Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-05-27
Upon the calling up of the Revenue bill tor

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| OF two per cent as last year.
| Mr.. Mckenzie said that the Supreme Court
had decided that while other stock in the town
held by parties outside the city could not be
taxed, the National Bank stock ip the same
position was subject to city taxation, out 10
this the Legislature had passed law forbid
ding cities from taxing the bank stock OF per
sons not residing within the city. lie thought
that smaller tax than last year would pro-
duce greater revenue by inducing people to
report their stock to the assessor. As it was
uow men were riskng their external salvation,
living about it, for the Bible says all liars shall
have their portion 10 the lake that burneth
with fire aud birthstone. Hundreds of thous-
ands of dollars were held here iu the names OF
people who live outside Of the town.
Mr. Evans said that if MIR. Mckenzie pro-
| posed to pass bill that would send people to
heaven be would find it harder JOB than to
collect taxes. He did not believe If the bill
sent all those people to perditioD he would be
responsible for it. Ii you cant save them any
other way they had better 60 to hell anyhow.
| There was no use for such people 10 heaven.
He saw no way to do it but to sock it to them
and let them face the music hereafter.
Mr. Broders favored taxing the interest or
dividends on stock, This he thought would
retuove all difficulties.
Mr. Evans had 10 more feeling against the
! bloated bond holder than he had against the
bloated property holder. He thought that they
were lucky to have such property, but the
State constitution required taxes to be uniform
and be was in favor of making them So.
MIR. Hopkins did not see how Council could
pass any bill making discrimination 10 the
species Of property when the State constitution
| declared that all such taxes should be uniform.
The bill was passed, the tax on stock being
fixed at two dollars on the hundred
opinion that the improvement tax would not
be legal unless made part Of the general tax
and levied 10 accordance with estimates previ-
ously made,
Mr.. Hug hes moved to recall the Revenue bill
| from the Board of Aldermen with view OF
adding the ~ cents improvement tax IN the
general tax
MIR. Mckenzie would not be an alarming
| thing if the member could say to the people
we Ii not levy this tax this year.
MIR. Hughes thought that if the Board Of
Public Works had spent the money they had
in hand during the late hard winter, many
poor people in the town could have lived bet
| ter than they had done.
The motion to ask for return OF the bill was
| lost.
Mr.. Hopkins in introducing bill making an
appropriation of S765 per month for ten months
ending June 80, 1875, for the support OF pub
| lie schools with proviso that the approprla-
| ton shall at any time cease and determine
| when ordered by the City Council explained
| that it might become proper 10 the event OF
the passage of the Civil Rights bill to dlscon.
tiuue the appropriations to schools which would
| In that event become useless to the great body
| of the tax payers of the city. He merely de-
sired that the bill should lie over tor the
present. 20
MIR. Shinu agreed with Mr. Hopkins that if
| the Civil Rights bill should become a law not
another cent should be appropriated for the
public schools. If it was designed to subject
white people to the indigni,y Of having to send
their children to schools with negroes to learn
their vices and evil habits no appropriation
should be made. He would rather let the white
children grow up 10 ignorance if no other means
could be found to educate them.
The bill was laid over.
The Board then adjourned.
T STRANGE SToRY.-The Washington Star of
Yesterday Afternoon says About o'clock on
Sunday night last three young men from this
city on returning from ramble IN the country,
on the Virginia side of the river, came across
little girl 10 the neighborhood OF the brick
kus, beyond Roach's spring, who was crying
and ip great distress. She stated that she was
irving to End her way back to Alexandria,
where she belonged that she had been induced
to come up to this city on that morning by
policeman of Alexandria, who told her that ne
would take her to her aunt's house, some
where on 9Th street, 10 Washington, but he
had got drunk, and she being afraid OF him
had run away, and was trying to find her way
back to Mrs. Henderson, with whom she was
living as an adopted daughter; that her right
name is Ida Ames, and that her parents are
dead. The youpg men persuaded her not to
| attempt to return alone, but to come to this
city, where they would see that she would be
kindly cared for until the next morning, when
| she could be sent home. On arriving at the
hotel kept by Mr. Hines on the south end OF
the Long bridge they told to Mrs. Hines what
had been stated to them by the girl, and Mrs;
HI. offered to let her stop there all night and
send her home in the morning This being
satisfactory to all and the girl asserting there
to. she was accordingly kindly provided with
supper and bed, and yesterday morning Mr..
Bogue, in charge of the railroad track, con-
Quoted her safely to her guardian, Mrs. Hen
derson. Here it was ascertaned that this is
the second attempt made by this policeman to
persuade the girl away to this city for evil pur-
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poses.
| Personal. The Southern Churchman says:
1.-The Trustees of the Theological Seminary, at
its late meeting in Charlottesville, elected as
Professor of the Seminary Rev. q. II. Norton,
I'D, of St. Paul's Church, Alexandria. DR..
Norton has The subject under consideration;
While it would be an act of great self denial
W, we doubt not he viii Weigh we'll the mater Of
greater usefulness. We know Of no one, in or
out of the Diocese, that could be so useful to
the Seminary as the learned and wise, gentle
man who has been elected. If he shall accept
the position, we can only cougratula ate all con-
cerned at the excellence of the choice. He has
qualifications for this Office granted to but few
men,.
Rev. John A. Broadus, DID,, LII D now
r. -, - old bic oolleapue Or Royce in &C.