The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-11-12
LOCAL MATTERS.
CITY COUNCIL.


City Council held yesterday afternoon-the
following members were present: Messrs.
Thomas II. Wynne presidenD, Bargamin,
Bossieux, Boyd, Cottrell, Davis. English
Of Monroe Ward, Euker, Forester, Hall,
Higgins, lsaacs, Kerse, Lipscomb, Manly,
Metzger, Newberry, Oliver, Starke, Scott
of Clay Ward, Scott Of Jefferson Ward,
Stokes, Straus, Talbot, Thornton, Wag-
ner, Whitlock and Williams.
CHANGES IN THE STANDING COM
MITTEES.
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 U.
Williams in place of Mr.. Wexford on Ordi-
nances, on Health, and on the Committee
on Schools.
STREETS GENERALLY.
Mr.. Newberry, from the Committee on
Streets Generally, submitted the report
from that committee: 1t recommends that
the petition Of j. Powers and others for
the grading of Bloody Run street from
Rockets to Elm street be rejected that
the collection of the culvert-tax and con-
nection expense, in the case of Mrs. Anne
Marvin be suspended one year from the
date of petition September 0, 1922; that
the petition referred to that committee by
the Council for four-foot brick sidewalk
to be laid on the east side of Twenty-eighth
street from Franklin to Leigh street be
granted-estimated cost, $500; that sewer
be constructed from Franklin street up
Laurel street to Park avenue zone square,
estimated cost, 5000; that a four-foot
brick sidewalk be laid by the city at the cor
ner Of Grace and Adams streets and the
remainder by the owners of the property
estimated cost, $40; that the petition of
w. F. Knox and others for granite flag
ging on Venable street, &C., be granted
cost, about $72; that the petition of K. F.
Robinson, Mrs. Lucy Il. Wharton, and
James Kilgallen, for relieffrom culvert-tax,
be rejected; that the petition of j. II.
Bnford asking to have his horse shod by
the blacksmith at the city shop, be rejected;
that the petition of Henry Karr for relief
from culvert-tax be granted and that the
petition Of Albert Ordway for four-foot
brick walkway en- Pear street from Main
to Dock street be granted estimated cost
5000.
Mr.. Isaacs moved to lay the report on
report then adopted.
FINANCE.
Mr.. Isaacs, from the Committee on FL
nance, submitted a report recommending
that the assessment on the Old Dominion
Sugar-Reinery Company be reduced for
the current year from 81 1852 so to 1902 20
being for seven months, the period the
company will have been in operation for
the fiscal year and that the Assessor be
instructed to reduce the assessment of per-
sonal taxable property against the company
to $685. 900 instead of s., as now as
sessed, the residue of the capital of the
company being invested in real estate, and
taxed as such; that the Collector be au-
thorized to remit the sum of $67.5O to
James H. Dooley, commissioner of the
Chancery court of the city of Richmond, in
the case of Roper vS. Lpscomb, &C., it be-
ing tax on improvements on lot which
have existed thereon for the past eight
years that the bill of r. B. Munford.
City Assessor, for omitted taxes, as per
bill rendered, amounting to $50.45, be paid;
and the committee would recommend the
payment of So per day for sixteen days to
John f. Regnault, and Of So per day for
twenty-five days to R. B. Munford, for
time occupied in examination and correction
Of the books of Julius G. Fischer, late
City Assessor; that the bill of j. G.
Fischer, late City Assessor, be recon-
mitted to the Committee on Finance for
examination and report to the Council.
The committee returned the official bond
Of j. M. Melton, late gas inspector, to be
held by the clerk to indemnify the city
Lose, 70 xr,h,oh
jected by the official delinquency, if any,
of the late inspector. Adopted.
FIRE.
Mr.. Stokes, from the committee on the
Fire Department, submitted report re-
commencing the rejection of the petitions
OF a number of persons asking to be
allowed to erect wooden buildings and
granting other persons the privilege.
Adopted.
TECTIvEs.
The Committee on Police, (Mr. w. Ii.
Scott, of Jefferson ward, chairman pre-
scented the following report:
The Committee on Police, in accord
ance with the requirements of resolution
of your body passed September 23d ultimo,
beg leave respectfully to report that they
have considered the propriety of reducing
the present police detective force of this city
to number two,' and have come to the con-
clusion, after consultation with the Chief of
Police, that the number of said force may
with propriety be reduced to four. In order
to this, we recommend the adoption of the
following resolution
Resolred, That the Board of Police
Commissioners be requested to reduce the
number of detectives now employed to
four, on or before the first day of Deem
Der next. These to be detailed from the
regular police force
In the course OF this examination the
attention of your committee has been
directed to section 26 of chapter 80, city
ordinances, which provides That the city
shall not be liable for the salary or fees in
the execution of the duties of said detec-
tives' yet, on the 18th day of April, 1871,
your committee find that public pay was
allowed to independent detectives by the
adoption of recommendation of the Com
mittee on Police. This action seems in
valid. The ordinance under which they
were appointed especially provides that no
pay shall be allowed"
CLAIMS AND SALARIES.
Mr.. Whitlock, from this committee, pre-
sented report recommending thepayment
of a number of bills. Adopted.
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