Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-01-29
ALDERMEN BEGIN WORK.
THE MEETING OF THE NEW
COUNCIL LAST NIGHT.

The Wavor Appoints the Sanitary Com
mfssioners-The Standing Committees
in Control of the Various Depart
ments to Have Charge of the Public
BuIIdinGs-Taking Up the Work of
the Old Council.
The new Council made quick work of
ifs first regular session last night, and
what there was to be done was gone
through with dispatch. The full board
was in attendance. The new members
did not get permanently located IN their
seats on Monday and last night there
were some changes. Alderman Derst
went back into his old seat. Alderman
Mills changed of with Alderman Myers,
aud Alderman Bogart occupied the seat
vacated by Alderman Green. There was
very little business Of interest transacted.
The Mayor announced the members
Of the Sanitary Commission as follows:
Aldermen Duncan and Thomas,
ev-MavOr J. F. Wheaton, J.
r. Saussy. Esq, and George l.. Cope,
Esq. The Mayor is also member OF the
commission and is eX-O1ncl0 Chairman.
Alderman Thomas called the attention
of the Council to several matters left IN
dOae BY the preceding Council. In May,
1884, the City surveyor was instructed TO
prepare a list of the encroachments upon
city property. In July a partial report
was made of a few encrOachments upon
property on York street. This was the
only report the Council had ever received.
He asked that the Surveyor be in
structed TO give the matter his attention
and see that a complete list was pre-
pared.
Early in December, when the river
channel in front of the city was reported
filling up to the obstruction OF navigation,
the Committee on River and Harder I'M
DrOyements was instructed TO investigate
the matter and see what was the nature
OF the obstruction, and what means were
best to be taken Tor the purpose OF
remedying the evil. No report had ever
been received BY the Council, and the
Alderman moved that the new Committee
on HarbOr and Wharves assume the IN
structiOns 10 the committee OF the former
Council and continue the investigation.
The jurisdiction Of the various CON-
mittees in their care of the public build
ings of the city was a matter of serious
discussion. Under the new arrangement
of the committees since the Committee on
Public Buildings was abolished the care
Of the City Exchange property had not
been delegated to any committee.
Alderman NicnOls, Chairman OF the
Committee on City Lots, wanted to know
whether il was the duty of his committee
or the Finance Committee to look after 1t.
Alderman Hamlet understood that each
committee was charged with the care of
the buildings in its own department.
With this understanding, he supposed the
CITY Exchange would be looked after by
the Committee on Finance.
Alderman Hamilton couldn't see what
the care of the City Exchange had TO do
with finance. He considered il more
properly the duty of the Committee on
City Lots TO look after 1t, and under the
charge Of whatever committee ii might
fall he urged that repairs be begun
upon il at once. With the understanding
that the Committee on CITY Lots was the
proper committee TO look after 1t, he
moved that its care be delegated to that
committee. ana that all city buildings not
falling within the jurisdiction Of any Of
the committees also be cOntided to its
care. The doing away with the Commit
tee on Public Buildings has increased the
responsibility of all committees having
control of the departments IN which there
are public buildings 10 be looked after.
The only other business before the
Council was the appointment Of a
committee to cOdIfy the city ordl-
nances and the passage Of an ordl-
nance extending the time for beginning
the erection of a new Jail by the county
authorities until Feb. /, 1886, prOVId-
ing that if the erection of the jail is not
begun by that time the grant of prop
erty by the Council March II, 1884, be re-
invested in the city.