The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-05-04
COMMON COUNCIL.

The regular semi.monthly meeting or the
Common Council was held In the Council
chamber Yesterday afternoon, Mr.. Bradley
r. johnson, of Clay Ward, president, in '.he
chair.
ANSWER TO JUDGE euIGoN's RULE.
The Chair announced that the mer Lbers Of
the Board Of Aldermen were prcser4t It for the
purposc Of having conference.
ON motion Of Mr.. Talbot, re cess Of the
Council was taken for the confe renee.
MFR, Meredith. president Of the Board Of
Aldermen, took the chair H.nd announced
that ne had called the joint meeting for the
purpose of considering an s.nswer to Judge
Guigon's rule.
On motion of Mr.. Chris tan, 1t was ordered
that committee be appointed, to consist Of
three members OF the Board of Aldermen
and four members Of the Common Council,
with Mr.. Meredith rs chairman, to prepare n
suitable response. Agreed to. The Chair
appointed MeSsrs. johnson Of Clay Ward,
Christian, Bcall. Davis of Madison Ward,
Scott, Wnitlock, flud Straus. The committee
retired, and aft brief absence presented
a responSe-wf.ich was read and adopted on
motion of Mr.. johnson Of Clay Ward
signed by the members OF the two bodies.
The city attorney was directed to present
the same 10 the judge Of the Hastings
Court.
On motion, the joint meeting adjourned,
and Mr.. johnson taking the chair the Com
mon Council resumed its business.
RELIEF OF THE POOR.
Mr.. English. from the Committee for the
Relief Of the Poor. reported, showing the
number Of inmates received, discharged, and
died at almshouse during April: Number of
| inmates in amshouse March 81, 2G5. Admit
| ted during April: While men, 8; women, 5;
children, /; colnred men, il; women, g.;
| children, 4. Total, 30+. Discharged: White
men, Il; women, !; children, 4; colored
| men, 5; women, 6: children, 2, Total, %.
| Died White men, 8; l woman, child !;
colorcd men. 0; women. 6. Total, %. hc-
| naming in aImShouSe, 249.
The committee also reported, in response
| to resolution, that Mollc Collins Vas re-
| moved from the jill TO the alm>house on
| Tuesday last. The pbysiciaR in charge ascer-
tanned her TO be insane, and there being no
arrangements at the almshouSe for the treat
| mcut OF this disease she was, by order of the
| committee, placed ut the Church Institute,
! on Marshall street. The report also showed
the quantity Of meal, &c, issued during the
mouth. The report was adopted.
FINANCE REPORT.
| Mr.. Straus, from the Finance Committee,
submitted q report and resolutions recon-
mendiug the rejection of the following
pelitions-viz.: S. X. Hawes, for re-
| fund OF SIS -. tax-penalty on property
on Cary and Eighteenth streets; D.. D..
| HOPKINS, refund Of $3.50. taX-penalty; !;
| Also, Il resolution refunding the following
sums: TO r. H. Williams, in behalf Of Mrs.
F.. II. Williams, widow Of Wilson Williams,
deceased, S2G, being two.thirds OF tax
penalty of 1874 paid on decedenpS estate !;
10 William 7. Munlord S13.37, to cor
rect error in assessment of 1874 of three
shares of James River and kanawha
COMPANY stock al 5000 instead Of 50; James
W. Shields $3.50, culvcrt-taX improperly as
sc,scd against him for 1874 j. NJ. Lyneman
$3.50, taxes Of 1873 and 1874 improperly as
: sesscd on property on Henry street. Also,
a resolution appropriatin. $500 from the
Grounds and Buildings fund, together with
the whole amount OF the proceeds of sale OF
the present cDginc-house on Eighteenth
street, to build a new engine house on Main
between Twentieth and Twenty first streets.
! Also, Il resolution authorizing the sale of the
Elghlcculh.strcet engine house and lot, by
the Committee on. Grounds and Buildings,
&c.
( The resolutions were agreed to.
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Mr.. Talbot, from the Committee on the
Fire Department, presented series OF rcso-
buttons giving permission to the following
parties to erect wooder buildings: Lewis
Gcrvas. workshop on Seventeenth street be-
tween Nenabe and Darlington s. b. FiiZ-
gerald, addition 10 dwelling on Madison be-
tween Man and Franklin Mrs. Elizabeth
james, addition to her house on Carter street
near Bacon's Quarter branch; A. ID. Brown,
three tenements on Pine street between
Albemarle and Beverley streets; Ed.
ward Cannon, dwelling on Clay street
between Twenty eighth and Twcuty-ninth
streets; o. f. Manson, addition TO carriage
house. No 313 Franklin street; 5. g. Flour
nov, dwelling on Pickett street; John f.
Bell, kitchen on Pine street between Be-
verley and Albcmarie; Thomas DAVIS, coal
house near Bacon'S Quarter branch; Catha-
rine Pemberton, addition to dwelling on
Pine between Albemlrle aud Spring streets !;
Andrew Parker, addition to dwelling on
Calhoun street near Bacon's Quarter branch;
Eliza Sale, dwelling near Richmond, Frede-
ricksburg and Potomac railroad, above Rich
mond College; G. w. Barksdale, framed
chapel on the corner of Laurel and
Beverley streets Abraham johnson, dwell
ing on Eighth street between Baker
and Preston streets; Edward Moseley,
dwelling on the corner of HancocE and
Moore streets John }. Sinnote, wood ana
courthouse at No. 1906 west Main street; D.
+. Masseurier, two tenements on the corner
of Broad and Thirty-third streets joshua
| Anthony, dwelling on Clay between Four
teeuth and Fifteenth streets w. II. Moore,
storehouSe on ST. Peter street near Charity ;
|. Davenport, Jr., and others, tobacco ware
house on the corner of Fifteenth and Cary
streets, running through to the dock, on
Dock street. The committee recommend the
rejection Of the petition OF William McGru-
der for dwelling on Seventeenth between
Broad and Grace streets.
The resolutions were agreed to.
| PRINTING.
Mr.. Wingfield, from the Committee on
Accounts aud Printing, presented the fol-
| lowing:
Resolped Uhe Board Of Aldermen con-
currlug), That all petitions for the erection
of framed buildings within the city limits
shall be accompanied by the consent
! of thrce-fOurths of the owners OF pro-
perty of the square on which said
house is to be erected: Preceded, That
in case the petitioner shall show that the title
of any portion of said square or the absence
| of owners is such as not to allow signatures
to be obtained it shall be in the power OF the
| Council TO act rs if the signatures were OBJ