The national Republican., 1861-10-01
CITY COUNCILS,

BOARD OF ALDERMEN.-A communication was
received from the Mayor, stating that he had
approved of a resolution in respect to the day
Of fasting and prayer.
Also, one enclosing q letter from r. O. R,h
bins, President of the Board Of Police, asking
that the corporation mako the following appro.
priatons: For renting station.houses in the
several wards, 81 900; repairing the lookup
nishing, heating, and lighting the same, 81 900
The communication was referred to the Com.
mit,ee on Police.
Mr.. Clark offered u resolution asking that a
the Mayor be appointed to wait on tho Secro.
tary OF the Navy and urge that he cause an OBJ
strnction in the Eastern Branch to be removed;
which was passed.
Also, a resolution requesting that the engines
OF several of the vessels now in the course Of
construction by tho Government be manuflc.
I tured at tho navy yard; which was also passed.
Mr.. Moore reported a bill making an appro.
priatiun for laying = Srayel;walk on the north
side Of square No. 543; which was passed.
Mr.. Fisher asked that the Committee on Drain.
age be discharged from the consideration of
the petition OF Thomas Carberry and W. B.
Todd; which was done.
Mr.. Bayly, from the Police Committee re.
ported bill authorizing the appointment of
eight constabes by the Mayor, at a salary Of
$3.50 per annum, to collect the fines, &C., due
the city. Passed.
Also, a bill making an appropriation for the
renting, lighting, &C., of station.houses; which
was passed.
The Committee on Police, to whom was ro.
ferred the communication OF the Mayor in ref
erenco to wood for the poor, was discharged,
and tne communication was referred to the
Committee on Finance.
Mr.. Richards then called up his motion to re
consider the vote by which the nomination OF
Mr.. kleiber rs messenger to the Mayor WAS re.
lected, but, before Il vote was had on IT, the
Board adjourned.
COMMON CoUSCIL.-A communication was re.
ceived from the Mayor, announcing his appro.
val of certain acts.
communication was also received from
Joseph u. Bradley, ESD, Corporation Attorney,
IN answer to tho resolution from this Board, in.
quiring rs to whether the 5th and 10th sections
OF the Metropolitan Police bill. were in conflict
with any law of the Corporation; expressing II
as his opinion they wOrn not, and that no leg.
lSaton on the subject was necessary.
Also, communication from the surveyor
estimating the cost OF draining the alley in
square 226, and erecting cesspool aud stone
pavement therein at $3.50.
Also, another communication from the sur
veyor naming the sum of sl0l.24 as the prOba.
bic cost OF improvements contemplated in
square 1884,,
Also, a communication from the water re-
gistrar, untavorable to granting the petition of
Peter Mack.
Mr.. Wilson, from the Committee of Ways ard
Means, offered a resolution, in answer to the
request of the Board of Aldermen to return to
that Board the report of the Committee of FL
nance of July 8, 1861, with the statement that
they have no Knowledge of any such paper
being in their possession.
Mr.. Given, from tho Committee on Claims,
made an adverse report on the petition of Wm.
Ayers, asking the remission of fine imp osed
for carrying concealed weapons, and asked to
be discharged from the further consideration
thereof.
The yeas and nays being taken on the motion
to discharge the committee, resulted-yeas IL,
f,lN ~ nn1n nn A,It ,,,,I.,
discharged.
Mr.. Grinder, from the Committee on Police,
reported the bill requiring special oath to be
taken By the employees of the Corporation,
with an amendment, that they be L" respectfully
requested" instead of making it compulsory
Mr.. Shepherd moved to lay the whole sub.
ject on the table, alleging that the OATH unless
compulsory, was OF no sc rvice. Lost-yeas Z,
nays IL.
The question was then taken on the motion
to strike out the word shall" which was lost
yeas o. nays 0.
Mr.. Shepherd here remarked that he was in
favor of making this oath II test of eligibility
TO seat in this Board. The Government com.
PEELED IT in thoir employees, and he didn't see
why this Board should be squoamiSh about the
matter.
Mr.. Mulloy (rathor mysteriously) feared his
friend was ranking some members of this
Board, rs well as of tho upper Board, as for
eigners, in this matter of taking the oath of
allegiance; 1t ought TO have been found out
in the small circle of this Board.
Mr.. Shepherd (emphatically) did not speak
OF members of this Board If he thought there
were any here who would refuse to take the
oath ot allegiance 10 the Government he would
instantly resign his seat here--ho would not
keep company with such men.
Mr.Mulloy Uh0ughtfuly) remarked that there
were many in office under the Government who
believed there was no God, and that no oath
they could tako had any binding force The
same thing might be repeated under the Cor
pOfation.
Mr.. Richards (suggostivcly) remarked that
1t would amount to the same whether tho word
" request " or " shall" were used, as the third
section provided for dismissing all who refused
to take 1t.
Mr.: Wilson (very positively remarked that
this Board could not prescribe an additional
oath for membnrs of the Councils--that matter
was plainly fixed by the city charter-but they
might pass such one for tho other officers Of
the Corporation.
Mr.. Shepherd moved to postpone the further
consideration Of the subj eCt until the ne xt meet
ing:
Mr.. Emerson Confidently thought all the
States Rights men who had SO long striven to
break up our Government, were now cleaned
out of Washington, aud that there was no ne.
cessity for ything of this kind.
Mr.. Given (mildly) regarded this as a free
hght and would " go in.h twas on his motion
that the bill had been referred to the Commit.
tee on Police, aud he had made that motion to
TitNcnl, 90 ihi % pooolulc, usclesS ulSUuS'
sion. He hat listened attentively to the dis.
cusSion which had been had, and his previous
opinion-that II was wholly unneoessary--wa
only confirmed. He did not know that there
was Il single employee under the Corporation
who would not willingly take the oath. He
called Tor the yeas and nays on the question to
postpone.
The yeas and nays were taken, and resulted
yeas 7, nays TO-
So the motion to postpone WAS lost.
Mr.. Byington moved TO adjourn. Lust yeas
7, nays 10.
Mr.. Edmonston called for tho previous ques.
ton IN the passage of the bill as originally re.
ported; which was ordered-yeas 10, naysr.
Mr.. Shepherd moved to adjourn.
Mr.. Given raised the question of order as to
whe ther motion to adjourn was in order
when the previous question had been ordered.
The Chair stated that it was.
Tho question on the adjournment wts then
taken-yeas Z, nays 10, Lost
The bill was then passed.
MIR. Grinder, from the Committee on Police
then reported in favor of allowing ia nes Gin.
nifty to erect Il frame stairway adjoining his
brick house; and IL WAS paSsed.