Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-12-03
CITY COUNCIL.
PRO- G. Il + ID | n u s..
RlARn 0E ALDERMEN

| At an adjourned meeting OF the Boaro ol AL
| dermen, held December Z 1873, there were pre-
| sent: S. II. Janney, esq President, and Messrs
Latham, Moore, Lawson, johnson and French
A report of the Finance Committee recon-
| manding the reduction of assessment on the two
houses OF j.. Il. McVeigh to Sl9, 800 for the veal
| 1873; also in favor of refunding to Jameson
Uhler s. Co. $50. and Geo. K. Hill d 60: SlOo
also !. petition Of sundry citizens for crossings o
Patrick, Henry and Alfred streets, at their IN IN
| .rrsection with Gibbon street; also bill OF w
F. Henderson, 81 II against he Aims House
also n resout on instructing the Comn,lttee OF
Pubic Property to turn over to the Is 9ard o
Pubic Works the Mayors Office; also bills o
L. Swaine, 81; John Marriott Sl5; Is. W
| Malls Sl5 for election services, and blli OF j
H. Nils, Sl2 SO, for rent of room for regstratlot
and lection purposes, were receive from tnt
| Comnoa Council and their action concurred IN
| A resolution authorizing the Com mltlee OF
| Public Property to purchase u set OF platform
scales for the use oi the Market Master, was
| received from the Common Council, their nc
ton non. .concarrcd in, amended by adding
''vhc Committee on Public Property to advertise
| for proposals IT, lowest bidder" and adopted.
The ard prOcc led to the chant; ;r oil tht
Common Council Tor the purpose of hearing
read the laws as cudifah by Mr. Carne, and upon
| their rcturn the Board ADJOURNED RI.
Testc: JNO }. JAMESON, Clerk.
IUMllUN UUUNClL.
| At an adjourned meeting OF the Com non
| Council, he'd December :, 1913, there were pre-
| sent: Messrs. Rock Esch5eTg, Hopkins, Bro
iers, Mckenzie, Downhaln, Rishell, Fowle
| Hughes and Evans.
In the absence OF the President, Mr. Mcken-
zie was elected President pro tcmpore.
As this WAS IN adjourned meeting, on motion
| OF Mr. Echbarg the reading Q! the Ml:utes O.
| the last meeting WAS suspended
| The President stated taat the object Of the
| meeting was that the two Boards IN JOINT Session
might hear read the laws of the Corporation as
compiled by Mr.. Carnc, and requested Mr
Ejcnb,rg to invite the Board vi Aldermen lnto
| the chamber Of t4u Common Council for tnat
purpose. . -.
Mr. Evans offered resolution directing the
printer CT the code TO print ten or more pages al
| time of The laws as prepared by me codlber loi
| the use Of the members OF the City Counci
| pending the consideration OF the same, which
| was lost,
The members Of the B ard Of Aldermen enter
| cd The chamber and the Corporation Attorney
| being also present, Mr.. Carnc being requested,
~ oceedcd to rc&d his compl alton OF the laws,
and had read i've chapters thereof, when dis
cussion arose concerning the manner In when
the compilation was being considered, which was
tenn porarily suspended by the adoption OF u res
| olution offered by Mr.. Janney that the commit
tee on the com, ilntion and codifcation of the
! laws of the Corporation report such alterations
| in those laws as they had made;
| Mr. Csrre then reported such alterations as
had been made in the laws contained in chapters
| l and : Of the compilation And such chapters,
were approved.
Chapter Of the compilation having b en- read,
| the discussion upon the manner II which the
whole report of the committe should be consid.
cred was renewed, when motion that the joint
meeting adjourn until half past seven the fol-
lowing night was made and carried.
The members of the Board of Aldermen hay
ing retired the Board adjourned until half-past
seven o clock the following night.
Tcstc HAROLD SNOWDEN. CPk.