The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-02-12
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cay r""ncit.-The monthly meeting Of the
Wy Council was!heid last evening. Present.
Messrs; Saunders, Grattan, Denoon, Has
kins, Richardson, Griffin, Greanor. Scott Tai
bott, Burr, Howison, Hill, Anderson. and
GlaZebrook.
Mr. Grattan, from the Committee of FL
nance, submitted IN ordinance imposing taxes
for the next fiscal year, and the Auditor
statements of the receipts and disbursement Is
for the eleven months ending the Ist Februa.
ry, 1851, and estimate Of receipts and dis
burSements for the next fiscal year The
amount received into the treasury from the ST
of March, 1860, to the 1st of February, 1861
including the balance on hand at the com
meneement of this period, was e613, ,951 ~; and
the whole amount of disbursements during
the same period was $604, ,739 IS leaving in
the treasury on the 1st of February 1861, go
1874 81.
The Auditors estimated receipts for the
next fiscal year from all sources except taxes
are $2l2, ,ss7 .6s; and the disbursements for the
same period $55i ,23l 10. This estimate does
not include any expenditures for objects not
now authorized by the Council, or which are
not regular annual ex penditures The Finance
Committee say that the Council will have to
provide for at least S30, 900, besides the di fer
ence in the Auditors estimate, to meet unesti
mated expenditures, which, under u system
of the most rigid economy, will require an in
crease of the taxes to fully thirty five per
cent. A sale OF the city bonds, under existing
circumstances, could only be made at n sacri-
flee; and the committee declare their opinion
crease the taxes at this time, it is the only al
tentative left, and the farthest they can go is
TO recommend that $50, ,0e0 be rais9a when ii
shall be needed, by sale of the bonds or other
property, or by temporary loan and that
the balance shall be provided for by an in
crease of the taxes.
The ordinance submitted by Mr. Grattan
provides that the tax on real estate shall be
Ito per cent, on personal property loo per
cent, and on money and credits o. per cent
The estimates of the City Engineer and the
Superin tendent of Streets were also presented
MIR. Denoon, from the Committee on Schools
presented a report relative to the Schools in
Monroe Ward. A petition from Rev. John
Woodcock, for pay for services rendered as
teacher, was rejected by a tie vote, after a
protracted debate. l.
Mr.. Scott, from the Committee on the Fire
Department, reported adversely on Il petition
relative to locating the hose in various parts
OF the city also, from the same committee
an ordinance to amend the ordinance regulat-
ing the Fire department, making the pay OF
the engineer OF the steam engine 5000 and of
the fireman and hostler x400 each-payable
| monthly: This proposes small increase of
| pay to the fireman and hostler, but the nav
OF the engineer is the same.)
The report was agreed to.
Mr.. Hill presented petition from b. Has
sci, praying that any official publica tions
made by authority of the Common Council in
| the English language, NAV be likewise print
| Ell iii German in the dazif0eF Referred 10
| the Committee of Finance.
"A resolution, offered by Mr. Scott, for grad
| ing street, between 9th and 10th, French
Garden Hill,) was referred to the Street Com
| missioners
Mr.. Burr presented a communication from
the City Engineer advising repairs TO the
powder magazine, and offered a resolution ap-
propriating $75 for that object Adoptpd.
Mr.. Denoon offered the following which
was adopted:
Resolved, That the balance left of the appropri-
alton made for making aud putting down the "a
| inch ma in of pipes for the City Water Works be
appropriated, with the sum OF -, 200 more, paw
ufactured by a contract made between Joseph r
Anderson Co and the city of Richmond
| The Council then adourned