The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1860-10-05
pRocEEDINGS or THE CITY coUycJ..

FIRST BRANCH.-Present George W. Balm, ESD,
President pro tenn, and all the members except
Messrs Irons, Baugher, Spicer, Penn, and Black
burn.--Alr. CALLS presented report from the
Joint Standing Committee on Bridges, with a re-
solution directing the City Commissioner to have
the bridge over Shroeder's run, al Ridgely street.
raised two feet adopted.-Mr. TALBOT of the
Joint Standing Committee on Police and Jail, pre-.
sented report with resolution granting permis-
sion to Thomas Bradyhouse to portion of the
fOotway in front of his premises atthe foot of Bond
street; adopted. An ordinance was received
from the Second Branch authorizing the use of GER
tain stalls in the FelPs Point market every day;
passed.-Also, resolution authorizing the
Board of Public School Commissioners to co ntract
for the printing OF their annual report; adop ted
Also, resolution granting permission to Mitchell
d McAllister to extend their sign on their prem-
ses, NO.94 Light street wharf; adopted.--Mr. NOR
Rs of the Joint Standing Committee on the Fire De-
partment presented report with resolution grant
ing permission to c. Miller to continue in frame
tenement on hispreInses, No. 449 Lexington St.
Mr.. NORRIS, of the Committee on Claims presented
report with resolution relative to the petition
OF Mary Ridgley (negress), who found $1,000
note and placed the same in the city treasury, with
a resolution authorizing the City Register to pay
to her $50 annually during her life, providing that
she files in the Registers office a release of all
further claim on the money; laid on the table,
Mr.. Balm called up the bill increasing the salary
of the Chief Engineer of the Fire Department to
$780, and the Assistant Engineers to $500 each
MIR. SPEDDEN moved to strike out that portion
increasing the salary Of the Assistant Engineers;
carried.-Mr. PRICE moved to lay the bill
on the table; lost.---The bill was put upon
its passage and was carried by a vote of yeas
to nays.-Mr. SPEDDEN called I'D the ordi-
nance repeating the ordinance condemuing and
opening Johnston street. and accepting of the bed
OF Grinne street; passed. MIR. TAYLOR called up
the ordinance making it the duty OF the inspectors
OF dry and liquid measures to inspect but once
year.-Mr. POLLOCK thought that the ordinance
would work badly. If an inspector suspected that
false measures were being used he could not in
spect them if this ordinance passed. He moved to
lay the measure on the table; carried.--Mr. NOR
RIs called up the resolution granting permission
to DR.. Hiram Greentree to erect frame
tenement his premises, corner of Preston
and Garden Streets adopted.-Mr. SPEDDEN cali
ed up the ordinance directing the condemning and
widening Lancaster street. This ordinance was
vetoed by the Mayor, and it put on its passage
and carried over the veto by vote of Is yeas to
nays.-Mr. Norris called up the ordinance au-
thariZing the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Compa-
ny to lay railway track along Concord street,
from Pratt street to the South side of Fish Market
Space; passed Mr.. CHAPMAN called up the resolu-
ton ton directing the Comptroller to pay to Will
while in the discharge of his duty as Mayor
of the city ca ofcio.--Mr. r. PRICE moved to
adjourn, lost--Mr. r. PRICE moved to lay
the bill on the table; carred.-Mr. SPEDDEN
called up the ordinance granting permission to
the Curtis Creek Wharf and Railrod Company to
lay down railway tracks through their premises.
MIR. Il. PRICE moved to lay the bill on the ta-
tion authorizing the City Comptroller to have gas
mains laid through Townsend street, from Pennsvl-
vania avenue to Lafayette Square; adopted
| Mr.. TAYLOR called up the resolution authorizing
the Comptroller to pay to j. III. b. Fulton the sum
of $500 for services rendered the Board of Control
and Review; adopted.-Mr. CHAPMAN called up
the resolution authorizing the Comptroller to pay to
| the Board OF Commissioners on Underground Sew
erage the sum of $500, to defray expenses incurred
in the prosecution of their labors; adopted DIR.
