Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1865-01-24
LOCAL NEWS.
CORPORArION AFFAIRS

COUNCIL PRocKEDINGs, Jan. %, 1s85.-Board
Of Aldernen.-Present-M Barr, Uter-
mshle, Cantisld, Plant, Lloyd. Pepper, Lewis
Gnlick, McCathran, Noyes, and Turton
In the absence OF the President, on motion OF
chair.
The Chair laid before the Board a eommun,.
cation from the Chief of the CORPORATION Police,
tTansm lifting statement of the amount of fines
and forfeltures imposed during the year 1851,
amounting in the aggregate to S27,2i2 81, OF
which sum s., .45 are superseded, The nudge.
ments for the last six months are in the hand 9
OF the officers for collection. The communica-
tion was referred TO finance committee
Mr. Pepper presented the petition of q. H.
BERGER, praying the remission of the city tax
pa1d by him he living outside the CITY limits
Referred TO police committee.
Mr.. Utermehle offered resolution instruct.
ing the committee before Congress to urge upon
mat BODY The propriety OF inserting In all acts,
granting special franchise in the city, such as
city passenger railway charters, some pro-
vision granting for the benefit OF the public
schools portion of the gross receipts OF such
company; passed.
lice, reported adversely on the bill relating to
the removal Of snow and ice from the pave
ment.
Mr.. Noyes, from the committee on public
schools, reported bill appI opriatng 81 i,475 tor
the establishment OF two additional primary
schools in the Second School District; passed
Also, bill from committee on drainage au-
thoriZ!ng the laying of a water main on 18th
street west, from New York avenue to O street
north; passed.
Also, bill for the laying of a water main on
Lsireet north, from 1ith to 10th streets west
passed.
Also, bill for laying water mains along llth
street west, from @ street north to the south
front of squares 32i and $50. and also along the
same square from 10th to 18th streets west
passed
Mr. Barr introduced a bill to Law a water
main along 1ith street, from q to streets
north. Referred to committee on drainage.
Also, bill to drain and gravel street
north, from 14th to 10th streets west Referred
to committee on Improvements.
Mr.. McCathran introduced a bill appropria.
ting $50 for the construction of gravel foot walk
along the front of square No. 9i5, between 9th
on improvements.
bill appropriating $50 to defray the ex-
penses OF special election to be held in the
Third Ward on the first Monday In February
to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of
James Skirving, was passed.
In compliance with joint resolution, the
session (the President Of the Common Council
presiding) for the election Of commissioners to
conduct said election; and on motion OF MIR.
Tnrton the following gentlemen were elected
For the First Precinct, J. M. Towers, 5. Tyson,
and J. w. Larner; for the Secona Precinct.
Charles f. Wood, James Mankin, and VIM.
Orme.
The Joint meeting then adjourned, and the
Board of Aldermen took up the bill from the
lower Board, authorizing the Mayor to submit
for arbitration the claims OF Barron, Smithson
the new Centre Market, which work had been
suspended by order of the Secretary of the
Interior.
After discussion, referred to committee on
finance.
The following bills from Common Council
were also acted upon:
. A bill to lay wooden trunk on M st. north,
across 9th street west referred to committee on
improvements.
Jeint resolution urging the passage by Con.
gress of the act introduced into the Senate by
Senator Dixon, amending an act relating to the
collector Of taxes In the District OF Columbia;
referred to committee ou improvements.
BlH authorizing the Mayor to offer for public
sale on the 18th OF February of each year all
rights to establish fish wharyes along the Po-
tomac from 9Th to 14th streets west, and pro-
hibiting their establishment elsewhere except
at sucb place along the Eastern Branch as to
be hereafter designated; referred to committee
on police.
from 10Th TO 1lth streets west passed. Ad-
journed.
Common Council.-The Board met at the