Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1869-11-23
CORPORATION AFFAIRS.


! OF the CORPORATION with the First National Bank
| for the past week, showing balance due the bank
| from the Corporation on this day of sos 1910
| The Mayor returned TO the Board IAN act to
/ legalize the payment OF certain proportion'of
/ the salaries of Metropolitan Police magistrates
| as required by Congress" without his approval,
| and with the following remark: "This BILL in
| order TO avoid all doubt TO its meaning or
construction should, i'll direct terms, repeal that
part of the general appropriation bill which APP
PHI 5 to the appropriation of 81 200 'for compen-
satiOn to the police magistrates as per act Of
Nov. 10, 1853, which general appropriation bill
was approved Oct. 1, 1862 otherwise il nav be
| Claimed that they are entitled to the $500 per
year provided in that act and the 500 provided
il this. 5. J. bowen, Mayor"
Referred to Finance Committee.
Several bills from the lower Board were re-
feIred. Council bill forbidding the planting OF
trees outside the curb lines on streets avenues
| was laid on the table.
NEW BUSINESS.
Mr.. Davis presented petition of Robert l..
Jones, asking an Abatement in the assessment
Os lot D. in square 80; referred. Also, introduced
bill to grade and gravel I'D street west between
| Z and a. streets north; referred Also, bill to
pay deficiency in grading and crawling street
| norm, from 18th street west to the western
boundary; referred. Mr.. Stewart introduced
bill granting Rurrell Nixon the privilege to erect
frame horse; passed Mr.. Croker introduced
bill to authorize the Use of scales known as the
Morton and Brimmar scales" which. after a
long debate, was referred to the Committee on
Police.
A communication was received from the
Mayor, transmitting one from Mr.. A. f. New
ton, the lOok-keeper of the Corporation, cx-
planning the delay in issuing the annual PAM
phlct edition of the Corporation laws. with the
statement of receipts and expenditures for the
last fiscal year, and stating that the work of
printing Is progressing as rapidly IA practicable
Mr.. y. SAYS that - The preparation OF the finan-
cial statemt nj this year has been attended with
an unusual amount of labor and difficulty, grow
ing mainly out of the large payments made in
bonds, and hence its completion has been de-
layeu the usu..l time and proceeds to speak of
the extra labor entailed upon him. and recon-
men th that suitable room be assigned to him
be printed in the journal and placed the files
A communication was also received from the
Mayor nominating Benjamin ID: Peck for to-
pographer of the Water Board, vice q. w.
Wells, resigned; referred to Committee on Drain
age. Council bill to construct drains through
squares 334 and 1856; passed.
RELIEF FOR THE POOR.
Mr.. Connolly reported, from the Committee
on Finance, bill apprOpriating 20 800 to pur-
chase fuel for the destitute poor of the city who
are unable to work or cannot obtain employ
ment-S300 to be expended this month, and 81 COO
for each of the three months next ensuing.
Mr.. Morsell wanted to know how much de-
hcieney was to be asked for, and suggested that
referred to the fact that the corporation was
not vet out of debt.
Mi. Chase moved to make the amount $500,
so as 10 purchase food and afford other relief
-, 600 to be expended in each of the three ensu-
ing months.
Mr.. Moore wanted to know what was the use
of an almshOuse if the corporation was to buy
fuel and provisions for the outside poor.
Mr.. Connolly made an earnest appeal for the
poor, and said there were many poor women
who would die OF starvation before they would
go to the almshouse.
Mr.. Stewart thought the amount large for a
beginning, as there were no funds to pay the
workingmen for their hard labor for the cOrpo-
ration. He thought that the Mayor should not
have control of the entire appropriation. He
said the money appropriated by Congress last
winter had been expended by a Star Chamber.
Mrs. Josephine Grifiing, who was fraHuanfIv
cIoseted With the Mayor, had expended the
larger portion of it. What he meant by Star
Chamber was that no account was ever given OF
those expenditures, at least he had never seen
any. He could differ with the Mayor without
any unkindness; he (Mr. 81 might differ with
his wife, his children, his brethren, and ,till
love them. But he was tired of this idea here
that the Board of Aldermen must do nothing
except what is pleasing to the Mayor. Referring
to Mr.. Connolly in this portion of his remarks
Mr.. Connolly arose and said that he had
never met the Mayor more than eight times,
and had only recently made his acquaintance.
