The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-03-26


Co,rc,, TO swell the public debt. The a miv,
oSvious remedy for this very aa,;s shaI
r>ower is to provide that the eo'. .,",,,rcnc,
consist of two bodies whose e" ',:t,,re.
shall he prerequisite to such eSlS"'''
SINKING FrSn. ,;s;o,
= wi, attention here, also. TO t"r ,,,,, fnnd
.e .hn shortcr rcspectiug tho sihh, ,;,,,;tw y,
Tbcre ia no limitation TO Ine - no cf,ect,,a
rnmn;c;naI bodies more likei. LIN. w. n,nd I,
tha, Int which provides hln e',,,,r, ne wei
s,. ,,c tay.raycr 10 feel Tue lu.l md !.
." IN nx;>tinc obligations I" u'c va. "omd
~ Wv ~ ay,kcn interest III picse"t '>t'""'
t,Irc. u,vrrr.
,,o made several complaints TO the c'erf
,n" second Market about its unclcahlH
u, He rcplies. and with reason, Una
u. cannot be accountable for tpe perlol,''n,h, ,
NJ duty with which he Is not charsr C;, :, nr
mh section of the market ordinance lIn. W,
d;nantrs. page 1884, provides thai .nc '' 'r,t is
"r thn Second Market shall he gwen "u' -, T.,
". '.,So, wh;,c rs 10 the other MARI 'n
oinnn i. hold accountable. | see no i.'' ,,,
Cor This difference and rccom''ie''. ''''''
i,u, ha wade uniform in this respect
4 NEW CODE.
u.oonncud that carly steps DC t1 me, ~,
-, &c, ,;.;I.,-;op IF the ordinances. he Ids
.,',,,t;c,t,on of city ordinances WIS ,""uo "
Ienn ',J ,hcrc i scarcely page whlch "''
loo' , " eithrr amended or lcgiSlatco apso'
no, Nv ~, nf existence. Many chapters. rs
.,'", ~, ttc Chamberlain. Lanc'>tcrlan school
a, othrrs are entirely useless; others, hk'
,h,, on thc Mayor. the Hastings Court ON
.nn' oI Sc ~" are totally inapplicablc to our
,,.scnt charter. and almost every one mas
~, ,,,od;ticd or substantially destroyed u!
,',.,'',,a,,, l,rjslation. Indeed. the Constr
,',t,o,, ,ndcr which we now live adopted
,,a,,. schomc of municipal government, antI
o,r m,uici1al code must conform 10 II.
mnr add that I'll, brief compilation made
i,St wear is better calculated to mlSlcad th;''l
inform the citizen.
DEPARTMENT REPORTS
recommend that the various departments
If c;,v government be required by ordinance
70 report directly to the Mayor. andatt ne same
1.-TWO to mako ont rcports ON or before the 10Th
nf Eehr,,,ry Of each year. Under the existing
MAN some rcports are made directly to tn,
rounci] some TO various committees OF the
Council. Some are made in May and other:
in February. The 3lst OF January closes th'
tiscul wear. and May will close the otticia
wear of all the departments. by fcp"rtil!
TO the Mayor he will be able to transmit nj
annual message to the first session OF I'M
Council in March, and to send Herewith III
the city reports. Hitherto these have beer
printed separately and PACED without reier
cnrc TO each other, and are scattered aboll'
without the chance. OF. it would seem, the
desire Of preservation.
Should these recommendations lie followed
they will be preserved in the most useful
form. will Ne in Il condition for caSy refer
encc and constant ,l>c, and will constitute
permanent record Of the progress OF the city
Il is now difficult 10 find many reports veal
old, and impossible to find the most OF then
for a period above two or three years back
The system of interchange among the various
cities of the Union Of their annual reports l.
POW quite generally established, and Is likely
to I've Of service in acquainting each Other
with the experiments and experience OF all
We are constantly receiving these without
being in condition to make any return.
conclude, gentlemen, by conSlHtuiatlns
YOU very earnestly on the fair promise OF our
BEAUTIFUL city for prosperity and growth. ana
! beg YOU 10 accept my warm acknowledge
mrntS. "a a citizen. for the laborlouS ana
faithful manner in which you have given
Your services to the public and rs an officer,
for the uniform courtesy you have been
pleased to extend to myself.
Very respectfully,
4. VI. KELLEY, Mayor.