Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1856-09-16
CITY INTELLIGENCE.


except from day to day Another Alderman con-
tended that the last Board had adjourned, accord
ing TO his time (which was regulated by the 0bser-
vatory6 before the time at which the President
by regulation OF the Board, authorized 10 do
50. The law provides that, no quorum being pres
emit the President may, at his discretion at fifteen
minutes past o'clock, adjourn the Board. He
said that when he drove up to the Hall ii was only
twenty minutes past o'clock--fve minutes after
the time--and he was told that the Board had adj
journed and that all the members present had re-
tired. He argued from this, that according to his
time (which was Observatory there was not time
for the Board to have adjourned and for the mem.
bers TO have disappeared around the corner, as he
had been informed Ii was contended, too, that
the whole proceedings were out of order; that they
were nullity; that in fact there was no meeting
OF the Board that all were absentees, and all
equally liable TO fine. Another Alderman said
that he looked upon the whole matter as party
movement; that the Aldermen present were fear
fu owing to the absence Of some of their side from
the city, and the sickness Of others, that they
would be In minority, and to provide against such
contingency they adjourned the Board. Looking
at it in this aspect he said Ii removed the impress.
sion from his mind that IL act of discourtesy
toward the absentees, and he was satisfied and he
thought that other members ought to be.
Ii was shown, on. the other side, that the Board
had waited for a quorum until twenty-five minutes
past iour Dy the CLERK WaJcn, lOOServatory tlme)
and 1t was denied that party had anything TO do
with the decision. Finally, the motion to amend
the journal by striking out all relating to the adj
jonrnment was lost. motion was made to amend
the Journal to the effect that the Board according
TO the charter of 1920, should have adjourned I'M
I'll the next day, and that such an adjournment
not taking place, any other adjournment was ille-
gal Lost ~
A protest was then, (by mutual consent) read
aud placed upon the journal.
Among the communications from the Mayor, was
one nominating Geo. w. Emerson, for Commits
sioner of Washington Asylum, and Joseph Lyons
for Inspector of -four and sailed provisions.
John r. Queen, Intendant Washington Asylum
George II. Fulmer, Commissioner Washington
Asylum.
r. B. Owens, Commissioner Of improvements
for the Third and Fourth Wards.
T. ]. Barrett, Commissioner of improvements
for the Fifth and Sixth Wards.
r. D. Spencer, Clerk of Northern Market
J. Lyons, Assistant Clerk of Centre Market.
W. II. Tanning police constable OF Second Dis
trict
J. W. Reynolds, police constable of Third Dis,
trict
H. Yeatman,. police constable Of Fourth Dis
tIict.
Il. Dougherty and j. Mitchell, police constabEes
of Fifth District.
Martin p. King, Apothecary of Fifth District
Richard Wimsatt and j. u. Williams Wood and
Coal Measures.
il. Williams, Measurer of Grain and Bran
bill for the relief of Robert Downing was
passed. A bill authorizing change Of grade on
Seventeenth street was passed. An act for paving
and grading an alley on square 252, passed. Bill
for causeway on NJ street, passed. A bill for
grading and gravellng street North, passed.
The appropriation bill was then taken up,
amended and passed.
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extra services in Tax Collectors room was passed.
Mr.. Busey gave notice of protest
The Board adjourned until Monday.
BOARD OF COMMON CouNcIL.--Messrs. Lee and
McCutchen were absent from their seats yesterday
afternoon.
Bills were passed, IA follows For relief of Maui
rice Holloren; for grading and gravelling street
north, from Delaware 10 Maryland avenue for the
grading of G street north, from New Jersey ave-
nue. TO Tiber creek. s...
Monday, October g. at o'clock, was fixed for
the election of Trustees of Public Schools.
The bill relative to the officers of the city was
laid over until Monday next.
The Board then went into joint meeting for the
election of Assessor of the Sixth Ward and imme.
diately after adjourned.
Destroy their web of sophistry-in vain
The partys at its dirty work again"
"Why, what's the dodge now ?"
"oh, new Democratic dodge, that's all"
"Wel, what is the dodge?"
"Why, they are trying to dodge Willard Fill
more"
els that all? | knew that long ago."
Eyes, but this is a peculiar dodge-an extra
dirty dodge"
"What is tout with it?"
"Why, it is this: They have concocted, or are
about to concoct a document, protesting to be
American" purporting to come from parties au-
thorized to make the announcement and to scatter
it broadcast over the country just in time to pre-
vent its exposure to the effect that the American
party have withdrawn their candidate for the
Presidency from the field, and are going for Buch-
anan in order to defeat Fremont That 5 the
dodgem
"Cute; amt it ?"
"Monstrous cummings but it won't answer. Fill
more Is the candidate of the people. They have
determined to make him their President, and they
will do it. The Democracy may scheme and plot
and manGuyre; they will only injure themselves
Too much cunning has made them mad. Their
plot will fail. The Fillmore clubs will attend to
that business. Gentlemen, try again."
CORPORATION APPoISTMENTs.-The Attorney of
the Corporation yesterday afternoon transmitted to
the Board of Aldermen, in compliance with their
resolution Of the 25th ultimo, his,opinion in
to four nterrogatories which they therein pro-
pounded touching the right of the Mayor to ap-
point persons and continue them in office without
the consent of the said Board. His first answer
dehnca what 1t is to he m officer OF the Corpora
ton. The second considers the weekly meetings
to be the sessions intended by the charter, and
that appointments and reappointments made by
the Mayor in the recess Of such sessions are valid
The third reply sdjudges the Corporation legally
responsible for The salaries Of incumbents holding
Office under such appointments or reappointments
of the Mayor. Reply fourth distinguishes between
"nominationn and appointment" an appointee