Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1864-01-26
LOCAL NEWS.
CORPORATION AFFAIKS

| fore the Board communication relative fo
| the distribution OF bounties under act OF August
| iec3: ne report shows expens ses for recruiting
| as given in the Star from time to time1 Com
munication ordered to be printed and placed
| on the files of the Beard.
The first special order, the bill to provide for
| tIe rmoyal of distractions in the avenues
| streets and alleys of the city of Washington,
S;, was TAX taken up and Mr. Blown supported the
| The second special order. the act to provids
| for the better securing of persons and properly
against violence and crimes bv more general
Hghtlng OF the streets Of the city, was taken up
and On motion of Mr.. Lloyd the bill was laid
over Informally till next Monday evening
mr. Lloyd presented petition of John II.
SEyder and others, protesting against a law
| Referred.
Reports from committees were made as fol-
! lows: BY Mr. Lloyd, (finance)-Bil m aking
| appropriation to supply certain deficiencies in
the Seventh Ward. BY Mr. Pepper, Gmprove-
ments Bin to take mp and relay the gutter on
each side OF 9th street west, from G. to III north;
| bill providing for a flag tootway on north side
OF Mas assachusetts avenue, across 18th street
west bill for relief of Elias Davis, for deficiency
In appropriation for grading and graveling otn
street west; bill for gravel footwalk on south
SIDE OF Il street north, between 10th and 2.st
streets west; all of which were passed. Mr..
Utermehle {police committee) reported favor
| ably upon the nomination of George F. Hepourn
| for police constable of the Seventh Ward: and
Mr. d. was confirmed. Mr. Utermehle, from
me same committee, reported adversely uDop
the Joint resolution of instruction to committee
before Congress, and asked to be discharged;
so ordered The same committee reported bill
extending the time for the assessors to m Ike
their report to April 1st, which leaves the law
as 1T stood prior TO 1857 and repeals the law of
| ls57, and puts that of 1919 in force recon.
miited. Also, bill to license dealers in old
boxes, barrels, rags, &c.
Mr.. Gordon moved to insert "oId bones" He
thoughtit was as necessary to tax dealers in
these articles, so high to pre- vent cir traffic
| III articles which would spread disease The
motion prevailed
Mr.. Lloyd moved to include old hat" Not
| carried.
The bill was recommitted for the purpose of
having it perfected.
MIR. Ctermehle reported favorably npon the
| peil ION to crea'e new police district. Eha
bill creates new district as follows: Norta of
l. strt ct north, from 10th street west to 30 an
| dary street, and provides for the payment Of
| SG q TO the police magistrate, and aprrOprIates
! S3tu to carry the bill into effect.l Pissed
MI CIephane, from the committee oa mar
| kets reported fayOrably upon the Joint reSo!u-
ton authorizing the Mayor and two mer1bprs
| fIom each hoard to be a committee to report a
bill Tor a new center market. The resolution
was tabled.
Mr.. Sargent from the committee on schools
reported adversely upon the bill to erect
s>hool house house iii the ID school district
and il W as laid over informally, and made the
special orGer
Mr.. Semmes introduced 4 bill to m axe gravel
foo walk across ID street south, in the Seypntn
W"iC: ais o. joint resolution authoriZiuv The
Naytr TO offer a ward OF $500 for the apure-
htI:. ION OF the murderer of Mrs. Dowell.
(frOm
special CO mmittee) a bill 10 provide for yacci-
nation. The bill is follows
he bill provides for the gratuitons yacci-
nation OF all persons in the city of Washing
ton, ard requires all parents, guardians and
heads of families 70 have their children yacci-
hated before they attain the age of two years,
and every five years thereafter; under pen.
atty of not less than s., nor more than SI0 for
each person not vaccinated.
The I'd section provides that no person shall
be admitted into the public schools unless they
first pro- duce certificate from ply sician GER
ttyIng that they have been yaccinated.
Inc Sd section requires the Ward Physicians
10 nave an office, with a ign bearing conspic.
uousiy the words Vaccine Physician,' and
the number of the ward, and each physician
shall designate by publication, two hours EACH
day, when he will vaccnate, free of charge
all persons desiring it. The Ward Physicitns
shall also keep On hand sufficient amount OF
vaccine virus or matter for grataitous distri-
as may desire it.
Section 4th requires the Mayor to appoint
annually, about the fourth Monday in June,
one resident from each ward, who shall he
known as "collector of vaccine cases" and
whose duty it shall be to visit every family in
his ward, and get the names Of ali who have
not been vaccinated within five years, and re-
port tie facts to the ward physicians, and if
any persons not vaccinated shall neglect to
cal! upon the physicians and be vaccinated, it
shall be the duty OF the latter to call upon such
person at his or her residence and vaccinate
them.
Section 5th requires the ward physicians to
make a monthly report to the Secretary of the
Board of Health. who shall communicate the
same to the City Councils, through the Mayor,
together with an alpha abetical list of all persons
reported to him as requiring vaccination, also
Whetner such persons have been vacciaated
Section 6th makes it the duty of the ward
physicians to ascertain whether parties have
been successfully vaccinated, and for each
successful vaccination the physician receive
from the corporation a fee of fifty cents, and
the collector shall receive 25 cents for each
reported by him. such payments to be made
out OF the respective ward funds.
The bill w as made the special order for next
Monday
The following from the Board of Common
Council were referred Bill presenting the
species of scales to be used in the public and
private markets. bill providing for the printing
of the 10Th annual report Of the Trustees Of
public schools; and the bill providing for the
enclosing OF a certain public reservation in the
Third Ward.
In the bill fixing the salaries of teachers of
public schools, the Board insisted upon their
bill, and the Chair appointed the following
committee Of conference, viz: Messrs. Sargent
LLOYD and Brown.
The Board also moved to insist upon its bill
to reorganiZe the Fire Department, and Messrs
Plant, Gordon and Turton were appointed the
conference committee. Adjourned.
Common CounciL-The Board met at the usual
hour, A. Lloyd, Esq, President in the chair,
Donohue and Knight
The Chair laid before the board the twelfth
montnly report OF the Chief Engineer of the
Fire Department.; referred.
Mr.. Shedd introduced a resolution providing
that the Surveyor furnish the length and
breadth of the streets, for insertion In the new
Digest; passed.
Mr.. N. u. Larner introduced bill for the
Improvement OF the canal, ppiopriating s. 900
from the general fund for the repair of the dam
at Cd stree and the flood gates at 18th street.
Mr.. Noyes moved its reference TO canal COM
mlttee.
Mr.. N. d. Larner said that several months
ago bill appropriating SIS, COO for the improve.
ment OF the canal passed, and was sent to the
: Aldermen, where it had not been acted on
The corporation had expended g., 500, but an
appropriation was needed to repair the DAM
Mr.. Shedd asked that the bill be amended so
as TO appropriate $4,000 and include the mud
machine, which was going to wreck; which
was accepted by Mr. Larner.
Mr.. M. Larner said that the appropriation |
was useless, as the water of Tiber Greek would |
wash away any dam. During the last freshet |
q hank OF mud was thrown up against the
bank. and the dam was easily carried away.
Mr.. N. ID. Larner denied that the dam was
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