The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-03-10
Prooeedings Of Conneil.1 '1 ,l% q,
ConUMBIA, 8. o. March z, 1871;

REGULAR MEETING. J+.s
Council met at m. Present-His
Honor the Mayor; Aldermen Cooper,
Denny, Hayne. Minort, Mooney, Simons,
Smith, Taylor, Thompson, Wallace and
Wigg.
Absent-Alderman Goodwin. The
minutes of last regular meeting were
read and approved.
PETITIONS, COMMUNICATIONS, ETC.
Petition Of j. A. Visanski, for refund
ment OF fine imposed by Mayor for re-
failing liquor in quantities less than a
quart, having taken out qunrt license
merely; also, submits reasons for asking
refundment of fine.
On motion of Alderman Simons, the
petition was laid over for future consido.
ration.
Application of Richard Flanagan, for
tavern license. Referred to Committee
on Licenses.
The following accounts were present
ed and referred to the Committed on Ac-
counts:
Cooper & Taylor, Aims House, Street
Department and Guard House; E. d.
Gilmore, Street Departments; w, d.
Love & Co., Guard House; j. G. Dial,
Street Department; Columbia Gas Com
pany; l. ID. Coleman, Aims House: q.
IL. kellogg, Water Department.; J. H.
Jones & Co., Water Department; John
Alexander, Water Department.
The following accounts were ordered
paid without the usual reference:
D. Slghtler, repairing fence ut Aims
House; l.. Lee. planting shade trees on
Palmetto Road; w. Simons, repairing
fenoe at Water Works.
REPORTS, ETC.
reports Of City Clerk and Clerk of
Market, for February, were presented.
and the former referred to Conn mittee on
Ways and Means and latter to Commit
tee on Market.
The following report of the City Ply
slclan was presented and referred to the
Committee on Aims House:
1u compliance with Il recent order of
Council, the following report of the City
Medical Office for the month of F.bru
AIRY is respectfully submitted:
Whole number of inmates in hospi-
tai on the first of the month, 3S; admit
ted during month, S; discharged, G.;
number of pnupers outside of hospital
receiving aims from city, %; amount of
ratlons issued, $40; whole amount for
maintaining poor, including hospitals.
SloU; number OF poor outside of hospi-
tal who have received eleemosynary me.
dlcal aid from this Office during the
month, II.
Since the extension Of the city, n con.
siderable number of poor who are una
bic to pay physician have been added
to the list hitherto existing, aud have
more than correspondingly augmented
the duties of City Physician-has in
creased his duties at least 100 per cent,
and have rendered totally Inadequate
the present salary to the amount of du
lies performed.
would also call your attention to the
expediency OF removing, rs soon as pos
sibie, the colored hospital from the pre-
sent lnsalubrious and unsuitable locality.
BY having the hospitals adjacent to ench
other, considerable expense could be
curtniled by reducing the number of
employees. One energetic, reliable stew
ard could supervise the whole.
would also call your attention to the
impaired condition of hospital buildings,
and unsuitablencss of furniture pertain
ing thereto. &c. Respectfully,
(Signed) w. d. RNWELL,
City Physician.
Tho following report of the Chief of
Police was presented and referred to the
Com mittee on Guard House and Police:
OFFICE CHIEF OF POLICE,
COLUMBIA, S. c., Feb. %, 1871.
To lie Honorable Mayor and Aldermen.
GENTLEMEN: have the honor to sub
NIT herewith monthly report of the Po
lice Department, for the month of Fe.
bruary, ending on the 2Sth, 1871.
The total number OF arrests made
during the month of February, for all
grades of crimes and offences committed
within the city and its vicinity, is 112,
OF which 102 were males and 10 females
81 We're white and 81 were colorcd. The
following statistical report shows the va
rions grades OF crime and offences for
which persons were arrested and turned
over to tho proper authorities, 10 wit
Drunk. 20; disorderly, 81; firing gun in
city, &; peddling without license, 3;
horses on sidewalk, .; driving in brick
drain, 7; interfering with police on
duty. 9; petit larceny 5; vagrancy, 4;
litc.ling horse to shade tree, l; gam
bling in city, 2S-112.
The following disposition was made of
pa'sons arrested during the month of
February: 80 served their time in guard
house. under sentence of his Honor the
Mayor; q discharged by his Honor the
Mayor.
The snhjoined statement shows the