Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1856-05-21
WHOLE NO. 478
CITY AFFAIR
CORPORATION OF wAsHINGTo
BOARD OF ALDERMEN.
MONDAY. Nav 10. 1855.
The Board met pursuant to law.

MONDAY, Nav 10. 1855.
The Board met pursuant to law.
Present; ess.-. Do 9, Magrnder Barly, Miller.
Eya,s, Irsthr PeppE Em,ry. Houston, Busey,
The Chair laid b, fore The b ard commu ricato en-
from the Mayor. enclos ng for the information Of u
Councils c.rt.d 9 py " the act Of Congr. So !.
c,ncts in each ard in ,hs ei,y r washington. -
fer oher p risses' apIro' ed May 10, lsb; sh,h
communic.uon was Rad and rsferr.d to the Con,nt-
tee on r. lice es.@
MIR. Bus~, pr sented a petition from Harv ]. Mar.
Of her house; which wac ref rred 10 the Committee
ON lmpr v,mens
Mrp. PIPER. fr,m the Committee on Tmprvcn ents,
npur sd kaaA xasl4us sssssanssnt he b. f,n ,hs
BUArd 7 Common Co.nc,l enii,l. d .An act making
an appropriation to reIar he alley IN sqnare No.
lzo And Z WAS then read he thru time and passed.
Mr.. Bu-ey, from the Committee on Police r,por ID
the following resolution, VIII ch was read and ad.ll-
Rsso ned, (ths Bosr, Of Common Cou. ell cnrcur-
ring That tn two Boards from v 10 day NJ
I'll all Legislation necessary ~ carr into eli CT tie
receut act o Co r 'esa has b zen completed.
MIR. Busey, irom the committee. rep. rtcd D
bill eptstlro All authorizing the Mayor TO have
made additional ba lobax ST. which was re d three
hn,es and l,assed aI s&
Mr.. Bussy. fr.m the same committee, RIP rted a
bill emitted AN act 70 DIVIDE the sevtrol wur {
,hc city into 81, cton precincts" which was read
three tim sand passed
,,n motion oi Mr.. P.pper, it was
4 Resotyed. iharih, sad bill be publish ed with the
proceedings Of the Board:
AN ACT Ovid the several Wards Of the city into
election precincts.
E BE t snacted 6y ne Bsa,d If .dkteymen and Bna,d
f Ctoa" on UuacA ot ne Csxy or UasApqtm, hat
Wards Of the city shal be and hey are h, .by dv
ded t elec'ion precincts h rei hft,r d,serih. d.
Sec 2. Aad Be 1t enacted, That In. Fist Ward
shall be divided by the line Of Pennsylvania avenue,
A,at. trutv 4
PeDnsyvania niue, shall be known as election pr.
net Of the rat ward 40 j, and all that portion
ing Sou rhall be known election precinct Of tie
Fir st Ward No. 9.
The Second Ward shall be divided by n street
norti' and all that por ion Of said Seco Ward IS
il & north Of said II street north shall be known q
election precinct of the second Ward No and all
that por ion lying south as election precinct Of tie
The Third Ward shall be divided by II street
north and all that portion Of said Third Ward lying
north OF said street north sh be known as el C.
tion pr cnct of the Third Ward No i, nnd all In
Ward No Y
The Fourth Ward shall be divided by + street
north, aud all that portion ot said Fourth ard ly
north VI sa d street north shall, b. KIN wn el,,-
ton precinct Of the Fourth Ward No I, and all that
portion ying south as election precinct Of the Fourth
The Ffh Ward shall be divided by the line Of
Pennsylvania avenue, and all that portion Of said
shall be known as election precinct Of the Ff Ward
No. ], and all that portion lying south shall b. known
as election precinct Of the Fifth Ward No. u
The Sixth Ward shil be divided by G. street south,
and all that portion Of sud Sixth Ward living norlh
of said street south shall be known us ectun pre-
cnct Of the Sixth W,rd No !, and all that portlon
lying south shall be known as election precinct Of
the Sixth W ard No g.
