The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-11-12

Barramin. RoS,ieuX, BOYD, Costrell, Davis.
English of Monroe Ward, Eukcr. Forester.
Hail. Higgins. ISaacS. KerSe. Lipscomb.
Manly. Mctzger, Ncwbcrly, Oliver, Starkc,
Scott of Clay Ward, Scott of Jefferson Ward,
Stokes. Straus, Talbot, Thornton, Wagner,
Whitl"ck. and Williams.
CHANGES N THE STAMPING COMMITTEES.
The President announced the following
changes in the standing committees: Mr.
Wagner in place Of Mr.. Wexford on the
Committee on Streets. and Mr.. Charles l..
Williams in place of Mr.. Wexford on Ordi-
nanceS, on Health, and on the Committee on
schools.
STREETS GENERALLY.
Mr.. Ncwbcrry. from the Committee on
| Streets Generally. submitted the report from
| that committee: 1t recommends that the pc
! iition of J. Powers and others for the grading
| of Bloody Run street from Rockets to Elm
street I've rejected: that the collection of the
! culrcIt-taX and connection expense. in the
case Of Mrs. Anne Marvin be suspended for
one year from the date of petition (Scp!em-
| Ter =. 1872; that the petition referred to
| that committee bv the Council for fOur-iuot
brick sidewalk to be laid on the east side OF
Twenty y-CiChth strccttrom Franklin to Leigh
| street be gi1ntcu--cStimntCd cost, $3.50 that
Il sewer be constructed from Franklin street
lrp Laurel .trcct to Park avenue tone
>quare)-cstima.cd cost, $3.50; thlt four.
foot brick sidewalk lie laid by the city at the
corner of Grace and Adams streets and :hc
remainder hy the owners Of the property
,rtiumted cost so; that the petition of W,
| +. Knox and others for IL granite Tagging on
Ncmhl, street, &c, be grincd-co>t, about
So; that the petitions Of Il. +. Robinson
Mrs. Lucy r. Wharton, and James kilgal
| len, for relief from culrCrt-taN, hc rejected
| that the petition Of }. ii. BintcrI asking tC
| have his horse SiIod by the blacksmith at The
city shop be rejected; that the petition OF
Henry karr for rclcI from cuvcrt-taN be
granted: and that the petition Of Albert
| Grdwuy for icur-toot brick walkWay OF,
Pear street from Main to Dock street Ec
| granite c>timatcd cost, $500.
Mr. Isaac5 moved to lay til" report OF the
table: whir! n.oion was lost, and Tie report
then adopted.
| rlSA>CE.
Mr.. l>aacS, from The Committee on Finance
| submitted report recommending That the
assessment on the Old dominion Sugar-RC.
| tincry Company I've reduced for the current
year from $l,jG2.50 to SG92.Io, being fol
seven months. the period the company will
nave h,cn III operation loi tne u>S'l He'l'
ah" th"t lH' NSe'>>"i w iAS'i IVY" ~
,',,>,.,,. ;,,., 49,, ,.,,,nn,,. 80 ..n, nnn =;
l,o.,I nf : .s nov, .,y.r.co6 the ,rr.;du,
-, ,I,., ,.,,,;,.l r n, ron,n,ny hrinr invested
y; ~ ''.,1 a,i.',n and t,ynL ~. .,rrh tl,t IN,
T,,iI,,tn,. w.. ..,,t Lnr;IaI tn rcnit ,he .Irm ~
sr@ IN ~ Iomns " Donlry missioner Of
the Chonccry Court of the rity of Richmond
in the case of Roper Is. Lil,Scomb, Hr., il
being tax on improvements on lot whicl
| have existed thereon for the past eight years
that the hill Of Il. H. Nuutnrd, City Assessor
for omitted taxes, as per bill rendered
amounting to SjO.45, be paid and
the committee would also recommend the
raymcnl of - per day for sixteen DAYS
to John f. Kcrn:,,lit. and of 81 Der day ln,
twrn,v-tiy. DAYS TO K. B. Nupford, for time
or,urrd in examination and correction o
,hc hooks of JuliuS G.. Fischer. late CITY rs
SCISSOR. th,t the lin of J. c. Fischer Int,
rity assessor. he rccommttcd to the Com
mi,tcc on Finance for examination and re
MORT to the Councl,
The committee returned the official bont
Of ! N Melton. late asls nSrcctor. 10 y,
Ecld by the clerk TO indemnity the citv
lu,c,;nst any loss 10 which il mny he subjected
by the official delinquency, ii any, of the lat,
insn,c,nr. Adopted.
FIRE,
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MA na,,art,D,r, url,m;,t.d , rrno,t rncon,
,,,.ra;r.r t,,n rcirrtinn nr tho nr,itnnS rf
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nr.', ...,, ,xona h,,;idin%s md ,,r,ntinr othe,
,,n,,.nn, ,>' "'I' ~" "riv;,n,n SdontrG
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TIE POLICE COMMITTEE NNh 'hs pf'iE 'hS.
The Committee on Police. (Nlr. W. II
Scott, OF Jefferson "ard, chairmah,) pre-
sentca the io'io"lhS l'porn:
ne toliti.''e oi H.. ~ W.
aT'. ",I 'no ".,d snnt",n,c oal ,,ltnn hoo e,v,
noU. a"I;,,.tr,,ilr ~ rcnnrt tl,t thev have CON-
siGercd .tIc nronriety of reducing the pres
ent police detective force of this city TO mum
Der TWO, ana nave co,ne " the sonc,usioi ~ nsI:
,'ei Io's" ''n of .a;d f,,oo ,,,,,, ,,.;th ,,,.o
nrietv lc reduced to four. In order to this
Pi'tts |c i.uuI,H nlnn,;or w Of tho folIov;nf
we Iecci''inelo 'h' ''i''0i' "a Wv 'o''0 " '"s
| n.posnjred Thot the Beard of Police Com
' ne>o..tu' ,a',,,'tna ,n rodrr. tho n,,n
lh!Ssioheis w i'i''',.e" =" ,d,ud - r,r,. ~,
Der OF aettCtNcs nov eihi'1Seu ~ ,ooa, w.
or peiole 'ilG ny, niE' T's Va -" nen,iar nnI;n,
lhcSc 10 pe uc'"''e" "o''' vi. 7o'"' f'''~>
force. e,,.: ;n.;,,, .,,o otto,
tn co''i>e VI W., I', ,,"',,, ,i;ra>,,L =,
tlon ol your co'l'hi','.. ~; .' n;,,. nrl;nannsS
section 20 OF t.,!'', s!n o. -, oi,, ,,ham ,nt =;
mn'L ni tir m thc s,,ry or fee, in the execution
'F ','tu tha Jn,ics nr said detectives: vet, or
the I'm day Of April, 1871. your committee
find Ilot puhic paw was allowed to indie
pendent detectives by the adoption of re-