The national Republican., 1867-10-29
COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.
Board Of Aldermen.

b0Axu uI hhusHHths
Tho Board mst pursuant to law. J. Russell
Barr, presiden. In the shsiri s, V.Noys', score
tary. ~
The Mayor sent in his approval Of The follow.
log acts: can act for laying hsgvay across
G street south on the east side Of Thirteepth
street west;' tan act making an appropriation
for necessary repairs In the registers ofhee;"
ian act to change the manner Of collecting
special taxes"
The Mayor also transmitted lstter from Mr..
Forsyth, Superintendent Of Sewers, In reply 10
resolution Of the Board Of the 8th Inst, In 70
iation 10 the change Of the plan Of sewerage on
Seventeenth street west, between II and streets
north, and submitted the opinion Of Joseph II.
Bradley, ESQ.,, Corporation Attorney.
Mr.. Bradley says: II understand Q contract
has been made and the tax sssessed under the
Advertisements fer proposals issued BY the Mayor
on goth January last, on the construction Of .
to street north, along Seventeenth street west
according to the plan Of sewerage adopted here.
tofore, and II 10 now proposed TO change this
plan 90 as TO make the water run from Seven
teenth to Eighteenth street, along l. II II can
be done without detriment to the interest Of the
corporation.
"In my opinion this cannot be done It would
involve q breach Of the contract, and requires
On entirely new apportionmsnt Of the tax laid
on tho property along the original route, and
thus come directly in conflict with the rights Of
the owners Of such property" Ordered to be
published with the proceedings, and also referred
to the Committse on Drainags
A Communication was also received from the
Mayor, transmitting an answer from ]. Vonde.
lehr and John 7. Garner, commissioners Of the
Second and Third wards, to q resolution Of tho
Board Of Aldermen relating to the water pipe on
Tenth street.
The communication was ordered to be referred
back to tho Mayor, asking for more explicit
answer to the resolution Of the Board.
A Communication was recsivsd from Chas II
Bliss, City Surveyor, In which ho says that "in
reply to . resolution Of your Board OF 2lst o.
tober would recommend that q sewer DO built
from Boundary street to r, Of such shape and
size as the natural ground will admit Of and the
volume Of water will require" Referred to the
Committee on Drainage.
A communication was received from the Board
Of Trade, stating that that body had appointed
as q committee to confer with q committee Of
the Board In relation TO matters connected With
the Alexandria, Loudoun, and Hampshire Rail-
road Company, Mesrs. Samuel Bacon, James L.
Barbour, and Owen Thorn.
Mr.. Evans moved that committee Of ten be
appointed to confer with the committee Of the
Board Of Trade.
Mr.. Tait made few remarks In reference to
the trip to Leesburg, In which he said that the
committee Of the councils had been particular
not to commit themselves 10 any line Of policy in
reference to the road.
Mr.. Moore had no objection to the appoint.
mont off committee. and was In favor Of giving
the measure all the moral support they could,
but beyond that the Board could not 60.
1t was agreed to appoint the committee, and
Messrs. TAFT and Richards were designated as
such.
A communication waJ received from Joseph
II. Bradley, corporation attorney, In reply to q
resolution Of the Board Of the 10th September,
inquiring as to the fses Of magistrates. 1t Is as
follows:
The justices of the peace who may from time
10 time be selected and employed by the Board
Of Police, under the act Of 10th July, 1862, to
sit at the respective station.housss, 40, arc
neither part Of ths Metropolitan police, nor
officers or clerks. The Metropolitan police Is
defined In the act creating II and In subsequent
acts, and the officers and clerks are as distinctly
enunciated By the fourth section Of the act Of
9th August, 1851, the officers are q president
and clerks by section z, the police force shall
consist Of . superintendent Of police, ten ser.
geants Of police, and such number Of police
patrOlmen as the Board may deem necessary, not
exceeding for the regular service, ono hundred
and fifty. By subsequent acts the officers and
men have been increased, but II retains the same
character as officers. Nowhere are tho justices
Of the peace spoken Of as members Of the foIos
Is inconsistent with such an intention. They
arc officers Of the law appointed by different
authority and holding their Offices by a different
tenure intended to be independent judicial
| officers.
For the convenience Of the detail OF the police
duties, aud preserving some accountability In
their Naturalization, the Police Board Is empow-
cred to select and employ them. not as their
| nNinara uervanta hut n tho nereons thrnuph
whom these officers and servants shall discharge
certain portions Of their duties, and the board
may thus have o supervision Of tho manner
in which they are discharged.
So this Corporation Is interested In having
certain and aSoertainsd justices by whose judg
ment their ordinances are to be enforced and tn,
foes levied may be accounted for.
But this does not constitute them in any sens
members OF the Metropolitan Police, or officer
or clerks for whom alone the increase Of pay wa
provided. 1t follows that thoy have no JUS
claim to such increased compensation, and non,
upon this Corporation.
Referred to the Committee on Finance, an,
ordered to be printed with the proceedings.
Mr. Livans introduced bill entitled "An &C
to regulate the payment Of warrants drawn b,
the Mayor and countersigued BY the Register.
Referred to the Committee on Finance.
Mr.. Lloyd presented the petition Of Antoni
TO ths Committee on Claims.
Tho bill making appropriation for arrsarage
due public schools being tho special order OF th
evening II was called up
NJ Tait moved In the absence OF the chair
nau Of the committee, that 1t be postponed un
til Monday evening next.
II was go ordered
M Moore, from the COMMITTEES on Improve
InoutI introduced bill to repair tho ioOtway
and cutters on U street north, between ThiI
ternth and Fourteenth streets west Passed.
The same committee reported fayorably on th
petition Of John Heierman and others, to grad
The square and alley 274. Passed
The same committee reported back the bill
pave the footways, &C., across Fourteenth stree
west-passedj also, reported back the bill to rs
pair the alley in square 2l0 with substitute
tho substitute was accepted, and the bill passed
also reported adversely the bill to close an ale
in the First ward-lostj also, reported back tn
bill to pave the fOotways, &c, on Sixth stree
west, between II and I streets south-passet
also, the bill, or an act entitled "An act to 7,
yiye an act passed June 8, 1865, )" reported
Y substitute for the same-substitute agreed I
and the bill passed; also, the bill to set curl
stones, &c, on the west side Of Ninth street eas
between and Maryland avenue south, with
' substitute-substitute accepted, and the bi
passed; also, bill for paving the footways &c
on Third street west, between M and / street
= north, with q substitute for the same-passed
also, a bill, with a substitute, to set the curl
stones, dc., on Eighth street east, between
south and Maryland avenue-the bill passet