uiau frlenda I bolh In and out ol Ilia LeRlalalura, but It pretty nn to eaolte lively opposition, opposi-tion, though llila will nel b auflltilant-! auflltilant-! Ijr alrong, wa nope, to lral or Im peril II In any eaieullel particular. In order Ibal Ibli oppoilllou may ba waakened, however, aud many luko warn irle mil ol Ilia maaaura ua rallied lo Its active aupport, II aaarai lo ua that two of Una .light ainand-' ainand-' mania la Ibe Icit u) tha pilnlad bll ought lo ba mad. Ooa of Ibaaa It to j . tha aflaot Ibal lb requisite! (or ruin- i bereblpot III propoaad biard ba not only laaldano and tha qualification ol vollnc, Nil alao Ilia property lax-pay-Ing quail floallou and tufllulriil ana, eipetlene and repulalloa to rr arrant tha oonfldano of lb ooinrutiully. Than, aa to Ilia maximum talary luc Ika elark of lb board, tlx liiiudred dollar par year (whioh practically ' . meant Ibal thai thall ba Ilia regular alary) oonalaleuey and a due regard : for lb ooadltloo of lh pnbllo fluaoort ' would taan to tug(atl that tba flgura I It to blgb. For tuvta aarvloaa aa Iba olork at praaanl or In lb star futnr I will ba rtijulrad to raadar, four bun- drad dollar par jraar ougbl to bo lb oultld limit. Again, Iba law woald ba aaada mora popular If II pro Tlilad that appllcantt bafur tha board for potlllona In th dairlmanl andor It oontrol, lo addition to tha otliar j quallfloallont ' damandad, tbould ba lagal totartaoJ propartjr lax pajrart In Ibair mpaollTc olllaa. At balwaan an ! . aiplloaDI wbo oonlrlbutat nothing, ! oltbar by bit Influaooa al tba ballot bos or by bit laxaa, lo Iba ! walfara and aupport of bit oily, and j an applicant wbo dot both Ibaaa I ' Iblnga, wado not batltal lo aay Iba law tbould far tba lattar. Anolhrr I taction Ibal would ba linprotad by I amaodmaatlt lb ona proTldlng for Ilba autitanalon or ramofal of Iba otilafa al lb flr aud polio Uaparlmenlt by Iba board. Tha propoaad law proparly Inoraaau Iba authority of Ibaaa ebtafa In tutandtug or ' ramoTtng tbolr tutiordlnataa, Tba ! board'a powar In daallug with tha baada of Ibaaa deparlnianta tbould alio I ba xtndd, at laatl lo Iba axlaal thai a maturity and not tha whola board tbtll datarnilua wbatbar charge ara , auataluad and wbal Iba puutabmout wbatbar tuipautlon or ramuval iball j ba, Thla would laara Iba law ijulto at !aon.partlan at II now la, but would roudar oh-fourtb aaaler tba puulab. nianl of oblaf agalnal whom obargaa bad baan prafarrad, and wra ballavad by tbra out of lour ma ruber a of Iba board to b tuttainad, Wa alto think there tbould be an additional taotlon aalhorlalog the city council! lo Hi the maximum number of employee In tbe two department. Tbara may ba otbor amendment amend-ment thai would Improve tha maaaura, bul Ibeee few we lael aura will do to, aad Ibey are auguaaled In eplrll of Iba waruinjl ' Irlei dihlp for the m-atiira aa whole. Meanwhile, thoaa ol the bualneae com. I munlty wbo laor the law and dealre i lit paaaagaeuKhl to make their wlabaa ' known aud luelr Influenca fai:. Tha Leglalatura will do what the people waut, wa believe, but tba mambera . , oughl lo ba gleeu to uudriataud what Ihla la; and uulb eompela Ibe aeeerllon I ' Ibal up lo tha preaenl lima Ilia op- i ' i poneula of Iba law have abown niuoli t ' j )j more aeal and aotlvlty Ibau lit frlaudi. |