The daily gazette. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1874-1883, 1874-08-21
FIRST EDITION!
COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS
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MORE RING WORK.
AN INTERESTING Meeting.
The city Council.


The Water Commute reported that ). ID.
Nichols and Thomas Ford were the lowest |
bidders for furnishing horses, carts and |
drivers for excavating the new basin. when, |
on motion, the contnlct SO far as possible, |
was awarded to them. t- - sl 1
Mr.. CANDY, from the Committee OH Law, |
reported that owing to the absence from |
the city, OF the City Solicitor, none OF the
ordinances referred to the committee had
been acted upon, in consequence OF which
the committee aeked TO be continued.
M. Febiger stated before acting upon the
report that he should, during the evening,
call up Tor n third reading the ordinance
exempting the excavations for the new ba-
sin from the provisions OF the contract Or
dinance.
MIR. Pickles moved to exempt the ordi-
nance named by Mr.. Febger from the report
of the Law Committee.
Mr.. Candy wanted 10 know II the Council
could amend the report of II committee.
The President said it could, but the gen.
eral usage was to recommit the report.
Mr.. Pickles then withdrew his former
motion and moved the reference of the re-
port back TO the committee with instructions
10 report forthwith 4
Mr.. Mclntire opposed the motion,and con-
tended that Council could not Interfere
with the report of committee made in &C.
cordance with all ordinance requiring all
ordinances to be referred to the Committee
OH Law, ami he would not sign any other re-
port thun the one he had signed. lie called
for the ayes and nays On the motion to re-
Ter.
Mr.. Hayes commended that all such papers
must take the regular course and be approx
ed OF disapproved by the City Solicitor, and
| reported back by the committee exactly as
| had been done.
Mr.. Pickles said that amounted to moth
ing. The city Solicitor simply gave his
| opinion ns to whether an ordinance was
J correct or not, and Council could do as it
seen proper. Time was rapidly rolling by,
and Council could not well put of the COM
mencement OF the work Ter another week.
| Mr.. Baker said Council made It's own
laws, aud was fully competent to repeal
tue ordinance creating tie Law Committee,
or exempt anything 1t seen proper from the
action OF any ordinance.
Mr.. Candy said the committee had simply
acted according 10 the law In the matter us
hs found it. The City Solicitor was away
and could give no report, and the commit
tee had reported such fact to the Council
They could do nothing less nor nothing
more. In the plain express provisions oil
the ordinance lie did not see how he could
report anything but what had been repor-
ted He had ascertained that the Solicitor
would he home this evening, and he sugges-
ted that special meeting OF Council be
called for tomorrow (Fr.day) evening" when
the report would be ready III the usual
way.
| After considerable debate, the vote by
ayes and nays upon the motion to refer back
to the committee was taken with the follow
ing result
Ayes-Messrs Baker, febger, File. Foulk,
Green, Murray, johnson, Phillips, Pickles,
Underwood. Maris-ll.
| Nays-Massrs. Adams, Burke, Candy,
Hayes, Lynch, Mclutire, Richard sou, Tay
Tor 3.
The committee failing to make any 9th.
er report Mr.. Candy stated that it would
be left in the hands of the Council, if de-
sired, and the Council could take whatev.
er action it saw proper.
Mr.. Pickles then moved to reconsider
the vote by which the report was referred
back to the committee on Law, which was
carried.
Mr.. McIntire raised the point that as
the ordinance was in the hands OF Coun-
| ell it must not, under the rules, be refer
red to the Committee on Law.
The chair stated that the ordinance be
ing in the hands of the Council, it could
make whatever disposition it saw proper
The City Auditor reported a balance OF
ca. 485 70 in bank, to the credit of the city
Street Commissioner reported 50 men
and Is horses aud carts employed, and
the Chief Engineer of the Water Works
reported SO men employed
The Chair appointed Messrs, Pickles
Baker and Lynch, u committee to confer
with the Sailors and Soldiers Monument
Association in reference to transfer OF
the monument to the city under resolu-
ton passed at the last meeting OF Coun-
ell.
| On motion Of MIR. Pickles, lots at Sec
ond and Adams streets were assessed to
Joseph l.. Carpenter at $4,000.
The following petitions were read and
referred.
From Isaac Murray for the privilege OF
connecting with Monroe street sewer,
preferred with power to act) for lamp
at Fourth and Franklin streets; q lamp
on Sixth, between Pine and Lombard
and for one on Sixth between Poplar and
Lombard.
Morris ,Tasker & Co., petitioned for the
privilege of erecting Telegraph poles with.
in the limits of the city to extend to thei,
works at New Castle. Referred to the
Street Commissioner with power to act
Mr. Pickles offered the following.
Resolved, That the resolution requiring
all ordinances offered in Council to be re.
Il y
them an opportunity of consulting the
City Solicitor with regard to the fact, as
to whether they conflict with the charter
of the city, on constitution or laws of the
State be and the same is hereby rescind
ed, so far as it applies to the ordinance
now in the hands of Council, exemptine
the building of the banks Of the new ba
sin from the operations of the contract
ordinance. The resolution passed, j.,
MIR. Febiger called up for . third read
ing the ordinance ezempting the building
of the banks Of the basin from the pro
visions of the contract ordinance.
While Mr.. Febiger was speaking, Mr..
Hayes stated that committee represen.
ting a meeting just held in the City Hal
| was present and wished to present reso
}. lutions hearing upon the subject under
discussions.
On motion an opportunity was given Il
the committee Tt make statement.
Mr.. George Day chairman Of the com
mittee came forward and read the resolu
ton posed by the the meeting, and leay'
, | being granted proceeded to explain tn
action of the meeting. He said it hae
been stated in that the person who IT wa
understood, was to have charge of bull
ding the new basin, Capt. Gallagher,