Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-04-18
THE CITY COUNCIL.
norm BRANcHES IN SESSION.
Repert from the FINANCE Commtaee Re-
cod,hcation Of CITY Ordinances Increase
OF ssiaJy and New Ctr Officer.

| (president) and the following members !:
Messrs. Stokes, Cabell. Chafiin, Cren-
shaw, Crump, Glasgow, Page, Robin
son, Taylor, and Williams.
The reading Of the minutes was dis
pensed with.
The Clerk read the following call for
the meeting
Mr.. r. C. Horard, Clerk Common
Council:
Dear Sir.-In compliance with the
request contained in the enclosed COM
munication from the Committee on Or
diDances, please issue notices for meet
ing of the Common Council for Friday,
April 18th, at s p. NJ. Please also
extend an invitation to the members Of
the Board of Aldermen to be present
ut the meeting. Yours truly,
J.T. ELLYsoN.
The communication from the Com
mittee on Ordinances reads
RICHMOND, April ii, 1885.
Mr.. J. r. Ellyson, President Of the
Common C0unct:
Dear Sir,--At meeting Of the Com
mittee on Ordinances held this day the
following resolution was adopted:
Reselred, That the President Of the
Common Council be requested to call
meeting Of that body for Friday eve
ming, April 18th, at s o'clock, for the
purpose Of receiving a report from this
committee, containing number of
amendments to the City Ordinances.
Very respectfully,
BEN. T. AUGUST,
Secretary Committee on Ordinances.
The Clerk read then the report Of the
Committee on Ordinances, heretofore
reported in the proceedings Of the Com
mon Council, ard accidentally omitted
by the Clerk of the Council in the ses-
sion of the Board of Aldermen last
Monday, and the report was adopted.
CITY PRINTING.
In response to resolution of inquiry,
Mr.. Chaflin presented the following re-
port from the Committee on Accounts
and Printing:
The committee beg leave to report
that they have awarded the contracts
for advertising, printing, and furnishing
stationery TO the various departments of
the city government, as follows:
Advertising: TO the State newspa-
per, at Is cents per square, single mea-
sure, each insertion, except the first
insertion of the tax-list, which will be
80 cents per square also to the Daily
German Adrertiser Except the tax-lisD,
at Is cents per square.
Printing BoOk-work, to Messrs.
Walthall q Bowles, at 81 cents per
LOCO ems composition, and II cents
per token, $50 impressions, for press
work.
Job-Work To f. Waddy, at 10
CENTS per 1000 ems composition and 10
cents per token, $50 impressions, for
press-work.
Stationery and paper upon which
the printing is done, together with the
binding, &C., was awarded to n. V.
Randolph, he being the lowest bidder.
The report was received and filed.
The President stated that the men,
bers Of the Board were invited to attend
the meeting Of the Common Council,
which would be held Immediately, in
order to consider the report Of the 0rdi-
nance Committee, embracing complete
amendment oftbe City Ordinances, under
a resolution adopted some time ago
which provided for revision Of the
ordinances.
Common Council.
Soon after the adjournment Of the
Board of Aldermen Mr.. j. Taylor FL
Tyson called the Common Council to
order. There were present Messrs.
Ammons, Bahen, Bowie, Bryan, Camp
bell, Curtis, Cutchins, Frischkorn. Guy,
HargrOve, Hughes, Pearman, Phillips,
Pizzini, Riddell, Robinson, and Straus.
ORDINANCES RECOMMENDED.
The Clerk read the following report
of the Ordinance Committee
In accordance with the instructions
contained in the following resolution
the Committee on Ordinances herewith
submit o number of amendments to the
City Ordinances for your consideration
ReSolr,d, That the sum of 81 900,
or so much thereof as may be neces-
sary, be, and the same is, hereby ap-
propriated to defray the expenses of
recodifying and printing in form the
ordinances of the city that the sum
herein mentioned shall be placed to the
credit of the Committee on Ordinances
by the Finance Committee, and shall be
paid out for the work aforesaid only
under authority Of the Committee on
Ordinances and on warrants drawn by
its chairman.
2. That the Committee on Ordinances
are hereby authorized to contract with
such persons as they may deem proper
for the proper recodiiying and printing,
which work shall be done under the
direction Of the Committee on 0rdi-
nances, and that said Committee on
Ordinances are hereby authorized to
make all needed amendments and report
the same for final action.
Preliminary to commencing the work
the committee addressed the following
circular-letter to the officials and differ
ent departments Of the city govern
ment, and number of the amendments
submitted by us were suggested in the
responses which were received.
"By resolution of the City Council
and approved by the Mayor, the Com
mittee on Ordinances have been en-
powered to recodify and reprint the
City Ordinances, making such changes
or amendments as they may deem ne
cessary and reporting the same to the
Council for final action. Will you
please forward to this committee, at
your earliest convenience, such changes
in the ordinance governing your de-
partment as may, in your judgment,
be deemed necessary and proper, in
order that this committee may act in
the premises without delsy?"
rREASyJRER's NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.