The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1858-03-03
PROCEEDINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
REGULAR Session

TUESDAY, March 2, 1858
\ FIRST BRANcH--Branch met, present Jn0. T. Ford
ESQ president, and all the members except Messr,
Wood and Talbot
Mr.. Beale presented the petition of F Wvle p
Snyder and NJ. Kline, asking payment of their bill
Tor paving Hollns alley by order of the CITY Com
missioner, amount of bill $780, for paving and loss
sustained by litigation in the premises. Referred to
the Committee Claims.
Mr. Addison presented the petition of Alex Gould
ana others, asking that the street at the east end of
Gross street Market be paved. Referred to the Com
mittee on Highways
MIR. McComas presented petition from Jas 8
Wilson and Others asking that fire plugs be placed
IN the vicinity of Union and Franklin squares Re
ferred to the Committee on Highways.
Mr. Granville presented from the Joint Committee
on claims report upon petition from L. Jewett
Grove, asking that compensation be allowed him
for attendance at the Western Station House during
the absence of the regular Justice ofthe Peace there
from sickness, alleging that he had no legal claim
upon the city, and reported resolution discharg-
ing the committee from its further consideration,
which was adopted.
The Second Branch returned the report of the
Commltsee on Claims adverse to the payment of
Dill OF Dr. Cunningham for attendance at the Eas-
tern Police Station. COncurred in.
Revised ordinance No. 2 entitled ''an ordinance
TO regulate elections was received from the Sec
ond Branch, read and laid on the table
Mr.. Hynes submitted a report from the Joint
standing Committee Markets, relative to placing
lndlces on the several markets reported that it was
a desirable movement, but would not recommend il
in the present financial condition of the city, and
asking that the Committee be discharged from its
further consideration. Adopted
Mr.. Glanville called up the resolution offered by
the Committee on Claims ordering the Register to
pay John D Thomas, Esq, $50 for aiding the Stat 9
in the prosecution of John Caggett and moved that
1T be re-committed to the Committee on Claims
Adopted
Mr.. Beale called up the resolution BORDERING the
City Register to pay to the order of the Board of
Health he If 70 lafro =
the Quarantine Convention, to be held in this city
on the 18th of April and moved its reference to the
Committee on Heath--so referred.
MIR. Addison offered resolution ordering the City
Commissioner to have stepping stones placed on
est street. at the intersection of Light street and
on William street, at the intersection of Little
Church street Referred to the Committee on High
WAYS.
Mr.. Cunningham moved a reconsideration of the
vote referring the subject of placing fire plug on
East Falls Avenue, to the committee on fire compa
MES, and that it be referred to the committee on
water. The motions to reconsider and so refer,
were adopted
Mr.. Hamilton from the Joint standing committee
on bridges submitted a report upon the subject of
building bridge over Jones Falls at Lombard
street, accompanied by ordinance directing the
City Commissioner to contract with Messrs. A. &
| W. Denmead to build the same according to spec-
fcations by them submitted, and making an appro-
prlatlon OF $4,000, or so much thereof as NAV be
necessary foI the purpose. Read and laid on the
table. Adjourned.
SECOND BaAScH-The Branch met pursuant
to adjournment. John B. Seidenstricker ESD
President in the chair.
Mr. Bierbower, from the Committee on Markets
presented an ordinance to remove the market house
at Centre market space between Lombard and Sec
ond streets, and providing for the erection of new
structure. Laid on the table
Resolutions adverse to the petitions of Dr. c. Z.
ID. Cunningham, DR.. Yeates, and the Commissioners
OF Baltimore county. were received from the First
Branch and concurred in.
resolution in favor of Bull Il Tuttle for adver-
Using Tor the corporation during the year 1857 was
received from the First Branch and concurred in.
resolution to refund a sum of money to Charles
Myers received from the First Branch and
laid on the table.
Mr.. Seidenstrcker offered a resolution directing
the Marshal of Police to publish the ordinance in
relation to goats running at large, in the several
newspapers of the city for the space of six weeks
Adopted. THESE animals having DESTROYED a large
number OF the trees around the various public
squares of the city, it is deemed necessary that the
ordinance providing against their running at large
should be fully enforced for the protection OF the
property.
The resolution requesting the representatives of
the city in the General Assembly, to procure the
passage OF law empowering the corporation to is
sue stock to the amount of S350.000, for the pur-
pose of paying the award of the arbitrator on the
New JAIL and for the completion of the same wa.
made the special order of the day for Thursday
afternoon.
The revised ordinances were then taken up, an
bill No. 5, fixing the salaries of certain officers,
considered The ordinance amended so as to
give the Clerk of the Hollins street market in
crease of $50 per annum, and the laborer employed
by the Board of Health, an increase of twenty-five
cents per day, after which it passed.
Bill No. 6, of the revised ordinances, relative TO
the public debt, was taken up and amended so as
to allow the Register five additional days prior to
the commencement Of each quarter, to prepare the
transfer and interest books, after which it wa.
passed.
Adjourned until this afternoon.