Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1865-07-18

cry, maps, &c, $3.50. Contingent eypenses Of
the Board of Trustees, S1o0 salary of rreasur-
er, $500; salary of the Secretary s11o for
printing, $500. Total, S75,i00. Referred TO the
schools committee.
Mr. Garfield, from the committee on fra
department, made favorable report the
Mayors nominations of Fire Commissioners,
which were conferred, viz: William III. Nalley,
Thomas Berry. John w. Thompson and James
Kelly; Secretary, Edward c. Ecklof
Mr.. Garfield also offered resolution re-
questing the Mayor to furnish the Board with
statement of the locality and condition of the
fire plugs of the city, together W 18th such sug-
gestions aS he may deem proper for the better
protection of property from fire; adopted. Also
introduced bill appropriating $500 TO procure
mittee on the fire department to act in telli-
gently on the subject of the erection of an ad-
ditional engine house; passed.
Mr.. Owen, from the committee on wharves,
reported back the nominations of X. 4. Mages
for Rarbor Master and VIM r. Grimes for AS
sstant Harbor Master, and they were unani-
mously confirmed.
MIR. Gulick offered q resolution referring
such of the Mayors message as refers TO
seSsments, &c, TO the police committee, with
instructions that they report n bill i'm accord
ance with the same; adopted. Also, a resolu-
ton requesting the Mayor to inform the Board
OF the reason of the delay in the completion Of
the digest of the laws of, the corporation;
adopted.
Bills from the Common Council to curb and
pave the north side of = street north, from 7th
to 9th streets west; to take up and relay the
streets north; to repair an alley in square No.
315; to lay water main on q street, from
10 9th stl Get west; to lay a water main on :
street. from - to 9th street west; to curb and
pave tn. no tn side Of square No Sl7; TO grade
aud gra vel Sd street east, from Maryland ave.
nue. TO { street north; to grade and gravel 18th
street east. from South Carolina avenue to East
Capitol street; to curb and pave the north front
of square No. S14 to- lay a water main in +
street SOUTH from y to 10th street west; to Law
water main in lst street west, from ID TO e
CT o. q
propriately referred
The bill from the Common Council relative
to contagious diseases was referred to n select
committee, of which Alderman Magruder was
appointed chairman. Adjourned.
COMMON CoUNCIL.-The Board met at the
usual hour and was called to order by the
President (Mr. Moore) all the members pres
ent except Messrs. Hall, Ferguson, and
Wright.
message was received from the Mayor an
nouncing his approv val of the following bills
To lay water main in 9TH street west, from E
street south to Water street and along Water
street to the Potomac Ferry wharf; to condemn,
open, grade, and pave an alley in Square No.
397, from + street north to q street north; bill
authorizing the curbstCnes to be set and the
foOtway paved on the west front Of squares No.
557 and 559 on 1st street west, between K and L (.
streets north.
A communication was received from the COL
lector in answer to the resolution of the Board
of the Sd instant, in which he reports the
amounts collected under the act imposing taxes
for 1854 for the fiscal year ending June 3Oth,
1865. as follows:
Tax on real and personal property. .S235, 5,3702 %
Tax on stocks, &c...... 5,701 20
Tax for public schools ................ 5O,444 So
Tax for public school houses........ 1851 rs
Tax for Metropolitan Police. .......... 1868 3
Tax for U. S. Direct Tax............ 33623 u
On account of special Tax Fund, paw
ing, paving alleys, &c............. 29,i53 Il
Total ....................... s4N5, ,n29 Is
The Collector says he is unable to comply
with the request to furnish statement of the
special taxes to be collected on account of i'm
provements; referred to the committee on ways
and means.
The following were introduced and referred:
By Mr. Peugh-Petition of w. ID. Crampsey,
ito Second Ward delegation) petition of J. H.
Daniel, for an increase Of pay as music teach
er; bill to pay Samuel Welles six dollars per
month. MI. Peugh, in introducing this bill
said that Mr. Welles came here in 1894, helped
to carry the chain when the city was being laid
out, and it would be a pity that he should b6
compelled to go to the aims house. BY Mr..
Hamilton-To set, curb and pave north side OF
Maryland avenue, from 1st to ID streets west.
By Mr.. Dudley-To set, curb and pave south
side of &, between ~ and 9th streets west; for
water main on H street south, from ~ to 7th
street; to change the grade of NJ str eet south,
between 4k and 9th streets
The following were reported from commit.
tees: Mr.. Smms, from committee on drainage,
reported the following bills, which We're passed:
To lay water main on 1st street, from ID to e
streets south; water main on + street south,
serine 6t6 street fs rsf IL piaes tPS tn
sewer along 7th street west, from II street to
the canal.
MIR. Joyce, from committee on police, re-
ported bill to pay the laborers at the several
station houses; laid on the table-yeas II, nays
6. Also, to instruct the messenger to furnish
the Corporation officers with copies of the
weekly proceedings; passed.
Mr.. Meade, (markets committee) reported
bill to increase the pay of the laborer and as.
sistant at tne Northern market passed.
Mr.. Rheem improvements committee) re-
ported the following, which were passed: To
pave cutters on 9th street east, from Virginia
TO Georgia ayenue to repair break on street
south, near 1st street east; to lay flag footwayS
in the neighborhood of the depot for nag foot
way across f street north, on west side OF New
Jersey avenue; to set curb and pave footway8
on south side of Z street, from 9TH to 11th west;
ditto on south fronts of squares 53S, 585 and
5ei, between 1st street west, on ~ street along
street south, passed; ditto west front OF
square 21s; ditto east side Of 5th to street be-
tween n and o streets north: ditto on south
side of SO uare 126; ditto south front OF squares
7S6 and sic.
MIR. Joyce, from the police committee res
ported bill allowing barber shops to be kept
open and newspapers to be cried until 10 clock
on Sunday morning, which, after some debate,
was laid over until next Monday
The following We're received from the Alder
men and referred Bill to pay proportion OF
the judgment obtained by the Coroner, Thomas
Woodward, against the Levy Court; to con-
struct sewer in K street, from 18th to 14th
street west; to extend a sewer along portion
of 10th street west; water main in Doth street.
from street north to X street north; to con.
stluct a sewer i'll street north, from 5th to 9Th
west; to construct a sewer from the northwest
corner OF the City Hall to the southwest corner
Of the City Hall reservation; do. in street,
from 14th to Connecticut avenue
The bill from the Alderman, making an ap.
preparation for an additional school BUILDING.
in the Fourth School District, was passed.
The tax bill was returned from the Aldermen
with an amendment imposing an additional
five cents in the hundred dollars for building
school houses: which was concurred in-all
The members voting in the affirmative except
Mr.. Meade. Also, making abatements of ten
and five per cent. instead of five and three per
cent; non-concurred in Adjourned.
AFFAIRS IN VIRGINIA.-The Loudon Mirror
asserts on the best authority that MIR. Faulk.
ner has been pardoned, and admitted to the
practice of the law in the courts of Berkeley
county. II is stated that the Government has
turned over to their respective companies all
the railroads Of Virginia, with the exception Of
the / nudnun aud Ham lash hire and ,rtora