Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-03-29
Mr. Massey wished the bill postponed until
hn no11ld nyaminn the old laH ON the snhinct

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the Auditor office during the afternoon. ant
there saw the workings of the present plan. :
The law now required the person seeking Il Ii
ccnsc to get q certificate from the Auditor ant
upon depositing that certificate with the City
license, became qualified to do business Many
parties had taken the certificates from the Au
ditor, put them in their pockets, andncver gone
near the treasurer Some 1913 was now due
in this way The committee was satisfied that
the Mayor possessed far greater facilities tol
collecting licenses than the Auditor.
Mr. Massey congratulated himself that the
committee had come to the same conclusion
that he had expressed when it was first propos-
ed to take the granting of licenses away from
the Mayor.
The bill was then temporarily laid over.
\ communication WAS then received from
the Mayor with reference to the payment ofthe
appropriation for wood.
1t being stated that the whole matter was
now settled, the communication was received,
and laid on the table.
Mr. Massey in presenting the memorial of n.
n. Turnbull, asking for fire plug at the corn
err near the cotton factory. said that he did not
see why the city should be taxed to provide ia
cilites for wealthy gentlemen who started en-
tcrDrlSSS mere. IL SuCU hClC
necessary let gentlemen construct them at their
own expense The petition was referred.
4 petition of D. f. Henderson tor leave to
erect soaptactory on Duke near Alfred street.
,s:ls read, and Was followed by remonstrance
against such erection BY L large number Of
citizens residing in the vicinity. The subject
was referred to the Committee Oh General
Laws.
The consideration of the bill rc-tranSierrlng
the collection Of licenses from the Auditor to
the Mayor was then resumed.
Mr.. Wheat explained that the new bill sys-
tenatized the method of granting city licenses.
Mr.. Massey said it was the duty of the
Assessors 70 report the names of persons sub
jcct to the license tax.
Mr.. Wheat had never heard ct that before
lie thought the bill now reported would pro-
vide means to furnish information as to who
would be subject to licenses
Mr. Massey discussed the general SUI ject of
taxation and favored Il coditcation of the city
law.
Mr. Shinn explained that Il resolution max
ing in appropriation for coditying the city laws
had been passed by Council sometime ago, but
had failed to pass the Board of Aldermen.
Mr. Massey then moved that Mr. Shinn be
4 committee to request the Aldermen to pass
such resolution; which was agreed to.
The bill i'll rclationto licenses was further dis
cussed all present voted i'll its favor but the
new charter requires that no bill shall pass on
the same night it is introduced without con-
currcncc of three tourths Of the whole board
az As only 10 members were present the
bill Wis not agreed to.
The following communication was read from
Owen Carroll
IL tie city CouncHot ,-ltsrandria:
The subscriber bcgs leave respectfully to state
that while absent in the country last fall friend
Mrs Hammal-gave my son two little pigs
and kept them up till about New Years. and
Il man coming into my yard iormanure, lot them
out into the street, and policeman james Smith
took them up and charged me 50 for their re-
lease. In February | was absent from home one
night from . till 10 o'clock, during which time
the hogs were taken from my yard, and when
found them they were in the market pen, and
policeman Webb charged me 81 tortheir release
| leave the matter to your kind consideration.
Very respectfully, OWEN carroll.
F. s. When policeman Smith took them up
applied to the Mayor; he said he had no power
in the matter, [ must go to Council. o. {.
The communication was referred to the
Mayor.
Il. II. Gcmcny asked Council to release him
from lease OF ground on Fishtown, the build
ug on which which was destroyed by tlre-re-
ierred to the Committee on Public Property.
The following communication from DR.. }. Is.
Johnson, President of the Friendship Fire Co.,
was read, the reading being frequently inter.
uptcd One member asking if 1t was signed
by Josiah Davis.
Honorable City CouncH
Gentlemen The Friendship Fire Company
sulutcs the City Council with kind wishes, and
asks leave to say, that it remembers itself, ana
rccollccts, the now, almost century OF acqunlnt-
ancc which has existed between it and your hon
orublc body.
That acquaintance is too old, and too dear to
be forgotten or lightly severed. 1t is the privl-
lcgc OF friends to kindly differ, and If moment
arv cstrangcmcnt has ocurrcd the rcmcmbranco
of bright list Of selsacrliicing acts, DurieS All
dispute and bushes the murmurs St complaint
in the mutual recitations of many gallant deeds
The vicor of youth still gl0ws IN its ancient Prov
ess and it remembers now, as though it were but
| Yesterday when you and it, stood side by side
on the banks Of our proud river, and iet HE
| blood thrill with patriotism, when the SOUND Oh
| the words Of the Declaration of independence
fell upon the lambert air, and how with like
| hopes and fears, Solcmnly invoked Gods blcSS-
| ing and swUre 70 live Or perish together Iii the
| ni,inta;nancr of those principles, ana now ior
seven long years those pledges were 1aitniGilE
| observed; and how again III ISL the call was
| made t. renew those rowSto resist second time
| the power which first was successfully opposed;
and how yet again both went forth /" vlndlcItr
i'm Il strange and distant land the emotions "l
! American pride on Mexican SolIi ana sun more
recently in the late war of States how both lent
lhrir best cndravorS to prevent II destruction OF
the colonial principles of scli-gnvernment,w when
the mutual valor and devotion had caused to he
firmly established, and held as one of the many
inestnabr blessings which accrued to us 10y I'll, the
successful termination Of the war of lllG. The
date of the birth of your Honorable Body ana
that ,fthe Company is prior to the history OF the
| United States and every act OF cach was lreeiy
given to assist in yielding to American history
more Of true glory, than ever was contained III
ancient time or poetic story:
In view this long and ilustrious association,
and in obedience to the inspiration Of these en- en-
nobling "reminiscences, the Friendship Fire Co.
come: forward with record unburred, to put
itself in suitable condition to give indscrlmnate-
" its services to those of its tel low-cltlZcns VINO
may be ovcrtaken 10y fire, and I" say to Your
Honorable Body, that it approaches YOU not IN
the measured language Of anapplcant for iav S
but in the manly words of an equal and I" de-
clare. as its name imports that II desires to unito
its sudeavGrs with your LABOR t." serge the pnDG
good TO accomplish this object, the Company
fakes liberty to inform you that it has reorgnn'-