The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-12-27
TIE PROPOSED LICENSE LAW.
A Hitch In It's Passage by the City
CouncIi-A Question OF Legality and
Batch OF Resignat,ons-Miacoll
neous Proceedings Of Council.

| A Hitch In It's Passage by the City
CouncIl-A Question OF Legality and
Batch OF HesiRnatIons-Miscol
neous Proceedings Of Council.
regular meeting Of the City Council was
held last evening at five o'clock, Mayor Wage
ner, and Aldermen Bowen, Gage, sweegan,
Mlcbaels, Kenny, Glover, Johnston, Moran,
Brown, slgwald, ONelll and VoIgt being
present.
Alderman sweegan presented communl.
cation frem q committee Of the board of fire.
masters asking whether it was contemplated
by the bill now pending before Council to
make appropriations for The support Of the
Fire Department, that the board OF aremasters
should pay such bills as those for rent of
the englne.houses and for repairs Of engines,
amounting to less than one hundred dollars.
Alderman sweegan said he supposed 1t was
understood that no such construction was In
tended to be put upon the language of the
bill, and the communication was received as
Information.
Alderman voIgt presented q petition signed
by about one hundred and fifty retail liquor
dealers, praying that the license fee Of one
hundred and twenty-five dollars proposed In
the new license bill to be required from such
dealers be reduced.
Petitions were received from Mrs. Mary
strohecker, Francis q. McNutt, Mrs. Mulvany
and James Mckay, for remission Of penalties
for non.payment of taxes, and referred to the
committee on retrenchment aud relief.
communication was read from the Young
America Steam Fire EN- company, asking
that the city order FIVE hundred feet Of hose
for Its use, to be paid for at the rate of TWEEN.
ty.flve dollars per month out OF It's allowance
from the city. Referred to the board of fre-
masters.
A communication was received from num-
Der of merchants, stating that, In their opin-
ion, 1t was impractioable and impolltlc to
exempt commercial travellers, doing business
10 this city, from taxation, and praying that
the law be left as 1t now stands.
The board of fremasters reported the
nomination of the following additional MEN,
bers of the board II. Il. Nathans, F. L.
O'Neill, J. W. Guy and R. D. White.
The nominations were confirmed. The
board also transmitted the application OF the
Comet Star Fire Engine Company for admls-
sion into the steam fire department with the
same pay as the other steam 6re companies,
the consideration of which was postponed.
The following report of the recent inspec.
tions of the hose Of the various fire engine
companies In the department, as published
from time to time in TIE news, was also sub.
mItted by the board and received as informa-
tion:
CHARLESTON, November 80. 1877.
To the Officers and members Of the Board OF
Firemdstcrs
of the ioInt committee of the Fire Department,
OF the City Council and your body, we have
carefully examined aud tested the hose Of the
several steam and hand engines, and submit
the enclosed report.
WIS take much pleasure In stating that
whilst some of the hose is detective from. age
we find that the large quantity that 10 now on
hand and in good serylceabe order is ade-
quale for all emergencies- Most OF the COM
panies have already ordered the requisite
number OF feet proportioned to them for f1re
purposes, say, for steamers eight hundred
feet, aud for hand engines four hundred feet.
It will be observed that most Of the steam
ers have more than eight hundred feet, and
we congratulate our citizens apon the result
OF the Inspection. There need be no fear as
TO the hose question In the event Of a serious
confsgration. The hose ordered may be ex.
pected here in about ten days. We take
pleasure In reporting all the steam and hand
engines 10 good working condition. The re-
port shows how many feet OF hose each
steam and hand engine had on hand at the
inspection, the number Of feet condemned,
number good. and number Of feet required to
of companies who have already ordered.
Respectfully, M. d. NATHAN,
Chief Fire Department.
R. N. ALEXANDER.
1st Asst @. F. Department.
C.P. A1MAR,
I'd Asst G. F. Department.
F. L. O'NEILL.
Sd Asst Q. F. Department.
The city engineer reported the failure Of
Thomas Black to execute the requisite bond
for the performance of his contract for the
removal Of certain buildings on King street,
and on motion of Alderman Gage the con-
tract was awarded 10 Mr. O'Donnell.
The Mayor laid before the Council COM
mu1loation from the Chamber of Commerce
upon the subject of the proposed water sup.
ply, with letter from Colonel Richard
Lathers, as published In TIE NEWS OF the 18th
instant. Received as Information.
The committee on contracts reported that
| they had received two bids for the proposed
alterations to the City Hospital, with
specific offers as to the cost Of the different
portions of the work, and the bids were, on
motion of Alderman Gage, referred back to
the committee to consult with the medical
committee Of the Board Of Health, end deter
| mine what portions Of the work were neces-
.seary to be done.
The Mayor reported that he had agreed to
pay 10 the late cily-attorney, Mr.. D. T. Corbln,
the sum of $1,000 to go to Washington and as.
| sIst In the prosecution OF the railroad suit
now pending in the United States Supreme
Court, and this action OF the Mayor was ap-
proved.
The committee on the fire loan being called,
Alderman voigt read the following letter, re-
signing his position as chairman of that COM
mlttee and as chairman OF the committee on
public lands:
IresIpn from the committee on fire loan,
because that ordinance of the city and sub
seouent act Of the Legislature says 10 section
| 2, clause !, that upon 1.-The approval OF the
title In writing by the city-altorney" loan
shall be made; in section and section OF
the same ordinance and act the language is
clear. and designates the cty.attorney to do
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