Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-05-12

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the corner of Princess and Columbus streets.
Whether anybody was buried there he didu't
know, but he knew somebody ought to be
buried there.
Mr.. Mckenzie. Who ought to be buried !?
Mr.. Hughes. The vestry that gels improve
ments done and then refuses 10 pay for them.
The head and front was one man. He would
nsme him, Reuben Johnston, who pretendS 10
be the law and the gospel of this town. He
says the city can't collect taxes FROM grave
yards, and that's the reasoo why Christ Church
WON'T pay Tor its pavement. Therefore he was
opposed to paying this bill.
Mr.. Mckee zie. Aud in favor Of burying
Mr.. Johnston.
The bill was referred.
The bill reducing the number of tax collect
ors was then takeu up.
MIR. Hopkins doubted the practicabllily oi
this bill. He did not believe that auy uau
vino could give $65, 900 bond would lake The
Office at per cent, for after paying a d.pury
be could not make 81 900 per auuun,, aad uu-
body would give such u bond for such an rt1ica.
Mr.. Mckenzie thought a bond Of $50, 900
would be ample.
Mr.. E chberg did not object to lowering the
bond. He thought that the collections would
be SIP 900. which, al Il per cent, W I'D
bilHE NV - oSlot SNoi ~ loNt SD'''
and the collector still have 81 POO. The only
object was TO save mouey. lie believed that
four collectors would get more money than one
or two.
MIR. Wood. Why not have four then?
MIR. Beach WIS satisfied the bill was 10 ccOn-
omy. 1t was expected that 81 900 ouIy would
be saved, aud it was nearly certain that the
collections would fall Of morc than that amount.
As the case stood the receipts of three persons
employed 10 the collection OF taxes amounted
to 50, 400, which was $500 each-lttle enough
for competent men. tie belle we'd that the ex
pense of collecting taxes had been gotten to its
lowest point. q per cent. was cerlaiuiy very
little, especially when the collI ctors had to col
leot rents in order to get taxt $ rents that any
other agent would charge ~ per ceut. iur col
Letting.
MIR. Brodcrs was satisfied that Council was
not disposed to second the tinanc" Committee
10 saving a thousand dollars, aud he moved to
lay the bill on the table, which was agreed to-.
The following bill came in from the Alder
AN ACT supplemental to IAN Ac. to reduce
the Police Force
Whereas it has been represented by the Mayor
and Captain of the Police Force, that II will be
inconvenient to an efficient working Of the po-
lice to have sixteen policemen; and
Whereas it will thereby prove II matter of
embarrassment to dispose OF an odd man IN the
management and disposition or the force in
policing the city, therefore,,
Be it enacted by the City Council, That the
police force be and is hereby reduced to seven
teen men, two ofic ;rs and fifteen policemen !
and the salary of s~ii fifteen policemen shall be
torty.fve dollars (S45J each per month.
Sec. z. This Act shall be in force on and at-
ter the first day of July, 1875, and all acts or
parts of acts in conflict are hereby repealed.
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1t might be elegant reading now, but when it
was haudcd down a hundred years what would
they think Of US? Laughter. There was no
need Of such a preamble it was perfectly abb
surd. Some respect ought to be had to sensl-
BILE legislation.
The preamble was stricken out.
On the amendment proposing to give each
policeman $40 per month, lustead Uf S4l.G1 as
now,
MIR. Mckenzie said they seem to want one
less policeman not to ave money, but to Il, e
the others more pay. We would have one po-
licemau less aud $26U more pay. Hc would
like 10 see policemen gu the streets at uIght-
at the depo,s and about. He knew a gentle.
man who Landed here FROM the late train aud
found nobody who knew where there was a
hotel. Finally he was told there was IA hotel
opposite the postof6ce. He went and raped
AMI he raped aud he raped Thought he
would rap the house down. All the dogs 10
town woke up. Finally MIR. Hughes got up,
and he did not seem to want the man to come,
but after a long palarver he got Il bed. The
next morning be hurried away the first thing.
He would like to have somebody on the streets
at least to tell strangers where the hotels were.
Mr.. Hopkins did not see the Use OF cutting
down labor all the time. He thought the
bondholders' interests might be attended to
without depressing poor men. He had been a
working man himself, aud he was not above
the Workipgman now. He was in favor OF
economy, but not all at the expense OF the
poor people. He would soou make a PROPOSE
ton for a saving in the right direction. He
was 10 favor Of saving SD OOO, and a fair plan
to save that amount would soon be introduced.
Then it would be seen who favored ecououy.
The pay Of the police was not too much. Doc
of them had witnesses that after calculations
of his rent, &C., he had lett only four cents a
meal for each member of his family.
MIR. Mckenzie. He must have ten children.
MIR. Hopkins. Yes, poor people always
have plenty of children.
MIR. Wood. The gentleman (Mr, MckcD
zie) from the % Ward could not live on that
without children.
MIR. Harris thought this was holding On at
the spiggott aud letting out at the bung. The
policemen did hard work and got little pay.
10 be sure they did not show travellers to the
hotels, but perhaps they thought that all the
hotels have been converted iu private boarding
houses, and there were 20 hotels to show
them to.
MIR. Mitchell opposed he reduction.
After a long discussion, which turned upon
the reason gas was not used 10 the Alexandria
and Fredericksburg depot, a number of expla-
nations being made, the bill was passed.
MIR. Shiun introduced a bill forbidding the
tax collectors to return apy bill delinquent no.
til they had sworn they could 6od no personal
!, properly TO make the tax.
Mr.. Eichberg said that was the law now.
Mr. Shinn said that If this Vas the law it