Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-08-17
COMMON COUNCIL,

| COMHUN COlNElL.
| At on adjourned meeting CT ths Common
10Th, 1884, thore were present james Douglas,
CO., President, and Messrs Herbert Burke,
Lambert, Beach, Rice, Eich barr, Shinn, Nc.
! Lean, Cowlilg, Sweeney. Nails ard Peske.
| 1h5 Conml"ee on Streets reported 50 follows
| Recon- nendng thst tho gutter on the Esst sid
| OF Royal street across Wolfe et,ee. DO paved ::
also recommending mat the gutter on South
Washington street near Duke street named ia
the petition of Il. Lloyd and others, be reo,ired
| and also that tho work prayed for in tho pel.
lion OF L. Il. O'E.iea and others had tean pro-
vided for by e resolution OF the City Council,
which said reports waro adopted
Tho Con InitLee on Stroo.a upon tha )n,,ru,;
cation OF tho Board OF Health in relation ~ me
condition Of ECyAl street at .hc nars OF Gibbon
and Frnn king streets. reported that the nui.
ssIce ct the cUrEor Of Franklin eud Roys! streets
had been a5a!o1, and recommended that tba
500 appropriated for Franklin s,ros.s, be trans
tered to The improvement Of Gi5bou O. its ip.
tcrscct:on with Royal ,t:eet, which ropor! WAS
received, snd tao Recommendation OF The Com
rlittee rejected
y Communication from the Mayor CONCERN
Ing feuny Hill burial ground. and lbs lack NJ
room therein for tho burial Of Tie dead witbe NJ
disinieir:hG Other bodies was road and referred
10 tho Com E.L.oe on Public Properly.
TEo petition Of the SCcialy of st. Vinc3nt Of
RAM, sesliEg forth TIA. property So. apart BY
sag g etttY lof charitable purposes had been
sold ter t2IIS Guy the corToraioc. snd prsyinp
that The tx DO ICnliIed, ed tho Auditor in :.
situetcd noi to execute n deed therefor, was
read and tie prayer CT the petition ersnlet.
The petition Of hrs Julia Bremen, for psr
mission to Eui:d frnmo hcusa on Quacn street
between Roy 81 and Pitt streets, VS. r,sa snI
the praJe thereof granted.
The petition OF the 2nSaeGSliJH Of tho I:u!h.
eren Chrrch. 70 have curb sot, gutter sni side.
walked AVID. and crossing laid from south east
to the Northeast corner OF Cameron and Alfred
strGc.a, end 10 haTo tho }aon st Lha southeast
corner Of SKID ttreet:, removed 70 tine ncrih.
east corner thereof was read, aud 20 much e.
relates 10 tho Ismp rai-rfet To the Committed on
Light ard tina rasi|u, To tho Con 4it,ce On
Streets.
Tho c1ihT,G:.i2s'ilE from the Mayor. st TIA
Instance nf the GCU5;ai.teo Cf Grr;ncc;n:;a, suy.
Res.ng Sn appropriation 70 assist the Fir, Ds-
psrtment III cn!"rtsinirg ina 7i:i:ing fro:nen
from Allen town, Penn was road and q resolu &.
tlon TO aprronista $50 therefor from the g sners,
Eu1d, offered By Fir. Herbert, wsa Loaf. Mr..
ElchoerG then moved to appropriate $50 from
the appropriation for The Fire department, aud
the ayes nad roes being ca!ltd it was lost by tho
iol!cwEg vote, w: Ages. fcssrs Lambert.
hich6e1g, SliEn, III Lean and iir rTeSidost-5.
Noes, M:Es:s. Hc!5aG!, Burke, Beach, Kico,
Rails. CowIing. FCnke and Mr.. fresdoat-S
"a 4 set TO sb dish the tho office Of Inspsc!or
OF oysters, and u ntn2Ed inl oyster Law" wse
reported by the Committee on General Lava,
read three iitnss. cad declared lest By the fol.
lowing vote. viz: ayes. Meesrs. Norbert. Ism
bert, Burke, Bosch, s,hinn, Mclean, and Mr.
rresident-1. Noes, Mess Nslla, Coplibg,
Sweeney and Peakc-4.
An actt) amend and r.. exact snaiion | cf
Chsrtar II OF Tho 1O'poralion Code" was re-
cei7ed from the Board OF Aldermen, rfsi tbrae
times, and passed by tho following yUto. viz:
Ayes. hefsIa: Hobart, Bake, Lambert, Beach,
hichoerg ShInn. McLoEn. Nails, Cowlins,
Sup NJ A. II
a resolution that when Couacl sdjourns inst
it DO until the Fad Tuesday in November next,
was received from Inc Board Of Aldermen, their
action noLconcurrci in. and the said resolution
amended by Inserting Cc.obcr for November
and adopted Gs amended
Qho following waro rGcciTsi from tha Rnn-I
Of Alderman and their action thereon coDcurrad
in. viz Bill Of hwoll G. &twel for Is months
rent OF building OF MARKET Square. Of $50:
report OF the ComEiiLtGo on General Laws upon
the communication Of the Mayor in relation 10
tho islluTo 0: certain C1ietrs TO guilty and also
as 20 whose duty i! is 10 light the town clock 5
resolution appropriating $50 to assist the Fire
Department. IN entertsiniag the visitor: from AL
ieDtoWn, Pa; election bills of b. w. Nails.
So W; Jsmss l.. Dyson, 81 Il Kell, SIS 90;
James Dyson ST: Aaly 4. Smith, So, and
y. w. Doa, born, IS TO-
The following resolution was rccriy.d from
the Board of Aldermen and laii on tbetsble y z:
Resolved, Thst the Committee on Li-ht in.
strucs tie superintendent: CT Gas to hayo the
CHIMNEY q! the Gas Works repaired and no.
pulled down, SID that the Ccmn it.ee on Light
report the cost Of taking down said chimney,
The Board then adjourned.
Teste: JAMES Il. CaTos, Cio-x.
en- ACT 10 amend aud re.slec: section Of ca 20.
ter Il. Of The corporation code.
Be il enscted By the City Council cf A,txan
dris, That section of chsp:er II. OF the corpo.
| ration code bs amended end re enacted so as to
read ss follows:
1t shall be the duty of the AsToT on tho 10 h
day OF July IN every Two years, or SIS soon there.
sitter SIS practicable to advertise for bids for re-
moving the night soil of the city cf Alexandria
| for two years from The frat dsy Of August thence
ensuing. The contract for the segotsl Of such
| night soil shall be awarded to the highest ,t-
sponsible bidder, who will use ia sush work the
| improved apparatus known as The odorless ex-
ca7s'iog machine. giving preference to sny 70.
sponslbo resident Of this city who shall offer 10
Introduce the sam, whether his bid shsll be the
highest or not; and if 70 person shall offer TO
use the same, then the Contract shsll be given 10
the highest responsible bidder. The person to
whom the contract is a9srded shsll in ell re-
| spects comply VITA the laws OF the corporation,
and shall be Rubccs 10 fine of $40 for every
violation thereof. The Mayer shall proceed m
| der tie law Immediately uaon liz nss,sae.