Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1888-02-15
City Council Proceedings.

The following is q condensed account
Of the proceedings of the City Council
held on Monday night
The reports of the several officers for
January were received and properly re-
erred and favorably reported.
Robert T.. BELLS was unanimously
elected engineer. and James ID. johnson.
unanimously elected fireman of the Fire
Department.
The petition of Chas. johnson, Moses
johnson and NJ n Jennings. asking the
remission OF fines imposed for firing at
target within the city limits, was upon
the recommendation of the Counsellor,
RENTED.
The Counsellor reported upon the mat
ter OF the Indebtedness of the Board to
the Farmers National Bank upon note
secured by assignment of levy made by
the County Commissioners for 1882 for
81, 200 in favor of the city and placed in
the hands OF Thos. j. Duvall. late tax
collector, that he had collected said bal
ancc and herewith retained the note.
An order was adopted authorizing the
clerk to purchase one of Buffers fire and
burglar proof safes, not exceeding two
hundred and nineteen dollars.
An order wampassed appropriating $50
for repair of water pipes in the Assembly
rooms.
The use of the Assembly rooms was
granted Jonas Offer, Howard Hall and
others for ball April 9Th.
An order was passed appropriating $50
for lampiighters: $50 for cleaning streets;
s25 for repairing streets and $50 for oys-
ter shells and hauling, &C., for the month
If March.
Permission was granted the Indepen
dent Order Mechanics the use OF the
Council Chamber as ladies dressing
room on the night of their ball.
Mr.. William b. Gardiner appeared be-
fore the Board and asked the remission of
the fines of Emily and Justice Johnson
and Sarah Lyon, all coIored, convicted OF
disorderly conduct, in violation of Sec. 3,
Article "a, of the City Code.
Alderman Brooks moved that said fines
be RENTED. This brought about lively
discussion, whereupon the Counsellor
moved as substitute to Alderman
Brooks motion, that the matter be re-
ferred TO a special committee of three for
investigation The yeas and nays being
called resulted az follows
Yeas-The Mayor, Counsellor and Al
derman Goodman-3.
=Nays-Aldermen Bells, Brooks, Field
never and Thsmpson-4. So the substi
tute was lost.
The question recurring upon the mo.
ton of Alderman Brooks, the Counsellor
demanded the yeas and nays, which re-
suited as follows
Yeas-Aidermen Bells, Brooks, Field
meyer and ThompsOn-4.
Nays-The Mayor, the Counsellor and
Alderman Goodman-3. So the motion
was adopted.
The Mayor in explanation Of his vote
on the question pending at the last call of
the yeas aud nays, stated that If the re-
mission of the fines had been urged as an
act of charity, and not of right, the mat
ter would have appeared in different
light, but he was not willing to cast re.
lection upon a member of the police
force making the arrest without giving
him an opportunity 10 be heard.
Ii the police are not upheld by our City
Fathers in the discharge of their duties
in making arrests of disorderly persons
upon our streets and the magistry Of the
law is not sustained--then where is our
safe guard and protection, and what use
are our CITY police 2?