Daily American organ., 1856-08-21
ROBERT OULD,
GRAFTON TYLER,
R. r. CRAWFORD,
J. RILEY,
CHARLES Z. MIX.

/ Siio ohLl1o MA.
A RESOLUTION for the appointment of joint CON-
| mittee for the purposes therein named.
Whereas the people OF Georgetown Tor large por-
ton OF them have for many years considered the civil
and political relations of the town injurious to its
welfare, and have still desire so to alter them as
may best conduce to the interests of the greater num-
\ Der of its inhabitants therefore
BE 1t reSoloed blythe Board Of aldermen and Board
Of C6mnaon Council ofthe Corporation Of Georgetoon
That joint committee be appointed, (by ballot J
consisting of three members from each Board, to
consider and report upon the expediency and prac-
tcabity of annexing Georgetown to Washington
city, thereby uniting the interests of the two cities
under one municipal government.
ReSotDed, dtso, That said committee be and is here
nv instructed to confer with the Board of Aldermen
/ ,~~d of Common Council OF the Corporation OF
and boz. -'asting the appointment Of com,
Washington, req. ~narate with them on the
mittee on their part to co-vr.
purposes of the foregoing resolution.
President Of the Board of Common Council
ROBERT 0ULD,
Recorder and President of the Board of Aldermen
II. ADDISON, Mayor
August 2, 1856.
CLERKS OFFICE, Corporation of Georgetown,
August 2, 1856.
certify the above to be true copy from the re-
cords IN the Clerks Office.
Test: p. III. TENNY
Assistant Clerk.
The President laid before the Board the monthly
report of the Intendant of the Asylum which was
referred TO the Committee on the Asylum.
The bill from the Board of Aldermen entitled
" An act to Pay for cleaning the streets, CUTTERS
and alleys in the Third and Fourth Wards, for the
month of June, 1856" was taken up, read twice,
and referred to the Committee on improvements !;
and at a subsequent stage of the proceedings it
was reported, read a third time, and passed
The bill from the Board of Aldermen entitled
An act to provide for the registration of all per-
sons in the city of Washington subject to the school
tax, and for other purposes" was taken up, read
twice, and
On motion of Mr. Fisher its further considera-
ton was postponed until Monday next.
Mr.. Knight, on leave, presented the petition Of
WIN. ID. Kurtz and George II. Hammersley, asking
compensation for filling certain reservoirs in the
Fourth Ward which was referred to the Commit
tee on improvements.
The bill making appropriations for the casual re-
pairs of streets, &C., the cleaning Of alleys and gut
ters, and for other purposes in the several wards
OF the city, for the year ending 30th June, 1857,
which had been made the special order for this
day, was taken up for consideration.
Mr.. Turton moved to amend the bill by striking
out the appropriation of $500 for the Eastward
and inserting $500 !" which was decided in the
negative, by yeas and nays, as follows:
Yeas-Messrs. Albert, Bayne, Gordon, Lee,
Lloyd, Turton and the President.
Nays-Messrs. Baldwin, Behlayer, Clarke, Ed.
monston, Fisher, Jefferson, Knight, Orme, Towles,
Walker, and Watterston-1l.
Mr.. Orme moved to recommit the bill to the
Committee of Ways and Means for further inves-
tgation; which was disagreed to.