The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-12-08

BOARD OF Aldermen amendment, was taker
i up and agreed to. The amendment provide.
that the grade Of Grnce street between Firs
and Second streets shall be.restored IS 1t for
merly stood, ct the expepse.oS Hr. James
4 Thomas. 4l1IlqrH GZl GtrT42Sss
T. an ) a15t VACANCY yIlLEp. ,sss,. X ar /,
| 0n motion Of MIR. Dayes the Council Wsni
into an election to fiji the vacancy i'm ;ths
Council occasioDetf By the resignation Of Mrs
| d. n. WalkerH,j .3i,oo s5s ID E,ts rs3I2fi.
Mr.. Davis nominated Mr.. Isaac Davenport
gr.s and he'Was, unanimously eleeted.nrs i;
l. NOTIONS, oRbEes, iEesoagy1oSs, ssc4jd sd
b. B Mf. i ssstraus a. resolution authorizing
additional n,d INSURANCE Ea 's upon the caa g
h. By same aeerntaunfaatioan t ifrom judge
Gt1ieon calling attensiorf to- theEd epforsb{e
cdndnion Of the funatics confined Id The city
JAIL urging action. sc, On nieti 7of0 Mr.,
Strausy! the. subject was rsfefreT 10 the Com.
mtttee on Grounds md Buildings with the
tseauest tSrepofs at bHte. 2 TaIsrfis I'D ~
Ii, By Mr.. Davis, Of Marshall Ward: Petit
htion for the erectienlof Ia gasilaIAp at corner
LOFT Twenty. sixth and III streets. Referrsdx Il
r BY Mr.. higgins: A resolution calling for
10 report isom the Comnlitseeg lout Streets in
preference TO Shoekoe cFeek.,aA Agreed to. & Ii
l.! By Mr.. Davis. lof ilMarshalF Ward =,Aieom.
mlnication asking the transfer Of certain
funds to be placed to, the credit of the, Com
mtttee on Rire-r Alarm and Police Telegraph,
on account f5 q u me tea epenssa, Re-
On motion of iii. Curtis, The probe Of
St. James street and .aecompanying sresolu-
tons involving an excavation Of "a feet
depth at Baker street, 5 feet at Federal street,
81 feet at Coutts street, and Of 5feet at bill
street, or a total excavation Of 1D5 TT cubic
yards, were taken up, .,,,,.,r, IL
- Mr.. Straus asked Whether The Street Com
mittee had L any money with which 10 dothis
work. 80, ~ .','t -. 2"
The resolutions and profile we're We adopted.
a. Adjourned at $50. 80, 1 c1 ''s ~ :
REPORT OF The AUDITOR OF; Pgs1Ic Ac-
CogNTs.-The annual report or Mr.. W. T.
Taylor, the, Auditor of Public Accounts,
has Just: been made public. The Auditor
considers IT Impossible TO. estimate what
amount q, revenue will be realized from the
present taX!6ill. He. thinks the expenses OF
the Government for the fiscal year. ending
terest on, The. public debt not included. :. To
pay lOUI pei tsut. IHtcicSI vi tuc Too,oVO,-
900, and to provide at that rate for interest
already due, win take S2,091 ,549.90, which,
added to governmental expenses, will make
total Of SO, 3S1,s97.40; (which total $sf5,-
458 % have already been paid. The Auditor
believes the practice Of extending the time
to collecting officers essentially wrong! The
time for paying taxes into the Treasury
should be- fixed. and the penalties of. law!
rigidly enforced in cases Of default. The
currency scheme of i Treasurer i Hunter is
commended to the attention of the General
Assembly. Mr. Taylor says the beauty Of
the system consists primarily in its SIM
plicity." He again calls attention to the
matter of taxation in, certain cases by
the use of stamps. The act relating TO
oysters passed at the last session has had no
[sueh trial as will sho Nv what amount of reye-,
nue. can be derived from it. The Auditor
submits to the General Assembly whether
or not the requests made by Samuel Miller
to the Manual Labor School; by, William
Barrett to the Male Orphan Society, to the;
Female Humane Association, and 4 to st.
PauPs Church Home; and by j. P. Taylor
to the three last-named institutions, and by
Mrs. Deane to the Female Humane Asso-
citation, are liable to the tax on collateral in.
heritances. The reassessnent bill proposed
last year Is urged as a good: one.,. The death;
OF Mir. Joseph jackson and the appointment
in his stead of Colonel George w. Munford
are announced in suitable terms. ;a. .r.i.
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