The Seventh Ward shall be divided by Sc, enfh
str. ct west and all tn portion 4 said Ssvnt ard
lying east OF said Seventh street shall BE- known
as election precinci Of u Seventh Ward NJ. J. and
All that p rtion lying west as e,c,ion ,cnct If the
Sec. \. -And.eit enacted That the Register shah
furnish The commissioner Of election in each precinct
with LIST Of the persons having ri ht 10 vote in
ths Ward IN which I'd r, cinct IS situated.
Sc A. dnd 1eit enacted, That IT Shall be he duty
Of The Register to have PRINT transf,r bla, ks fer
he use Of the commissioners of ell cton Ut ca, elec-
tlon prccinc stating the precinct aud thu Ward fir
and " which any nur be transf. rred and su,-
ply the commissioners of election " uh the same
FEC 3. nd be ID enacted hat II shall be the duty
OF the comm ssonefs If the election IN ,h sever
prec cts TO receive only the votes of the n sdenis II
hear spectvc pr cincs, rUvided thev po~s IS u
ga qualIfica I.ps and the day subsequent the
day,f election tn urn 10 The Mayor all the W 5,
statng the Ward, precincf, numb>r of votes pole y
nd whom poll, d. A dupl4cdte return shall, t.
geth with aust If the persons who voted at sue h
election and the ballos also be made on the Day
eeding the election to the Register of the city, aho
shall preserve slie same.
following resolution, which was read and adoped,
viz: 80 sa s
Il 'psd, (the Board of Common Council concur
rng,) That the two DO rds meet in joint meeung IN
4 eecng commissioner of el,ctcns for the
lection pr.c.r cts; and also for h.. purpose of e,ct-
ng.a oLce magistrate ior the fifth disarict
Mr. Busey, from the same COMMITTEES, reported a
/" JOINT r, solution author zing the Mayor 10 employ
Ii rca aid to assist IN preparing the necessary poll
| sts y which was red .bres times and adopted.
BAR Busey, from the lime conmittee, asked to b.
dische re- d from the fnr her coDsideraton Of the
Mayors communication of this day, enclosing c. py
a The e OF Congress ip refsrSIcs 10 Gle on pr
cnc.s; aid The eommittee was scharged acooit-
ngk. fe.t.t
MIR Pearson, from The Comm ttee Of Claims, ssk d
70 be ischarg firm the furthSr ration OF
PETITIONS Of John Dwivr and Janes Powell for thsi>.
'niss.on OF lines; aud The committee was discharged
Iccoruingly. tae
The toll,wing bills from the Board of Comm,
Council wire svv.raly taken up, rsad twice, and
,erred to the Committee on improvements, viz:
An act author .zii q The nsion OF the ley in
quare No. 5l6, aid The grading and paving tie
saline"
"An act for the relief of Thomas McNaney."
"-n act for paving gutter acruss street norf,
on the ,as, side Of Twenty Tnird street. w,st"
"An act to revive and further ipue in iorcc An
act for grading and gravellirg Eleventh street west
between X and NJ streets n, rth.
On motion of Mr Msgrud,r, the Board proceed,d d
o the special urdor b ing The CONSIDERATION of u
r, Stuton from IN BO6ru OI 'onin w VuhS sni :
lied JON, r, solution asking Of Co.gr the powr
90 issue sock 20 erect a cen re mnrketbouse.
Mr. Bus.y then moved 10 amend The r.solutiod y
SIR king out The pr viso, which requr the o
be subin Il 10 the vote of the people and the que
ION b,iig taken IL was cairi,d in the affirmative.
Tue resoluao", as amended, was then read the
b I'd tim. aud passed BY yeas and nays, as Ellows,
viz;
Yas--wessrs Magrudtr, Bayly, Miller, Evaps,
IRE Ter, Pepper, Emery, Busey, Pearson, aud Smith
-i0.
Nay--Mr. Houston.
Mr.. f.pper, from he Commtteeon Improvements,
reported .ck without 9mendn ent the bill fr m fhs
Bard Of Common Council entitled :" An act for The
reli,f Il Thomas Mcyaney; aud twas then read tho
,hiru TIM and passed.