Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-11-24
COMMON COUNCIL.

At an adjourned meeting of the Common
Council of the city of Alexandria, Va held
November 23d. 1892, there were present:
Hubert Snowden, esq, President. and
Messrs. Aitcheson, Fisher, Kraft, Mushbach,
Harrison, Davis. Uhler. Smoot and Sic
Cuen
The following message from his Honor, the
Mayor. was received and SO much as related
to the bill of w. z. Graves for goods furnish
ed to the schooner Charles L. Strlnn, together
with an order for the Auditor to issue his
warrant to Mr. Graves for the amount, was
referred to the Committee on Finance, and so
much us related to fire escapes was referred 10
the Committee on General Laws.
ALEXANDRIA, Va, Nov. %, 1892.
To the Honorable City Council:
Gentlemen-AIy attention having been call
ed to statute Of Virginia, governing fire es-
capes on school houses, etc, ! have the pleas
ure of transmitting copy Of the same for
| your action.
desire furthermore to call the attention
of your honorable bodies to the matter of the
account of Willard p Graves amounting to
S19249, as of the 10Th day of July, 1892
In June, 1892, the schooner Charles T.
| Strann arrived in our port with Il case Of small
pox aboard, the Captain John 4. Marshall
being i'll with that disease The City Coun-
Gil was not then i'll session. having adjourned
over until the fall Regarding it my duty to
protect by all means in my power the health
of the people Of our city, to prevent the spread
among our people of this dreadful disease, |
directed the schooner, the captain and crew
to be quarantined in the river 4 short distance
below Alexandria, and forbade any of them to
come ashore until all danger Of contagiOn was
past, and rs of course the men so quarantined
were obliged to have food and the nccessarics
of life whilst i'll that situation, | requested
Mr. Willard 7. Graves to furnish them with
such, and to charge 1t the city OF Alexandria.
This practice, as am informed, has obtained
| in the city of Alexandria for many years
| wherever a smallpox case occurred on land;
/ tia. il to say, the afflicted person has been
moved 10 some secluded and insulated spot ut
the expense of the city, provided for and at
tended to in building erected by the city,
and furnished with food, medicines, neccSsar-
les and attention ut the cost of the city. Mr..
Graves desiring, however, TO relieve if posi-.
BILE the city freln the payment OF the bill re:
| ferrcd TO, and thinking he had legal right
50 70 do. brought suit in the Corporation
Court against John A. Marshall, the cap
tain of the schooner for the purpose of
recovering the amount OF tho bill That spit
was tried before the Corporation Court at lis
October term, ami Judge Norton decided that
Captain Marshall was not responsible Tor its
payment, but that tho CITY was responsible.
Such is my opinion, ana as everything ! did
was for the purpose Of keeping the disease
from securing lodgmcnt i'll our city, l re-
spectfully suggest that the City Council should
| direct the payment Of the bill of Mr.. Graves
with interest from July 10Th, 1892, and Of
! the cosrs expended by him in the effort to Sc
cure the money from Captain lnarshaii,
amounting to S21 %. Another reason why
the city should pay these costs and Interest
on the bill is that when Dir. Graves III July,
1892. seugl.t TO get the city to pay him, pay
mcnt was refused, aud he was Obliged as
last resort to bring the suit referred to. am
quite sure that ifmy suggestion is not follow
ed the city will be sued by Mr.. Graves, in
which event there can be but one result, to
wit, y Judgment for the amounts above reierr-
ed tc, toge,he1 with this additional costs Of
I another suit,
HENRY STRAUSS, Mayor.
".An act to reduce the price of gas, laid
over at the last meeting, was called up, read,
amended and passed by the following vote;
viz: Ayes Messrs Aitchcson, Fisher, Kraft.
| Mushbach, Harrison. Davis, Uhlcr. Smoot,
| McCuen and Mr. Presidential. Noes. none.
|
department was laid over.
The following were received; viz: The an
plication of James Hepburn for the position of
.Janitor; also tho application Of JOS l.. San
ford for the position of Physician to the Poor:
also a communication from the Clerk of the
City School Board notifying Council Of the
expiration of the terms of office of School
Trustees Il. p. Aitchoson OF the 1st ward, J.
K. Chapman of the I'd ward, j. r. Harrison
of the Sd ward, aud +. l.. Smith of the 4th
ward
The following was referred to the Com
mittee on General Laws;
Whereas tho City Weigher of Hay has re-
ported that he is unable to cause the weigh
ing of hay on the public hay scales, and as
other scales, both outside and inside of the
corporation lines are used for the purpose of
weighing hay, and such hay being offered Tor
sale and sold in this city, and as the Mayor of
the city, upon the advice Of tho Corporation
Attorney, has decided that the penalties I'M
posed by the corporation laws cannot DO en-
forced:
Resolved, That the Committee on General
Laws report to Council whether or not the
law as to HAY and hay scales as it appears
on pages 1896 of the corporation code needs
additions or amendments, or should be re
pealed.
The board then adjourned
Teste JNO T. JOHNSON, Clerk.
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