The national Republican., 1869-01-12

wherevith 10 iiquidate the claims against the
Institution, and that the said moneys have
slwsy. bean refused and wlthhsld, without
who Illegally claims the exclusive right to dis.
ALLEGING that the officers OF the Institution
fssssnoe in oiis.. Now, inssmaeh as such
Us by the Hon. s. ]. bowen, and :. We most
he .aS.sas foaPPSs,iSs y diTy sSsy sn. BE-
selves and to the public earnestly to urge thata |
ss.ts.,s 90, Ss 6s so G siiS view sisS 10 10 DE- s
termfne whether any fraud has been commit |
ted In the management OF the Affairs Of the |
wId We %SSld &. 5 noPs S% earnestly urge the early
settlement Of this matter for the additional
reason that our contractors threaten to annul
longer 70 farSi:h soodS % on credit thu. L has
already become extremely dinioult to keep
the inmates OF the Institution furnished with |
e oS e. ss Is n.o s sss
In posses.ion Of one cent Of the appropriation
md ss GS s' Ssn ons hs sf es
We are sir, very respectfully your obedicnt
servants, JAMES KELLY
FtHLDER r. DoRsETT,
JAMEs THOMPSON,
Z, l.. SCHMIDT, Secretary.
The P.e.tdsnt ,Ppo,sss;d s;so, Msa;r.; pn,,, ,payl.
Bates as the committee.
The bill iB. A. to repair and re'furnish the
Mayors ONCE was passed.
st. Paul's Protestant Episcopal church, bill
for the relief OF Hugh Hlghesj petition Of L.
Conner for the remission Of doe. Referred.
furnish the Com nittee on Improyements with
q copy OF the contract with Andrew 9leason
for grading v street north, from the east side
vermont svenus. Agreed to.
Mr.. Stewart submitted q resolution, request.
ing the Committee on Police to bring in bill
70 ~ snS 81 shs "a. Snpns wen,
corporation. Agreed to.
ter H to farni.h tSis Board q statement Ate @ Of % HE
amount Of money which has been expended
out OF the contingent funds during this eoun-
S y:sr and i0r Nnss Purpose the same has
Also, a resolution stating that, whereas a
bill has been presented In Uongress to inoor-
p9rW mnenGuse go sompssy PA 10, hs CITY
tain privilegesi Therefore,
Be u resolved, That the committee whose duty
70 ,ns S th; 4,
use their influence with the members OF the
Committee on the District OF Columbia not to
sp.os ~ upon which the centre market now
stands but that II such privileges are to be
granted, the same should be granted to the
Mr. Ssrdo submitted the following resolu.
tion' which was agreed to;
Reioiped, That the Committee on Police be
.oae issi.l.tion % SS to empower pow ri the iRtsndsnt
the Washington Asylum with authority to
protect the graveyard at that Institution from
MI Bali introduced a bill for the relief OF
A. Gleason. Referred.
Also, a bill for the relief OF Thomas Flynn.
Passed.
Also, a petition from Iaborers on corpora.
tion work In relation to their payment. Re-
ferred.
Mr. Bali also su6mittsd the Soi ioiiowins: it ''
Whereas, In investigating the pay.foiis OF
mittee elected these faetsi that the said aid com.
missioner had disreg gArded the law defining his
duties, In that he had expended large amounts
2, mSqsE paaSs srS ee pasins S Su,,H anx
authority from either the Councils or the
Mayor; had employed men and carts In
the ward at an excessive expense to the cor
poration, and selling the same to contractors
at, as he AYERS, 20 cents per load when sand
was worth from 70 thtee to ionr times that MAJ
Der aud hardware without authority Of law {;
Therefore, be it
Rc,oiped, That the Mayor be requested to
missioners, to a strict compliance with the
law In the discharge Of their otieial duty.
RoBr. BALL,
W. L. BRows,
O. 5. BATES,
III. RUSSELL.
| After lengthy discussion, the following res.
| olution, offered by Mr.. Stewart, and amended
| by other gentlemen, was adopted:
Resoived, That q special committee be Ap.
pointed to investigate the Official conduct OF
all the commissioners OF the several wards,
| provided there are charges against them.
The President pro lem appointed as the COM
nittee, Messrs. Davis, Chase, l.. b. s. Miller,
Ball, Bates, Brown, and ussell.
Mr.. Arrison also presented protest against
the changing OF the grade OF Seventh street
east between East Capitol and north A streets
Mr.. Arrison submitted the following resolu-
tiouj which was agreed to:
Reiolred, That the city register and the col
the amouat 40 OF taxes received from ali the
chartered Insurance Companies OF this city,
and agencies Of foreign Insurance Companies
doing business In this city, and the names of
into the city treasury the taxes authorized by
HIf; foa x. T.sP sG levied on Insurance Companies
Also, a bill to repeal a certain portion OF an
act appropriating money for the office of the
engineer of the canal. Referred.
Ing the Mayor to inform the Boards what
amount Of floating debt he has paid to claim.
ants, to whom paid, and what smount has
Mr.. Dalton presented a petition to grade and
pave the alley In square 92i. Referred.
Mr. Fowler introduced a bill to open and
grade Water street, between Thirteen-And.a a.
half and Fourteenth streets west. Passed.
bill;
Re IL enacted, &C., That on and after the pas
sage Of this act all men employed on Corpora.
tion work, whether employed by contractor.
for work not now contracted for or by ward
commissioners, shall each receive not lesi
than two dollars per day for each and every
| days work.
sotea Tor ~ with IL ,hs GerPoron % psy St to s%S
| lAborer less than the above. me n ned sum, h,
shall, II convicted before any magistrate o.
offence. And all acts OF. parts OF acts incon
si.tent with this act are hereby repealed.
Mr. Fowler explained that when he offere,
employed by ward commissioner hity pc
cent. until April J, he was, In his judgm ent
embodying IN the best form the wishes of hi
| constituents. In their ward meetings las
fall they demanded more work. Work the.
wanted and no soup houses. OF course, vi
were limited In our ward fund and to max
the bill, but by the temper displayed here, h
saw that measure so eminently philan
thropic must yield to the olamor Of selhshness
appear as opposed to the laboring class. Hi
men everywhere. The mild and open winte
mitigates very much the priyations povert
entails, thereby lessening the necessity 0
such legislation. But as the proposed pa
equals that paid by contractors, even In sun
, mer, and to protect the rights OF laboring mer
he offered this bill
After further debate, the bill was passed
yeas y, nays7,
Mr.. Russell introduced a bill to establish
the psy OF the corporation lamp-lighters a
$50 per month. Referred.
Also, a bill Increasing the compensation o
the members Of the two Boards to 500 per an
mum. Referred,
Mr.. Taylor, from the Committee on Improve
ments, reported bills to allow Isaac Childs an
William Mackey to pave street south