Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1879-07-18
City Council.


At the regular meeting Of the City Coun-
Gil on Tuesday night last. MIR. Burke III
the chair, Messrs Byers, Cochran, Berke-
ley, Todd, Crowle, Gooch, Evans ana
Abby were present, and the business tran
sacted was al follows
Finance Committee-Mr. Todd acting as
chairman, recommended that the petition
of Mrs. Smith and Maj. Elder, for cor
rection Of erroneous assessment, he grant
ed, and that a10.40 be remitted-adopted
In accordance with resolution that the
Finance Committee report the amount
paid by the city to the State for school
purposes, and the amount received by the
city from the State for the SAME purposes,
the committee made the following report:
The city pays to the State So 25O.97, and
is entitled to receive from the State,
81, $500. In 1878 the State only paid to
the city s564.75 and the amount paid by
the city in excess Of what it rcceiv from
the Estate, was $2,695.22. A resolution
was offered by ii 9 Comp,ittte requiring
that the first half of t..e ci taxes be paid
by the 1st of August-adopted.
Water Conanaittee-Mr. Byers. chairman.
The petition of j. M. Iienkel. for relief from
water tax was rejected; on the petition Of
Loeb Bros, for erroneous assessment it
was recommended that $3.50 be refunded
the petitioners. The commi! zee reported
in favor of putting drinking fountain in
place Of the pump on Kreb's corner, at q
cost not to exceed $55; on the petition Of
John NJ. Kinney, for permission to tap
the Buttermilk spring pipe, the Committee
recommended that the Committee on Or
dinances be required to bring in report
fixing the terms ON which citizens living
outside the corporate limits could use city
water, and report at the next lneeting. A
resolution was offered to lay one inch
pipe for the convenience of the citizens
ton was received from the Superintendent
of Water Works, stating that he had can
vassed Fillmore street and found only one
property holder to take water, aud as the
cost of laying the pipes there would be
$734, he recommended that the order for the
work be revoked. All the recommends
lions were adopted.
Fire Con.nsittee.-Mr. Gooch. chairman.
Petition of c. E. Hudson, secretary Of
Hook & Ladder Company, asking that the
| truck-house be removed to the old MethO-
dist building, referred to Committee on
Public Grounds and Buildings.
Ordinance Committee. -Mr. Evans, chair
man, reported adversely to tn resolution
| of Capt. Bumgardner, asking that the or
dinance prohibiting the use OF sprinklers
between the hours of s A. NJ. and S 2.
M. be amended. so as to use them between
those hours.
| Market Comnaittee.-Mr. Evans, chair
man. On the petition of J. Myers to rent
part of Market house, and OF Maj. Bell
and others, to prohibit the beating Of
drums there, no action was takea, as it is
proposed to use that building for school
purposes.
| Rcsolutions.-By Mr.. Cochran to furnish
policemen with fire arms, adopted; by Mr..
Todd, that room used by the Y. NJ. G. A.
be whitewashed, adopted.
DECENTRALIZATION of Charles F. Mel
son, praying that as the city cannot use
the water in Fair Ground pond, bathing
be allowed there and by 50 doing ''oblige
the youths of the city as there is no place
nearer to battle than Middle River" of Rev.
VIM. E. Baker, for remission Of tax on
rockaway; of NJ. E. Miller. to use city
water in bath tubs; of H. Erwin, for
erroneous water tax, and Of II. L. Hoover,
for pavement. were all properly referred.
E. w. Hartman, Superintendent Of Wa
ter Works gave bond in the amount of
1900.
Chief Of Police, T. J. Crowder, gave
bond in the amount Of $500.
The resignation of Magistrate James
W. Crawford leaving vacancy in the LIST
Ward, an election was held, Mr.. Gooch
| nominated q. L. Cook and Mr.. Evans
| nominated W. B. Kayser, resulting In the
election Of the former gentleman by vote
of to 8.
Adjourned.
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