The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-12-10
Meeting of she City Council last Night.

The regular semi-monthly session of the
City Council was held last evening. The
Committee on Streets made q report, en-
bracing various recommendations concern
ing the improvement of our thoroughfares,
which was adopted.
The claim of P. I. Moore, City Sergeant,
for S475, for extra duties performed, which
came up in the report of the Committee on
Finance, was referred to the City Auditor
for his opinion. The Finance Committee
recommends that Julius @. Fischer, the
late City Assessor, be paid $500 on ac.
count Of his bill, amounting to 81, 1904,
and that the balance OF s920.74 BIO held
subject to future settlement after the
amount of loss, &c., expense for omissions
and dellnquencles have been deducted. The
committee returned the bond of John @.
Pryde, late Gas Inspector, to be retained
by the clerk to indemnify the city against
any delinquency in the office IF any while
he was inspector.
The Committee on the Fire Department
state, in their report, that the recommends.
tons Of the chief Of the department are all
important, and suggest that immediate ac-
ton be taken to supply the department
with horses in place of those which die9
recently, and also with two thousand feet
of new hose. An appropriation of $500
was then made by the Council for the use
Of the fire department.
The joint committee to whom was re-
ferred the claim of Messrs. Stuart, Buch-
anan & Co., for salt furnished during the
war, reported that they had, by the advice
of the city attorney, compromised the claim
at the price of $4,000, to be paid in the
bonds of the city bearing six per cent. in-
terest, having thirty-four years to run.
President Wynne announced the follow
ing changes in committees, occasioned by
the resignation of Mr.. A. Y. Stokes: On
Finance, Mr.. James Alfred Jones, instead
of Mr.. Stokes Mr.. George Bargamin,
chairman Of Committee on FireDepartment,
instead of Mr.. Stokes, and Mr.. Straus is
added to the same committee. Mr.. Ches-
terman offered his resignation as member
of the Committee on Ordinances, which was
accepted, and Mr.. James Alfred Jones ap.
pointed to fill the vacancy. Mr.. Jones
was also appointed to Committee OH First
Market, vice Mr.. Stokes.
The city attorney reported in favor of
the payment of $63 due Mr.. George Bell
for services at the city gas works. Agreed
to.
The Committee on Health wero author
ized to employ six public vaccinators, and
to fix their pay. Tho names of those em-
ployed and pay fixed TO be reported to the
Council.
Mr.. Straus introduced a resolution call
ing the attention OF the Chief of Police and
Police Justice to certain sections of the
city ordinances intended to prevent the
firing of pop-crsckers and blowing of horns
during Christmas week.
The sum Of $4,000 was appropriated for
the use of the Committee On Streets gener-
ally, and $4,000 for the CONSTRUCTION Of
eulvertS.
Mr.. Higgins introduced an ordinance to
SECURE the better performance Of the duties
of the various officers and employees of the
gas works, and requiring the assistant in
spectSrs, bill-clerk and weigher of coal
each to take the oath of office and give
bond in the sum of 81 900. The ordinance
gave rise to considerable debate, its pass
age being vigorously opposed by several
members. The rule was suspended, how.
ever, on motion of Mr.. Higgins, and the
ordinance passed ~ yeas, 10; nays, 0.
Those voting against its passage were
Messrs. Bargamn, William English,
Straus, Talbot, Whtlock, and Wynne.
A resolution was adopted requesting
our representatives in the General Assem-
bly, to urge the removal of the State Peni-
Tertiary from its present location.