Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1864-01-12

CORPORATION AFFAIRS

CORPORATION AFFAIRS.
COUNCIL PRoCEEDINGs, Jan. 11.-Bodrd Of
Aldermen.-The Chair (Mr. Semmesl laid be-
fore the Board communicat alton from the
mayor, announcing the approval of the bill for
the better protection of property az fires: bill
for the better protection of 10y al citizens in their
rights of suffrage bill 10 make gutter across
Mary land avenue and First street east; and
bill to place wooden trunk across north Il
street, on the east side OF First east.
Also, communication trans mittng a COM
munlcaticn from ths Clerk OF the Center Market
and an opinion OF the Corporation Attorney
relative to certain butchers stalls in the Center
Market.
The Clerk of the Market recommends an
appropriation of 800 for fixing up the sites for
eight butchers stalls. Referred TO committee
AIs .. - ~ Ssm r. imnica,top from the No ror
fecCmme ndIng an appropriation for the puF-
chase OF fuel for The poor the present winter,
Referred to committee on police
The renort of the 1ntendan; of the Asylum
for the month OF December, 1868, was referred
TO the committee on Asylum.
Mr.. Brown moved TO amend the 32d rule of
the Beard, so as TO allow Reconsideration Of a
vote the second meeting after n question is
voted down, instead of the first meeting rhere
alter, as the rule prescribes at presan.; which
motion prevailed.
The special order, the act 10 provide for the
bettef protectlOn OF persons and property from
violence and crime by q more general lighting
of the streets of " WashmEton, was taken up.
. MT. Brown moved TO amend the 18th line of
nights and inserting twenty four Also, In the
l1th line of the first section, TO SO amend as II
cause he lamps to be eXtiEguished at } o'clock
q. m, instead Of 6. Also, amending so as +,
require the lamps 10 be ex.ingu;shed IN sewn
ty-fve minutes instead of sixty: which amend.
merits we're adonted.
Mr. Semmes moved 10 amend the sa,cn
section by requiring the expenses for lighting
the lamps 10 be borne by the ward funds and
the property hoiders; which motion prevailed
by the following vote:
Ipas-M HuFt,k 7 .o.-S II...
hdpley, Sargent. TnrtCn, ano Semmes.
Nays-Messrs. Brown, Clephane Lewis and
Utermehle.
Mr.. Semmes moved, also, h amend the sec
ond section, hy making the expense OF cleaning
the lamps The same as for Lighting them; which
wHs adopted.
The same gentleman also moved to amend
the Sd section by inserting after tue word ac-
coIuance, III the fifth line, the words ssexistinr
laws OF his corporaton;' which requires par
tes VINO desire lamps, to petition tor them, as
at PR sent
Mr.. Utermehle opposed the amendment He
believed this motion was merely to kill the bill
and 1t would be simply going back to ths old
law, and making tcIS one inOperauve. Parties
who desired the light wOaid have 10 90 beg
@ing among their neighbors for slgners 10 a
petition.
wanted the lamps should pay for them, aai
that If pa1 ties wanted lamps they could peti-
nOn.
Mr.. Utermehle read a statement from, Tim
President OF the gas light company, 10 shOw
that there would lie only Il miles OF gas Ian,
to be mace, which would require from gr5 Ffo
leo lamps additional With what tie C,oyern
ment Nghtsd this would make 21UO amps
VT Semmes, IN reply, said that the city
would have 40 miles Of lamps to light, and IS
they were 10 be placed $50 feet apart and on
both sides Of the street, a calculation yxouId
snow that that would require at Ieast }, ,af1
lamps. MI Semmes further argUnd that the
pasSase OF the Oil would De III violation OF the
charter.
Mr.. utermehle again said that the whole OBJ
1ect OF the amendments offered WAS to Kill the
bill and make 1t Imperative. He MI W Was
progressive map, and was in favor of doing
the greatest benefit to tae city. He had devoted
much 10 the preparatio1. OF this aud similar
bill, ana believed the subject one of vital in
terest to the city.
The amendment was finally lost, by the fol-
lowing vote:
Yeas.-Messrs. Gordon, Gulick, Lloyd, Sar
gent. Iurton and Semmes.
Nay s-Messrs. Brown, Clephane Lewis
Plant, Rapley and Utermehle.
Mr.. Semmes moved TO strike out the third sec.
tion entire which amendment was lost as also
an amen dment to strike out he fifth section.
MIR. Plant moveda reconsideration OF the vote
which amended the bill so as to REQUIRE the
properly holders benefited to pay one half for
cleaning and lighting; but the motion to recon.
slider was lost
Mr.. Utermehle moved to lay the whole bill
On the table; which motion prevailed by the
following vote:
Yeas Messrs. Brown, Clephane, Lewis.
Plant, Rapley, Sargent and UtermehIe
Gordon, lT
ton and Semmes.
Mr.. Lloyd moved to reconsider the vote
whereby the bill was laid on the table, and at
the same time moved to lay the motion to re.
consider on the table; which motions were lost
Mr.. Plant introduced Joint resolution in
lieu of that passed last week, requesting Cant
Scheetz to furnish list of all persons who
claimed exemption from the raft on the pround
of not being besidents OF this District. IThe
former resolution only contemplated aliens
The resolution was passed by the following
vote:
Yeas-Messrs. Brown, Gordon. Gulick.
Lloyd, Lewis, Plant, TurtoH and Semmes
Nays-Messrs. Clephane and Sargent.
reported back the sia or Common nnnn On m
creasing the salary of teachers OF public schools,
with an amendment drawn by another mem Der
OF the committee, (Mr. Utermehle.) Mr.. us
amendment contemplated giving an increase
OF $50 per annum to all the teachers below the
male grammar teachers from Jan. L, 1854, to
June so, 1864.
Mr. Lloyd, also member of the committee
on schools, introduced as a substitute for the
whole bill a bill increasing the salaries of the
male ana female grammar school and nterme-
diate school teachers 20 per cent, and of the
secondary and primary school teachers p per
cent.
Mr.. Utermehle stated that two weeks ago he
had asked a postpOnement of the consids ration
OF this school bill in order that he might get up
certain statistics, as indir' ct attacks had been
made upon him, he having been charged with
a shodoy arrange mtnt in endea yorins 10 SECURE
teachers. He MI. L. did say he could furnish
as good teachers as we now had for Sl.20O. He
could not, however, be led astray by attacks
from newspapers, and cared but little or no.
thing for hat they said He only cared for
the citizens and for the opinions of his con-
stitnt nts He had not been able TO obtain all
the information he desired, but had received
two letters from the mayor of Baltimore and
from other parties AS he had been attacked
by Newspaper, he hoped the reporter of that
paper would take note OF his reply, in order
that the public lnis ut judge of his conduct and
say whether it is so repreheusible. From Phil
adelphia ne had learned that the aggregate sal
aries paid to primary school teachers were S2I0
We pay S3uu. In the Philadelphia secondary
schools S&Go were paid i'll Philadelphia again It
$3.50 here; and so were other schools in pro-
portion.
He would leave it TO discriminating public
TO GetermIne " neither the Cor poration of W ash
ngtoa had placed the salaries lower than in
any other city The Male Grammar school
teachers get 81 ,2G0 So does the same class of
teachers here. In Philadelphia the Grammar
school teachers had charge of 25U pupils, 80
of whom We're under his immediate charge.
Here the teachers has charge of but 90 pupils.
In Philadelphia, the daily sessions OF the