Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-06-10
Common Council

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.,t Common Council
At a regular meeting of the Cd11.
mon Council of the city Of Alexan-
.dt'ia, Va, held June 9th, 1914, there
were present: sa.gy q"
r. b.. Brumback, Esq, President
and Messrs Burke, Leadbeater, Lam
lBaeft, Smith, Graham, Sullivan, Mon
roe Crockett, Harrison, Low anil
Marshall. 5'a1H eVaa,
An ordinance appropriating the
sum Of S. 5000 to the building fund of
the new Alexandria Hospital as pass
ed the Board of Aldermen June 3ad
was read. Mr.. Marshall offered aG1
amendment section 4-providing for
a contract between the trustees of the
hospital and the city Council of Alex
andria. The appropriation to be used
for installing a ward for the free
treatment Of the citizens Of Alexaa-
litria who alre unable to pay. The
amendment was adopted and The or
dimance as amended was passed
Ayes IL Noes
The Board of Aldermen adhered ia
Its previous action and refuse -
concur in the action of the Common
Council on the amendment MesSrs
Smith and Leadbeater were appoint
dl a committee of Conference 70 cor
fer with similar committee frnrn.
the Board of Aldermen, The cont
mittee reported that the Boaij Of,
Aldermen was unable to reSca an
agreement, and upon motion u d.,
Burke the matter was left 10 tic
hands of the conference cor2mitdesE
to be reported at the next mcetlnE-
An ordinance for imposing and col
Letting licenses within the 2itF NJ
! Alexandria Va, for the ycar' CON-
mencing on the first day II Jane
1914 and ending on the 3ls day af
May 1915 was callel1 from lie t@ble
ard read the second time. n. Broc-
kett offered the following amentl-
ments,
Section l Strike out S273.Nc ang&
insert $375.OO
Section 2-Strike out S253.o0 li,i
insert $4,000
Sectaon 2-Strike out S32 GO arI
insert $425.0O
Section 4-Strike out S252GQ an2
insert $4,000
All amendments by Mr.. Bracket,
were lost by the following vote,
Ayes Messrs Leadbeater, laInh@9't,
Sullivan, Brockett Harrison, ta", 8
Noes Messrs Burke, Smith, era
ham, Monroe, Marshall, BrumDack. 6
An amendment to section u o.
Mn. GrahAm was adopted. The or.
dinance was read the third tiD!c uni
passed Ayes 12-Noes 0.
A resolution proposing an ,giGl.
nance of the city Of Alexandra -
prescribe the number Of Licenses i0f
the sale of Intoxicating liQuoyS to uo
drunk at the places where sold, ard
i'tle hour for the opening and closing
of saloons and to regulate the
manner of conducting the 7anc. was
offered by Mr.. Brockett ard refear-
ed to the joint committee Or General
Laws and Finance,
A petition from C. Curtin to re-
build rear of 800, North Te,uy St,
was referred to the comm t.ac o,l
Streets.
A petition from property eH-ncls on
North Henry street for yer con-
nections was referred to he com
mittee on streets.
A petition from J. D. Knight to
remodel dwelling at 40S Wolfe St.,
was granted providing there was no
objection from adjoining property
owners Ayes 10-Noes 2.
The petition WAS returned from
the Board of Aldermen non-conculr-
ed in and referred to the committee
on streets. Council receded from it's
previous action arsl concu1red in the
action Of the Board of Aldermen.
Miss Mcdonald was granted the
privilege of the floor and made
statement in the interest of the Anti
tuberculosis Society. A resolution
'apphopriating $4,000 out of the
annual appropriation bill for med
icines used by the visiting nurse for
the INDECENT poor of the city was re-
ferred to. the committee on Finance.
The following was received from
the Board of Aldermen and their ac-
tion concurred in:
An act to appropriate "a; part of the
city revenue for the fiscal year en-
Ming May Stat, 1915, Ayes IL noes 0. !
A report of the street committee
appropriating $4,000 for sewer con-
nections at No. 1874 6 Fairfax ST