Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1865-07-18
LOCAL Az FAIn.s.
COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.


MONDAY, July IL, 1865
The Board met this evening at the usual hour,
the Vice President (Mr. Turtonl In the chair I;
present Messrs. Brown, Noyes, Cross, Garfield,
Quick, Magruder, owen aud Barr.
CONGREGATIONS.
The Chair laid before the Board n communica-
tlon from the Mayor, announcing his approval OF
the act authorizing the Board Of Fire Commits
sioners to purchase hose for the use Of the fire
department
An act for curbing and paving the footways on
tho south side Of y street south, from Eighth
street west TO Eleventh street west.
An act providing for certain flag footways in
the Fourth ward.
An act for the repair Of certain streets in tho
Sixth ward.
An act providing for the payment Of certain
expenses Of the Corporation.
An act authorizing the Mayor to cause GER
tain gutter In the Second ward to be taken up
and relaid
~ An act for laying a trunk across q street SOUTH
on u line with Third street west.
Also, q communication nominating William II.
Nally as member Of the Board Of Fire Commits
sioners In place Of Peter NJ. Dubaut resigned
Committee on Fire Department.
Also, a communication transmitting n letter
from o Corvin, Of Leipsic, saxony, In relation to
u swimming school being established by the
Corporation Tho writer states he has had charge
Of similar school in Germany, which proved a
twenty to twenty fvo thousand dollars Referred
to the Committee on Public Schools.
communication from the Register In reply to
persons engaged in business in the First ward
who have taken out license since the LIST day Of
November last. Referred to the First Ward Del
egation.
Mr. Garfield presented tho petition Of John
Shanahan asking that curbstones be set and the
foot pavement laid on the south side Of Virginia
avenue, between Third and Fourth streets east.
Committee on Improvements.
Mr. Gulick, from the Committee on Finance
reported back the bill for the rolicf Of tho Paid
Fire Department, and recommended that 1t DO
laid on the table, similar bill having passed the
Board SO ordered.
Also, the petition Of John Van Riswlck, which
was laid on the table.
Also, the petition Of DR.. II. H. Lowrie and 9TH
ers Laid on the table.
The same gentleman also reported back tho bill
appropriating 1900 to pay the Corporation s
portion Of the Judgment recently recovered
against tho Levy Court by Thomas Woodward,
coroner. Passed.
Mr.. 6ulick also reported back the bill imposing
taxes for the year 1865; and moved to amend by
imposing an additional Ave per cent for the cree
tion Of school houses and strike out the Ave per
cent. abatement II paid before the last Of Au
gust, and insert ten strike ont the three per
cent II paid before tho last Of October and ipscrt
i've, After the last day Of October no abatement
whatever. The bill was passed as amended.
Mr. Turton, from the Committee on Improve
ments, reported back the following bills, which
were passed:
A bill in relation to the Improvement Of Sixth,
Seventh Eighth, Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth,
and Thirteenth streets west
Bill to impreEe NJ street north, from north Capt.
toll to Sixth street east.
A bill to set the curbstones and pave the foot
ways on the east side Of Seventh street west,
from street north to the boundary line.
Amended So as to pave the west fronts OF
square 40, AL, 442 IA, AS, and 446. Bill to
pave the footway on the west front Of square "a.
Bill to take up aud relay the gutteron the
south side OF NJ street north, between Sixth and
Seventh streets west.
Bill to set the curbstones and pave the footway
on portions OF North Capitol street.
He also presented the petition Of VIM. Chopin
which was referred to the Committee on Improve
ments Also the petition Of Spaulding & Rap
ley, asking that the carriage-way be paved on
street, between Thirteenth and Fourteenth; re-
ferred to the same committee
Mr.. Brown presented bill to grade and pave
part Of the alleys In square No. 5l4; Committee
on improvements.
Mr.. Turton, from tho Committee on Drainage
and Sewerage, reported back the following bills
Bill to construct a sewor in square No. 373; bill
to construct n SEVERN square No. 4SG: and asked
that tho committee DO discharged. An act to ex =
tend the sewer along portion Of Tenth street
west; passed. Bill to construct sewer on X
street north, from Thirteenth to Fourteenth
streets west; passed. Bill TO construct n sewer
on | street north, from Fourteenth street west to
Connecticut avenue; passed.
The bill to construct a sewer In d street north
from First to Third street west, was lost.
The bill to lay water main In Twentienth
street west, from to street north, was passed.
An act TO construct q sewer from the noTthwes
corner Of the City Hall lot to the southwest cor
ner of the City Hall reservation. Passed
An act to construct sewer in d street north,
from Fifth to Sixth street west Passed
Bill to lay a flag footway near the street
bridge. Passed.
Mr. Turton reported back tho bill to set the
curbstono aud pave the footway on the north
sdo OF O street, from Tenth to Eleventh east
Passed.
He also reported back the bill to pave the west
front of square 3s7. Passed.
N -. 4
from Boundary to II street north Passed.
Bill to repair the ally in square l05 Passed.
The petition Of Samuel Gray was referred to
the Committee on Claims.
The joint resolution in relation to the Wash
iugton and Georgetown Railroad Company was
referred to the Committee on Police.
The bill to curb and pave the east side Of square
327 aud 32S was passed.
Mr.. Barr, from the Committee Oh Police, re-
ported back the bill In relation to a nuisance In
the Second ward, and asked that the committee
be discharged. So ordered. The matter was
then referred to the Board Of Health.
Mr.. Barr also reported back the following
nominations for police magistrates: First ward
samuel D,ury, Second ward, Edgar II. Bates;
L. Giberson; Fifth ward, b. W. Ferguson; Sixth
ward, Jas. Gull; Seventh ward, +. A. Boswell.
They were all confirmed.
Also the following nominations for Apothocaries
to the Poor: First ward, David O. Ridgeloy !;
Second ward, VIM. b. Entwistle; Third ward,
Geo. J. Musser; Fourth ward, s. Il. Sylvester;
fltth ward, Edward u. Bury sixth ward, JnO
L. Bates. They were all confirmed
Mr.. Canield desired the Board to take up for
confirmation the nominations for police officers.
Mr.. Magruder hoped the matter would be
postponed until the Register should send in the
list Of those doing business and having license.
The Board could then see II the officers were at
tending to their duty. The were now acting aud
receiving the pay the same al II they were con-
frmed.
Mr.. Noyes, on Schools, reported a bill appro-
priating VI 900 for the erection of an additional
school building in the Fourth School District.
Passed.
The same gentleman presented communica-
tion from committee Of the Board OF Trustees
OF Public Schools, containing a report of the APP
proprlations required for the support Of tho Pub
lie Schools for the ensuing year, as follows: For
salaries Of teachers Of the Male Grammar Schools,
$4,000 Female Grammar Schools, g., 700; Male
Intermediate Schools, $4,000 Female Intermo-
dlate Schools, u, 400; six Secondary Schools of
the First District, $1,000; seven Secondary
Schools Of the Second DISTRICT Is, 300; Secondary
Schools OF the Third District, 5000; Secondary
Schools of tho Fourth District b., 500; six
Primary Schools Of the First District, (Si5O 10
each teacherD $27OO; eight Primary schools of
the Second District, $1,000 ten Primary Schools
OF the Third District, d, sos six Primary Schools
Of the Fourth District, ", sOO four sub assistants
$6O0i music teacher, 81 900. Total, $IS, 800 Com
tngent expenses Of the First, SeCOud, and Third
School Districts, ~, 800 each Fourth School Dis.
trlct, % 900, Whole amount required k71 ono