The national Republican., 1869-01-12
COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.
MONDAY, JANUARY IL, lsoo.
Ronrd Of Aldermen.

MONDAY, JAsuARr IL, lsoo.
hoard OF Aldermen.
At the usual hour for the assembling OF the
Board 2, s:s night The only mem
Talbert and the president, Mt. Grinder.
At s.2s o'clock, (several Conservative mem.
eers hayiag appeared and then retired from
Mr. Oroofsr moved that Alderman Knight,
In the absence OF the President, take the
The secretary proceeded to read several
eommunleations IRON the Mayor, when, on
Mr., Baker moved to adjourn. Agreed to.
And the board adjourned.
The communications which were about to
he read were as follows!
The Mayor transmitted Communication
81 FPSa P,Ss as.,iae,s @ o poor & al. s,y &c 70 erect
lamps and lamp posts In the Sixth ward; for
the relief Of Patrick Howiingi for the relief OF
wooden building near his own brick dwelling
by Hon. wm, Sprague, and joint resolution
to appoint q committee to investigate claim.
against i ne soIp9sson oonsc,ea o,s % Ga Gn,nisS S
webb's Digest.
Also, a eommunicstion vetoins the cow.bill,
in which the Mayor says: 81 regret that can;
OF Aldermen, entitled An act In relation to
keeping COW. within the limits OF the city OF
"To give all persons In the city the privi-
lege ofkeeping as many cows as they please
would, 10 my opinion, be inniotins on the
community an snncyanee I and a puissnse ~ 4, Per per
is certainly liberal to those who keep COWS
more so than that OF any other city within my
knowledge. I would suggest that further re-.
imposed, rather than have Unlimited license
given 10 the matter OF allowing animals OF any
kind to run at large, or to be kept in such mum
the community. cannot conceive how more
cows can be kept within the city limits with
out creating nuissnoes and annoyances from
which our citizens would petition to be re-
al return the bill without my signature"
The Mayor also sent In communication
ceipts Of his once during the month Of Deeem.
Der last as follows; On account Of water tax,
", ,45s.T6, on account Of rents, ttlo.bTi on ae-
count Of taps and permits, t% Total,
The Mayor also transmitted the account Of
Mr.. George II. Plant for services as one Of the
enclose herewith an order from George II.
Plant, esq, for the amount Of his pay for ser
vices as a Judge of election In May last. In
pay the Judge. @ Of T siectlSn' snd II. na%s % was
omitted from the list. I recommend that q bill
be passed for hi, relief, appropriating $50,
The Mayor also transmitted a communica-
tlon and circulars from the Maryland Free
stone Mining and Manufacturing Company,
the stone from the compAny's quafrIes may be
legalized for use In paving, tagging and curb
Ing by the corporation.
Board OF Common Council.
The Board met at the usual hour. All the
members present.
The President laid before the Board a mes.
Of certain acts.
Also, transmitting accounts of apothecaries
Of the Second and Third wards.
Lao atnV 49, at ns,fN Nha sol a
Freestoae Mining ia shs % MssaI.saariar =. s % Com.
/ pany, asking that the stone from Its luarrie.
may be legaIiled for use in paving, tagging,
| Also, one In answer to q resolution calling
| for Information relative to the Frauklin school
building, The awards paid &c sta'n,nS n,iti that
| Committees and enclosing a communication
from Adolf Cluss, architect.
Mr.. Cluss states the amount paid to be
| k37 535,5T (t26,s65.25 In cash, tl0670 % bonds
Balance due s52, ,To3 90, (Ellis Il Uo.s assignee
| u ,9Oo9l, Wise Il Callshan assignee Of J. n
nowning tl6s,o2.ls. estimated amounts "a
!. O. Naylor t52 1900 rs, making a total o.
sli3,i3o.u' BY the act Of March IL, 1884, tn,
entire school-house fund was placed to the
credit Of the committee and the proceeds are
IS follows: For the year ending June 90, 1854
tl32ls.l9; 1895, l7,sS5l0; 1865, si6ss rs; 1851
sl7,i27 s3i 1865, t37,o3s 6i. Estimated amour
| Also, a petition Of Arthur Shepherd, settinl
forth that on the sth OF June he was elected
as he believed, by legal majority OF th'
Court having decided that three OF the mem
| bers who assisted In his election were illegal,
| elected, he considered further claim to the
| office improper, and asks that the Board in
demnify him for services to the date OF the de
| cision.
Also, the following from the superintendent
0aes Of Supsriniendsn and Iaipeeior Of Ssper,
CdrridgcIodyi, &C., Wdshingtoa, b. c., January II
ls6e-E I. Fowler, esq President Of Boar
CeedInEs Of your honorable Board o. the iiti
ult., that Mr. william Forsyth, late superin
tendent Of sewers, SO, exhibited 4 lengthy
erage In the First ward, and complaining
loudly because did not adopt his mode o.
i making such assessments.
| tention to pages 46s and 403, Webb's Digest
| where he may see the laws Of Congress and
Of the corporation In relation to this subject
There 1t 10 stated explicitly and emphaticallJ
each street shall be taxed for the cost Of the
out a separate assessment for each street
as the law requires, Mr.. Forsyth includes hall
a dozen or more streets, In one system Of gen
many circumstances which make the cost of
sewer higher on one street than on another
the excavation, the size Of the sewer, and the
number OF square feet bordering on the street
are all different on different streets. Why
should the people on Pennsylvanih avenue bt
required to pay for a sewer on III street
| which Is on a hill above them, when the Law
eontemplates that the lots bordering on " )
street should pay for the I street sewer, AND
the lots bordering on Pennsylvania avenue
Admitting the contract price per runnin,
foot to be the same, for the whole system, al
lis in this case, yet the cost per square fool
tSs ienEtS @ Of tSe syees II @ dfpsiaeeS
the number OF square feet bordering on II
Therefore the rate per square foot can rsye
are exactly the same number Of square lee
bordering on them, which 10 rarely II ever tn
| case.
ment for the streets left for me to measur,
/, | and 1t will be seen that the total amount
|. my assessment rolls agrees with the produS
\ | the contract price per foot. The rate can
|. higher on the square foot OF property, becaul
there was a smaller superficial area drained
| sections,
But supposing Mr. Forsyth's theory OF ge
eral average to be correct. It 10 so full
a blunders in practice as to render 1t utterly IL
!, possible for any one to carry 1t out withol
', | committing himself to those blunders. l WI
|, refer here to some OF them, which hope vi
| suffice:
Roll b, dated Dec. 4. 1867, error In addir
superficial area. 2,to6 square feet.
Same roll, error in adding amount OF asses
Roll q, dated Oct. 4, 1861, error in addlr
e amount, t7T.S0.
FL Roll A. without date. discrepancy betwe'
roll and Mr. Forsyth,s .tatement to Council
o | on the 7th ultimo, t55t.Ts.
These rolls were all signedi WIN. Forsyt
Superintendent Of Sewers, &c. !" and approv
u | Richard WAllaeh, Mayor" Mr.. forsy
u | also erred in fixing q, ,55 on the square foot
10 his general average, as II would have fall
J. | short ts47,55 of paying the actual cost.
= | would have taken u, 80 to pay It.,
e My assessment was not intended to meet 81
deficiency under Mr.. Forsyth's system, but
cover the actual cost Of the section left for n
l To m at