Show THE CITY OFFICIAL appointing POWER THERE appears to be in the minds of the present city officials somme some very wide range ideas with regard to the distribution of the appointing power As AB an instance at last laet nights session of the city Cun council cil treasurer duke with much complacency uoti notified fied that body that he be had ad appointed A C reese beese license inspector and requested that the appointment be confirmed Is there such an office as license inspector VP if so what are his duties does it devolve upon him to look after other officials and see that they attend properly to their business or what an inspection of the published volume of ordinances throws no light on them questions neither d does oes that book furnish any evidence to the effect that the appointing power to any office to vested in the trea treasurer we have already directed attention to this subject the appointment of officers aside from the mayor and council the question having been brought up by recent actions of t the committee on public construction they notified the council that thoy they had appointed an inspector of retain ing walls and an inspector of side walks for the seventh aej eighth paving districts on the face of these trans trang actions it appears as if the question of their advisability is still pending as aj the subject was referred to the com cittee on streets it is learned however that the first committee had not only made the appointment in the case can of the retaining wall sinecure but had set the appointee in the performance for mance mince of life bis alleged duties before sending in any notification to the council even the so called pavement inspector has so we are informed beest set to work in performing his real or imaginary labors yet the question of thee theae appointments involving the payment of a mouth month is still pending in the hands of the committee on streets which has as an yet made no report and the council has taken no action what kind of a city government to is this anyway |