The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-03-16
LOCAL MATTERS.
CITY COUNCIL.

CITY COUNCIL. II =
An adjourned meeting of the City Coun-
Gil was held yesterday afternoon. Present &:
Messrs. Macfarland (president), Saunders,
Smith, Ordway, Taylor, Yale, Miller, Pc
louze, Clopton, and Gregory.
A communication from headquarters &C.
cepting thsresignation Of E. H. Whine was
read and accepted Yaa "zt-o
FINANCE.
Mr.. Saunders, from the Committee on
Finance, submitted, q report from which it
appeared that the city debt was at this
time the same ss at the beginning of the
last fiscal year, with the exception that the
greater part of the floating debt of the city
had been paid off,. The amount, paid into
the treasury during the last fiscal year in
elusive Of amount on hand at its commence
ment was S609, ,S6S.29; the amount dis
bhrsed was S591 ,24364; balance in trea-
sury at end Of the year, Sl8, ,624.15.
The Auditors estimates of receipts and
disbursements for the year, commencing
with the lst Of February, 1869, show re-
ceipts, $23S,464.l5; disbursements, $685.
1879 i; leaving S343,6S5.04 to be raised
by taxation. -'' ..- '.'' ..' .'
The committee were of opinion that the
estimate Of expenditures was too great.
The expenditure of sl5,500 for q fre-alarm
telegraph could be dispensed with for the
present, and the amount of $l05, 900 for
the police force was more by $4,000 than
the cost for the police force of the entire
city for the past year, and no allowance
had been made for any part Of the police
expenses to be paid out of the taxes to be
derived from the new district,
According to the act of Assembly pro-
viding that taxes levied upon the citizens
of the new district should be expended for
improvement and police for that district,
and therefore the accounts of taxes from
other sources must be kept separately.
The committee recommended that the
present tax bill remain in force, and that
the following resolutions be adopted :."oe
81. RESOLVED, That the City Collector is
hereby required to keep all money collect
ed from the new district recently added to
the city separately from that collected from
the old city proper, and report the same to
the Auditor. ,~..,,
so. Resolved, That the Auditor of the
city is hereby required to keep separate
accounts upon MS DOCKS OF all moneys re-
ceived from the new district, and also all
disbursements made for said new district.
"3. RESOLVED, That the Mayor of the city
is hereby required to make quarterly re-
ports to the Auditor of the expenses of the
police force in the new district.
"a. ReSolved, That the Engineer Of the
city is hereby required to keep q separate
account for all work done in the new dis
trict of the city, and when reported on to
the Auditor for payment, state for new dis
trict and which ward" ,~.4.
After considerable discussion the report
was adopted. .sEEaaGiUSaEE
Alnlh0uSe. aL
Colonel August, from the Committee on
the Almshouse, submitted the. annual re-
port of the committee, which gave full
statements of the number of patients in the
almshouse, the, amount of supplies con-
sumed, etc. The. committee were of the
opinion that there were no abuses existing
in the government Of the almshouse, but
that it. was conducted ss economically las
any similar institution in the country. The
report was accepted. r-,,.-,r.,,
After disposing Of other matters, the
Council adjourned.