The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-02-12
REGULAR MEETING OF THE HIGHER
BRANCH OF COT Neil.
4 NUMBER or IMPORTANT SUE
JECTS CONSIDERED
SHALL The rAXEs BE RAISED OR
NOTg
Increase OF Salaries Endorsed. But the
QUESTION Raised, " where hall the
honey Come From ?" invlng
streets and Oth.r Matters.

There We're present President Bass
and Me-srs Bclvin, Hid, Dickerson,
Brown, Crump, Capers, ilargrove, Tay-
Tor. CfcnshaW. aricr, Davis, Chappell,
Snead. Murphy, and bahen.
Mr 4. J.. Wilkinson, who was elected
10 fll the vacancy created by the resig-
nation of Mr. John " Oiley, was pres.
cnt and was sworn in
The minutes of several previous meet
ings were read and approved
FREE BuDoE.
The Finance G mmittce reported re-
solution appr0priatng $4,000 for the
Improvement of James River bridge,
better known AS the Free bridge, condi-
toned ON The city of Manchester appro-
prIaling % similar sum. Adopted.
SHALL TAXTs BIZ RAISED.
The following was reported by the
Finance Committee.
The Committee on Finance az called
meeting held io consider the financial
condition OF thc ciiy beg leave 10 recon-
mend That in ORDER 60 meet the demands
caused DIS theroeelt increase OF the force
and tAcpay in the various departments
of the city government, and TO meet the
growing wants Of ihe city. am increase OF
The tax rate to 81 % on the hundred dol
Jars Ref rred Oh the Finance Commit
tee The present is II 40 ON the hundred
dollars.
THE FINANCE COMMITTEE RESOLUTIONS.
Tie Finance Committee recommend.
al lae adoption OF Tie following
BE % na1.rd wv Hl lonnaH ~ The city
# Hnlmo1d. That section 3 of chapter
l3 of the city ordinances concerning the
leyvlnr of taxes lc amended and reor-
dainci 90 read rs follows
49, On ilpersonal property, such rs IS
exempt from taxation. and such as IS en-
u.oyed in any business l-aye the sale Of
wines spiritu0us liquors or mixture
thereof for which q license tax Is paid
TO the city one and four-tenths per
ccutumn of the value, and herein shall
be included money and credits.
stock and capital invested, all
shares OF stock Ia any bank,
and all shares of stock in any other cor
p0ratiOn doing business in the city.
upon The capital stock of which no taX is
imposed. The taxes upon such shares
of stock in amy bank or other corpora
lion located and doing business in the
citv. arc to he paid hy the cashier or
principal officer of the company The
taxes upon $50 shares of stock shall be
upon fhc market value of The same.
"Ilc provisions ofthis ordinance shall
apply to fhe taxes for Tine year 1889, and
every year hereafter
This acf shall be in force from ils
passage
Mr. Sncad said De would never vote
for This ordinance il 10 in amy way
could effect the property of the poorer
class OBJ people who own their houses.
Air Hugr0yc and Mr. CrenshaW made
remarks after which The report was
adopted
ApLRr ENLETs 1T GERMAN PAPERS
The question come np Zoo the report
that the only paper iu the city under
contract 90 publish the city.s advertise
men's Wls thc ,tHie go 2l cents per inch.
The point was raised That these adyer.
tisemeuts should also De in "a German
paper. and DO met with general favor.
ON motion of }lr Caper the matter was
referred Do ihe , ommitee ON Accounts
and Printing with instructions 20 adyer-
Use for bids for advertising city ordi-
nance. and other city printing in d Ger
man paper
PAVING DOCK STREET
The resolution toappropriate $1,000
IS To- pave Dock street from Eighteenth
90 Ash. produced considerable discussion
Mr. larer0Ye said that his was not
the place t0 appropriate such large sums
of money The Committee ON Finances
should have some Insight into the matter
as that committee has 20 find all the
money 10 would De setting bad pre-
cidcnt
Mr Dickerson did not think 10 would
set e bad precedent or any precedent 90
al because the fiscal year was ended,
and tAe Finance Committee had no money
To- appropriate.
Mr. ll.ll thought 10 q good idea that
before The Finance Committee report,
the Council not appropriate money get
90 De collected
The resolution was agreed TO Ayes.
~ noes,
PAYING CARY STREET
The resolution appropriatng $41G0 10
pave Cary street from Fifteenth 10
Eighteenth was agreed to. Ayes, 10;
noes,
NEEDED 4 NrRsERYMAN
a resolution from the Committee on
Grounds and Buildings, authorizing the
City Engineer 20 employ an expert nur-
seryman 20 look after Tie parks and
trees Of the city. subject % the approval
OF the Committee on Grounds and Build
ings, was recommended by this commit
tee. the said nurseryman 20 receive the
same pay as the park-keepers
Mr. Hargi0fe opposed this. He said
That the t0mmiliee on Grounds and
Buildings should have employed nurse
rymen i'm the parks and at The reservoir
instead of carpenters and other me-
chanics
The resolution was referred 10 the
Finance Committee
TWENTIETH STREET
Tie continuation of the improvement
of Twentieth street, the cost 20 be paid
out of the appropriation of 1889, was
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PAVING Az ALLEY.
The resolution TO appropriate S69s7 TO
re-paye The alley between Cary and Main
and Fourteenth and Fifteenth streets,
was passed.
PINK ALLEY.
IN ordinance % appropriate SG25 10
re-paye Pink alley, was lost by one vote.
The alley runs from New Market square
20 seventh street, between Broad and
Marshall
CITY STREET RAILWAY
The ordinance from the Common
Council extending the franchise Of the
Richmond City Street hallway under
certain conditions was unanimously
adopted without being read, a motion
TO suspend reading being carried for the
reason that the entire ordinance had
been published and printed
\ motion was subsequently made by
Mr. NilkersOn 10 reconsider the vote by
which 10 passed. as hc wanted 10 offer an
The Board refused 10 reconsider
The ordinance now goes 10 the Mayor
for his approval
NONE paw