Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-04-11
THE BUDGET PASSED.
7ITOrt 10 Cut Down The Salary Of Inc
Commemorative Attorney FALL.
% REDUCE THE HEALTH FORCE.
r,,. VIII Bc Necessary Under the
reduced Appropriation - Much
,.s,re.s transacted by the Conn
III Last N,sht--New Members.


ell Last Nisht--New Members.
The Common Council held an adjourned
,eoting last night for the purpose OF
..,,sac,ing unfinished business. one or
~. features OF the session was the pre-
-.,a,ton of the annual budget OF appro-
.t,tions for the various departments for
49,. escal year 1896. which came from the
,...,,,,t,ee on Finance. and. after amend
-,o,, In several particulars. was finally
adopted.
rho members present were President
-iover. and Messrs. Blanks. Briggs,
r.ock Caskie. Cottrell. Davis. Deane,
n,scont. Donleavy. Epps, Ferriter, Mayer,
uohaon. Jackson, Landerkin, Seay.
rr,wer. Walerstein. and Woody.
ON Mr.. walierstein's motion the regu-
lar order Of business was suspended,
.oa Mr.. Ferdinand c. Ebei was elected a
,,euber OF the Council from Madison
yya-d 10 nh the place mode vacant by the
,ssignation OF Mr.. A. ID. Ianderkin. In
ef,een minutes Mr. Ebel was introduced
D
his seat. having duly qualified before
Mayor Taylor.
Tho election OF member from Marshall
Ward 10 supply the vacancy due TO the
y.slgnati0m OF Mr.. John X. Grimes was
gone into, upon Mr.. Donleavy's motion,
N,r Horace A. Hawkins was chosen as
Mr Gnmess successor.
THE YEARS APPROPRIATIONS.
After having had brief recess. owing
10 the fact that there were not present
enough members to pass appropriations.
Mr. Lawder came in and the business
was proceeded with. Clerk August read
the ordnance containing the annual bud
get OF appropriations, which was as FOL
lows:
Interest and redemption. $4,000; as
sessment Of taxes, $500; assessment OF
public Improvements. $3.50; collection Of
taxes. $500. Charities-Almshouse ex-
pense, $1,000: almshouse payroll, $3.50;
almshouse poor of city, 1900; city
morgue. 500: college dispensary, $1,000;
Eye and Ear Infrmary. 500; Female HUI
name Association, 1915: Free Dispensary
and Emergency Hospital, $500: Friends
Coored Orphan Asylum. $50; Founding
Hospital, $500: Home for Incurables,
s7e. Ladies' City Mission. 500: Little
Sisters OF the Poor, 500. Old Dominion
Hospital $3.50; Protestant Episcopal
Church Home. 500; Retreat for the
Sick. $50; Richmond Home for Ladies',
$40. Richmond Male orphan Asylum.
so: Richmond Industrial Home, $50:
Spring-Street Home. 500; St Joseph S
orphan Asylum. 500; ST. Pauls Church
Home. $50: ST. Paurs Church Home
FOR Aged Women, slc0; r. Il. Lee Camp,
Confederate Veterans $500; Sheltering
Arms. 800: University College of Medi-
cine. 500: Woman's Christian Temper
ance Association Kindergarten, $3.50.
Cemeteries lakewood expenses. $500;
Oakwood payroll, $3.50; lakewood Con-
Tolerate graves, $3.50; payroll River
View. 800; improvement River-View,
$50: Shockoe Hi expenses 800; Shockoe
Tin payroll $l,0s0; St. Johns expenses,
noo: ST. Johns payroll. siS4.96. City
school Board-General expenses. $1,000;
City School Board payroll, 10000. City
Contingent. $1,000: payroll, s95,-
r750: partol-wagon. & 30. Courts and
luries, 5000; courts and juries. Com
nonwealth's Attorney. 500; Coroners in
quests. $500: contingent fund. S,5S2.3S
.ity Jail gardening. etc). S47.50; dis
count and interest, $1,000; elections,
1900: electric light, s3O,5O0; Fire De-
acknowledgements, S71@: department
payroll s67,23016. Fire insurance, $3.50.
Fire Alarm-Construction $3.50; eN-
penses. 5000; payroll, $500 Gas
Works-Coal account, $4,000; oil ac-
count. $4,000; extension. 5000; expenses.
$1,000: electric light. $3.50; payroll,
$500. Grounds and Buildings-Expenses,
$1,000: payroll, tl9.95O. Health Depart
ment-Expenses, 5000; payroll $500;
crematory expenses and payroll $500.
James river improvement, s1l.0o0. Mar
kets-First. expenses, $500: Second. ex-
penses. 1850: Third expenses, 500.
Mechanics Institute fund. 5000. Mill
tary-First Virginia Regiment. Volun-
teers. 81 leo: Richmond Light Infantry
Blues, a.OOo. Pay OF judges $500; sala-
ries s2S.942.50: stationery and printing,
S250 Streets-Engineers department
payroll. $3.50; department special.
$1,000: streets generally. $1,000: street
hands and carts, expenses, 5000; hands
and carts payroll. roller and crusher'
So0O paving sidewalks, $500; paving
ALLEYS for owners. 5000; opening Lee Dis
trict 5000 Sewer connections. 800;
secret-service fund. $500: taxes refund
a. NOo. Water orks-Constructlo
5000. expenses. $500; Marshall Reser-
voir 81 80: New Reservoir. 1850; Wa
ter Department. 5000; pump-houses. s2O,-
90. Pickett Camp. 500: Frank Leslie
Publishing company, $500. Total, N,2a'
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RECEIPTS AND ESTIMATES.
Below are the receipts for the fiscal
year 1868, and the estimated receipts
for the fiscal year lS96-'97:
ON Account Of Received Estimated