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The Daily Dispatch: February 16, 1864., [Electronic resource], Confederate States Congress. (search)
City Council.
--A special meeting of the Council was held at the City Hall yesterday at 4 o'clock. Present; Messrs. Saunders, (President,) Walker, Burr, Crutchfield, Glazebrook, Epps, Scott, Denoon, and Griffin.
Mr. Burr, from the Committee on Public Grounds and Buildings, to whom had been referred a communication from the Governor offering to purchase from the city that portion of ground known as "Gamble's Hill," for the purpose of erecting suitable buildings for the use of the State Armory and the Ordnance Department thereon, submitted the following report:
The Committee on Public Grounds and Buildings have considered the inquiry referred to them relating to the sale of Gamble's Hill.
Your committee are of opinion that it is not advisable to sell any city property now, and they deem it especially important to retain the land used or intended as public grounds or squares.
This policy ought not to yield to anything but a public necessity, and it does not appear to yo