Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-07-29
CITY COUNCIL.


The second regular meeting of the new
rtv Council was held last night, but no city
officers having to be elected, there was but
EuIeinterest taken in the proceedugs--that
is among outsiders.
IN THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN
,hrr, was but a bare -hve-present.
After The uinul cs of the last regular meet
In- had been rc:.ti, 81 COMMUNICATION was
received fr,,,n III. Mayor suggesting that
the ,;W !c!.,i!m. 10 Irluk"i::c:'- Oil tht
streets OF lie ,.:iy ut. repealed ar amehueu.
The state law provides that line ci - DC
assessed against such dcllnquent" WINE inc
r,ry ,utuic Imposes q fine ni - against Slth
.. are found drunk and diSoIhfHy on the
streets. a. the law now stands,when a per
IN l. arrested simply for being intoxicated
III. fine maca into the Stale treasury ana the
cty. which pays for the police force, gets
nothing except where the party Is convicted
of hcinr both drunk and dISo'derly, "heh
,h.. CORPORATION law imposes hne OIL So
.l,r MAJOR also Suggests that The amount ol
the ni:rliure he nAde - or 30 much thereoi
L. may I've deemed proper by the mayor or
mrglsira,e trying the case. Mr., Smo"t, IN
his ro.a,n,;Ilicaton, says - Is too much llne
lar
shnuGh he repealed so that the amount collld
he l,.-,t.e,: nj his discretion, and that the
wo,ti, "anu ,iiS"!derIy" be stricken from The
civ law, 20 that il may read rs the Stale
law.
On motion of Mr. Bryant the paper was
referred TO thy Committee Gu General Laws
w;th instructions to report bill embodylng
the recommendation of the Mayor.
II VAS asked what disposition the Board
p,ouo.cd making of the BILL laid over ut the
last meeting. amending the law regarding
The cllicc OF Orerseer of Outdoor Poor. The
bill, it will he remembered, provides that
the Mayor shall appoint that official for SIX
months in the year at salary OF Sl30, IN
stead Of $500, as at present, aud pending lis
consideration the election Of the Overseer
was passed over at the last regular meeting
of Council when the other corporation Of
l:ce,S were elected.
Mr., Ieadbeatcr said, inaSmuch rs the pay
of all OF her officers had been allowed to re-
main IN xt7aiH quo, he hoped that Of the
uyersccr would also be allowed 10 stand.
The pay that officer received was by no
means excessive for the responsibility and
work incumbent upon him. The cost OF
maintaining the outdoor poor had been eur
tailed perreptihly Of late. He hoped the
bill would be allowed TO remain on the
table.
No objection being urged, the matter was
passed over.
Mr.. Icadbeatcr Offered a resolution, which
was adopted, that the priority OF the Fire
Warlcus be IA follows Stephen a. Green,
l@l; Geo +. French. ID J. G. Creighton, Sd;
john Harlow, 18th.
4 recess, was then taken, AID upon the
I,,,:, l.l tn nT
paprrs which had come in from the Common
council were read and the action of that
Board concnrreA in, after which Mr.. Peakc,
from the lower Board, appeared and invited
The Aldermen into the chamber Of the for
mer Board for the purpose of participating
ia the election of Il School Trustee in place
nf Major Herbert, resigned.
pom the return of the Aldermen, other
matters from the Common Council were con.
CARED in.
\ resolution was also received from that
Board providing that an additional member
Of the Finance Committee he appointed.
Mr.. pownham Mr. Moore in the chair
spoke in favor of the adoption of the resou-
ton. The Presidents of the two Boards had
consulted in regard to the matter, and con-
Guided th&. an additional member of the FL
nance Committee was almost indispensable.
Mr. l.eadbeater also spoke in favor ofcon-
curing in the action of the Aldermen. At
lie present season the committee, of which
he was q member, had considerable business
10 misunderstanding coupons, &c.,-and
iHc additional member would lessen the la
horS Of tho Others.
The resolution was favored by Mr.. Moore
Also and the action of the Common Council
was concurred In.
a resolution that when Council adjourn
IT he until Tuesday, August t, coming III
from the lower Board, created some surprise,
as it was supposed Council was about to
take lis usual summer recess. The action
Of the Council, was, however, concnrred in,
and tho Aldermen adjourned.
COMMON COUNCIL.
A good attendance within the bar and
;. very light auditory outside marked the reg
ar meeting Of Councillast night.
The Finance Committee reported in favor
Of a small reduction in the license of gift
,oncerts.
Mr. Sweeney did not think the reduction
sufficient. and moved that the license law
he amended so as to make the tax SO for
the first day ard So for each subsequent
lay.
Mr. Sweeney and Mr.. Fisher favored
reduction to so for the first day and 50 for
all other days of exhibition.
Mr.. Snowden doubted the policy of inter-
iering with the license law.
Mr. Whiting did not think the city gained
anything by putting too high license on
shows. The showmen, when licenses are so
high, gave the town bad name throughout
The country.
Mr.. Snowden said that gift concerts are n
Species of gambling, and members would do
we'll to think before they made any reduc-
ton.
The reduction was lost by vote of yeas
Il. nays 4-twelve votes being required to
amend law on the first night of the intro
duclion of the amendment.
The vote was then reconsidered and the
sui iect laid over.
When n motion to extend the powers of
The investigating committee to such subjects
AS the Finance Committee should refer to