The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1858-04-03
PROCEEDINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.

FRIDAY, April ., 1858.
FIRST BRANoH-Branch met. Present, John T.
! Ford, Esq, president, and all the members.
Mr. Talbot presented petition from VIM. Nc
Claim and Others asking the abatement OF nuisance
upon the Kimberly property, situated on Mckim
street, where manure Is manufactured from blood
and urine, which the petitioners aege is very detr
mental not only to the comfort, but the health OF
the citizens of the vicinity. Referred to the Com
mittee Health.
Mr.. Harvey from the Committee on Highways
reported favorably upon the petition of Isaac L.
Nicholson, to certain space upon Jones' Falls at
Fayette street. resolution granting the privilege
| was adopted.
The President submitted a communication from
the Mayor containing several papers relative to the
McDOnogh estate-being a full report of abstracts
already given in our columns They were read
! and referred to the Committee having charge of
| that matter.
| Mr.. Dukehart moved a reconsideration of the
vote adopting the ordinance providing for the issue
of stock to build the new Jail. The bill was amend
! ed in the Second Branch so to provide for the
payment of the Messrs. Reynolds their award for
work done, in stock to be thus issued. Upon his
motion the Branch refused to concur IN the amend
ment, and a Committee of Conference upon the
subject, from the Branch, was appointed.
MI. Addison presented report from the Com
mlttee ON the House of Refuge relative to their pc
tltlon for the usual appropriation, with resolu-
ton appropriating 1000, to be provided for in
the levy for 1859.
The President submitted communication from
the Mayor, announcing that he had approved of
the ordinance providing for the building ola bridge
| over Jones Falls, at Lombard street
Mr. Dukehart called up Ordinance No. II, sup
PIGMENT to the ordinance guaranteeing the bonds of
the Plttsburg and Connelsville Railroad Company.
The preamble sets forth that the company desire to
issue bonds to the amount of 100000 upon which
to obtain loan for the construction of that part of
their road lying between their depot in Pittsburg
and Port Perry, and to enable them to do this they
ask that the city will postpone the leln OF It's mort
gage upon the road so as to enable the company
10 give priority and preference of payments to
such parties as may become purchasers of such
bonds by pledge of said part of their road thus
freed from the mortgage held by the city.
The ordinance provides that all the liens and
mortgages held by the Mayor and City Council of
Baltimore, in and to that portion of the road-be-
ing ten and one-sixth miles, shall be waived and
and postponed In the manner asked providing the
bonds shall not be sold, disposed or hypothecated
Tor less than 10 per cent. upon the amount pur-
chased, and that the purchasers of them shall have
preference and priority of lien for the payment of
sad bonds over and above that of the city under
SAID mortgage, reserving, however, all benefit of
their said mortgages and liens to all portions of the
road except that described and also the lien of the
city upon that portion of the road after the pay
ment of the 100000
1t also provides that the Company shall not es-
tabish any discrimination of tolls any portion of
the road over another but that the whole line shall be
equazed and regulated by the rates already adopt
ed and IN force upon the road, and that the Company
shall charge to the section of the Road for use
thereon OF all motive power and rolling stock and
salaries OF offlcers and Others at fair proportion
OF costs and expenses that the salaries num-
bers OF officers or Others shall be increased, unless
with the assent and concurrence of majority of the
City Directors.
Also, that the Mayor of the City shall have the
power to nominate the three Directors of the Com
pany on the part of the City, who shall be elected
in accordance with such nomination by the Company