The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-04-15

to the marEct-houso, is herewith returned.
that estimate having been included in the
list Of appropriations asked for and sent TO
the Finance Committee. Also return the
resolution rs TO "new covering for the floor
OF the COuncil chamhcr outside Of the bar"
On account OF the limited amount TO the
credit Of this committee and the calls upon
them. they are unable to make this outlay.
ana suggest that this be done and paid for
from the contingent fund.
Under recent act OF the Legislature al
lowing the use OF conylct-labor on the pub
lie grounds Of the city, your committee his
entered into q contract. which has been duly
signed by the Mayor, for the use Of such
labor as can be economically used with the
appropriations already made to the sever al
public squares.
Respectfully submitted.
". II. WILLIAMS, Chairman.
The report was received.
FINANCE MATTERS.
Mr.. Cannon, from the Committee On
Finance, presented The following:
RICHMOND, VA. March %, 1879.
10 the Board Of aldermen:
Gentlemen The Committee on Finance
have considered a report Of the Committee
on Cemeteries, referred by your body, pI o.
posing an increase OF the salary OF superln-
terdent Of Oakwood Cemetery from $3.50 to
$3.50 per annum. Your committee consider
this increase inexpedient. and esk your con-
currence in report herewith returned.
Your committee have also considered an
amendment to an ordinance concerning
the Auditor and Treasurer (scction 10, chap
ter 10Y which was adopted by the Common
Council March 8, 1870, and referred by
your body to this committee. The amend
ment herewith returned is deemed ineXpe-
dent, in which conclusion your concur
renee is.as6ed.
The reports OF the Auditor and 7Treasu-
rer for january, 1879, are approved and
herewitli returned.
Respectfully submitted.
HENRY G. CANNON, Chairman.
The amendment referred to in the re-
Dort-yiZ.: TO request the Treasurer ana
Auditor TO keep their offices open until
p. NJ. on the days when gas and water-Dllls
are payabe, as it came from the Common
Couucil-was rejected.
SUNDAY IIoUoR-LAw.
Mr.. Beal moved 10 take up from the table
the ordinance from the Common Councll
conforming the city ordinance on the SUD-
iect OF the sale OF liquor on Sunday TO the
State law.
On division, the motion to take up failed
ayes, I; noes, I. Lost.
Mr.. Rarksdale moved to reconsider.
Agreed TO.
The ordinance was then taken up.
MIR. Bcall presented 4 substitute for the
ordinance (prrfcctirg the ordinance as 1t
c,me from the Common CounciD, which was
read. Tie substitute was adopted.
After pl otracted discussion, the ordinance
as amended was defeated by the following
vote:
AYEs.-Messrs. Bcal Cannon. Crump, Ga%ser
Scott and Waguer-G. , r.,
SoES-Mrs>rS. Slrkslae, Hass. thbcII: DichGi Dict
son. ForIc> ter cray, heiI!' Lipseonio' 'N'''' '
and Williams-l1.
PROPOSED STREET IMPROVEMENTS.
Mr.. Todd, nom the Committee on Streets.
presented resolutions appropriatln9 from
street fund tie following sums 1of the I'M
proycments named: S15G 10 pave granite
gutter on Seventh between Broad and Mar
shal streets: SLIGO to place four granite
flapgincs on the west side OF Cherry street,
south OF Clay to uoilywood; $500 TO grade
Reservoir street, and ii any surplus be left
to apply it to the grading OF Cary street:
81 ,033 TO curb the north side Of Cary street
from Laurel to Bcividcrc, and for two 1la@-
ginSS al the cross streets; SJG3 TO cllrb ana
gutter Laurel street from Main to Grove
avenue; S51. .l6 to place tagging across Sha-
fer and Franklin street: $lS5 to place Nag
ging on the north and south sides OF Grace
street crossing Laurel and Shafer street;
800 to place tagging on the north and south
sides of Grace street crossing Pine street; a;
Sl91 to pave granite gutter on the
east side OF BeIyidcrc between Main
and Franklin streets; S94931 to curb
the south side OF Broad from Adams
to- Belvidcre street; S2.S44.2l Qrom the
sewer fuud) to construct sewer on dlllhef
street from Marshall street TO Brook avenue,
said sewer TO be constructed whenever city
water is accessible on Hilmer street; $3.50
llfrom street iunU TO curb and pave granite
gutter on Madison street from Broad to
CLAW street; $40 to curb both sides OF
Fourth street from Byrd to Canal street;
$50. 20 to pave cobble-stone gutter on south
side of Charity between First and St. James
streets: sl5S.4 to grade and gravel alley
between Third and Fourth and Duvai and
Baker streets, the cost OF same to be charged
TO property-owners on said alley; S39.25 for
flagoiny on Duval street, west side OF Third
street: SIO6.92 for tagging on Eleventh
street between Main aud Cary streets; S952
(from the sewer fund) for sewer on Four
tecnth street from Main street TO point
hallway between Franklin and Ross streets,
with necessary inlets; 81 400 to pave Frank
lin streetfrom west side Of Fifteenth street
10 The east side Of Union street; $3.50
from street fund.- to relay the gutter
on Franklin street between Seven
teenlh and Eighteenth streets, north side;
S750.50 to pave Seventeenth street from
CLAY to Ycnable street; IS, 135 to pave Sey-
eptcentt street from Venable to three
squares northward; $40 to curb Eigh-
teenth street from Broad to Marshall street,
east side, and on west side OF Eighteenth
street from Clay to Venable street; SlGo to
pave gutter on Twenty-ninth street be-
tween Clay and Leigh streets; $50 to eX-
tend gutter on west side OF Twenty,nlntl
street from halfway between Marshall and
Cav streets to Marshal street; S479 Ia pave
gutter on Williamsburg avenue, east side:
from State 10 Nicholson street; S593.56
from the sewer fund.- to construct sewer
ON Rockets street from Ash street to Gill
lies creek, to be constructed when there is
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