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| committee, who shall be charged with the con-
duct Of the suit, TO cover the expenses which
| must necessarily be incurred.
am, very respectfully, &c,
| Jos. III. BRADLEY, Attorney. &c.
Washington, Sept 2S, 1865.
Ordered TO be printed and referred TO the
committee on finance.
A communication was also presented from
| the Franklin Insurance Company, saying
| "This company is indebted for two years taxes,
| which would have been promptly paid had
| not the assessors made great and manifest
| errors in the valuation of the assets of this
company, as will he seen by the statement
| thereof sent herewith.
This company respectfully request that the
| Collector of Taxes be authorized TO receive the
| just amount due"
| (Signed,) w. A. BRADLEY, President
| Accompanying this was copy of the state
ment sent to the assessors: referred to the COM
| mittee on finance.
| MIR. Owen presented petitions, accompanied
| by bills, FOR the relief of Hugh Mccarthy and
| 4. Graham; referred TO the committee on
| from the canal TO the north side Of H street
| north; passed. Also, joint resolution
| thoriZing the appointment of a special COM
| mittee of two from each Chamber to take into
| consideration the expediency of enacting gen.
| eral law for improving the city; adopted; and
Messrs. Owen and Cross were appointed on
the part of the Board of Aldermen.
Mr.. Lewis presented the petition Of A. A l..
Reese and others for water main; referred to
drainage committee.
Mr.. A. Lloyd presented the petitions of John
and William Roach for the remission of fines:
referred 10 claims committee. Also, a commu-
| nication from committee of the Union
Iyceum asking for the use of the Aldermen's
Chamber one night of each week, accompanied
| by resolution granting such privilege, which
was adopted.
Mr.. McCathran presented petition of f. Il.
| Armisted accompanied by bill TO lay cross
gutter at the intersection of 9th street east and
| B street south; passed.
Mr.. Cross introduced bill TO curb and pave
the east front of square No. 951; referred 70 i'm
provements committee.
The special order, the bill reported from the
special committee, consisting of Aldermen
McCathron, Turton and Lewis, amendatory of
| the acts of May oath, 1853, and December 18th,
| 1SG3, [and otherwise known as the eight hour
| bill) was taken up, and the ayes and noes
called on the third reading of the bill, which
was ordered by the following vote: Yeas-Al-
dermen Garfield, Cross, Gulick, A. Lloyd,
McCathran, Noyes, Owen and Pepper, :.
Nays-Aldermen Barr, Lewis and the Presi-
| dent, IT. +. Lloyd,) 3.
Mr.. Barr explained his vote, assigning as a
| reason therefor, that he did not consider such
| legislation the business of the City Councils
He did not think they had anything to do with
| matter.
The President (Mr. T. Z. Lloyd said he was
in favor OF the. eight hour system, and wouid
favor any measure thus calculated TO benefit the
| laboring public, but when he saw that the en-
ploye"s ofthe Commissioners of Improvements
did not work six hours, he did not feel like ex-
| tending to them any such privilege. He would
| be perfectly willing TO pay them for DAVIS
labor if they only worked six hours faithfully,
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men TO meddle with the subject now, and he
| should feel impelled to vote no.
| The ayes and noes were then called on the
passage of the bill, resulting in the Affirmative
| Messrs. Garfield, Gross, Gulck, A Lloyd,
| McCathran, Noyes, Owen and Pepper, :: in
| the negative, Messrs. Barr, Lewis and the
after the 1st of May, 1866, days labor for the
| employees of the corporation shall consist of
| eight hours
| Mr. Gulick, from the finance committee. re-
/ nprtph a hill pr0Eidanaa
| from taxation; passed.
Mr.. Lewis, from Improvements committee,
| reported the following. all of which were
| passed Substitute for the Common Council
| bill to curb and pave 18th street west, from
| Vermont avenue TO NJ street north; substitute
| for Common Council bill making appropri-
ations for assessing and collecting special tax
es; bill TO repair alley in square log; to relay
| the gutter on the north side of II street north,
from 10th to 1lth streets north; 10 lay footways
on New Jersey avenue, from New York aY-
| enue 10 G street north; TO pave the footway on
| the south front of square No l96 and the north
| front of square No. 1877; to grade and gravel
| 10th street west, from Massachusetts avenue to
| street north; 10 lay gutter across NJ street
| south, on the east side of 10th street east; to
| pave the south side of NJ street south, from
| Half street to Water street: TO lay q gutter
| across Fast Capitol street, on the west side of
I'd street east: 10 repair portion of 18th street
| west; 10 grade and pave the carriageway of T.
| street north, from 1ith TO 18th street west; to
| curb and pave the east front of Square 1877; and
| 10 curb and pave the west front of squares
| Nos. 3s3, 3si and 3a5.
| Mr. Pepper presented the petition of Marga-
| ret Kurt with a bill for the remission of a
| fine; passed.
| The Chair presented a joint resolution au-
| thoriZing the Mayor TO open 9th street west
| from the canal TO Maine avenue: adopted.
Mr.. Barr, from the delegation of the Second
| Ward, reported the statement of the police and
| Ward Commissioner of the number of persons
| holding licenses TO do business in that ward.
| Also, introduced a bill explanatory of the act
requiring bill posters to take out licenses,
| showing that persons doing business may post
| notices on their own premises without said
| license: referred to the police committee.
| MIR. Owen, from the Second and Third Ward
delegations, 10 whom was referred a bill for the
construction of a sewer in 10th street west,
| from the canal to M street north, reported a
substitute therefor, authorizing the sewer to be
constructed in 1lth street instead; passed.
| Mr.. A. Lloyd introduced bill appropriating
$1,000 for the erection of station house in the
| Fourth Ward referred to police committee.
Mr. Lloyd also. from the special committee
| 10 which was referred the communication of
| X. nj Hall, Register of Deeds, reported a bill
| making an appropriation for binding the records
ard repairing the indexes of deeds in the Regis
ter's office. provided the Corporation of George
| town and the Levy Court unite in the appro-
| priation 10 complete said work; passed.
| The following We're presented from the Com
| mon Council: Bill for the relief Il. d. Dwyer;
| claims committee. Bill TO construct q sewer in
| q street north, from lith to 18th streets west;
| drainage committee. Bill TO lay water main
| in l. street north, from 23d TO oath street west
| drainage committee. Bill TO grade 1st street
| east, from ID TO street south; improvements
committee. Bill to construct a wooden trunk
/ on 1st street west, near street north; i'm
| provements committee. Joint resolution for
| the removal of distractions on ID street north,
from New Jersey avenue TO I'd street east: i'm
| provements committee. Bill of the Board of
| Aldermen. with slight amendment, TO organize
| two primary schools in the 1st school district;
amendment agreed to and the bill passed. Con-
current resolution requesting the Mayor and
| other officers of the Corporation to remain in
their office during the session Of the Councils;
| laid on the table. Bill of the Board of Alder
| men, with slight amendment, to construct
| sewer in the alley in square No. 226 drainage
| committee. Bill of the Board of Aldermen
making an appropriation for employing labor
| ers to clean the cutters of the city, with an
amendment striking ont $4,000 and inserting
| $4,000; amendment agreed to and the bill
passed. Bills TO Law cross cutters on street
north, along the east side of 1st street east on
Sd street east, along X street north; and on &
street north, along LIST street east: drainage
committee. Bill for the relief of w. b. Dyer;
finance committee.
Mr.. Lewis, from the committee on improve
ments, reported bill to curb and pave the
west front of squares Nos. S69 SO, S71, andS.2,
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