Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1861-04-24
In COMMON COUNCIL.

AT 4 called meeting OF the C"nlniun Council OF
Alexandria. held April 10Th, 1851 there were
present:
Vim. b. Massey. esq, President.
Mcssrs Harper, T. 5. Jameson, Triplett Ash
by iiallowcil. Alexander, Harmon, Andrew Jamle-
SON. Atkinson, Smoot, and Sn9wden.
communication was received from the Mayor
calliug the attention Of the City Council t" the mr.
geucy Of providing means Tor the further security,
safety and we'll being of the city during the pre-
sent excited condition of the public mind; the
communication having been read.
Mr. Harpcf offered The following resolutions:
Resolved, That the Mayor is hereby requested
and empowered to employ such additional police
force as he may deem requisite tn preserve the pub
lie peace and security Of citizens, and that said
police be allowed the pay now given To the regular
police vi The city.
Resolved, That The Presidents of the joint
board OF the City Council appoint L suitable CON
mittcc OF safety, composed Of four citizens from
each Ward to act in con njuncton with the authorl-
ties in preserving the public peace and executing &
the law, should the exigencies of the times re-
quire.
Resolved, That the committee of safety to be
appointed 10y tie President OF this Board, be re-
uuested to report to Council from tune to time such
measures rs may be necessary more fully to pro-
tect the peace and safety Of our citizens.
On motion of Mr.. jameson, the communication
and resolutions were referred to committee CT tso
members from each Board Of the City Council w"h
instructions To report to meeting of the Council
thi: evening 1T o'clock.
Me<srs Harper and Slnoot were appointed on
the part of this Board, said coMmittee.
4 communication from the Overscers OF the Poor
was received through the Board Of Aldermen, and
its reference by that board to the Committee Oh
the Poor, concurrcd IN.
Fro, RI 81
ccived through the Board Of Aldermen, granting
permission to f. N. Weeden, Wsigher Of Hay, &C.,
to use the old frame building, the Hay Scales,
as A workshop. This Board concurred in the
permission.
On motion of Mr.. Ashby it was
Resolved, That the Auditor issue his warrant
in favor OF Capt. d. kemper, Of The Alexandria
Artillery Company, for two hundred dollars, to be
appIi, by him for the purpose of aiding IN outht-
ting that Company.
On motion. Council then adjourned, to meet this
evening, Mt so'clock.
| Testc: JAMES DEMroE1, Tlerh'
According to adjournment, the Common Council
| re assembled at o'clock, z. NJ; there were pre-
| sent,
w. D. Massey, esq, President
Messrs. IIallowell, Ashby, Andrew Jam'eson
| Atkinson, Snowden, I. =. Jameson, Mchehzls
| Smoot, Harper and Harmon.
| The committee to whom had been referred the
| communication of the Mayor, and the resolution:
introduced by Mr.. Harper in the afternoon session
! mad. L report recommending that authority be
! riyeu the Mayor to appoint twelve additional po
! Icemeu for the city, whose term of service shall
.ypire on the ISt Of July next, Or earlier at the
discretion of the Mayor; and further to augment
the force by the appointment OF eight others "hen
over in mis- opinion, and the opinion OF the COM