The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-12-22
LOCAL MATTERS.
rHr COMMON COUNCIL.

,Tba common Council met yesterday after
,.,,r q. ; o'clock. Present Bradley T.
I,nn,op. E>Q.. President, and quorum.
FINANCE. ...-1
", Bshcock. from the Committee on
r;cgnce. reported, recommending the adop-
,;an If resolutions rejecting the petitions OF
c,nr.e W. Tal lor for abatement in assess
r..at on property corner Iwenty-eighth and
t,-,cc streets, Of James Wilson for abate-
T,.n. in assessment on property corner
T-,nch snd Twenty eighth streets; and OF
Lee for the refunding Of tax and
tl,rpmeut OF assessment on properly corner
! .irD and Tenth streets. Also, that the sum
- $50 be refunded on account OF tax
=, ,S-4 and a like amount remitted on pro-
,.-,v corner of Marshall and Muntord
,.-cf,s not tenan'ahle in February, 1874,
,,a,u petition Of }. II. King; and that the
,.,.utnaltv be Femtted TO Thomas /. Giles
IN non. plymcnt Of taxes on his property on
C1;mborazo Hill, in which his rights have
I,., recently been defined after litigation II
I'm; the sum Of 81 400 be transferred from
,yoenses of gas-workS to account Of fire.
,,,-m and police teegraph; that the snm Of
;I.ou0 be transferred from account expenses
=, -is.work> 10 account of public grounds
and buildings: and that $4,000 be transferred
rom account oi expenses OF gaS.works 20 ac-
count OF streets generally.
Tie resolutions were agreed to.
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
NJ, Talbot. from the Committee on the
F.-. Department. reported that permission
l.. .fanred to the toilo wing persons John
lI.lu, seventeenth street between Veuable
and Clay streets; E. +. PllkinsoD, Pleas
sn. stree, between Twenty-second and
Tw,aiy..hird streets: Mary Francis Rowe,
N4r>biiI street between Fifteenth and Six
-;.,s:a; 4. l.. Croxder, No. 10 west Canal
street: John J. King. Marshall street be-
tween Monroe aud Henry streets; u. S.
Triuham. Leigh street between Henry and
Norton streets; J. P. Harris, First street
I,,wrrn Court and Coyell streets r. NJ.
Manly. west Marshall street, south side of
Elna Park, near Hancock street; Charles
scott, Tweuty-nnth street between Leigh
and N streets Edward Dixon, St. james
street: Sallie Ann King. Webster street be-
tween Tyler and Rome streets; D. II. White,
Kaucat alley between Broad and Marshall
and Monroe streets; J. Augustine, Union
street between Broad aud Grace streets Jo-
seph Naylemap, Richardson street between
Seventeenth and Concord streets; Sam uel
Jasper, Cary and Haryie streets; John L.
EuDank, corner of Buchanan and Jay streets;
Jane, K. Lacy, Leigh street west of Harrison;
Wiug6eld Wickes, Charity street between st.
Peters and 81. Paul streets; William l..
CpHardin, southeast corner of Franklin and
TWrnty.siXlh streets: w. Fl. Walker, 906
Ninth street: John O'Keiee. corner Elm and
Centre streets, Rocketls;" Thomas +. West,
,I..,amlne street between Fenable and NJ
>tlocls; {. b. LipScomb, corner Broad and
Eighteenth streets.
N.S0lced. That the petition of Paul Wig
and 10 erect Il framed house on the corner OF
(.ly and Graham streets be rejected, 1t ap-
ltnng TO the committee that one-fourth or
more Of the landowners On said square are
C!;0>el TO the same.
lie resolutions were agreed to.
POLICE.
NJ Babcock, from the Committee on Po-
Hoe, reported that in response to resolution
tac tnvi of Police had ordered detail OF
CGr officer al the First and one for the Sec
tAd Market, to report TO the respective
c.rk> every day and to remain on duty du-
ring market houIs. The committee also re-
port that they have completed the lodgings
ordered, and since tue completion OF the
lodgings Captain Tyler reports that be has
provided lodgings as follows To 4SI white
males, % colored males, 10 white females,
aud . cOlorcd females total, 52S. The com-
ln!ttce ASK the adoption Of The following
rc.olution
keSOlced, That the sun of S157.51 be ap-
rYopriatcd from the uncXpended appropria-
uJn Of the police fund for the payment of
bills incurred for repairs, &c, to the First
p0!Ice-station.
The report was adopted and the resolution
agreed TO.
FlRE-TELEGRAPa SUPPLIES.
Mr.. Davis, Of Marshall Ward, from the
Committee on Fire-Alarm and Police Tele-
graph, reported, recommending the pay
ment OF Sl06.Sl for telegraph supplies.
Adopted.
FROM TEE BOARD OF ALDERMEN.
Three joint resolutions from the Board ol
Aldermen TO carry out the recommends.
tons Of the Committee on Streets Generally
resolutions concerning the telegraph bat.
tcry, DC, at Second poice-station, and eX
tending Henry Exall's time for removal oi
material Of Oil City Hall and q resolution
lor the ayment Of certain claims approved
by He Committee on Accounts aud Print.
IhS, were taken up and agreed to by the
Common Council. These joint resolutions
10" 90 TO tne Mayor tor his approval.
BOARD OF AUDIT.
Nr. johnson (Mr. Babcock in the chair
Itc>cntcd an ordinance providing for the
establishment Of Il Board of Audit, which
WAS read. ',
III presenting the ordinance Mr.. johnson
SAD that the ordinance has for its object the
monthly examination OF the expenditures Of
lac city by that Board and by the public, by
Means Of nonthlv publication of such eX-
lcnditures. The appropriations Of the city
lor The current fscal year is over one million
and hall Of dollars. Tbese have been,
from time to time, increased by appropria-
Iiolo OF city b0nds for specific improvements,
bnt no one ever examines these expendi-
lures 10 see that they are made in accordance
with the charter, or the ordinance, or -reso.
Iulion, which directs them. The vouchers
a'e hcd with the auditor, and his warrants
Drawn cn the treasury, and no money can be
expended unless these steps are taken, but
no Examination ever is had as to the regu-
iaIty or legality OF such vouchers or war
rants. / believe The city government of
hichmond is as honest in all it's branches as
any municipal or State government in
America, and it is so because the
character OF its members and sordid
ana searching public opinion have heretofore
always Kept it straight; but its operations
are now becoming large. 1t is assuming the
WORK OF growing and prosperous city. We
nope 10 make 1t the most powerful one south
Sl the Potomac, and il is our duty to lay
GOWN such rules for the transaction of our
business as will assure our constituents II Is
transacted well and honestly, and will satisfy
.aeh That the public good is the controlling
ot|ect OF all our actions.
we must organize our government in
sltea manner that not only now but here.