Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-04-04

Of Ccun,ll to confer with the Mayor
as to the present financial condi-
tion of the city.
Carried.
The Chair appointed the follow
ing Committee: Messrs. Workman,
Buchanan, Lawlor, Meinzer, Mo.
lony.
Mr.. Workman moved that the
City Surveyor be innstructed to as
certain the number of acres OF land
under the East Side ditch and to
whom such lands belong, that are
not already supplied with water for
irrigation and present the same to
Council as soon as practicable,
In order that the City Assessor may
assess said lands as irrlgable lands.
So ordered.
In connection with a notice from
Mr.. Butler, Chairman of the FL
nance Committee, to the City
Clerk to send him no more claims
against the city for consideration,
on motion Of Mr.. Buchanan, the
following prea amble and resolution
wore read:
WHEREAS, in the consideration
and approval Of claims against our
city by the Com mittee on Finance,
tho most able talent and thorough
practical business knowledge is
necessary, in order that the In.
terests Of our city may be protect
ed, and
WHEREAS, the present Chair.
man of the said Committee ON FL
nance would appear to be unequal
to the requirements of the place, he
having brought in various reports
that other members Of said Com
mlttee did not approve, and also
ridIcu!e upon the whole OF our
body, because of the unbusiness-
like and informal manner the: of,
THEREFORE, be 1t moved that
the place now held by the said
Chairman Of the Committee on
Finance in our Los Angeles City
Council be and the same is hereby
declared vacated, and our Presi.
dent 10 requested to fill the vacau-
cy and appoint q new member on
said Committee. Adopted.
The following was then read:
Los ANGELES, April 8, 1870.
To the President and Common
Council of the City of Los An
geles:
In consideration OF the fact
that l can no longer agree with the
majority OF the Finance Conn nit.
tee, but with fair consciousness
of my ewn honesty and competent
discharge Of duty, and the unani-
nous approval Of my constituents,
| hereby declare my withdrawal
from the Finance Committee of the
Council.
JESSE II. BUTLER.
On motion of Mr.. Buchanan,
Mr.. Buffers communication was
laid on the table.
The Zanja Committee submitted
a report, which was filed, and the
recommendations acted on seria-
tim:
Recommend, In the matter of
straightening ZaDja No. s, that the
City Surveyor ascertain If the own.
ers of property on the line Of said
Zspjs, will consent to the straight.
ening of same. So ordered.
The Commltte also find that eev.
eral Chinamen living along the
line Of ZaDja No. 4, take water
without authority, and recommend
that the Zapjero be instructed to
cause the arrest of said parties. So
ordered.
Recommend, in the matter of
petition Of Mrs. Doria Jones, that
il petitioner place 500 In the City
Treasury, to the credit of the New
Water Fund, that the petition be
granted. Referred to President
Beck to investigate the matter.
A number Of bills were read and
referred to the Finance Com mittee.
The Special Committee, to
which was referred the petition of
Andrew Glassell, report In favor of
granting the same under certain
restrictions. Referred to Special
Committee In conjunction with the
City Attorney.
The Special Committee to which
was referred tina matter Of the pay
OF the workmen on repairs OF res
ervoir No 4 report that no agreement
was made with the workmen as to
wages, and recommend that addi-
tional warrants be issued increas-
ing the pay OF said workmen to
81 per day each. Laid over for one
week.
Protest of number of tax pay
crs against the employment of Mr..
saunders, an alien, as deputy
Zanjero. To Z,njero Committee.