Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-10-28
COMMON COUNCIL.

Alta called meeting OF the Common Council OF
| tho city of Alexandria, Va, held on the 9th day
OF October, 1891, there were present: Hubert
| Snowdon, esq President, and Messrs. Aitcheson,
G. N. Moore, Fisher, Bellonger, Jones, Harrison,
Davis, Mushb .ch StIider, Uhler, Evans and Nc
| Cuen.
motion declaring The minutes of tho meeting
| Of October "a. 1891. correct as recorded being
| lost by vote O TO tho motion of Mr.. Mush-
bach that tho minutes be corrected as 10 state
that the decision Of the chsir was not overruled
| aud that the solution giving TO the Deis-Biss.
man Kurz Company certsin city property was
not passe', was adopted By vote of 7 to g.
communication from Mr.. IL Snowden. Pres-
| dent OF the Common Council, TO Mr.. :. G. Brent,
Corporation Attorney in reference 10 the legality
of the vote np,n the regontion giving 10 the Deis
Bissm IN utrz Company c'rsaiD property st tho
meeting of October 81 1891 and the Corr oration
| Attorneys reply theIeo. stating that in his
Judgment the resolution was an act creating q
new law and 1t h,v!Dg received nine votes has
not legally passed the Comm Council, was read,
and on motor of Mr. Gu,hbach the BOARD of AL
dermeu were notified o. tho action OF this lard
in reference to the reso ution, and requested to
return the paper to this board.
An application fro7n Mr. u. c. Grtve5 for the
posi- ion of City uryeyor, ana communicable
from the Clerk e tile City > hoo board notifying
Coon that the terms IF Office OF Trustees :. A.
Mrnkin Of the Isl ward. w Ms bury Of the
| I'd ward, W. F. Carne OF the 81 ward, sni J. T.
Der 1st received.
The following were referred to the Committee
on Light: The petition of Rohert Elliott and
George 4. XII steln for q gas nsiu 10 be laid
Patrick street. between Duke Snd Wolfe streets
also the petition of tho B ltimore United Oil
Company and o. IS for au elect ic light at the
inter Iecti0n o! Falrfsx and OIOGoco stroc5s.
The following were refe red 20 the { nmittee
on Finance The petition OF W. A. smgot Prei-
dent of the Boird or Directors of the Fra Depart
ment the peti'i u of Louls Brill, Ir., President
OF the Board OF Fire Wardens, for an electric
fire alarm; as9 communicate rs from II. 3.
Downham, Sectc'ary of the HydrsDlion Fire
Company, and of O. II. Pickin, Secretary of the
Relie' Hook snd Ladder mpany, transmitting
res buttons requesting that the petition OF the
Fire Wardens be granted; also the pstition Of
John a. Marshall for rebate on az Improvement
tax bill.
The following were rec iytd from the Board OF
Aldermen and their action thereon concufre In
Committee on Pablo Pr perty g report uEon the
communication of N. Ruben in references TO the
condition OF the Relief Hook aud Ladder Com
pany's house; also the epors o. the same COM
mittee upon the fl o. w. r. Broom & Co. TO
purchase the one up II tho canal banks also the
Committee on Street. repcrt upon the resolution
ordering the su0einten isn't of Police TO chi
ditch fIon It Asaph street 10 Fairfax stre-t on
Pendleoo street also the p9tiiOl from the Co.
lumb Fire Company fer SOB win which TO
buy material for the purp0 ot msXing needed
proven ents 10 their house
On mo ion tho Board of Aldermen ware invited
to meet this board in JOINT convention for the
purpose OF eecting a C.te surveyor and school
Trustees, which invitation bang accepted snd
the two boards beiag u joint convention Assem-
b.ed, the application OF Mr.. John Milton for the
position of City Surveyor and several communi-
cations endorsing him for tha same. were read
aa1 Hessrs. H G. Graves, John Miitol aud D. j.
Howell having been psced in nomination aud
FIVE ballots having been taken Without result, The
election was postponed
Messrs. Mankin. nsrbu Y, Csrne sn1 Sweeney
were unanimous reel led c1ool Trustees
from the 1st I'd, 81 and 4th wards respectively.
The election of Health Officer was postponed.
The joint convention then dissolved
The proposition of Mr.. ]. 2 mueruan in
reference to the co 81 wharf with the report 0; the
joiot committees on Finance md Public Property
thereon, was received from the Board if Aldermen
ard the report amended by changing the time of
sale from F07embsf "A to thirty days from the
adopt on Of the rel ort. The Board o: Aldermen
requested committee OF conference, which re-
quest wss granted and Messrs Fisher AID Davis
appointed on the part OF tbis board. The COM
mittee recommended that the Common Council
recede from lts former action and concur with the
Board Of Aldermen, which was adopted
The board then adjourned.
Teste: JNO. T. JOHNSON, Clerk.