Daily national Republican., 1863-04-07
LoCAL NEWS.
ProossdinRu Or tho civ Counollu,

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Proossdings o. the city counoTs
A BoARD or ALpERmEn,-The President laid be-
Ire the Hoafd commuuioatfon from the Mayor,
bproving Of the following acts;
Act to facilitate tho operations Of nremen At and
iring the continuance Of fres rN
D Also, an act making an appropriation for the
elirchAseof badges for the use Of the members Of
q be Fire Department.
. Also, an AottO Increase and hx the pay Of the
d assessors.
/, The report Of the intsndent Of tho washington
lsyium, for the month Of March, ise1, was re-
5ived and referred TO its appropriate COMMITTEES.
Hills PASSED.
@ An act for the relief Of s. clayton.
An act for the regarding OF n street north, from
Iinth street 70 point between Eleventh and
twelOh streets, and for the cutting down Of said
lreet in front Of st. Patrick's church, and filling
p street from Twelfth to Fourteenth street, and
fpavlng ? street nom Twelfth to Fourteenth,
nd Of Sixth, Eighth, Tenth, Twelfth, and Thir-
f, bonth 10 PtnnsylvaniA avenue.
y A bill authorizing the transfer Of certain money
b contingent fund.
A bill granting permission to Mrs. Eli1a' Beote
Jbersct certain frame buildings. .....
A resoiution was received from Mr.. Floyd, In
ructlng the Mayor to place petition in the hands
the Committee on improvements. Adopted.
A bill appropriating 5000 for tho erection Of
over and fre-alarm bell on the city Hall.
The following bills from the lower Board passed:
A bill Appropriatlng s76 for tho payment OF
laborers In the Centre Market.
A bill 70 remove wreck In the channel Of the
liver, near the foot OF Thlrteenth street.
Several bills were introduced and referred
\ Adjourned.
q CoMMoN coUEofL.--A Communication was re-
seived from the Mayor, announcing his approval
;bf the act TO relieve the city from any further
liability on seeopnt OF tho washington and Alex
hndriA Railroad Company.
The Mayor also transmits accumulation from
kNp Commissioner Of Improvements for the First
ward, asking an appropriation Of e9OO for the
Improvement Of the bridge across Rock creek at X
ktreet north, which was referred to the Committee
pm improvements.
Mr.. knight presented the credentials OF Mr..
George y. Guliek, elected as the successor Of Mr.
Ellis, ar member from the Fifth ward. Mr..
Gulick appeared before the Board, and Justice
Thompson administered the oath Of ONCE.
Mr.. shepherd introduced the following bill,
(which was adopted a'
Whereas experience has demonstrated that the
system heretofore pursued by this corporation Of
grapeiing tho streets and carfagewAya Of this city
Instead Of paving them, has been attended with
lysst expense and no permanent good and where.
as eontinuance Of this system will bo conducive
Of like Tesutf, this corporation, in order 70 en-
courage property-ownera 10 have said streets and
permanent manner, and with desire to abate the
horrible nuisance Rt present existing, viz the Inn
gs 4sable and dangerous condition or said streets
fArld cArTiAge-wAys, do hereby enact;
Be saseted se, That whenever the owners Of
street shall spPIy to thS SSfPorS.ioa 70 cause the
lpayed In accordance with existing laws, the Mayor
H. hereby empowered to have the CUTTERS Of said
width OF the entire UarriAge-way of said street;
said CUTTERS 70 be widened In like manner, so far
As the paving is concerned and said widening to be
done at tho same time that the carriAge-way Of
4 said street IL paved.
And bs q Jrther enacted, That the cost Of paving
and widening said CUTTERS shall be paid out Of the
ward fund IN which such improvements may be
made, and shall be At the same rates which are
paid ior the paving Of said eaTriage-waya.
And bs further enacted That the Commissioner
OF Improyementa OF the ward In which such i'm
pToyement shall have been made, shall, In making
qR s e .ESs se
proved Nay ~ 1859, entitled " An act relating TO
paved cArflAge,wAys,"l Asaess to each proprietor
oafriage-way, after said 5Eutters shall have been
widened, so that the one-han thus assessed shall
be onethird Of the total cost Of paving said car
And b further enacted, That 90 much Of the act
approved May ~ Is6s, entitled An act relating to
Set, and ali Other scts Or partS Of acts sonnetinS
with the above be and the same are hereby 70
| pealod.
g.t, BILLS PAssKD.
bill to grade and gravel New York avenue from
North Capitol street to Boundary street.
bill 10 lay out a carriage way in Boundary
street, from New York avenue to Eighth street
east. rt A.ra
bill 70 pay the expenses OF the special election
/ held In the nth ward. .a. aH.a .E.
A bill making an appropriation Of nine hundred
dollars for the contingent fund OF the two Boards
A bill for the removal OF a wreck from the chan
mel Of the river near Thirteenth street. ..'
bill for the paving OF oArriAge-wAy on Ninth
street west, from north b 10 Louisiana avenue.
Abill Appropriating s75, to enable the Mayor "a
pay the lAborers at the Northern Market the In
creased OomPenSAtiOn provided by a recent act O
the Councils.
Mr.. Utsrmehle introduced the following:
Be Il enacted, &c., That from and after the passage
persons TO ory aloud the sale Of any newspapers
pamphlets or periodicals. on the sabbath day, In
any Of the avenues Streets lanes alleys Of this
90 committed the aSss to Be collected and applied
al other lines aecruing to this corporation.
The following are the yeas and nays on the mo-
ton to refer the bill to the Committee on Police!
YEAs--n1eaBrs. Gordon, Lloyd, Murtagh, Mitch
ell, PeAke, Raub, stevens, Thompson, Talbert, and
NAYs--Aeasrs. barr, Garfield, Donohuo, Fol
lsnsbees Golick' Knight, Utermehle, and the Pres
A number Of bills were introduced and referred.
Adjourned.
RoBBERT.-The jewelry establishment of Mr.. J