Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1830-03-10
In MARCH 8, 1880.

A communication from the Mayor was received and
read.
A communications from Thomas Vowel was received
AMI read,
\ report from the Board of Guardians of the Free
School in the Town of Alexandra. was received and
read.
A communication from Thompson F. Mason, Esq.
late Mayor, accompanied b, the conventions entered
into for the late loan, and n letter from Mss,rs. Danie'
Crommelin & Sons, was received and read, and the
| conv- n,ions ordered to be filed.
4esOlred, That Me, SIS. Edmund 7. Lee, Thomson F.
Mason, Kober, I. Taylor, Hugh Smith, and A e Gaze.
move, be a to represent this Corporation
before The Committee of the District of Columbia, or
any other Committee of Congress, in relation to any
matt er which may be before the said Committee OF
Congress N which this Town may be interested, and to
take such measures AS hail be, i'll their opininn, proper
10 promote the interest AID %prosrerit, OF the Town.
The said Committee are requested 10 report, from
time to time, their proceedings under this appointment
to the Mayor, who shalt, il in his opinion the public IN
terest require it, lay the said report before the Common
Council
ResOired. That Messrs. Hough, Gardner, Sanford,
Anderson, and Lee, be a Committee to report upon
the ways aud means of raising u revenue tor Vie pre-
sent year, and for fixing the salaries of the Officers 0i
the Corporation; and that the same Committee do also
report whether, in their opinion, any Of the present
Off GERS of the Corporation can be dispensed with-the
Committee to report by bill or otherwise.
On ,!e communication Of tie Mayor
OFQGeU, Iat lUt huIIi'I ~ nS u w ~"
sum as, upon The certificate of the Mayor, may be found
necessar, to pay for the repairs to the Powder House.
Resoped, That Messrs Bracket, Mcclure, Davis,
and Sanford, be appointed a Committee to take charge
OF the Real Estate of the Corporation; to keep 1t IN re-
pair; attend to renting; and, generally, to have the
same under IS care AMI management rxc"rt ~ such
cases as are specially provided for: Provided, ho'oeue',
That said Committee shall not 60 into ANY repair OF
improvement requiring more than twenty dollars fMr
its completion, without the concurrencesof the Coun
Gil.
The communication from Thomas Vowel was refer
red To the Real state Committee.
Resofred, That Messrs. fiough, Mason, and Mcclure,
be a Committee to have the general supervision OF the
old balances now due such as selecting from the IN
solvents lists hose billsthat may appear good, and put
them in a train for colectioni placing all bonds, notes.
and accounts. that may require that direction, IN IN
hands of the Attorney; %XamIning cancelled due bi's,
and return such as are fit for use to the Auditor, and
destroy the balance; and make report. from time TO
time, Of their proceedings TO Council.
Leave WAS granted Mr. Hough to bring in a bill en-
tilted :. An act for taxing the slaves Of non residents,
hired To labor or do service within the limits OF the
Corporatiun;'' which was read and laid on theSable'
On b.lot,ng for Guardians of the Free School OF
Alexandra, the following persons were UNANIMOUSLY
elect. d, viz: The Rev. flias Harrison, hessrs' BenJa
mi, HaIlowel, william l.. ~liodgson. Hugh &. sm"'n'
and Robert II Ener