The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-10-07

| FROYEMEETS THAN THE APPROPRIATION
CoNTEMPLATEs-kN APPROPRIATION TO
BUY HOsE-CITY YLUNATIcs-PLAN TO AID
The Common Council resumed its labors
yesterday afternoon at o'slock-President
Manson In the chair. Present at roll-caIl
Messrs. Adams, Baker, Christiap. Cren-
shaw, Davis Of Madison Ward, Davis OF
Marshall Ward, Edwards, Elicit, Eilyson,
Gentry, Goddin, Gum, Hargrove, Hayes,
Higgins, Irwin, King, Mcdowell, Pierce,
Phillips, Pollock, Rankin, Straus, Taylor,
and Wood. -'
The Sergeant-at-Arms presented to the
Council a message from the Mayor, return
ing (under date Of July 22dl, without his
approval, an ordinance to amend sections
and OF chapter 90 OF City Ordinances.
Section as amended makes it penal Of
fence for ''dny one" "eXcept the. City
Gauger" to put any mark on any cask, bar
rel, or hogshead indicating the "capacity y
or "proof." This, the Mayor says, would
! impose a penalty on the United States reye-
} nue. officers for doing that which The laos OF
! The United States require them to do; and
hence the City Council has no right to pass
such an ordinance. The opinion Of the
City Attorney on the same subject was en-
closed. t,...r ...s ,....
Referred to Committee on Ordinances, on
motion OF Mr.. Taylor. !.
STREETS.
Mr.. Elicit, from the COMMITTEE on Streets,
presented joint resolution consolidating
the accounts Of hands and carts, hands and
carts payroll, roller and crusher, and the
account OF sewer connections, under one
account-streetS generally. Also, empow-
ering the Auditor to pay the pay-rolls of
& hands and carts " and "roller and crush
or " from the account OF streets generally,
thus consolidated; appropriating S240
from the sewer fund to trap four street.ba
sins on the corner OF Monroe and Broad
streets; employing hands and carts OF one
district for three days in repairing the
roads in soldiers section, Hollywood.
The report was considered Seridtim.
hr. Christian inquired why the commit
tee desired the consolidation OF these ac-
counts?
Nj. Curtis explained that some OF the ac.
counts were short, and it was done with a
view Of carrying forward the work.
Mr.. Straus spoke in opposition to the
resolution. The payroll account, he con-
tended, is a sacred fund, and if the ac-
counts are consolidated, the committee will,
OF course, draw upon that fund, and the
payroll account may run short.
Mr.. Elicit stated that it was not the IN
tenton OF the committee to ask for one dol
lar more. 1t was not the intention OF the
committee to draw from the fund any oil
} the payroll money.
The Chair decided that under the rules
!, the resolution must 90 to the Finance Com.
mittee.
The other resolutions were agreed to.
, Mr.. Christian offered the following:
/ ReSolUed, That this body dsapproves the
tacit acquiescence in work being done by
the contractors for the city at cost exceed
t ing the sums that are to the credit of the
committee so agreeing, it being the sense
OF this body that such action is in conflict
: with the 3Sth rule OF the City Council.
This resolution was inspired by portion
5 Of the report in which certain contractors
it was stated, had agreed to do certain work
: and wait until next year for their money
= The committee, hewcver, had not obligated
G the city to pay for the work.
A member called the attention OF the
t Council to the clause in the last appropria
; ton ordinance which provides "that tht
amounts here appropriated shall be deemed
r to be the limit OF the amounts to be eXpend
: ed by any committee or head OF depart
} ment, respectively; except that by sucl
transfers as are authorized by the rules o
= the Council, any particular appropriation
y may be enlarged: and that for any deb
5 created by any committee or head OF de
partment in excess OF the appropriation tht
city of Richmond shall be held in nowist
responsible"
Several members thought that the court:
would hold that if the committee had sane
l toned the work the city was liable for it
I, and that the ordinance amounted to no
thing.
: The subject was discussed at grea
length. Finally, Mr.. Christian demanded
l the ayes and noes on his resolution whicl
he offered as q substitute for that part OF the
report Of the Street Committee.
After further discussion Mr. Christian
withdrew his resolution at the solicitation
OF friends, and said he would offer it at tht
proper time in the proceedings.
Mr. Straus moved to refer to the Finance
Committee. Lost-ayes, II; noes, II.
= Mr. Curtis moved that the report b'
2 adopted, and demanded the ayes and noes
: Nlr. Edwards interiected a motion TO In.
the report on the table.
Mr.. Curtis opposed it and desired tn
matter to be decided at once.
The motion to table was lost by record
ed vote-ayes, 0; noes, 10.
Mr. Curtis renewed his motion to adopt
I Mr. Ellyson explained that those VIII
D voted "aye" would vote to pay out none.
. out of next years appropriation.
r Mr.. Taylor thought differently. Thos
who voted "aye" would only vote 10
work that the Council had already sane
l toned.
1 The vote was then taken, and the repor
9 was adopted by the following vote:
AYEs.-Messrs. Adams, Curtis, T. Wiley Davis
Elicit, Gentry. Goddin, Cum, Hayes, Higgins IL
vim, Pierce, Phillips, Pollock, Rankin, Tayior, an
"SSorsNMessrs. Baker, Christian, CrenshaN
Charles T. Davis, Edwards. Eilyson, Hargrovt
King, Mcdowell, Skinker, Suaus, and Manson-l:
J MIR. Skinker thorght the report had bee
, rejected because it required tWo-thlrd
l vote.
( The Chair ruled that there was no appro
priation named, and therefore did not re
= ouire two-thirds vote. ...
MIR. Straus Well, it's whipping the dew
around the stump.
The language adopted, and which ellclte'
: so much discussion, is as follows: =
! "At q called meeting OF this commute
! held on September 10Th the Rlchmon
Granite Company Chrough Captain John a
Curtis) submitted proposition asking TO
allowed to continue their contract Tor tlll
nishing and laying granite curbing and nag
eing in execution Of Council orders alread
, passed, and il they could not sooner D
paid for their work to wait until after tn
nayt animal onnroDriatjop is made.