He advocated the distribution of the appropria-
ton by the Mayor only because he was the
proper officer to disburse it. After further de
bate, the amendments moved by Mr.. Chase
were agreed to-yeas, Q; nays, 4, (MeSsrs.
Champion, Davis, Moore, and Stewart-)
Mr.. Stewart offered an amendment '.that tie
President of each of the Boards, with the
Mayor, be q committee to expend the money
hus appTolr ated." Mr.. Croker opposed this
Amendment Mr. moore moved tnat the Dlli be
postponed, in order that there might be con-
siiered a resolution to be offered by him n
quiring Of the Mayor as to the disposition of the
so eco appropriation by Congress last winter,
and whether any of it was unexpended, and ii
so. how much; lost, yeas, 5; nays, s. Mr.. Stew
arts amendment, as above, was adopted, yeas,
nays, 6; and the bill was passed, yeas IL; nays,
hen offered his resolution of inquiry above re-
ferred TO, as to the $50, 600 appropriated by
Coz gress, aud il vas adopted.
MORE NEW BUSINESS.
Mr.. Emery presented petition of j. A. Land
voight asking permission to erect frame build
ing adjoining a brick kitchen on lot II, sub
square SO, and introduced bill granting the
privilege asked for. The bill was passed. Also,
petition OF VIM. johnson and others for an early
COMP letion of bridge the canal OnF street
west; referred. Nj. Clarke introduced bill ap-
propriating s1S907 to enable the Mayor to paw
the proportion of expenses incurred by the Reg
ister of Wills due by this Corporation to the said
Register up to October 18th last; referred. Also,
bill to grade and gravel Sixth street east, be-
tween East Capitol street and Massachusetts
avenue accompanied with petition of property
holders for said impr0yement); referred. Also
bin apPrOpriating s104H to pay salary Of z.
Richards, Superintendent of Public Schools, for
June, 1859, and providing that he shall be paid
his salary by the Treasurer Of Public Schools at
the same time that the teachers are paid; re-
ferred. Also, joint resolution authorizing the
sale to Mr.. Patrick Murray of the school house,
out buildings and lot corner OF and 22d streets.
being part of lot I, in square 50 i'm the First
w 6Iu, DTOSltIlUR hot ltSS imam SSOJ he received
thereof and the proceeds used in the procure
ment of more suitable school accOmm odatiOns i'm
the same district; referred. Also, presented
petition of John Banks Superintendent Of Chin
ney Sweeps, for remission of fine, accompanied
with bill for his relief; referred.
REoRGANIZATIoN OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
The first special Order-being the bill to reor-
ganize the fire department-was taken up. An
abstract Of its provisions has been published in
The STAR. 1t provides for five companies, in
stead Of foCr, as at present, and increases the
compensation Of the members of the force. The
salaries now amount to GIG, 100; with the one adj
ditiOnal company and the increased salaries, the
expense will be S32,1O0. Mr.. Davis explained
that the Government had disbaMled their three
companies here, who were much better paid
than the city companies. He then referred to the
rates paid in other cities, and gave statistics to
show that in the principal cities in the country
the expenses OF their fire departments were pro-
p0rtionately much greater than here, even with
the increased cost contemplated by the bill
The bill was debated at much length, and sun
dry amendments were made. Mr.. Moore moved
to strike out the clause. allowing salary to the
Fire Commissioners; lost: Yeas-Messrs. Con-
molly, Emery, Moore, and MOrsell-4. Nays 8.
The bill then passed with an amendment, Of
fered by Mr.. Croker, authorizing the employ
nent Of one engineer and one fireman for every
additional company hereafter employed in the
IRE department.
COUNCIL BILLS.
Council bills explanatory Of an act relative to
the sale of fresh meat by farmers, SC, and to
set the curb, &C., on First street east from d
street south, thence ninety feet, were passed.
Council bill repeating the section of the late Law
in reference to weights and meASurNa which