Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1865-10-25
LOCAL N Il " S.

-,ooting Of the City Councll iaso . us ~
m ,uo Massey, President, Mckenzie , uio
he'I narwooa Arnold, Baker, Moore, Neale'
oo ~. Mackenzie from the Committee on zen
,,al Laws reported a bill providing lol 'n0
e ,a+;on Of a Superintendent of Night w atch'
e D5 N;gbt Watch, and fixing their DUTIES com
nensation, &c. ,4: {
The bill provides LIST for the election eli m, OF II,
,nar;ntendent and night watch. %, That the
~ he laid off into four districts and Watchmen
cry ~ 10 - each. Sd, The Superintendent TO
a;s; nech district during the night. 4th Inc
vls4o 70 natrole the city from 10 O'Clock until
T ssa hr ~ to prevent disturbance, OF the
u uasoe make arrests for disorderly conduct &C.
p ptb The watch to keep the street lamps III
o order 9Th, The watch in case OF tre' TO aye
no alarm and have the alarm bell rung. Inc
s Ttb section fixes the salaries which are pay
a ,iIL monthly, and the 9Th section proVldes
that negroes are to be dealt VIII as "ni'00 Ny
the watch: ,, ,,,on,hors
ofthe Committee were OF the OPINION tnao ~
w. avu, no;ce combined and made one, as 1t would
1 Iay pO the expense, but it had been finally
n iv1na to report the bill just read. He was
@e The exnense had to be incurred, but 1t
0oe,o unavoidable. He thought the Super
;ntandent Of Police rather extravaganza, Tor
mh;Ia i was very pleasant to have the streets
smant every day, it was luxury that the cor
n y"rpi could hardly afford. He produced
statement Of the corporation expenditures up
~ Sentember, in order that members might
COO and reflect, and vote appropriations as
snar;nolv as possible. We could not afford to
carrv out the plans of the military in the clean
mo and repairing of streets; they had money
10 throw avav-We had not-We would have
tn borrow the money to pay the salaries OF the
watch, and he hoped we would be able to 90 It.
The negro feature was introduced N conse-
ouence of the exigencies of the times, and he
did not think objection would be made to 1t.
Mr.. Mex. concluded by hoping that the edl-
torswould not be uncharitable, and would not be
writing paragraphs about the streets wanting
cleaning when they did not the Council were
doing all that they could for the best interests
Of the city. ;.
and the blanks filled, LIST by electing sixteen
watch. besides Superintendent, and the %
bv fixing the compensation of the Superlnten-
dent at $3.50, and each Waterman at ST.. 70 per
night when on duty.
motion was then made to suspend the
rules and put the bill on it's passage, but with,
out action being taken, motion to lay the bill
on the table was made and decided in the neg
alive, not the requisite number voting IN the
affirmative
The question was then taken upon the pas
sage Of the bill, which resulted as follows:
Ayes-Messrs. Mckenzie, Baker, Neale,
Jameson, Evans, Arnold, GarWood, and
Moore-S
No-Mr. Massey.
Mr.. Cowing asked in as much as he did
not understand the bill sufficiently, to be ex-
cused from voting, and was excused.
Mr. Dyson entered at this juncture, but CID
not take part in the proceedings.
The Chair decided the question, on the pas.
sage Of the bill, lost-it requiring nine votes
Tor the passage Of any bill in which there IS an
appropriation
The Committee on Claims reported adverse
y to the petitions Of Robt. Hodgkins and
Mary 4. Hoy, asking remission OF taxes, ana
] Tie report was adopted.
A motion to postpone the election OF Har-
cor Master was decided In the negative.
Comnunicat: ons from the following persons,
asking to be elected to the position of Harbor
Master, we're then read Geo. ": Dearborn,
+. N. Malone, Thos. Tlavers, D. a, Lowe,
sndJ; S. Emerson, and the election was pro-
:eeded with as follows:
On the first ballot the vote was, for Dear,
Tporn3 Malone 4 Emerson 2; Lowe |; and
travis |. On the second ballot, Dearborn 4
a9alo1e 4; Emerson 2; Travers and on
1 me 80 ballot Dearborn 4; Malone 3; Elmer
/ son 2; and Tavers L The balloting. was then
suspended, and motion that the election he
poslponed til the next meeting vas put and
II Mr. Mckenzie desired that the ballots