The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1860-08-30
PROCEEDINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL


FIRST BRANcH.-Present, j. C. BLACKBURN, ESQ.,.
President pro tem., and all the members except
Messrs. Irons, Spcer, Baugher, Calls, Pollock
and Penn.-Mr. SIMMs presented petition from
Mrs. Mary A. Cotterel, asking that she might
be released from the payment of bond which
was given by her husband (now dead) as surety
for Joshua Horner, defauIter in the City Col
lector's office; referred NoRRIs presented
asking that Eddy alley, near Mosher street, may be
closed referred.-Mr. TAYLOR presented a COM
municaton from the Committee of the Public
School Commissioners, asking for an additional ap-
preparation of 81, 1000 to the school fund for the
purpose of finishing the erection of school-house
No. l; referred.-A communication was received
from the Board of Commissioners for re-district-
ing the wards, in reply to resolution asking
for the number of voters in each of the proposed
wards The Commissioners state that, after quail
flying, they canv assed the wards and found that
there were 1923 voters in the city. Having that
number as a basis, they determined to make the
central wards greater than the outside subur ban
presenting that the former are likely to decrease
whilst the latter would increase. They endeavored
to conform to this rule as uniformly as the tope-
graphical character and lines of the streets would
allow, and have made the wards, embraced within
proper lines and square boundaries, (or central
wards,) contain from 1000 to 21O0 voters and the
outside wards from 500 to 1,900.-Mr. NORRIS
said that the reply did not meet his in
quries, and he would offer another resolu-
tion, so as to get the number in each ward
communication was received from the City Com
the bridge Jones' Falls, on Charles street av-
enue; referred.-Mr MACE presented an ordi-
nance authorizing the Water Board to remove all
the old pumps, not in use, in the city; referred.
Mr. STMMs offered resolution directing the
City Commissioner to have gas-lamps at points
Hughes, Hill and William streets; adopted
Mr.. Balm presented claim from DR.. A. W. Colburn
for medical attention given to the lamp-lighter,
Richardson, who shot while performing his
duty; referred.-Mr. NORRIS presented an ordi-
nance relative to the compensation of the City
Counsel. The bill provides that lawyer shall be
appointed who shall be styled the Assistant City
Counsellor, who shall give his aid in suits where the
city is interested; if the assistant be sick absent
from the city when of the city is tried, it
shall be his duty to provide an attorney to take his
place, and failing to do so, the Mayor shall appoint
attorney in his stead, who shall be paid out of
ry of the assistant is fixed at S2500 laid on the
ing permission to victuallers to keep hogs on their
slaughter house premises to destroy the otfa pro-
vding the consent of the neighbors can be obtain.
ed; laid on the table.--Mr. NORRIS offered
luton enquiring of the Board of Commissioners
for re-disricting the wards the number of voters
in each Of the proposed wards; adopted.
SIMMs called up the ordinance appropriating Sl00
to the Association of the Defenders of Balti-
more in 1872, for the purpose of assisting to
defray the expenses of celebrating the an
niversary of that day.--Mr. ROBERTS call
ed for the yeas and nays on its pas
sage. When Mr.. .Talbott's name was called he
said that ''as the Association was thriving con-
Germ, increasing in numbers daily, and now num-
bering than it did at the time of the defence
he would vote aye" The bill was passed. MIR.