Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1856-02-13
BOARD OF COMMON COUNCIL.
MoNpAY, February H. 1886.

MONDAY, February Ii, 1856.
All the members present except Messra. Ormc
and Pumphrey.
On motion, the reading Of the journal was dis
| pensed with @
Mr.. Towles presented the petition of VIM A.
Barnes, praying for the remission of fine; which
was referred to the Committee of Claims
Mr.. Lloyd, from the Committee of WAYS and
Means, reported without amendment the bill from
the Board OF Aldermen entitled 'sAn act to pro-
vide for the payment of interest on the deferred
payment for the purchase of the Odd Fellows
Hail. at the Navy Yard !" which was read three times
and passed t
Mr.. AtLee, from the Committee of Claims, re
ported without amendment the bill from the same
Board for the relief of Lewis f. Skidmore which
was read three times and passed 2
MIR. Ruff, from the Committee on Police, to
which was referred the Mayors communication,
accompanied by communication from the Com
missioner Of Health, reported bin amendatory OF
the "act providing for the establishment of a
Board of Health, the appointment Of Commits
sioner, and prescribing his duties, and for the
abatement and removal of nuisances," in the fol
lowing words:
bill amendatory of the act providing for the es-
tablshment of Board of Health, the appoint.
ment of a Commissioner, and prescribing his du-
ties, and for the abatement and removal Of nui-
sances
Strike out the first clause of section 23 down to
| the word provided" and insert the following:
| Sec. %. A,td be 1T enacted, That all persons
| owning, possessing, occupying, or having in charge
| any lot or lots, either improved or unimproved
fronting on any street or avenue in this city, shall
within six hours daylight after any fall Of snow,
| Sundays excepted, have the same removed from
| the payements in the front of his her, or thei1
| property, or of Foperty which they may have in
charge as aforesaid and in the case Of corner lots
both fronts are included, under a penalty of fifty
4 cents for each and every hour the snow is per-
mitted to remain after the said six hours.
| Mr. Jefferson moved that the bill be indefinitely
| postponed; which was decided in the negative, by
/ yeas and nays, as follows:
Yeas-Messrs Hsher, Fuller, jefferson, Nc
Cutchen, Peters, Towles, and Turton-7.
| Nays-Messrs. Albert, AtLee, Baldwin, Ball
Bayne, Bohlayer, Lloyd, Mexican, Ruff, Venable
Walker, and the President--l2. ..s. \.
Mr.. Peters moved to amend the bill by inserting
the following as an additional section: ~
"Sec. -, And be IL enacted, That it shall b,
the duty Of the Commissioner Of Health, and he i
hereby required and directed, to have the snow re
moved from the paved crossings Of all avenues
streets and alleys, within the same time ,Aso tina
the said crossings may be free from all opstruc
| tion.n - fu - ].
i On this motion the yeas and nays were demand
ative as follows: FsHa :
Yeas-Messrs. Albert, AtLee, Baldwin, Bohlsy
er, Fisher, Fuller, Jefferson, Lloyd, McCutchen
| Peters, Turton, and the Presidential Aet su
Nays-Messrs. Ball, Bayne, Mexican, Ruff, TowIes
Venable and Walker. as
i Mr.. jefferson also moved to amend the bill b,
adding the following an additional section !
| Sec -. And be enacted, That wheneve
any nuisance or any infraction of the law entitled
can act providing for the establishment Of Boar,
of Health, the appointment of Commissioner o
Health, and prescribing his duties, and for tn,
abatement and removal of nuisances,n shall be re
ported to the Commissioner of Heath. and sal,
Commissioner shall fail TO have said nuisance re
moved, and such jrfraction prosecuted, or either
as the case may be, he shall be fined not less thar
! ten nor more than twenty dollars for each day,
a nuisance, that said nuisance shall remain. and mo-
less than ten nor more than twenty dollars, IL M
/ infraetion Of the law, for every such failure &c
prosecute which fine or fines shall be collected a,
are other penalties imposed by this Corporation
on proof of the delinquency of the Commissioner
i Of Health ~ s...
Pending the consideration of which amend
ment--
| Mr., Albert moved to postpone the further con
sideration Of the subject until Monday next, ans
/ that the bill and amendments be printed with In.
proceedings of the Board. aiNe 81
Mr.. Towles moved the indefinite postponemcn
of the whole subject; which was decided in th
negative, by yeas and nays, as follows:
i Yeas-Messrs Albert, Bohlayer Fisher. Fuller
Jefferson McCutchcn, Towles, Turton, and yena
i ble--9. HHIa afgta.f t#..
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