Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1853-06-01

road ITSELF sfording by far the most easy.
material communication with their depot and onl, -Hp
greet; that under existing circumstances tb.v re.
feel At liberty To recommend an appropr;.,; :" hot
Council, which would necessarily involve a. oy the
of taxation, already sufficiently onei on, 10 cr,ase
They therefore, recommended the adoption Of 'en,
lowing resolutions VI the fol-
| Rssoiped. That the President and Di,.,
Sout-s ide Railroad Company be- and ,hey No., o. the
earnestly requested locate their BRIDE ~ hereb,
PerciyaPs Isand with this ciiyas meet the
ing the Horse.ford, where IL crosses the lead
and Kanawha Canal, hereby connecting /, WI River
lie highway and avoiding the invasion of pr;y., pub
ResOirod, That Applicant, be made To -. rsht,
dent and Directors of the james River md itesl'
Canal Co to build a road bridge across tn; Aahawha
the point where the alley leading to the at
the canal, to restore the approach 70 tho
that quarter what il before the con.,y from
the canal they not having this time any OF
in the limit. of the CITY, se With
3 Resoiped. That the committee bo
are hereby instructed examine the rond au they
Horse ford for the purpose of ascertainne he " he
of WIDENING and strengthening the same md ,toPie'y
report the Council. C. w. CHRISTIAN ~" "a' ,hey
The Connci proceeded to the election of civ os
for the present year, when +. Miller wa. o,s gef'
y elected TO be superintendent of the WaterWorI
Tompkins to be Treasurer; John Thurman IN b.
Of The market and Inspector of Butter and I.S efk
rem Gannaway to be keeper of the Powder Mana.;af
+ Jmas Coppedge 10 be weigh.master Mt ,b e Ie;
Scale; William E. Holly to be cole ctor of rho puolc
and Aug w. Cross to be Guager AMI Inspector 81 u'
uous Liquors-whereupon Mr.. Cross appon,.d y u
Miller be his deputy, which is approved bv tho D.
cil-and the security offered by Mr. Cross in b oun,
bond was also approved And Doct H. Graz MIA, mia.
was appointed Vaccine agent for this City, On n,9
of Mr. Otey, the appointment ofthe night witch ia na
poned VI till the next regular meeting ofthe Civ CON-
Gil.
The preamble and resolutions concerning the d.h
ing of the public funds Of the city, which were gn.,
to he council at their regular meeting in An,; I
and then ordered to lie the table, and be nnbEsIs
were this day called up, discussed and considered !;
council and werr finally passed by the following vote.
the ayes and noes being required; Ayes, Messrs Cbr,
tan. Hare, Jennings Langhorne, Diuguid Crump,op
and Nash Noes Messrs. Otey, AGREE, Davis md
and Curle 4-and they are in these words see pnb,b
ed proceedings of council April meeting last
On motion of Mr. christian, leave was given him ;,
report bill concerning the Commissioner Revepns
Books which being reported read the first recopd
and third times, and passed into Ordinances and The
same is entitled IAN Ordinance amend the third and
eighth Sections of the Ordinance concerning II anno,
ment and duties of Commissioner and assessor of the
revenue ofthe Corporation of Lynchburg.n
Mr. Jennings being called to the Char;-Mr Otey
moved that tho salary of the Superintendent of the wa
works be increased 81 200, which motion being
opposea by Mr. christian, Mr. AGREE moved to make
the salary $lG00-which sum being accepted bv the
mover was Resolved that the salary of the Superntc
dant of the Water Works be in future $1,000 On thu
passage OF this resolution the ayes and being
Icu, Otey, AGREE, DaVls Dlusud,
Langhorne, Cure, Crumpton and Nash, g. voted Ayes
| and Messrs. Christian and Hare. g. voted Noes
On motion of Mr.. Christian, Resolved, That IL com.
mee be appointed to in conjunction with the Over
seers of the poor such Committee may be appoin.
ted by hem for the purpose of enlargng, repairing and
enclosing the Poor House--wen the president appnint.
ed Messrs. Christian and Crumpton be of said Com
mttee.
Resolved, That the clerk of the council be- and he
hereby directed to procure copy ofthe Code OF Vrs
ua and the subsequent sessions for the of the
council--and keep them in convenient place in the
| council chamber.
list of taxes, suspended affidavit consider
ed in council. Some rejected and others confirmed
committee consisting of Mcssrs. Christian mud Jen'
nngs was appointed to ascertain what sum the present
year will be necessary, be raised by way of Levy to
meet the and public demands against the city
| and to report by bill or otherwise.
The sum of $500, ordered to be placed in the
hands of the Chairman of the Street Committee, to be
held liable to THEN orders. And the sum of 5000,
ordered be placed in the hands of the President OF tho
overseers of the poor tn he sul,e their orders
And then the Council adjourned
d. ROBES, CLERK.