The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-04-19

Cry CoUsorr AN adjourned me


Of the Council vas hold At o'clock yssiefdaI
aitsrnoon. Present, Messrs. Saunders, Allss
Barr, Mills Roddey. Whitfield. 0rsaDor, 1Ifil
Richardson, Epps, Haakins, Denoou, Talbsst
Grattan and Glazebrook.
The President stated the hrst busfneas in ordes
to be the resolution offered By Mr.. 0lazeorook
relative to Superintendent Of the Gas Works
Resolved, That the report Of the Committee =
ceftaining he election Of Daniel hAgerty % super
a iopied and hat the election Of said nsgerty b
enssroa npon the journal, and tie said hagersy be
Nj ars.sso, 10, sitter % briefly reviewing the chsrtsu
concerning municipal elections, gave il % BIZ
opinion, formed affer due consideration, that Il
was the duty Of the Council to ascertain who VA
elected BY legal votes.
Mr. Burr was clearly Of the opinion that il VA
the duty Of the Council to ascertain who vaa
elected And - there we're certificates here denying
the election Of Mr.. Hagerty By legal votes, The
Council had the right 70 ascertain which vsre le.
gal.
Objection being made to Mr.. Glsxsbfook's res.
oiusion, he asked and obtained leave to with
draw It.
The question then came mp on the report of the
Committee appointed TO ascertain the officers
fntendept elect Of the Gas Works.
Mr.. Giazsbrook called the ayes and noes, and
the vote being taken, resulted a. follows:
Ayes-Messrs. Allen, Denoon, Epps, Greanor
Noes-Messrs. Grattan, Richardson, Roddey
Burr, Mills, Talbot. Whitfield and Saunders-S.
So the council refused to adopt the report Of the
Committee declaring Daniel Hsgerty, Superinten.
dent elect Of the Gas Works Of Richmoud, thereby
virtually determining to permit the election to bt
contested.
Mr.: Grattau offered the following resolutions
which were adopted:
Be It Resolued, That the peti ion of John ]. Fry
intendent of the G Is Works, with the accompan y
ing papers. be referred to the Committee on DIS
put"d Elections, with instructions to ascertain and
perintendent OF the Gas Works. and the number O
| legal votes Civ for each Of said person.
eevsd the greatest number Of legal votes for sale
emce. shall within ten day from this day. deliver 4
the other list of the votes be will dispute Will
rejected for which he will contend And he snail
append the OF the votes he intends to disput
se Eeth t6ss ne Ss1 !, v. the
sons above .ntisned are not legally qualified To-
are Qualned As the case may pe) 70 votein the wArt
of the Gas Works
have expired. proceed to take all proper depostip
to SUSTAIN or invaidate said election. upon
able notice to the diverse party; which deposition
days from tHe day they are hereby authorized {
commence TO take derositions in the case. unles
as Sr shall o
| The Committee shall, saon as the said twept
days have expired, soon a. the further time q
lowed has txpired, proceed to ascertain, upon tt
evidence t~us furnished, and upon oral testimony
| if the Committee tha,l admit such evidence. th
name of each pers voted tor as 3uperintendent
the Gas Works, and the namber of legal votes give
for him; and shall report the Same to the Oounci
aud return herewith all the evidence before them
the Committee reducing any oral testimony recei
cd to writing
s. The report OF the COMMITTEES shall state th
| grounds on which any voter objected to or col
tend ID for 10 rejected admitted and refer to tf
evidence upon which the decision is founded
g. II any party Ia dis with the report cfft
Cemmittee. he may make his objections before Il
Council after the report is returned and bsfore it
| acted upon and he shall give notice of his obje
ion to the party in whose favor the report ia mad
stating all bis objections thereto and if the 9th.
party has any objection to the said report he sha
withn two days after receiving such notice, give
the party directing to the report. notice of his o.
Jections thereto. And the contest in the CoHnc
shall be oonf fl ned to the objections there made,
less member Of the Ccuncil shall be of opinio
that there is some other eiror in said report.
The names of the members composing the Con
mittee on Disputed Elections, are: Messrs N.
Hill, Chas. 8. Mills, David ]. Burr, L. W. GIazs
brook, and James NJ. Talbot.
On motion, Mr.. David j. Burr was placed On ii
Committee for improving James River.
The Council then adjourned.