The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-07-01
sRocEEDlsGs of CITY council

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PRUCEEDINGs OF CITY coUNrIL.
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A regular meeting OF the City Council was
held last evening. Present-His Honor the
Mayor, Aldermen Geddings, Clark, Cunning
ham, Adams, Weston, Wall, Whlden, Howard,
Parker and Moore.
/ THE minutes we're read and approved.
Tho following papers we're presented and ap-
propriately referred:
Application OF Mary Castallo, No. 81 Beau
fain-street, for junk shop license.
Petition OF C. Sahlman. for permission toput
up o steam engine northeast corner of Meeting
and Reid streets.
/ Petition OF James and Anna C. Missroon and
Susan J. Parkor for issue oil new certificate of
stock.
Petition Of Ann Francis praying to be re-
funded $40 paid by her for taxes.
Bill of Charleston Gus Company for the
month Of June, 1868, OF s2,SlG &C.
Communication from the Beard OF Fire
masters requesting the City Council to take
some Immediate action OH 30 much OF The
Chiefs report as relates to The bettor payment
OF the Ero Department for servIces reuuercu.
as, in it's present condition, the Department
cannot sustain ITSELF Referred to Special
Committee on the Fire Department
Petition Of g. Logeman and Peter Tecklen-
berg relative to the payment Of licenses.
Sundry bills were presented, including the
bills OF the Orphan House for the month oil
June, amounting to s2770 90, aud OF the Engi-
neer Dep artment.
Alderman Geddings presented a communca-
ton from A. G. Weton proposing to lease the
Arlesan Well for term of - years, looking
to the completion Of the unfinished well. : Re-
ferred to special committee, consisting OF Al
dermen Cunningham, Potter and Moore.
Alderman Moore, from Committee on Vacant
| Offices, reported favorably OH bond OF George
Howard, authorized to act as Inspector OF Luni-
ber mud Timber. Adopted.
Alderman Gedlings, from the Committee oil
Ways and Means, reported for information that
various notes due ~ the city, amounting to
S22, QUO ut one per cent. month, have been
paid, thus releasing $l2 600 shares Of the city
stock pledged as collaterals; also that Iayora-
bio negotiations have been made upon other
city obllgations-nopS of these now paying
over seven per cent. PRPannum.
Alderman Parker, from committee, reported
favorably on application OF Qnash Brown for
permission 10 erect a small wooden building in
Smith h-street, between Bull and Calhoun streets.
Adopted.
Alderman Clark, from the committee appoint
cd to confer with the owners Of property on
Queen-street, between King and Meeting, in
relation to the probable cost of the proposed
widening OF that street. reported that the cost
to the city will not be less than $12 000 Your
committee would take this occasion to say
the city is in special need OF Legislation that
will empower her to take for the public good
such, for instance, as the widening Of streets
the IAoperty of her citizens tue same to be
settled by arbitration under tho requirements
of n bcLtern,ent law, which would assess all pro-
perly enhanced in value by any public improve
mcnt mado, for its, proportion of the cost OF
said public improvement.
Alderman Clark, from committee appointed
to report system OF taxation and expendi-
ture whereby the expenses oil tho city govern
ment can be brought within its income, re-
ported as follows First, that a system to ac-
complish this purpose shall be one by which
the income from taxes shall bo equallzed Wy
important notifications of the present tax bill,
1 and at tho same time bring into the treasury
TIC sum OF $4,000 per annum additional to
that being received.
Second. That several Of the departments Of
the government shall be reorganized, or be 80
conducted that iudcious entrenchment would
effect saving 10 the city of sl0O, 600 or $780,
| QUO per annuG.
Third Looking to this desirable end the
Committee beg leave to report bill To rcsu-
late and reorganizo the police department,
which it ia believed will bo adequate to the
protection OF the person and the property Of
the citizen, and at the same timo effect re.
duction OF fifty or sixty thousand dollars i'll
the present oxol bilant expenses OF this Je-
partment 4pcr annum. Signed by Aldermen
Clark. Geddngs, Howard and Parker.
The following is a copy OF the bill, which was
read the first time
A nI,L to regulate and reorganizo the Police
Department.
SECTION /. Be il ordained by The Mtyor and
Aldermen in CITY Council assembled, That from
and alter the the police force Of the
city shall consist OF one marshal, two assistant
murshals, one captain of day police, and ono
captain OF night police, and such number or
regular police, not to exceed t25) twenty
and such number OF night police or watchmen,
not to exceed (50) fifty, as may bo appointed,
as hereinafter provided.
SEC 2. The City Marshal, before entering
upon the duties or his Office shall give bond
in tbe sum of dollars, with sufficient
secuiitles, 10 be approved by the Mayor and
Aldermen, for the faithful performance of The
dnties Of the Office.
MSEc. 3. 1t shan bs the duty Of the City Mar
shal TO organize the police force into the most