Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-02-15
OFFICIAL.
Com mon Council

Cummrn Council
IA rc@u.a: injecting Of the Com
mon Council Of tar CITY Of AleXan-
dria,j Va, held l'pbr.:a.y II, lJ2L,
there were present:
II. il. Burke: esq, president, and
Mcssrs. Mccartney, Matter, TIGER.
Downham, Reed, Desmond, Drury,
Sullivan, Baggett, Ballcngcr, Lawler.
Fletcher ard beavers.
The joint committee on Light and
Finance submitted the following re-
port which WIS adopted Ayes i.
Noes o.
lnasmuch as the bills contracted by
the Alexandria Gas Works are an OBJ
legation Of the City Council they must
be paid and We report as follows:
Rcsolved; that thu CITY Auditor be
and is hereby authorized to allow all
ovartlraft on the Gas Fund not eX-
ceedin% the sum Of fifteen thousand
dollars TO pay the amount named as a
sum due for matured bills of the Gas
Works, and
When the state Of the General Fund
requires that this fifteen thousand
dollars be returned. the committee
on light and finance be and they are
hereby author Zcd and directed to
borrow the SIm oT FL cen thousand
dollars in the name Of the City Coun-
eli! in such sums as may be deemed
necessary at the date Of note on notes.
The notes shall be signed for and i'll
the name Of the City Council By the
Mayor and the City Treasurer, attest
cd by the City Auditor and the seal
Of the corporation affixed thereto.
The principal and interest shall be
paid out of the Gas Fund.
a bill Of VIM. Desmond under date
of July l92i-for plumbing amount
ing to &25I.05 was recommended by
the joint committee on Finance ara
Public property and. ordered paid.
Ayes, II; Noes. 0.
A resolution appropriatiGg $1,000
for the Fire Ee2artmcn! was recon-
mcndrd by the JOINT committe on Fire
and Finance ana PASSED. Ayes ii;
Noes o.
A resolution appropriating $s5,oo0
to crc;t new plh!!c school building
was recommended - the Joint com
mite" on Finance and Schools and
passed. Ayes ii; Noes o.
An odinanco empowering and in
structing the Mayor to execute :; con-
tract on behalf Of the City Council
with the alexandria County Lighting
Company in reference TO furnishing
the city additional >amHs for street
lighting. permit removal Of poles and
equipment and erecting poles and
stringing wires and permit removal
Of lights as now located. and rc"1iat-
ing sale Of poles was recommended by
the joint committee on Light, Finance
and Streets, and read the second and
third times and passed. Ayes Mcssrs.
Matter, TIGER, Downham, Reed, Dcs-
mona. Drury, Sullivan. Baggett, Law
ler, Fletcher. Mr.. President liD. Noes
Mess"s. McCaffrcy, beavers and Bal
lcngcr CD.
An ordinance authorizing and en-
towering the Alexandria County
Lighting Company. The Chesapeake
and Potomac Telephone Co., The West
crn Union Telegram Company and
the Washington Virginia Railway
Company to remove poles and wires
as located OF King street from Fair
fax to Patrick streets and place wires
on poles to be erected by the Alexan-
dria County Lighting Company, was
recommended by the joint committee
on Light ard Streets and read the
second and third times and nassed,
Ayes. McSsrS. Matter Tic2r. Down
ham, Reed. Desmond. Er;ry, Sullivan
Bagcett. Balle3gar. Lawler. Fletcher,
Mr.. President t2D. Noes McSsrs. Nc
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The Joint committee on Finance and
General Laws rcnorted adversely on
an ordinance referred to them on
,ianua"y 10. la22. relating 10 cvemo-
ton Of city taxes on Gew buildings for
Il uuriod of three years it aDrcaring
from the constitution that the city
cannot cXemnt such property all The
report was adopted. w.
: rcrort Of the Dcna~tmcnt Of
Health for he month of January,
1929. was received.
PermisSionS were granted Mrs.
Clay Phillips to raise the rear por-
ton Of roof at No. 10 North Pitt
street, and
TO De Wilton Aitcheson to con-
struct frame shed on The south sid"
o. coal wharf between PRINCE and
Duke streets.
An ordinance defining what portion
Of q street shall be improved at the
cost Of the city and what norton 1t
cost Of property owners and rrovid
inc method and time for payment was
offered by Mr.. Lawler ard referred to
the Joint committee on Streets and
Finance.
An ordinance aDpropriating the
sum Of $4,000 per annum TO pay half
interest on nro9osed bond Issue by the
County of Fairfax for the constrrc-
ton of the road between the city line
and Lo-dora County line and provid-
ing special levy was offered by tho
President and referred to the joint
committee on Streets and Finance.
The board then adjourned.
II. f. BURKE. President
Teste-Daniel f. Stansbnry,