The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-06-05
COMMON COUNCEL.

FINANCE NfATTERs-uNIoN n1B Il AVE-
NUE. FRAMED MISUNDERSTANDING
SIDEWALKS At EXPENSE, OF PRO
,PERTY-oWNERs.-REsOL OLUTIoNs-THE APP
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES REFEERED TO
CONFERENCE COMMITTEE INSPECTOR
OF PUBLIC BUILDIEGsE.AID FOR THE Or
PI1AN AsfL UMs-NEw BUSINESS, BUSHES SC, -
The regular serni-mobtbIy meeting Of the
| Common Council was held yesterday after
noon-President Anderson in the chair.
| Present at roll-call Messrs. Adams, .Ctris-
| tian, Curtis; Davis, Elicit, Foster, Guy,
Hargrove, nHaxall,' Hayes; Higgins, John
son, King, Lauer, Manson. Metzger, Starke,
straus, Talbot, Taylor, .Timberlake, w hit
| lock, and Wood. .,,...,....,..;
FINANCE. - 80. =!
!, Mr.. Straus, from the Committee on
Finance, presented joint resolutions ,accept%
Ing the bond OF Mr.. j. n. Chambcrlayne,
contractor for city advertising releasing
Mrs. Mary E. Stratton from the payment Of
| $SS.57, the amount now due for connection
with city calyert, on premises; .2O8 Leigh
street, &C.; refunding J.. III. Cogbill S7.20,
cuyert-taX OF 1878, on Marshall street be-
tween Twenty-fdurth and Twenty fifth, in
accessible to city water; remitting S29.70
| to John n. Hobson, culvert-tax and penalty
on property corner Marshall and Twenty
second streets, inaccessible to city water;
|refunding S93' to James Evans, culyert-
taxes for 1874 and 1875 on property corner
Grove. avenue and Linden streets, in
accessible to city water; that the City
Collector be credited with the amount
OF delinuuent personal taxes OF 1876,
amounting to S11,667.3S, as per his
return to the Auditor under section 24io
the ordinance concerning the collection OF
taxes. and that the bills therefor be retained
by the Collector, who shall he entitled to a
4 commission OF five per cent. on all such oe-
linquent bills; allowing 1854 to the clerk
of the ChancerY Court for copying general
index Nos. and 8, embracing sixty-four
deed books, at Sc each, as per resolution
from Common Council OF 21st June, 1878 ):
refunding S13.oS to Mrs. Maggie w. Allen,'
being twenty per cent. tax-penalty charged
on tax-bill 1876, on thirty-two feet OF
ground on Marshall street, said tax not hay
ing been presented with the other taA.oliis
| paid by her in June and December, 1876; !;
refunding $500 to James B. Pace and
John K. Childrey taX-penalty erroneously;
charged in tax-bill OF 1876 on lot OF 80 feet
assessed as fronting both Broad and Mar
shall streets; refunding $3.50 to n. Neurohr,
| tax on erroneous assessment OF Sl0O Tor im-
! proyement mot cXisting) on a 1eeI OF
ground corner Twenty-seventh and Z
streets; rejecting petitions Of j. {. GIBSON
for abatement in tax-bill OF 1875 upon pro.
perty on Graham street, Rockets; u. Ii.
Anderson for refund and reduction on
license tax; James d. Browne Tor aDate.
ment of penalty on delinquent taX-blii OF
1876; Mrs. A. Biene for abatement IN cul-
yert-tay upon property on Monroe street
and Brook avenue; AID Of w: T. BurWell,
attorney for Hamlin, Mclean, and others,
for reduction OF assessment on Browns
island, said island having been regularly
assessed in 1873, and the parties: now re-
mitted to their remedy In the HuStinGs
Court: reiunding $3.50 to Wliiam IL.
West, excessive charge in culvert~taIes on
q feet Of ground on Cary street for the
wears 1874. is75. and 1876; refunding S22.50
| to W.. IT. West and +. D. Hill, excessive
charge on culvert tax on so feet OF ground
on Cary street for the years 1874, 1875, and
1876. ''". .,-., 3r
The resolutions were all agreed to. W.,
FRAMED BUILDINGS. = .....
Mr.. King, from the Committee on Fire
Department., presented Joint resolution
giving permission to the following persons
| to erect framed buildings in the city: Cor
nelius Dwyer, dwelling on lot NO. ~ Or
leans street : Margaret McMahon, kitchen
corner Fourth and Denny streets; T.. +.
Perkinson, store and dwelling on Pleasant
street between Twenty-second and Twenty
third streets; Henry Miller, kitchen corner
Leigh street and Brook avenue; L. L..
Lacy, for Frank HHlcher, addition TO dwell
ing corner First and Baker streets; Cai-
borne Green, dwelling and out-houses on
Leigh street beyond Brook avenue; A.
Goode, two kitchens on M street between
Twenty-ifth and Twenty-siXth; A. r. AL
bert, Jr., dwelling on Brook avenue, be-
tween Duval and Baker streets; c. W..
Leonard, dwelling at No. 80 Louis
lana street; L. Wasserman, coal-oft1ce
on lot corner Nineteenth and Dock
streets: Claiborne Storrs, shed on his
lot on Judah street; William Pryde,
addition to his residence, No. sos Cor
don street. also cow-house on same lot;
John T. Baker, addition of room to No. 2s7
Baldwin street; James Jeffreys, to remove
kitchen to rear OF his lot and build aodltlon
to his dwelling, No. 1914 west Main street,
also to make covered way from house to
kitchen; John NJ. Higgins, stable on his lot
on Twentieth street; Jarvis d Glenn, stable
at No. SIT west Main street; II. Metzger,
open shed on his premises, $40 TWenty-
ninth street. Agreed to-. .~..
I The committee also presented resolution
rejecting petitions OF Charles Manly lor
stable on Twenty.tifth street, and OF George
P. Prescott, shed at No. 712 Marshall street.
| Agreed to. .... ....s.. .---- p. ..>..,'.'."
! UNIoN-HILL AVENUE. ,...-:.... 49,
! Mr.. Higgins moved to take up the special
report of the Committee on Streets, LAID on
the table June 6, 1875, In relation to Union
Hill avenue DC. Agreed to. "
On motion Of Mr. Higgins it was ordered
that one hundred copies OF the report De
printed for the use Of the body. r
FROM TIN BOARD OF ALDERMEN.
Board Joint resolution as to city lunatlcs
in Central Lunatic Asylum and the flnei
Hospital was taken up and concurred IN.
Board Joint resolution Investing Win Po-
lice authority the keepers OF all pubfc
grounds OF the city was taken up anu con-
Cured in. t...,s., !
CHANGES IN CoMAITTEEMES.
The Chair announced that Mr.. Adams had
been appointed to serve on the Committees
on First Market, Finance, and Improve
ment of James River.
Mr., Charles F. Taylor was announced to
serve on the Committee on Police. :
CITY LUHATICs. sI.,I
%EMr. Manson presented report from the
Committee on Eunatics stating that there
are now eighteen patients in the ilnel hos
pital at q cost OF fifty cents each per day
TO the CITY. The committee recommend con-
tinuance Of the present contract. Adopted.
PAVING OF SIDEWALKS At EXPENSE OF OWNERS
OF PROPERTY. .a
Mr.. MetZger presented an. ordinance to