The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-07-01
LOCAL MATTERS.
CITY CNlNsJg..


An adjourned meeting of the City Conn.
I'll WAS held nt the City HAIL YESTERDAY
ailcrn0on. Present MrssrS. Scott (prc,
Sidingj. Ordwav. Montague. Glasgow,
thcStcrnan, William English. j. J. Eng,
lisl, Strauss, SimonS, Bos.icuX, Fahcrty,
Higgins, Jenkins. Rr@nno'.
IT." orlinauoc con,,Iuin, thc Iuy q :.
ger WAS rccommittcd.
FAY OF POLICE OFFICERS.
Mr.. J. J. English offered resolution pro.
viding for the payment of six captains OF
police instead of three, rs provided by ordi-
nance reducing force. for the past month.
Adopted.
NORMAL SCHOOL.
Mr.. Orttway offered n resolution appro-
printing 81 900 to the normal school
Adopted.
LICENSED MERCHANTS AND TRADERS.
The ordinance for the protection Of mcr-
chants and traders was taken up and con-
Sidcrcd.
Mr.. Glasgow moved to amend the first
section by the insertion Of the following:
"Such license shall state the wareroom
or place of business Of the person obtaining
it, and shall authorize him to sell goods by
sample at his place Of business only, and
shall not be transferred, sub-let, or sold"
And to insert the following as substi-
tute for the I'd section:
"2. Any person desiring to sell goods by
sample, not ut Il particular place of business.
but by applying from house to house with his
sample, shall first apply to the Mayor for q
license to sell such goods. The Mayor shall
determine the amount to be paid for sllcl
license, and upon such person paying the
amount to the City Treasurer the Mayor
may issue such license to him. The penal
ties for failing to comply with this section
shall be not less than $50 nor more than
Sl00-half to be paid to be informer."
The amendments We're adopted.
EDUCATION.
The communication Of the Mayor laid
over from previous meeting, in relation
to an appropriation for educational pur
poses, was passed by.
OFFICIAL BONDS.
The official bonds of Messrs. Pleasant,
(city collector), Dimmock (city engineer)
Munlord (city treasurcr), and Roscnc (higf
conStablc), were presented. and on motion
of Mr.. j. j. English approved.
MONROE PARK.
The report OF the Committee on Public
Grounds, etc., in relation to Monroe parb
was laid over for the action Of the new
Council.
The portion of the report Of the commit
tee providing for the renting OF the Clark
Spring property was adopted.
vALEDICToRY.
The Chair stated that there would be
O'Clock. In discharging his last oflicia
act he did SO with mingled emotions o
pleasure and pain; of pleasure. because III
was relieved of duties disagree cable ant
onerous; Of pain, because he was quit
ting scenes and friends with whom
he had been associated, save fo
two brief intervals, for eighteen years
When this Council assembled in this cham
Der they did so under a law which wa
vilely resisted, but which had been pro
claimed law by the highest authority il
the land, and they had appointed him II
their chairman. lie had committed errors
but they We're errors Of the head and no
of the heart. He rendered them his heart
felt thanks for the courtesy and considera
ton they had always shown him. Some o
the members of this Council would return
to the new, and while their duties were
delicate and onerous, he would ask them tx
remember that the representative who die
his duty without fear, favor, or affection
would not only feel the consciousness o
duty we'll performed, but would merit th'
appreciation and plaudits of his fellow
citizens. e
Mr.. j. j. English then said: -
"Mr. President, In behalf Of the Coun
Gil / rise to submit motion that the unan
imous thanks Of this body be rendered tt
our retiring President for the kind and gen
erous manner in which he has exercised ant
discharged his official duties as p resident o
the Council"
tion, which was unanimously adopted ant
ordered to be spread upon the journal 0
the Council on the announcement of which
Mr.. Scott again returned his heartfelt
Shanks, and the Council adjourned sine die