Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1856-09-10
WHOLE NO. 573

some VI the companies, which lead TO riotinQ and
and these difficulties will increase nrIas. ,,.e,,y
suppressed IL is, then, highly proper AZ welt a.
necessary that the responsibility be met at once by
8 rived and that the public peace ia msin,.;nsd :.
well as good order established and upheld Fra
companies are established for the purpose Of
derng feeling of security In the public mind az
well as for the purpose of preventing the spread Of
lire, when II has, either by accident or design been
communicated to buildings aud they cease 10 accom-
phsh either object efficiently when, instead of emu
laung each other In connendable real md promnt.
ness IN repairing TO the proper scenes for their oper
auons they meet together for the purpose OF trying
VINO can throw most stones and show the most utter
| reckiessness OF law and decency. In other cities
| the powers of districtng and closing have besn
given TO the Mayor, and its udicions use has proven
beneficial If II should be tried and fail here Il will
then become our duty to look for other and more
/ potent means Of obtaining efficiency and harmony
| In our tire department. LIE ttas-1
! ! have been thus earnest because am induced TO
believe, from my own observation that unless some
change be made in the present system its demoral-
zng influences will result in more injury 10 the class
| OF youth who hang around fire engines and engine
houses than will be compensated by all the good the
| nre companies can ever do
Very respectfully, your obedent servant
W. D. MAGRUDER, Mayor.
| SEPrRxpRR s, 1856
| w. b. MAaRUDRR, Esq, Mayor, &C.:
| SIR: At the adjourned meeting of the Board Of
i Trustees OF Public Schools held Yesterday IL was
o,aered, That the Secretary Of this Board inform
the Mayor Of the city that the primary school occupy
ing room In the Northern Liberties engine house
had been turned out of the intended for them,
and that they were not permitted TO hold undsputed
! possession of the other. 3raT 9gf3 =
i would, therefore, state thlt short time ago the
furniture belonging to the school was surrepttiousy
removed from the school room on the second floor TO
| a room on the third. Since then the President Of
the FIRE Company asked permission Of the sub Board
to use this room for ball. The request was refused
as rule of this Board refuses all school houses for
| any other than public school purposes The Presi-
dent then thr> >atened to use the any how Yes
| terday morning when the teacher opened the room
to which the school has been driven by the Fire Com
pany she fund herself in the sleeping apartment of
three gentlemen who had slept there during the
night. -
The Board have always been opposed to using
engine-houses for school purposes In the last wears
report, on page II, the Board say
An engineh house, the Trustees beg leave to re-
mark, is one of the worst places 10 be used for
public school, The exercises must often be inter
rupted by the noise occasioned by fire or alarms
while the associations connected with the place are
not OF character greatly to benefit and improve the
pupils"
| Having been unwilling in the first place to occu
py the room in the engine-hoiise for the reasons
| above copied, we are now unwilling to be elected
from the room intended for us, and then TO be per-
mitted to use the room the fire company has assigned
us only at their pleasure, when they appear to recog-
mise no rights but its own Nor are we willirg that
the young gentlemen, whose sleeping apartment is
shall be shocked by the entrance of lady unan,
nounced to their apartment Either the school or the
fire company need the protection of the city author
tles ana with YOU sir, Il remains TO say which sub
serve the public interest best.
Respectfully, your obedient servant
s. A. H. McKIM,
Sec'y Board Trustees Of Public Schools.
Mr. Fisher, on leave, presented the petition cf
Geo. Parker and Others In relation to the drainage
of Thirteenth st which was referred TO the Com
mittee on Improvements.
The Board then took up for consideration the
bill from the Board Of Aldermen entitled SAN act
to provide for the registration of all persons in the
city OF Washington subject to the school tax, and
for other purposes" the question pending being
on the proposed amendment of Mr.. Jefferson to
strike out the words "prior to the 3lst day Of De-
cember next preceding the day Of election" and
insert the words "on prior to the first Monday
| in June next" e.
The President ruled the amendment out of or
der, as conflicting with the charter Of the city.
Mr.. Jefferson moved to amend the bill by insert
ing after the word list" in the seventh line of
the first section, the words "add who has resided
therein since the first Monday in June preceding"
and the question being taken by yeas and nays, it
| was decided in the negative, as follows:
Yeas-Messrs. Albert Edmondston, Fisher, JEFF.
ferson, Kennedy, Orme, and Turton--7
Nays-Messrs Bayne Bohlaycr, Gordon, Hutch
inson, Knight, Lee Lloyd Towles, Walker, Wat.
terston, and the President--ll.
Mr.. Jefferson moved to amend the bill by insert.
ing after the word that" at the end Of the fifth
| line Of the second section, the words che be-
levesi' which was decided in the negative by yeas
and nays as follows; ts
| Yeas-Messrs Edmondston, Fisher, Jefferson,
Kennedy, and 0rme--5.
Nays-Messrs. Albert, BayRe, Bohlayer, Gordon,
! Hutchinson, Knight, Lee, Lloyd, TowIes, Tarton,
Walker, Watterston, and the President-l3.
| Mr.. Jefferson moved to amend the second sec
tion by adding the following proyiso:
I" Pro0iaei, That the name of no person who ac-
tualy resides in the city shall be omitted on the
ground that he possesses has exercised the right
OF suffrage elsewhere, oil such questions being pro-
per to be determined by the Commissioners Of Elec-
tion or by the courts"
Mr.. Bohlayer moved to lay the amendment on
the table.
The Chair ruled the motion out of order as the
laying the amendment on the table would Lay the
whole subject on the table.
The question being taken on the amendment of
Mr.. Jefferson, by yeas and nays, II was decided in
the negative, as follows
Yeas-Messrs. Albert, Edmonston, Fisher, JEFF
ferson, Kennedy, Lee, orme, and Turton-s.
Nays--Messrs Bayne, Bohlayer, Gordon, Hutch
inson, Knight Lloyd, Towles, Walker, Watterston,
and the President-l0.
Mr.. Jefferson moved to amend the eleventh line
of the third section by striking out the words "nor
any other person whatever" and it was decided
in the negative, by yeas and nays, as follows:
Yeas-Messrs. Edmonston, Jefferson, and Orme
-3.
Nays-Messrs. Albert, Bayne, Bohlayer, Fisher,
Gordon, Hutchinson, Kennedy, Knight, Lee, Lloyd,
Towlea, Turton, Walker, Watterston, and the
President -15.
Mr.. jefferson moved to amend the third section
by adding the following proviso after the word
"applied ~ In the seventeenth line