B5, RCC 3/13/1865

   At a monthly meeting of the Council of the City of Richmond held on the 13th day of March 1865.
 
Present: David J. Saunders, Esquire, President. Messrs. Stokes, Denoon, Epps, Clopton, Walker, Crutchfield, Burr, Griffin, Haskins, Scott, Glazebrook. 
 
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   Mr. Scott offered the following, to wit:
   WHEREAS the great scarcity of fuel prompted the Council early in the last winter to aid our citizens, especially the poor and those of moderate means, in obtaining wood at less than the market rates; and
   WHEREAS a considerable quantity had been purchased and hauled to the Richmond & Danville Railroad, with the promise that it should be brought to Richmond; and 
   WHEREAS the said wood was appropriated to the use of the said railroad, and not a single cord has been delivered for the use of the City: Therefore
Resolved, That the Council do protest against this unauthorized use of City property, and respectfully call the attention of the president and directors of the Richmond & Danville Railroad to this arbitrary proceeding.
Resolved, That a copy of this preamble and resolution be communicated by the Chamberlain to the president and directors.
   Mr. Burr in connection with this subject offered the following:
Resolved, That the Committee on Fuel inquire by whose authority and under what necessity this seizure of property was made, and report to the Council their opinion as to the proper remedy to be adopted.
   The question being put upon the preamble and the several resolutions, as a whole, they were adopted.

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