The national Republican., 1869-01-05
COUNCIL PROCEEDINGs.
MONDAY, JANUARY Z, 1900.
hoard OF Aldermen.

hoard OF Aldermen.
The Board met At the usual hour, John
Grinder, esq, president, In the chair, and II.
A. Hal, sscrsta,y.,
coMNuNIoATIoNs.
A communication from the Mayor signihed
his approval OF the following aotsi To erect
gas-lighta; to pay the assessors for making the
general sssessment, to nx the salaries Of the
Commissioners Of improvements authorizing
the erection and lighting OF lamps In certain
lights 10 Be ipissed il the roof Of The Northern
west Wing OF the City Hsilj to set the curb
the east side Of Thirteen:and.a.haif street
west, between h aud u streets south, and for
the relief OF Albert Brooks.
tendsnt OF the wsshington Asylum, in which
he transmitted his monthly report.
A bill for opening, grading and gtayeling L
street south from Sevs9th h stree, ,h & west h 70
cause OF an informality. Referred.
MEMORIALS, PETITIONS, ETC.
Mr.; Richards moved ths, the Board Board Of Con: on:
Board q certain bill. Agreed to.
Mr.. Fenwiok presented = petition from q
number Of bakers, asking that certain bakers,
from dealing therein. Referred.
si, 900 to reat and fefurni,h the Msyofs ofios
and that OF the Mayors clerk, and to throw
the two rooms Into one.
Mr.. Moore was OF opinion that the arrange
ment was TO have enlarged the Mayors room
when that Of the Registers was Increased 10
Mr.. Croker replied that such was the in-
| tention, but the engineer only computed for
the removal OF the one wall In the Registers
| apartments.
The Bill was then read a third time and
| passed.
| street west, from NJ to q street north. Re.
ferred.
Mr.. Fenwlck presented a petition to grade
an alley In square No, bll. Referred.
to the Board Of Trustees OF Public Schools
| the Aldermen Chamber In which to hold their
meetings. ~ was so ordered.
Rssoiped, That the Committee on Finance
be, and are hereby, directed to inquire into
the .propriety aud expedieney Of making the
the Corporation approved - 1893, receivable
| BY the collector for taxes due and hereafter
becoming due TO mi. Cooperation, and tepor,
to the Commlttee on Finance.
Mr.. MoCsthran offered bill to erect lamps
| and lsmp.posts along ID street south. from the
Ing to Ninth street east, and along Ninth
street to b south, along B to Eleventh east,
and up Eleventh street TO East Capitol street.
Passed.
Also, presented the petition OF Peter Lynch
to change q certain grade. Referred.
Mr.. knight presented the petition OF Daniel
SttWhtts WnlCn WAS ftltFftu
Mr.. Richards presented bill for publlshiug &
the Journal OF the Board. Referred.
Mt; Cook presented a bill making appro;;
fifteenth street west, from k TO q streets
north. Referred.
IMPORTS OF COMMITTEES.
ImPfToVemsnts.-Mr: Richard. reported, "a;
the culyert and erect abutments at Second
| street east and 7 street north. Withdrawn.
fsvorsSly a bill sPpropsiatlng, as a def:
north from Fourteenth street west to Vermont
Foiis.1Mr' Mcoathrau reported fsvorably
/ the petition OF certain citizens to retain 1
picket fence on Nineteenth street west, be
tween @ and X streets. Laid over one week
Public sehools-Mr. Clark reported favor
ably resolution to change the mode OF elect
ing trustees OF the public schools, so that all
the members would not go out at once here
1.-THE resolution has already been publishe,
In the NATIONAL REPuBLIcAN-RaPoRr
Mr. Moore objected to the. passage OF tn,
bill on the ground that the law OF Congre.
| provided that Ulcers of the Corporation shal
be elected for only one year-none could b,
elected for greater period than one year.
MT Fenwick moved to lay the resolution
This was defeated by the following vote;
Yeas - Messrs. Cook, Fenwiek, Moore
Morsell, Talbert, and the President-o
KsisSi, Lsfnan, Msos,Sr.a, % ' ana kisSsfa tSSHS'
II.
The bill was then recommitted.
Mr.. Richards called up the bill granting pei
. mission to VIM. Stickney to extend the four
dation Of his dwelling at the corner of
street north and Sixth street west. Granted
Also, called up the bill making appropril
tion to pay the superintendent OF lamp-lighte tel
and the lamp.lighters.
there were no such Offices OF the eorporatio
As superintendent Of lsmp-lighters or lamJ
| lighters.
Mr.. Moore. after considerable debate, caIle
for the yeas ard nays on the third reading
the billj which resulted favorably, as follow
| Yeas Messrs. B,ker, Clark, Cook, Crocke
Knight, Larman, Richards, and the Presider
| -s.
and Morseli-I.
Mr.. Moore called the yeas and nays on III
passage OF the bill, and 1t was passed by tn
| following vote
Yea.-Msssrs. Baker, Clark, Cook, Crockei
Knight Larman, Richards, and the Presiden
Nsys-Messrs, Fenwick, ,MCCathran, Moore
and Mnrsell-i.
Mr.. MoOsthrsa offered = resolution rsdu.
Ing the Committee on Gas-lights to three, I
| wit; Messrs. Moore, LArmAn, and Fepwick,
Mr. Croeker did not approve the resolution
| He thought that the committee should consls
OF one from each ward, as now, that all tn
wards may be represented.
| Mr., Fenwiok asked that Mr.. McCathran b
appointed In his stead on the Auditing Con
Adjourned.
Board Of Common Council.
The Board met at the usual hour, all tn
| members present except Mr., Russell,