The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-05-24
COM MON COUNCIL.
PROCEEDINGS or THAT BODY LAST
NIGHT.
AGRICULTURAL AND lfECHANT-
CAL SOCIETY APPROPRIATION.
yIRsIsy on OPINION IN REGARD
TDIf.
beit EdDc Damage Eases Setiscd-Ths
Peii'e have "a fuy,e; wssh a Prison
er-Haucaester >ews-tmproviDg
the capitol square.

A called meeting OF the common
4 Council was held yesterday evening at
/ : O'Clock. Present Messrs. Bodeker,
/ BOwden. BraIer. Carter. f. r.. Chris
tan. Courtney. Curtis. Ferriter. Glover.
Grimes, Hayes, Mussen. Phillips. Steel.
Stratton. White. j. W. White. Royal,
White, ". l., WingielJ, and the presi
dent.
The clerk, Mr. b. T. August. read the
call for the meeting as follows:
b. r. 1ugust,
Dear Sir.-You will issue notices foT
meeting Of the Common Council for
Thursday. 23j. 1889. at Z O'Clock. to
consider communicate n from the Nir-
ginla State Agsiculiur'. 4 and Mechnni-
cal Society. and 10 act upon resolu-
ton adopted by ihe 5Oard OF Aldermen.
providing for joiIt session Of the two
branches OF the City Council for the
purpose Of eiectnL a member of the
Board OF Police Commissioners from
Jefferson ward.''
TINS was 81 gned by Mr.. Thomas p.
CampOeil. Id president Of the Council.
The ciers then read a communication
from Mr. Ashton Starke, giving reasons
ior askTg the city TO appropriate S4O.-
200 10 relieve the Virginia Agricultural
and Mechanical Society from a short
age of $40 600 incurred by the EXPOSE
u IN last year. and by other causes.
Mr. Christian moved that the matter
be referred to the Committee on FL
nance. the matter being one Of such i'm
portance as not 10 be lightly dealt with.
Mr.. Bowden offered as an amend
ment that the City Attorney be also con-
suited. Mr.. Christian yielded. and the
amended resolution. referring the mat
ter to the parties ramed. was adopted.
Dir. Bowden moved that the resolu-
ton regarding the election of a fire
cOmmi ,siOneI be c0ncurCd in. and this
was done.
Mr.. Stratton offered the followin z
res luton:
BE II resolved bg the Council Of the
city Of Richmond the Board of AlC GER
men concUrlugj. That the City AT tor
ney be. and is hereby. authorize to
acquire by gift, condomnatio'l or
otherwise. the lot of land in rear of
Bellevue School. fronting forty five
feet on the west side OF Twenty second
street and running back betw cen par
.allel lines one hundred and thirteen
feet to an ailev fifteen feet. rs shown on
the plat accompanying tins -esOlution
the said land to be acquired for school
purposes.
There was a diversity of opinion
about the matter of voting the
$4,000 appropriation to the Virginia
Agricultural and Mech Ancal Society.
From inter views with u re members. 1t
was aDpai emf that there was majority
present last night VII ich would have
voted down the app opriation had 1t
been pressed.
Mr.. Ashton Stark :. president of the
ASSOCIATION; General Joseph K. Arder-
son. and number Of prominent citi-
zens were present at the meeting
THE NEXT MELT Sc or TIE COUNCIL.
The next he ting of the Comrion
Council viii be an interesting one. as
many matters of public importance viii
then be cons dered.
The Conn littce on Cemeteries have
asked that an additional Appropriation
of 1lJOO bc made for the preparati on
OF ceriaJ sections ana lots for sale IN
River Y ',ew Cemetery.
10 n cir memorial TO the Council the
com M ttee sets forth the fact that the
app TOpriation already made is ins.Ge-
q' Iate TO complete the entire improve
Aenis contemplated and at the same
time satisfy public demands Tor sale
OF lots. I'm asking for this additional
amount the committee were actuated
by this idea and the furtber one. that
as soon as lots are so prspa red as to
warrant q sale that the :city VIII at once
begin to realize "A revenue from River
View Cemetery.
Last nigh; 80 the called meeting ef
the Council Mr.. John X. Grimes. chair
man of the CommlCtee on Cemeteries,
presented a report from his committee
embracing the above views. and at his
ieques. 1t was referred to the Commit
tee ON Finance. of whic n Mr.. \. ID.
uargrove Is cbai rman.
Another mai .er is the appropriation
of $40 GOO n the Virginia Agricultural
and Mechanical Society, and it can be
safely inf cred that the discussion of
this mat GER will excite deep interest
ana cor sumo much time. Other mat
tiers to uching appropriations of minor
chara cieT Will come up at the next
NEE ing Of the Council. which takes
place on the first Monday in June.