The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-09
BOND ORD|NAHCE:
ISDECLARtD NULL
Discovered That Mistake IN
Date Renders 1t
Invalid.
PROMPTLY ReIETR0OUCED
Only Result Will Be Slight De-
lay in Petersburg's
Improvements.
Times-Dispatch Bureau.
3 BoningbroOk street
lTt-fa,A.p. lsSgt

Bo4-lGEblyys SttI-Nf
(Telephon, 1850
Petersburg. Va, JANUARY y
one OF the most important matters
before the Common Council last mig ~
was the ordinance passed IN September
B last authorizing tine issue OF s5CO,OVo
- per Ger. bonds. for SPECIFIC per
maneut Du..l. Improvements. CHAR
! roan PattssOn. 81 the Finance Commit
1 tee, explained that the ordinance was
Invalid because OF the discovery 81
: the fact that. as required BY law. thirty
days had not elapsed between the time
I OF the Introduction OF the ordinance
I ana its passage In the two branches
/ This, Of course. rendered II d nullity.
/ on motion OF Captain Patteson, the
/ ordinance was rescinded. and. with the
necessary change Of date, the ordl-
nance was Immediately re-introduced,
! referred TO the Finance Committee and
viii not be called upon its passage
until the FULL lapse OF thirty days. The
| only oifect Nill be Il delay in the issue
and sale OF the bonds. a delay In the I'm
movements. which have already been
| authorized and asked for under the
! ordinance, and some delay in the In
| crease OF the pay OF the police and
street employees, which had been au-
thorized.
Receipts and Expenditures.
! The City Treasurer's report TO the
Council showed cash receipts OF $685.
eS3.06 during the month Of December
The Auditors report showed eX-
penditures for the month OF $4O.4es.4i-
The large receipts were in part due 70
the payment on account OF the second
han Of the city taxes, payable as late
as December 10.
Remembering Houses.
report from the special committee,
TO whom the matter OF REMEMBERING
the houses in the city was some time
ago referred, was submitted favorins
the project. The committee recon-
mcnde6 that before the REMEMBERING
Is begun changes in the names or Ger
tain streets be made.
Several OF the continuous thorough
fares in the city rejoice in two or
three names each Halifax and OAK
streets are really one street LON
bard, Bank. High and West High
Street are one continuous street, and
the same is the case with Friend.
Hinton and Pearl Streets. The report
was referred TO the Street Committed
Building Code.
An ordinance providing a building
code and creating the ONCE of building
Inspector. was referred to a special
Joint committee.
Buying More Property.
on recommendation of the PUBIC
Property Committee. the Council au-
thorized the salo Of an adoi-
/ tionaI twelve acres OF the Aims
/ house tract, at $2oo per acre. to the
/ Pritish-American Tobacco Company as
! the site OF storage warehouses for lear
! tobacco.
Last year the British-American To-
taccot Company purchased twenty-one
acres of the Almshouse tract, on which
eleven warehouses have been built
The company now needs more land and
storage accommodations
No segregation in Parks.
The ordinance introduced some time
aSo, providing for separate parks for
the races. was rejected on recon-
inends4tion OF the special committee
to whom ii had been referred
Much other business Of routine
character WAS transacted.
Petersburg's Customs District.
Secretary VIM. Nj Martin. Of the
Chamber of Commerce. returned from
Washington lsat night. after having
conferred with Senators Martin and |
swanson on the proposal of the Treas
ury Department to consolidate the Gus
toms districts in Virginia, and espe-
ciaIIy IN reference TO the consolida-
ton OF the Richmond and Petersburg
districts Mr.. Martin presented strong
reasons to the Senators. and submitted
strong facts TO Secretary MacNeasn. 10
show why the Petersburg Office should
he retained As much business is done
here as ia Richmond with differeo;
kinds Of imports. The value Of the
exports from Petersburg last year was
s.SO3.525: value Of imports. S4Ss.-
55s. expense of collection. s1o.ole: cost
10
per cent OF ALE cigarettes manufac-
tured for export in the United states
are manufactured in and exported from
Petersburg: and seven-eighths OF all
manufactured cut plug and twist to-
bacco exported from the United states
are exported from Petersburg; and B.
$50 hnaGs are employed in these manu-
features \ very large part OF the
raw material TO be imported by the
Du Pont Powder Company. at City
Point. will be entered through the
Petersburg Office. Many other facts
and statistic. were filed with Mr.. Mar
tins protest against consolidating the
Petersburg ONCE with Richmond
waived Examination
". u Barton. who is charged with
sv-irGlinr the Stratford Hotel out OF
50. b. means e false representations.
n -ar,e teIcr-arn and a frarduient drsrst. I
drawn on the Southern Cotton OH
Germany. Of Charleston. : G. was
brought back from Brooklyn. y Y
,a-e last night BY Detective Heelal- .
who went for him with requis'fion pa
r.rs. In the Police Court this morn
inr Barton waived examination and
was sent on to the grand jury. which
meets on the 10Th. The prisoner gave
no trouble IN coming back g. trial
and had nothing 20 say except quickly
90 admit his guilt. lie is compare
lively Young man. well dressed and
u pleasant appearance.
II. v. r.. L. Organized
A. n meeting % the c0rgres aton
o., shc west End Baptist church last
NIGHT rared by the pastor and dc7cous.