The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-07-01
PETERSBURG.

TIE COUNCIL. FINISHES TIE ELECTION OF OF
FTCERs--TGE CENTRAL ASYLUM; A CHOICE
or 1wo PROPORTIONS LEFT TO The DREc-
ToRs--HARSoNIous MEETING OF THE coUN-
Gil.
| Correspondence Of tie Richmond DisDaich.l
! JUNE 30. 1882.
The Council was In session again this
morning. 4 resolution w0s offered pro-
viding for the election 81 police officers,
and protested against by the Eeadjusters.
/ The resolution was adopted and a police
/ force elected, OF which George W. Eanes
was chosen captain. The committee APP
, pointed 10 examine the bonds Of the Of
icals elected on Tuesday reported that the
bonds were acceptable, The RcadiuSiers
protested against the acceptance OF the
/ bonds. The Council approved the bonds
! Mr.. Smith. who was elected president on
/ Tuesday afternoon for the "uneXpired
term Of two years." resigned, and MS
resignation was accepted. II was men
moved that a "prcsdent OF the Council OF
/ the CITY OF Petersburg be now elected
Mr.. Bowie on behalf OF the HcGdiusterS,
objected as follows: - tell YOU, gentle
men. that we will moi recognize the election
/ of president or anything like this to-mor-
row. hope that you will be here TO meet
us. We viii not regard this as an election
/ OF president; for we say that you have the
right to elect president for the uneXpired
| term only. that term ending Tonight at II
O'Clock" Mr.. Smith was reelected.
The matter OF an appropriation for the
/ Central LUnahc Asylum was discussed
cshoratcly tbs morning, and the following
action on the part of the Common Council
was agreed upon: That the conference
/ committee Of the Council confer with the
directors in The matter Of site for the
ASYLUM and report 20 the Council whether
either OF the two sulioined propositions
are accept bic: First, that the sum OF
10000 heretofore appropriated be in
creased BY $1,000 provided, that in having
property thus transferred 10 the directors
/ OF the said Central LUnatic Asylum 50
much OF the said pr0portyas may be- agreed
I upon by the Council committee shall be re-
served and conveyed t. the city Of Peters
burg; or, secondly, 10 have the site con-
/ tcmplalcd condemned by the directors, the
city bearing the expense OF the purchase.
! II will thus be seen that the adoption OF
either proposition Is optional with the pre-
sident and Board OF Directors Of tie Cen
| tra LuGltic Asylum.
/ The matter OF the asylum having been
/ referred % the committee, personal cXpia-
nations were made The order, and gentle
men rose to state That nothing Of personal
nature had been intended in the debates OF
| the last few days. The Roadiustcr mem
/ bcrs declared their intention oi resorting
| 10 no violence whatever; that tie idea was
purely repugnaut 70 them, and that to-
morrow afternoon .hey should simply Use
/ legal means, nothing more. They dis
tiuctly promised the same cOurte,ieS which
| bad been extended 10 themselves The ut
most good feeling prevailed, and any ap-
prehensi,H, Of violent meeting tomorrow
may safely bC 80 aside.
The meeting OF the Council tomorrow
viii be OF q character similar to The meetings
Of the past few days. TIE Realiu>tCrs
win elect thor own officers, anda case will
then be made up and carried TO the courts.
ROBIN ADAlR.