Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-11-22

At the meeting of the City Council last
evening, eleven members were present at
roll call-President Reinhard in the chair.
The President and City Clerk reported
that in pursuance of an ordinance to au-
thorize the city of Columbus to issue bonds
for the payment of bounties to volunteers,
they had issued bonds for the benefit of
wards as follows:
1st ward, 20 bonds; ID ward, none; 3rd
ward, % bonds; 4th ward, 40 bonds; 9Th
ward, 81 bonds; 9Th ward, 36 bonds; 9TH
ward, 40 bonds; sth ward, % bonds; 9th
ward, % bonds; making in all PA bonds, of
which u bonds are for two years, II for
four, and II for six years, or $1,000 payable
August l, 1866; $7,lOO August l, 1868; and
$7,100 August l, 1870.
Mr.. Naghten presented petition from
residents of the Ninth ward for extending
the gas along High street north of the de-
pot. Referred.
A resolution was adopted, directing the
committee on Wharf Lots to collect all
rents now due and unpaid.
Mr.. Jaeger presented petition from citi-
zens of the 4th, 9th and 9th wards to locate
market house somewhere on Third street
between Friend street and South Public
Lane, or on High street, between Friend and
College streets. Referred.
Mr.. Jaeger, from the select committee to
whom had been referred the ordinance re-
lating to public markets, submitted report
recommending an amendment to the ordi-
nance, establishing the public markets as
follows:
ThePublic Markets to be held hereafter in
the following localities : The market space
on Fourth street at the east side of that street
from State to South-the North side of
Friend from Fourth to Sixth-the South
side of Friend from Third to FourtlI-the
South side of Town from Straight alley to
Fourth street-and the West side of Fourth
from Town to State shall be known as the
"Central Market Spaces" the East side of
Third from Gay to North Public Lane shall
be known as the "Northern Market Space"
and the East side of Third from Friend to
South Public Lane, shall be known as the
Southern Market Space"
A long and animated discussion follow
ed the presentation of this report. A mo-
ton to lay it ON the table was lost. Amend
ments were made changing the market
spaces on the east side of Third street to
the west side, and the committees amend
ment thus amended was agreed to. The
ordinance thus amended was passed-yeas
13, nays 2, as follows: Yeas-Messrs. Arm
strong, Buttles, Carmichael, Donaldson,
Douty, Field, Gaver, Jaeger, Miller, Nagh-
ten, RAIDER, Ross and President. Nays
Messrs. Gilmore and Rickly.
An ordinance to grade and pave the eros
sing on High street at the north side Of
Gay, was passed.
Also, an ordinance to gravel the extension
of Mound street from the canal to the west
corporation line.
Also, an ordinance assessing special tax
on the west side of Washington Avenue
from Broad to Oak street.
The Council went into an election of two
City School Examiners, to supply the va
cancies made by the removal from the city
of Rev. Mr.. Grammer and Rev. Mr.. Ro-
ber5s. Rev. w. F. Lehman and George w.
Hampson were elected to fill the vacan-
cies. ~
A resolution directing the Street Com
missioner forthwith and in advance of all
other work, to thoroughly scrape and clean
High street. was passed.
The Council went into an election Of Su-
perintendent of the Markets. Jonas j.
Funston and Samuel Gulick were nomina-
ted. After two ballotings, ineach of which
Mr.. Funston received eight and Mr.. Gulick
six votes, and no choice made, the Council
Adjourned.