The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-12-04
Proceed dings OF Conncil.
CoUNCrN CHANsER.

| S.noons sAs@uChHo, sOuleiu5, Waiter
and Waring.. % q
The minutes of thelast regular aud
special meetings ereread.
Alderman Bates asked permission
to sign the report of the special COM
mittee appointed to report the mum
ber of city officers required, whic
was granted, after which they were
approved.
A petition from VIM. Johnston,
President of the Columbia and Au-
gusta Railroad, was presented, pray
ing Council to grant to that road the
free use and right of way of Wayne
street, from Rice street, (now occu-
pied by the road,) to and across
Gervais street, with the privilege of
crossing Gadsden street from it's
track, to get into Wayne street. The
object being to make a track from
near the crossing of the South Caro-
lima Railroad, curving out into
Wayne street, and up that to the de-
pot of the Greenville and Columbia
Railroad, across Gervais street. On
motion, the above petition was refer
red to Special Committee of Three.
The Mayor appointed Aldermen
Hope, Agnew and Geiger.
Application for tavern license to
retail spirituous liquors was present
ed by John @. Seegers and W. A.
Carr & Co., and referred to the Com
mittee on Licenses.
The following accounts were pre-
sented and referred to the Committee
on Accounts:
@. H. Baldwin e Go. against the
Guard House, Aims House and City
Hospital. w. G. Bower against the
Aims House, and VIM. Klapman
against the Aims House and Hos
pital.
The City Clerk, Clerk of the Mar
ket and Chief of Police presented
their reports for the month of No
vember, which were referred to the
appropriate committees.
The Committee of Ways and Means
reported the monthly report of the
City Clerk for October, as being cor
rect. Concurred in.
The same committee presented the
following report:
The Committee of Ways and Means
beg leave to report, that they have
received from the City Clerk, mutt
lated bills of the issue of the citv, as
follows:
OLD IssUEs.-Bills denomination
of SIS, SIS and $3's, $165.OO; frac-
tional bills, $2O5.5O.
New ISSUE. Bills denomination of
50, 1884. 90; bills denomination of 81,
$4,000; bills denomination of rs
cents, $21O.0 90; bills denomination Of
so cents, $4,000; bills denomination
of 25 cents, $250.0O; bills denomina-
tion of 5, 10 and Is cents, $500
1,495.O0. Total $51,7OO.5O. The
committee have destroyed the above
mentioned bills by burning and re-
ceipted to the City Clerk for the
same. Respectfully submitted,
EDWARD HOPE,
r. l.. BRYAN,
G. WARING.
Report received and adopted.
The Committee on Accounts sub
mitted report recommending that
the following accounts be paid: John
Alexander, Street Department. S3.75,
and Water Works. $23.4O. G. H.
Baldwin & Co., Aims House, $123. &C;
City Hospital, $69.SO; Guard House,
$130. James Brown, Water Works,
$37.G0; City Hospital, S11.2O; Guard
House, $3.50. w. G.. Bower. Aims
House, S51.00. p. Cantwell, Aims
House, $500. Levi Gunter, Street
Department., $47.1G. DIR. Geiger,
Aims House, $500. Duffe & Chap
man, Guard House, $1596 Hus-
sung & Motz, Street Department,
$500; Guard House, $1.95; Water
Works, rs cents; Fire Department,
$1.00. B. II. Rice & Co., Aims
House, 5000. Report received and
adopted.
The Committee on Market report
ed the monthly reports of the Clerk
Of the Market for September and
October, as being correct. Concurred
| in.
The Committee ON Guard House
and Police reported the monthly re-
port of the Chief Of Police for Octo-
ber, rs being correct. Concurred in.
The following is report from q
Special Committee:
The Committee to whom was re-
ferred the petition of l.. Carr and
others, i'll relation to organized bands
OF local drummers, visiting the stores
n I,N1.