The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1860-06-19

PROCEEDINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
MONDAY, June Is.
FIRST BRANCH.-Present, JOSEPH SIMMs, ESQ.,,
President pro tem., and all the members except
Messrs. Spicer, Baugher and Evans.-Mr. BLACK
BURN presented petition from Joshua Carson,
asking permission to retain frame shed on his
premises, No. - Cathedral street; referred. -
Mr.. r. PRICE presented a'petition from White 4
Elder, and others, stating that they believe the
water in the cellars of the property on Pleasant
street is occasOned by the city spring, and asking
for a committee to examine into the same; re-
ferred.-Mr. NORRIS presented petition from
PbilipRiley, skiing permission to raise frame stable
on his premises, JordOn alley; reerred.-Also, a
memorial from Warner q Brother, and other mer-
chants doing business on Baltimore and other
streets, asking for modification of the ordinance
forbidding the obstruction of sidewalks by
placing boxes thereon; referred.-Mr. IRONS
of the Joint Standing Committee on Markets, pre-
scented report, with resolution directing the clerk
of the Centre market to have the same thoroughly
whtewashed: laid on the table.-Mr. LINTON pre-
sented n petition from W. H. Waters and others ask
ing that Parish alley, between Lexington and Sara
toga streets maybe condemned and opened referred
MIR. CALLS offered q resolution granting per
mission 10 the proprieOrs of sailor boarding
to place benches in front OF their DOORS REFER ed
Also resolution directing the City Commissioner
to have the at the intersection OF Baltimore
street and Central avenue, and Lombard street and
Central avenue, repared adopted.-Also resO-
luton directing the City Comptroller TO nave gas
mains laid on Hampstead street, between Caroline
and Eden Streets reerred.-Ar. SPEDDEN pre-
sented n report from the JOint Standing Committee
on Highways with an ordinance directing the City
Commissioner to change the grade OF Franklin
street, between Carey and Calhoun streets Land on
the table.-Mr. NORRIS called up the ordinance
endorsing $500, 900 worth of the Western Maryland
Railroad Company.-Mr. ROBERTS moved to ad-
journ; lost.-Mr. ROBERTS moved an additional
section, referring the ordinance to the people for
their sanction or disapproval at the next municipal
eection.-Mr. CALLS said that he thought the
constituents of the gentleman from the eighth ward
Mr.. RobeIts) were ignorant that they didn't
know what railroad was.--Mr. RoBERTs-"The
gentleman from the third ward can better apply
his remarks relative to ignorance to hmself"--
Mr.. CALms-"I say, don't believe the gentleman
(Mr. Roberts) knows what he is doing. MIR
Balm called the gentleman from the third ward
(Mr. CaliS) to order, and the President ruled HIM
out of order.--Mr. BAN then supported the bill
in speech, and was followed by Mr. Roberts in OPP
| position to its passage, and in favor OF his
| amendment, and on the vote being taken the
amendment was lost by vote OF yeas to 10 nays.
The bill was then put upon its passage and
carried by the following vote 1eas-Messrs.
Irons, Calls, Chapman, Mace, Talbot, Pollock, A.
NJ. Price, II. Price Spedden, Taylor, Balm and
Norris-l2 nays-Messrs. Roberts, Penn, Black
burn, Simms and LintOn-5.-When the title OF
| the bill was read Mr.. RoBERTs moved to amend by
inserting the words can ordinance to donate $780,,
900 to the Western Maryland Railroad Company;
lost.-Adjourned
| SECOND BRANCH.-Present, WIN. MCPHAM, Esq.
! President, and all the members.--On motion Of
the President, (Mr. McComas in the chair the
vote by which the substitute for the ordinance prOv
ding for the sale of the ground in front of the new
Jail and for the erection of wall was adopted
was e-consideeed.-Mr MCPHAIL then offered
an amendment to the second section, proposing tt
change the height of the wall from seven feet tc
four feet inches, above the building line of the
street. The ordinance amended was passed.
Mr.. MUssELMAN offered resolution to place new
spouting portion of the Lexington market; re-
ferred The resolution giving permission tc
Mrs Isabella Brown to extend 4 pier at her wharf
on Thames street, taken up and passed.
The ordinance to open John street, from Hartford
avenue to Eden street, was read the second time
and laid on the table.-The resolutions authori-
zing Isaac Hamburger to erect frame bath-house
on Broadway, and also to pace gas lamps at GER
tain localities, were taken up and passed.--Ad
Curned.