Daily American telegraph., 1851-12-26
CITY COUNCILS.
CORPORATION Or WASHINGTON.
BOARD OF ALDERMEN,
Monday, December %, 1851,

BOARD OF ALDERMEN,
Monday, December %, 1851.
Present: Messrs Dove, Magruder, Bayly, Will
son, Towers, Borrows, Sweeny, Maury, French
(President) Writ, Thornley,, Gordon, Morgan
and Page.
Messrs. Dove, Towers, and Maury out of the
city on Monday last.
Mr.. GORDON moved that the Board reconsider
the vote by which was rejected on Monday last
the resolution from the Board Of Common Coun-
Gil in relation to Tiber creek.
The resolution having been returned to the
Board of Common Council, it was, on motion Of
Mr.. GORDON,
ReSced That the Board Of Common Council be requested
TO return the same TO this Board.
Mr. BAYLY presented the petition of Z. A.
Marshall, in relation to the amount of license paid
by the National Theatre; which was referred to
the Committee on Claims.
Mr.. BAYLY presented petition from VIM. Durr
for special license; which was referred to the
Committee on Police.
Mr.. BAYLY presented petition from Arthur
Wise for the remission of a fine; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Claims
On motion Of Mr.. WRIT, the Board resumed the
consideration Of the nomination OF Dennis Gala
CHAN as police officer of the Fifth Ward. The
nomination being under consideration,
Mr. FRENCH (Prcsdent) presented petition,
OF the Fifth Ward, in favor of the confirmation of
the nomination He also read petition addressed
to the Mayor, signed by about two hundred citi-
zens of the said Ward, asking the appointment Of
j. Nj. Busher as police constable.
The nomination was then considered and con-
firmed.
Mr.. BoRRows, on leave, introduced "An act
making an appropriation for the repair Of cu-
verts in the Fifth Ward;" which was read three
times and passed.
Mr.. Towers, from the Committee on Police,
reported bill entitled An act authorizing the
Mayor to grant license to the lessee of the Ma
tional Theatre J" which was read three times and
passed.
Mr.. MORGAN, on leave, introduced "An act
making an appropriation for gravelling 18th
street, in the Seventh Ward !" which was read
three times and passed.
Mr.. WRIT, from the Committee on Improve
ments, reported without amendment the bills
from the Board of Common Council entitled "An
act authorizing the taking up and relaying of the
gutter the south side of d street north, be-
tween 9Th and 9th streets west" and 'An act
making an appropriation for n gravel footwalk in
the First Ward; :" and they were seyeraly taken
up, read three times and passed.
Mr.. WRIT, from the same Committee, reported
without amendment the bill from the Board of
Common Council entitled AN act for completing
IL
motion, ordered to lie on the table.
The bills from the Board of Common Council
entitled An act making an appropriation to re-
pair the tobacco press in the public warehouse"
and
can act making an appropriationfor for defraying
n balance due for constructing plank footway
in the Filth Ward" were seyerally taken up, read
three times, and passed.
The bill from the Board of Common Council
entitled :" An net authorizing the construction Of
flag footways" was taken up, read twice, and
referred to the Committee on Improvements.
The resolution from the Board of Common
Council "au;horzing an application to Congress
for aid in the support Of the public schools of this
city" was taken up, read twice, and ordered to
lie on the table.
having been returned by the Board of Common
Council to this Board, rs requested, the question
was on the motion of Mr.. WRIT TO reconsider the
vote by which the same was rejected on Monday
last; which being taken, it was decided in the
affirmative. The question then required on the
third reading Of the resolution, which was carried
in the affirmative and the resolution was then
read the third time and adopted
The said bill from the Board of Common Coun-
Gil was taken up, read three times, and passed.
| Mr.. FRENCH, on leave submitted resolution
| instructng the Committee on Police to inquire
into the expediency Of changing the time of taking
out tavern Licenses from November to January;
which was read and adopted
Mr.. Towers, on leave submitted resolution
authorizing an adjournment of the two Boards
this evening until Monday, the 9th of January
next; which was read and adopted.
And then the Board adjourned.
nSsFs The nroceedinps of the Common Council