Evening star., 1865-03-23

Vlce, 4teI tne words "and q like sum 70 every
after the word, "substitute.n In ts,o cases
where IL occurs in the bill before proy,so.
hi. Larner offered . substitute by way Of
Be Il emaesed, &c, That the Mayor be, and ne
is hereby authorized to pay the sum Of sa6 TO
every person who shall be drafted and heia TO
active military service on the quota Of this oify,
under the draft authorized by the call OF the
President Of December last, and like sum TO
every person who shall furnish or may have
furnished q substitute fer such service under
hat call whether the party who has, or shall
furnish asubstitute be drafted or not, and cause
or caured such substitute 10 be credited on the
quota OF this city, the person making the claim
!or taid bounty to furnish such evidence in
shnpPoft OF his claim as shall be satisfactory TO
the Mayor: Provided, That the benefits of this
act snail be limited to bona lde residents the
Guy Guy OF washington who are now registered, or
the laws Of the Corporation. and to minor sone
and wards OF such residents who are liable 10
mitary mi TT dusy IN the army, under the laws of
to carry the provisions of this act into efssct a
sum sufficient be, and the came is hereby An
propriated ont of the General Fund ProsidsS.
strued so as to exclude members Of the yarioue
ward exemption clubs from receiving the bene-
At OF this act
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, rha. the ben.
ef1ts of this act be, and they are hereby extend-
ed to that class Of persons who were excluded
from the benefits of the act OF September %,
1854, and are included in the provisions Of this
act.
Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That the provisions
OF this act be, and the same are hereby extend.
ed to all colored persons who are residents of
the city OF Washington, end who were upon
the tax. books OF the corporation as taxpayers
on the 10th day OF December, 1864. Provided,
further, That the mere fact OF a citizen having
been furnished with substitute by On exemp-
dence tnat he is pecuniarily able TO provide q
substitute.
And be 1t enacted, That all acts or parts OF
acts inconsistent with the provisions OF this
act, be and the same are hereby repealed.
DIR. Rheem asked what cOlored persons were
10 be provided for, and also where the money
was to come from. He had understood that
the balance of the appropriation under the old
law (s35, ,OOO) had been used for other purposes.
and he was not willing to pay anything unless
1t came from this balance, which he understood
had been expended.
Mr.. Larner replied that the bill provided for
colored persons who had property here and
paid taxes, some of which had been expended
in payment OF bounties to people Of other col
ors, and he thought that they should be BEN
Gifted.
Mr. Moore answered that the amount OF
taxes paid by the colored people was compar-
atively small, and he referred to the recent
correspondence between the Mayer and the
trustees of colored schools. He was unwilling
to encourage the contrabands who had been
thrust upon the District. Let those who pro.
fessed so mach sympathy with the down.
trodden race help them. They were generally
worthless population, and he could Hot see
why they should be encouraged. He referred
to the fact that Governor Andrew. OF Massa-
chusetts had refused TO receive any Of these
people In his State. Why not make the bill
general, and pay bounties to the volunteers OF
1861.
MIR. Larner answered that the aontrabands
could not be benefited by the bill-the tax
payers were to be benefited. 1t proposed TO put
all taxpayers on the same footing, and it
would not take anything from them, (the
whites } but would give them (the colered)
proportion OF the money they Themselves have
this appropriation shall be paid to any person
whose pecuniary circumstances, in the opinion,
OF the Mayor, are such as to enable him TO fur
nish substitute without aid from the Oorpo-
ration; which was adopted.
Mr: Rheem said II the balance Of the appro.
priation OF S5o,OOO was available, he would
vote tor the bill; but If not, he would vote
against it-he was opposed to borrowing.
Mr. Moore said in q constructive sense the
Mayor had the money in his hands. He would
threw the responsibility On the Mayor. Under
the old act $4,000 had been expended, and he
had made q calculation that under this draft
about S32, 900 only would be required. He was
not in favor Of going to the banks again to boz
row money.
Mr.. Larner said that when the bill of Sep
tember 90 was passed the money was borrowed
at six per cent, and he believed another loan
could be effected If necessary. The war had
cost the city little enough during the four
Mr.. Rheem stated that he was on the com.
mittee who solicited the loan of $4,000, and
the readiness with which the banks acted sur
prised him; he did not believe that the money
could be obtained so readily now. He was not
sure but the corporation had broken faith
the whole amount having been drawn and
about two.thirds OF it had heen expended for
other purposes.
MI Wright said he had no doubt but the
money had been faithfully expended to liqui.
date the liabilities of the corporation, and he
Nm N nf net raV a0h fhn
Mr.. Peugh said he certainly did not design 70
cast any reflection upon the Mavor, who had
labored SO faithfully for the interests OF the,
city.
Mr.. Dudley mo we'd to strike ont "the general
fund" and insert "the special fund OF S5O,OOO
appropriated by act Of Septem ber 29th, 1884,
which was accepted.
The question was taken on the substitute as
amended, and it was adopted.
Yeas l5-Messrs. Davis, Dudley, Ferguson,
Larner, Owen, Pettibone, Peugh, Ruiz, Ste
phens, Simms, Swain, Talbert, Walker,
Wright, and the President, (Mr. Lloyd.)
Nays 3-Messrs. Edmonston, Moore and
The bill as amended was read q third time
and passed-yeas 13, nays 5-Messrs. Swain
and Pethbone, who voted for the adoption Of
the substitute, voting in the negative On the
Mr.. Peugh offered a resolution ins.ru citing
the committee on ways and means to report
back the resolution in relation to the Metrop0l-
itan Bailroad.
Mr.. Moore objected.
Mr.. Peugh urged the importance Of prempr
action, stating that the Mayors of Washington
and Georgetown had been telegraphea to from
Annapolis that if show was made notwi,h.
standing what had been done the Metropolitan
Reads charter could be renewed.
Mr. Wright said 1t made no difference as to
what the Councils would do 1t would affect
nothing.
Mr. Iarner stated that the Councils could
not deny the people the right of voting on the
proposition to subscribe to the stock of the
road, and he argued that it was right which
they should not be deprived Of.
The resolution was adopted-yeas 13, nays
5-Messrs Davis, Ferguson, Moore, Pettibone
and Wright
After short absence, the committee reported
the resolutions with amendments, striking orss
the word 'tGeorgetown" and inserting "Wash-
ington," thus maklrg the latter the starting
point, which were agreed to and the resolution
adopted.
The following were received from the Alder.
men ITO grade and pave carriageway ON 9Th
street, from the canal to g street north; 20 pave
carriageway Of * street, from the canal 70 D