The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1860-09-18
PROCEEDINGS or THE CITY COUNCIL

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FIRST BRANcH.-Present Samuel G. Spicer, Esq,
President, and all the members except Messrs.
Irons and Baugher.-Mr. BAIN, from the Joint
Standing Committee on Markets, presented re-
persons doing business in the Cantre market to use
the west side of the market for their wagons laid
on the table.-Mr. TAYLOR, of the Joint Standing
Committee on Claims, presented report with a
resolution, referring the claim of John Hansler,
asking for the return of taxes paid in error, to the
Board of Arbitration, with instructions to correct
error; adopted MIR. CHAPMAN, of the Joint
Standing Committee on Ways and Means, presented
report with a resolution releasing Mrs. Mary A.
Cotrell (widow of Clark Cotrel) from the payment
of security bond for Joseph II. Horner, clerk
under John IL. Richardson, former City Col
lector, who was detaulter, for whom Mr.
Clark Cotrell bondsman.--Aso a
report with resolution appropriatng $500 to pay
expenses incurred by the Commission on Under
ground Drainage; laid on the tabe.--A commu-
ncation received from the Mayor, giving a
statement Of the finances of the city, in reply to
resolution of the Branch; partially read and, on
motion, laid the table and ordered to be printed
on the iournal.-A communication was received
from Archibald Sterling, Jr., Esq., in regard to the
ownership of the property known Battery
Square, stating that the ownership of three parcels
of ground condemned part of the square is
claimed by three different persons, and the city is
not able to decide who is the real owner. The
right to the property mas been tested in the courts
where it was decided that the city was not the
owner. Col Polk, of the claimants, has taken
uOWn renee Wnlcn city erected
around the square, and Mr.. Sterling recommends
that the Council direct that suit be brought against
Col. Polk for trespass; laid on the table,
Mr.. SMMs offered a resolution to lay
gas mains Great Hughes street; REFEREED
Mr.. PENN offered resolution granting permission
to August Motfett, No. 33 Gay street, to erect
frame additions to bis premises; referred.-Mr.
CALLS called up the ordinance directing the City
Commissioner to grade and pave Robertson alley,
between Bond and Bethel streets; passed.-Mr.
CALLS called up the ordinance directing the City
Commissioner to have Boyd alley between Caroline
| and Dallas streets graded and paved; passed.
Mr.. Balm called up the order of the day, being the
ordinance relative to the selling of coal, grant
ing permission to any person to stop any cart
loaded with anthracite coal, and who thinks
that fraud is being practised in the weight,
and take the same to any public scales and
have it weighed.-Mr BLACKBURN opposed the
bill on the ground that the Council had no power
to pass it.-Mr. Balm moved to lay the bill
on the table; carried by the following vote:-Yeas.
-Messrs. President, Calls, Roberts, Pollock,
Blackburn r. Price, Taylor, Balm, Linton and
| Norris-l0. Nays.-Messrs. Chapman, Mace, Tai
bott, Penn, A. NJ Price, Simms and Spedden-7.
| Mir. CALLS called up the ordinance which re-
duces the license money on each car to be run on
| the proposed Towsontown City Passenger Railway
from $40 to $780, and increasing the length of time
within which the road must be completed, one
| year, and leaving it optional with the company
to lay one or two tracks through the Streets
Mr.. ROBERTS moved to strike out the latter
clause; lost.--Mr. Balm moved to lay the