The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1860-05-12
PROCEEDINGS or THE CITY CoUNcIA

FRIDAY, May IL.
FIRST H.-Present-SAMUEL e. SPIoER,
Esq, President. and all the members except
Messrs. Irons, Norris and Baugher.-Mr. Balm
presented petition from Ed. B. Grant and many
others, praying that the slaughter houses situated
between Baltimore and Fayette and Gilmore and
Stricker streets, may be removed, as they are an
intolerable nuisance referred. MIR. SPEDDEN
presented report from the Joint Standing Com
mittee on Highways, with an ordinance conveying
to the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company a
strip of land twenty feet wide the south side of
Pratt street, between Poppeton and Carey Gets;
laid on the table.-Mr EVANS offered resOlu-
tion directing the Port Warden to place one of the
steam mud machines at work in the back basin and
remove the sediment until there is depth of eight
feet of water at low tide; adopted.-Mr. SPED
DEN offered resolution directing the Clerk to with
draw from the Registers office the papers relative
to the opening of Sterrett street, between McHen-
ry and South Paca streets; adopted.-Mr. EVANS
offered resolution directing the Committee on
Markets to examine to whether there was
extra work done to any Ct the stalls in
the Oentre market and if so to report in favor of
paying for the same.-Mr. MACE said that the
Committee on Claims had examined into the mat
ter and reported adverse to paying for the work.
He called up the report of the Committee.
Balm moved that the report together with the res
olution, be recommitted to the Committee on
Claims; adopted.-Mr. CALLS presented an ordi-
nance relative to the erection and enlargement of
buildings in the city, and the proper securing of
unoccuped buildings. The bill requires that all
persons must get permit from the Fire Inspector
before they can erect or enlarge any building, and
imposing fine of $40 for each violation. 1t also
imposes fine of SIS on the owners of unoccupied
property who allow the same to be insecure; laid
on the table-Mr. SGMMs offered a resolution di-
recting the Water Engineer to place a steam fire.
plug at the corner of Lee and Charles streets; re-
ferred-Mr CHAPMAN called up the resolution
directing the City Comptroller to have all the city
lamps altered so as to ETHEREAL oil instead of
fish oil; adopted Adjourned.
Second BRANoH.-Present, WILLIAM McPHAIL,
Esq, President, and all the members. Mr.. CATH
DART presented resolution inquring of the City
Commissioner the cost of cast-iron sewer of thir
ty inches in diameter, on the north side of Alice
Anna street, from Broadway to Washington street.
The PRESIDENT decided that an ordinance pre-
sented by Mr. Van Nostrand, on Thursday, prohib-
ting the occupation of certain streets with horses,
nance containing the same provisions had been in
definitely postpOned.-Mr. VAN NosTRAND ap-
pealed from the decision of the Chair. The Chair
was not sustained. Yeas s. nays 5.--The ord-
nance was then read a second time. 1t is Substan-
TALLY the same as the ordinance reported last week.
in regard to the position of ofwagOns at the Hanover
market during market days. Mr.. TAYLOR offered
an amendment that all carts and vehicles standing
the south side of Camden street shall be
reversed, and that articles shall be sold and
purchased from the pavement; adopted.--
Mr.. ELLICOTT offered an amendment that sellers
should occupystwo feet of the pavement, on a line
with the curb; adopted. The ordinance then
passed.-A resolution authorizing w. r. Collins
to erect slaughter-hOuse on his premises Point
Lane, between Hartford and Greemount avenues,
was received from the First Branch and read.-
The Branch adjourned until Monday afternoon at