SIMMs called up the ordinance repeating the ordi
nance which requires the CITY Register and CITY
Collector to send their appointments of clerks to
| the City Council for confirmation; passed-Mr
| TALBOT called up the resolution granting permits
sion to James Gould to erect an open porch to the
second story Of his premises on Grant street; adopt
| ed--Mr. SPEDDEN called up the ordinance direct
| ing the condemning and opening of Raborg street.
| between Stricker and GimOr streets; passed. -
MIR. MACE called up the resolution granting per-
mission to John Wells to erect frame shed on his
| premises on Eden street; adopted.-A report was
| received from the Second Branch in regard
to certain lands belonging to the estate of the late
John McDonogh lying in the "Florlda Parishes
Louisiana, but now in the possession of other par
ties, with an ordinance authorizing the agents of
the city to protect the citys interest in any suits
| which may be brought for the recovery of the
same; read and laid on the tabe.-Mr. BLACK
| BURN called up the resolution granting permission
| to Mrs. Isabella Brown to extend the wharf on her
property at the foot of Thames street; adopted
"A resolution was received from the Second
| Branch authorizing the Register to pay to Dr.
Walter Il. Allender the sum of 50 000 providing
he assigns to the city all rights which he may have
to convey water through the streets of the city on
Fefs Point.--Mr. ROBERTS moved to adjourn;
lost. He moved that the resolution be laid on the
table; lost.--lt was passed by vote of II yeas
to Days.--Adjourned
SECOND BRANcH-Present William McPhail, Esq.,
President, and all the members.--The ordinance
to open an alley from South street to the west side
of Holiday street, proposed to be opened to be
called Franklin court was read second time.-
Mr.. ELLIcoTT moved to lay the ordinance on the
| table; lest The ordinance was then passed.-The
resolution looking to the purchase of more ground
| Tor the Federal hill park read second time
and on motion of Mr.. McCoMAs, laid the table.
The resolution referring the claim of Thomas
| Bartholow to the Board of Arbitration was taken
| up and passed.--An ordinance to condemn and
| open Cumberland street, from Gilmor street to
| Pennsylvania avenue, was received from the
First Branch, read second time, and pass
| ed.---A resolution granting permission to
| the First United Presby terian Church to place
IRON ratings around their edihce, beyond the build
| ing line, was also received and passed.-MR. Eli
LIcoTT, from the Joint Standing Committee on the
McDonogh Estate, intr reduced an ordinance author
| lzlng the Agents of the McDonogh Estate to en-
pioy counsel for the recovery of over two hundred
Thousand acres of land, alleged to have belonged
the estate, situated in the Florida Parishes" of
Louisiana, which was read a second time and pas
sed--A supplementary ordinance providing for
the collection OF the taxes of the city OF Baltimore
received from the First Branch read a second
time and dpassed.-MR. CATHCARr offered resolu-
tion to pay DR.. Walter Il. Alender the sum of
$4,000, for all lis rights and title, conveyed to
him by Jos. and Jas. Bias, to conduct water
pipes under ground along some of the streets of
FelPs Point; which was read second time and
passed.-An ordinance to close Etting allev, be-
tween Mosher aud McMechen streets, and to open
similar alley forty-one feet norheasterly there
from, was received from the First Branch read
and laid ON the table.-A resolution to provide
for the deficiency in the appropriation for the diary
OF the City Council was also received and passed.
An ordinance granting additional privileges to
the Baltimore City Passenger Railway Association,
by authorizing the construction of tracks sufficient
to connect the various railway routes with, and to
points within the city, nearest ''Druid Hill Park"
and "Patterson's Park" also received, amended
and passed.-An ordinance authorizing the Bal
timore and Ohio Railroad Company to lay
down single track from the intersection
OF Pratt and Concord streets, through Concord
street to Fish market space, also received and
iaid over-A communication from the Street
Commissioners, in relation to the opening of Carey
ana Calhoun streets, was read.-The Commits
sioners state that the work was suspended because
the charter of the Cathedral Burying Ground pro-
hiplts the opening OF any streets through that