The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-04-16
CO r,on.c,,.-A called meeting Of the

Cry CouNCIL.--A called meeting 81 the
Council was held at the Chamberlains ofnco 90
Saturday last the following members esinR III
sent: Massrs Mills snead, Qaalles. siutou, kieI
ards, s.earns, Crutchhed, Saunders, Dinren, bu'-
lor Ayres Talbot, Scott. McCsnce, and Fry
gpeciai Business Tho President stated tho Oh.
iect Of the nleetingto be- TO consider q melhoiiai
from the Virginia Central Raiirpad Company.
Ga motion. made and seconded. John M. Patton,
Esq, was permitted to address the Council on pc
half of the memorialists. sa =
Tile memorial 10 In relation 10 subscription o,
800 COO made to the STOCK Of the Central hen,9aa
Company by the Cousc, the Finance 90 mn a.,s,
having agreed TO pay over the sub:cription IA . ~.
bonds GA the ls Of A be,1ing nfsr ths RaIIrsS
Company hLd ordered the purehs5e OF rnfifosd iroh
In gland sixty days after which time the fnsnce
Committee OF the Council decided not to allow tne
interest She city bonds from the first OF JsnnTy'
causing a loss to the Railroad Company OF sa0oo
which The O. The central roao rpassiys
the city bonds at par with interest from Inc is VI
Jsnaary TO the frat of APRIL the sScx beng .nss
also complain that the Finance Committee OF the
Council, in paying the Central Company balance
on former subscription had deauc.ed tne e ctv
which were killed BY the cars OF the Central Com-
pany, the mules having been turned on the commons
il violation of an ordinance OF the ety. oy one OF
After reading Tho memorial, which Is too loeg for
publication Mr. Patton it ana sIsaes ~ set
Of justice, should comply with The hrst arfanse-
nent made by the Finance COMMITTEES Of the Coun.
to Europe to purchase iron He looked upon the
city subscription of Sl0o.eee, as debt which the
Council was compelled to pay and therefore oeiies
ed that tire arrangement at first made, was the best
that could be done for the city, which the Company
was now wiling to comply with He also showed
is mules which had been turned on the commons by
a city officer in violation Of city ordnance
Mr. McCance made a statement TO sst himself
right, as Chairman Of the Finance Comnittee 80
far as IL amount of money hsd back for the mules
killed: he begged to say that he had consuifsd ar.
t te ss ro ts due s Genital
Company, not IS q, final settlement OF ths matter,
but as pl ,cing the city in proper position to man
did not see how the President Of thu Centrat Com.
pany could have auth srissd the purchase OF Ion on
that Committee had right to make amy arrange
ment without the authority of the Ccuac, that DO
dy not having at that time passed an ordnance 70
The subjects of the N mortal were further argued
by Messrs Snead Saunders. and others. when
Mr.. Richards offered the following re solution:
Resolrcd That the President of the Council be- and
of the Central Railroad Company the bonds of the
eity to the smonnt of S0OCU bearing interest from
the LIST Of January 1872 in ment OF the CITY SUE
scrption Of that amount to said company, made on
the ith day of August, 1901
The resolution was advocated by Messrs. Stsarns
and Saunders and opposed By 81 srs McCsncs and
Mr. saunders then offered the following resolu-
ton, on the passage of which Ar Scott called the
ayes and noes The resolution read, thus
RcsoIred. That the President of the Council be-
and he hersby. authorised 10 deliver to he Pres
dent of the Virginia Q, ntral Eail-cad Company the
scriutIop made to said by rssollton Of the
Council on the I4th day OF August l354-and that the
interest on said bonds from the first day of January
to the delivery OF said bonds be remitteo
The question being taken on the resolution, result
ed as follows:
Qoarles, Fry, Saunders and Crutchfeid-8
NoeS-Messrs Butler. McCance, Ayres, Scott
Snead. Dibrell and Mis-7.
So the resolution was adopted.
Communicates from the Mayor.-A letter ives re-
ceived from Mr.. Msyo, enclosing the resignation of
Mr. John Psarce, as frat police officer, and nomina.
ting Messrs. G. e.. johnson, g. s. Trueheart, Vim
N Kelly and Ed Fl. ckaikley, for the Council to
lect from. Gs s.s.s=
Mr. Butler moved TO Sc nd the communication back
tc the Mayor, and request further NOMINATIONS.
Mr.. Talbot was in favor of Mr. Buffers notion
because the Mayor had not nomr ate the gentleman
for whom he de sired TO vote Mr. T. opposed to
the present ordinance requiring the Council to ae-
lect policemen froIn persons recommended By the
Mayor the effect of which ia, virtually to give him
ths power of appointing the police. Members of
the Council were just es capable of choosing good
officers q. the Mayor, and certainly they had much
right to their preferences
We fully concur with Mr.. Talbot in his opinions
and think the Council should change the ordinance
at once, as to do away with the ridiculous farce
eecting officers from persons recommended By the
Mayor. only Either giSe the Mayor power to ap-
point his deputies and hold him to rigid accounts.
bty for their official acts, give the Council the
power to eject the police from the city ssne-
rally always taking the best men to be had for the
various ofiices At another time we shall resume
this subject. by of showing up the effects Of the
present syste N n the police of the city.
The CUES ION being taken Mr.. Buffers motion
it defeated, Mr. James A. Scott having stated
that the Mayor very desircus of having the ya-
cancy filed at once.
DIR. Snead then moved that the Council proceed to
fill The vacancy in the fee of ffst policeman.
The motion was carried, andghe roll being called
resulted as follows:
For c. C. yohason -Messrs Butler, Richar,s, Nc
Canoe Ouarles, Fry, Ayres, Saunders Scott Snead
Dibtell and Mills-ll.
For G s. Truehedrt-MessTs. Sinton, Stearns, Tai.
bolt ard Ciutchtield-4. ~
So Mr.. johnson was declared to be elected first Of
fear of the Day Police
Causeof Fires The following resolution was Of
fered ard adopted the President being allowed time
to appoint the committee:
Resolred. That committee of six to consist of
one mombsr of the Council and one citizen from
each Ward, be appointed to investigate the cause of
the frequent occurrence of fires in this city,
Chambeylain's assistant MIR Peter w. Raston
was nominated and unanimously elected Assistant
to the Chamberlain.
The Council then adjourned.