The daily gazette., 1879-05-02
SECOND EDITION
CIrY COUNCIL.

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~lIA CzTY COUNCIL.
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City Council held, Z regular meeting
last evening, and acted upon several i'm
portant matters, che most important one
being the new courthouse removal. The
whole basin. lot was donated to the Levy
Court, after . minority report had been
o1ssed by Mr.. Painter aud defeated. A
new Board Of Health was also elected as
was also an accountant to the city audit
or. Three ordiuauces were also passed.
President Lichtenstein occupied the
chair. tn. s..,..e .,iii.. ...,ss eri. I'll.
The Street Committee reported favor
ably on the petition OF B. T. Moore, ask
ing th6 city 10 donate to Shiloh Baptist
church, I quantity Of building stone now
lying In the city sand lot. The report
was adopted.
The same committee made a similar
report on the petition Of D. E. Buckipg-
ham asking permission to construct
vault under the pavement on Shipley
street, near Water. Adopted. ..'' ..
On the petition Of w. II. Best asking
that the north side Of Beech street, be-
tween Maryland Avenue and Harrison
street, be curbed aud paved, reported
that Z similar petition had been acted
ON about q year %, but that the work
hsd been delayed on the account Of the
construction Of . sewer. The report
was adopted. .,.t,. ~
io' THE couRr HOUSE. "a
Tho special committee appointed to
confer with tho Levy Court In regard 10
site for the new county buildings TO be
erected IN this city, and 70 whom was
referred at The last stated meeting the
action Of the Levy Court accepting the
square Of ground at, Tenth and Market
Streets known ~ the basin property,
submitted the same report IS made at
the last meeting, that was, to donate the
whole square. .sf .t ys-,.. .-..- 90.
Mr.. Guthrie moved the adoption of
the report. ..l i'........ ..sr -.r, D
Mr.. Paynter said he was not in favor
Of the report, and offered the following
minority report as substitute for the
majority report. f
To the members Of The city Council of VII
mtagt0n:
0INrLEARN The undersigned mi
nority Of your committee appointed to
confer with the Levy Court Of New Cas-
lie county, in reference TO site for the
proposed new courthouse, respectfully
recommend the donation of two hundred
fonS ~ l<Sf< <r,rs, ~ aud
ket streets, from Market to King streets,
or any other portion Of the old basin lot,
sufficient for the county buildings, but
reserving the right to put the necessary
buildings for the use Of the city, on the
lot whenever the ci liens may elect to do
so or the lot at Sixth and King streets,
running back 10 the city prison; or the
public square on the east side of Broom
street, between Seventh and Eighth
streets and further recommend anoth-
er conference with the Levy Court, or q
committee of that body on the subject.
LEWIS PAINTER.
Mr.. Paynter moved the adoption of the
report. t-s
Mr.. Guthrie said he was not In favor
of the adoption of the report, as he be-
lieved that there were only three or four
members of Council, who were in favor
of the report. He considered that The
Council were trifing with the Levy
Court. The Council had offered TO the
Levy Court, all the lots belonging to the
city, and the Court had chosen the basin
lot. He thought that it would be trifling
with the matter, than to do otherwise
than concur in the action Of the Levy
Court in regard to the acceptance by thai
body of the Tenth Street lot. We are
not giving them the lot, we are simply
deciding IL back as it were to ourselves.
He bell eyed that all the citizens were in
favor Of giving the ground. .,- %.
Mr.. Paynter said he did not wish to
to say much on the matter. The gentle
man from the Tenth Ward says he thinks
the Council Is trifiing with the matter OF
giving away the giound to the Levy
CourS. He, (the speaker never had any
idea of giving away the whole square Of
ground, but he had learned from men,
Der of the Levy Court who was in the
city during the day that the whole square
had been offered. The chairman Of the
committee might have offered the square
but Council never did. 1t was not tri-
fling with the matter to vote away $780,
OOO of the peoples money. Why the Le-
w Court mighs ask us for the Clayton
House wbereOn to build the county bull
tings, and also might ask for ten acres
of ground to surround the buildings. If
We give them the square, We give away
several Offices which we will have to pay
rent for. The Levy Court has no right
to make such demand. The Legisla-
ture never gave the Levy Court such
power, or the c ty Council 70 give away
SO much ground. The bill says the Le-
w Court shall erect the buildings in this
city. He desired to reserve enough Of
the ground TO erect the city buildings.
II the majority Of the Council sees fit 10
donate the whole square, why he would
have to acqu esce. f..
/ Mr.. Guthrie said he was very glad to
hear the gentleman make such a guarded
speech.
He talks about voting away the tax
payers money. FIVE 60 back few years
we will find money voted away for wild
ening King street, and also nearly $780,
600 for the widening ofthe railroad. We
are not voting away any money, we are
simply deciding the ground back to our
selves as 1t were.
Mr.. Taylor called for IT, reading of
the resolution passed on March Path in
regard to donating the GROUND for the
buildings. -el..
After the resolution had been read, Mr..
Taylor commended that the resolution did
not bind the City Council to give away
the whole square. He objected to giving