The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-03-27

PROPOSING TO REDUCE TIE PAY OF THE
POLICE JUSTICE AND CITY ATTORNEY
DEFEATED, &C., &C.
The regular semi-monthly meeting Of the
Board Of Aldermen was held in the Council
chamber yesterday afternoon-President
Meredith in the chair. Present at roll-call !:
Messrs. Bass, Beall. Cannon, Kellam, Lip
scomb, Pickrell, Scott, Smith, SpangenburS,
Todd, Wagner. Williams, and thinner.
Mr.. Todd stated that Mr.. Gray was de-
tanned from his seat by sickness. :
FINANCE MATTEHs. go
Mr.. Scott presented Joint resolutions re-
funding various amounts to Augusta john
son. Edmund Wade, and others, being er-
roneous taxes, &c. Agreed to. . :.
The committee recommended the reJec-
tion of the petition OF Walter S. Sublett for
refund of taxes, &c. Agreed to-. Is
The committee also reported that they
had approyed the official bond OF John
sIotfett as weighmaster at the Second mar
kct. Received.
FRAMED BUILDINGS.
Mr.. Todd, from the Committee on Fire
Department, presented joint resolution
giving permission to the following persons
to erect framed buildings in the city :
James Warden, stable, to be covered with
tin. in rear OF his residence, No. 420 Broad
street: John =. IIulst, wagon-shed OH his
lot. SOC Grace street; William A. Maddox,
dwelling on Twenty-fourth street between
O and p streets: George W. Donly, shop
on Watcr street below Giilie's creek; Dan
iel Jackson, dwelling on Fourth street be-
tween Denny and Louisiana streets; henry
BaltZ. kitchen on his lot, No. 3OS Laurel
street Mrs. Chesterman, wood and coal
house on her premises, No. u east Clay
street; Hurcus & Savage, addition to their
mill, No. 324 south Sixth street; Henry
Boone, blacksmith-shop Second street be-
tween Leigh and Jackson; Z. +. PolteallN,
wood -and-coal Office, Second street between
Leigh and Jackson; Vim Harris, dwellinga
No S13 north Sixth street; Henry Neurohr.
wood and coal-house at No. 504 west Duval
street; james y. Bailey, addition and porch
to his house, No. 603 Twenty-third street;
Henry D. Meplee, dwelling on Pine street
between Albemarle and Spring streets;
Cornelius Langon, dwelling, &c, on Fede-
ral street between st. John and st. Paul
streets; Charles II. Brown, dwelling on
Sixth street between Baker and DuVal
streets; James Gum & Son, shed corner
Adams and Broad streets; G. B. Pitt, ad-
dition to his house. No. 9Q6 Twenty-siXth
street; Oliver Christian, addition to his
house, on Thirteenth street between Clay
and Darlington streets; Il. Lewis, dwelling
on Roane street near Webster; Harriet
Anderson, dwelling on Preston street be-
tween Third and Fourth streets; Ralph
Holmes, dwelling on Charity street between
st. Paul and st. Peter streets; Alexander
Mitchell, dwelling on Webster street be-
tween Roane and Brook avenue; Jane Arm
istead, fruit-shop on Poplar street; George
Aberter, stable OIL his lot, No. S22 Marshall
street; NJ. L. Gary, shop near entrance to
Church Hill tunnel, between Eighteenth
and Nineteenth streets; W. j. Ward, dwell
ing on Sixth street north OF Preston; Il. \.
Sheppard, kitchen on Pine street between
Cary and Canal streets; Mrs. Dufner, dwell
ing. &C., on Laurel street between Cary and
Canal streets; Asa Snyder & Co., to erect an
elevator, or hoist, in rear. OF their property
on Eleventh street between Main and Cary
streets. Agreed to. Il
The committee also presented resolution
rejecting the following petitions: Il. Wiley
Davis, for Charles Manly, to enclose shed,
&C., on Twenty-tfth street between Main
and Franklin streets John Mahoney, addi-
tion to his dwelling corner Cary and Fourth
streets; Asa Snyder Il Co., to erect plat
form for steam boiler from the second story.
OF their building on Eleventh street be-
tween Main and Cary streets. Agreed to.
'.~ ACCOUNTS AND PRINTING.
Mr.. Williams, from the Committee on Ac-
counts and Printing, presented report
stating that the committee considered the
petition Of John II. Pein in relation to the
publication of the city advertisements IN
one OF the German papers Of the city, and
asking that the present contract with the
Udiu German 1duertiSer be rescinded,
&C., and found that the statements made in
said petition were not borne out by the
facts.
The committee also presented rcsolu-
ton for the payment of SIT to b. Hassel for
advertising in the Daily German Avertiser
to date. Agreed to.
MARKETS.
MIR. thinner, from the Committee on Mar
kets, presented report in relation to sale
of produce, &C.; which was laid on the
table.
... FIRE-ALARM TELEGRAPH. '
Mr.. Williams, from the Committee on
Fire-Alarm and Police Telegraph, pre-
sented a Joint resolution for the payment
of S29l.19 ior supplies, &c, for said tele-
graph.
lie also presented joint resolution au-
thoriZing the committee to purchase and
locate two new 1ire-alarm stations-one at
the corner of Reservoir and Main streets.
and the other at the corner of Grace and
Laurel streets.
The first resolution was agreed to, and
the resolution for two new tire-alarm boxes
1 = ~ nf Mr.
THE INFRINGEMENT COMMITTEES REPORT.
The Board next proceeded to the consid-
Grafton OF the report Of the Committee on
Retrenchment and Reform, taking up the
resolution dispensing with the temporary
clerk in the Auditors office; which was
agreed to.
Joint resolution authorizing the purchase
OF an iron safe for the care Of the papers,
&C., in the Auditors Office was agreed to-.
The ordinance reducing the compensation
OF the Commissioner OF the Revenue from
three fouzths Of one per cent upon the
amount of tax levied to five eighths OF one
per cent. was adopted-ayes, II, noes, 4.
The ordinance reducing the compensa-
ton OF the City Collector from one per
cent. to three fourths Of one per cent. was
read.
hi. 8'aSo phosoueeo PaPSi suonAS ing
amount received by the Collector last year.
Mr.. Bass moved that this part OF the re-
port be recommjtted.
The motion to recommit was rejected
ayes, 5; noes, a.
The ordinance was then adopted ayes,
8; noes, 5. ..s. :,
The ordinance in relation to the per cent.
il5} to be added TO the whole on delinquent
taxes was adopted.
The joint resolution reducing the pay OF
the Engineer OF the James River improve
ment from S2,400 to s., ,16O was agreed to.