The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1877-01-04

| CITY CoUNCIL.-EIECTIoN OF ASSIS-
TANT AT WATER WORKS AND TWO Mag
IsTRATEs.-Ali of the members. except Mr..
! of the City Council on Tuesday night last
/ After the reading OF the minutes the usual
monthly accounts for salaries &C., including
$s09.30 for school purposes, were allowed
and the finance committee reported favora-
bly, on the following petitions for the remis-
sion OF erroneous assessment. Col. j. Ii.
Skinner. Phil. keorber. Rev. J. Z. Wheat,
Donald Allen and w. T. Perry. The
same committee also presented tile receipt
OF 3. B. Donaghe, surviving executor OF VIM.
Donaghe, decd, for $4,000, amount paid
for Poor House property, and the special
contract between the city and Messrs. Men-'
ifee and Parkils, Water Works contractors,
which had teen drawn up in accordance
with the terms of adjustment noticed in our
last ISSUE Both documents were received
and filed.
The council then went into the election OF
Fireman or Assistant Superintendent OF the
OtN WtlGTN NVIhS. 1uC 1OllOWtu3 NCiO dp-
plicants for the position: Messrs. Charles
W. Hardy. E.. l.. Smith. B. NJ. Smith, ID. A.
Echard, Thos. O'Donnell, Alex. Lushbaugh,
Frank Burgiu, Sandy Peace, George E.
Showalter, J. w. Humphreys, Geo. Fisher,
C. B. Thompson. VIM. Parker, Ed. T.
Grove, MN. Orchard, John j. Newman and
Charles r. Irving.
The first ballot resulted in the election OF
Hardy by vote of ten to one, all the
members voting for him except Mr.. Burke,
who voted for Grove.
In compliance with petition from nearly
all the BARRIERS OF the city, Mr.. Evans offer.
ed an amendment to the Sunday ordinance,
requiring the barber shops to be closed on
that day. Mr.oEsS advocated the amend
menta as a question of right, claiming that if
the BARRIERS wsre permitted to prosecute their
business on Sunday the same privilege should
be extended to ALL Mr.. Burke opposed the
ing counter petition would be presented.
The matter was laid OH the table.
Mr. Burke offered a resolution to reduce
the price of weighing hay from so to Is cts.
per thousand pounds. as when the ordinance
was adopted hay was selling for about dou-
bic what it now brings. The resolution was
lost.
A resolution was adopted requiring the |
Mayor and Justices of the Peace of the city !
to keep record of all fines and costs i'm
posed by them for violation Of ordinances,
and report monthly to the City Treasurer
for settlement with the Chief of Police.
Mr. Burke offered resolution that a three
inch water pipe be laid from the Asylum
gate along the GreenviAe road to the corpo-
ration limits. Referred to Water Committee.
Mr.. Witt stated that the Commissioner Of
the Revenue was now prepared to assess the
taxes and desired instructions from the Coun-
Gil in reference thereto.
That vigilart warder of the city IS interests.
Mr.. John Kurtz, having suggested that
woeful want of administrators of Justice ex-
listed in the second ward, the council went
into the election OF two magistrates. to fill
the vacancies occasioned by the refusal OF
the gentlemen, who were elected last May,
to qualify. Messrs. J. S. Gillian and ]. II.
Waters were placed in nomination ard the
vote resulted in the election OF Mr.. Waters by
ten to one, all the members casting their bal
lots for him, except Mr.. FultZ.
Messrs. J. S. Gillian and PHI. Trout were
then put in nomination with the following
result. For Trout: Messrs. Burke, Byers,
Larew, Abby, Bledsoe and Evans, 6. For
Gillian; Messrs. Fultz, Powell, Todd, Witt
and Weller. 5.
4 communication from the City Treasurer
a communication from Judge
Sheffey, counsel for the Valley r. R. was
received. 1t was notice to the Treasurer
declining to pay the taxes assessed against
the Valley Railroad, as under the law all
stock, capital &c. invested in said |
roai1Iwas exempt from taxation. Referred
to Finance Committee.
A certificate to the effect that Author w.
Smith, Superintendent Of Water Works, had,
with his sureties, properly qualified before ].
F. Patterson, Clerk OF the Hastings Court,
was received and filed.
A communication was received from WI.
Nelson, Clerk of the School Board, asking
that the Academy be re-shingled. Referred.
Mr.. Burke offered a resolution to present
each member of the police force with flf-
teen dollar overcoat. Referred.
The report of the City Treasurer was re-
ceivcd.
Adjour ned.