Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1857-1858, 1857-07-10
City Council

THURSDAY, July 9.
A quorum being present, the Mayor called the
Board TO order
Aid Fogg, chairman of the Finance Coz mittee,
submitted the reports OF the cord,r Collector,
and Treasurer, which y read aud received.
Aid. A. L. Davis submitted the report of the
Wharf Master, which read aud received.
The report of Mr.. Cotton, City Sexton, was pre-
scented by AID A l. Davis, which shows 81 inter-
ments for the month of June-2o whites and II
blacks. Four Of these from the county.
AID Jones, from Work House Committee, pre-
scented the report OF the keeper OF the Work House,
from which it app that there have been 80
commitments within the past month, and 20 per-
sons discharged. Seventeen persons are now IN
confinement
Tue Street Committee reported in favor of noti-
flying Andrew Morrison to pair and raise pave
ment on the corner of Broad street and The Wharf,
and the report Wa concurrtd IN.
The till OF DR.. Hatcher, for 800, for attendance
on Small Pox case, reported on by Special
Committee, and alter some deoat was allowed,
by vote of to f.
Aid Halle, from Fire Department. to whom was
referred petitions from Hook aud Ladder Company
reported that place of meeting bad been tender
ed them by IA Firs Company, and that the arrange
mint was satisfactory 10 the Hook and Ladder Co.,
which received
ALI Halle presented commune ition from Capt.
Dashie!, asking the Board to decide whose duty II
was 10 erect stand Tor the President aud a desk
',
10 Fire Departm snt
Aid Feils called up his resolution to make the
Street hands DO equal amount OF work IN each
Ward in the city. Aid. +. urged the adoption OF
the resolution, aud said very little had been done
10 the 4th Ward. He called for the yeas and noes
Quite An animated dis ssion took place on the
resolution, when the vote taken. Lost by II to
one.
A bill was introduced by Aid. Ware in relation
to G admission of scholars to Public Schools
Passed on nTst reading,
Aid. Ware offered a resolution 10 have the step
ping ston in front OF stores and dwellings remov
ed as they INSTRUCTIONS in the streets Several
members of the BOari made remarks on the reso-
luton, and it was indefinitely postponed.
Aid. Halle offered a Resolution directing the Off
OF the corporation TO 10 their duty In the
cution of the law. After an explanation, the reso-
luL0 was adopted
Aid. Felts offered a resolution in relation to a
gutter the corner of High and Crawford streets,
which adopted.
Ali. II ,ile called on the Mayor for information in
relation 10 the subs riptiOn for stock in tue Win
chester and Alabama Railroad
The Mayor made d statement on the subject, and
was followed by Aid. Fogg, who gave full and in-
terestng statement OF the condition of the city
iutere 10 the road the stage of the work pres
ent, the Importance of the work TO this city, &c.
Aid. Halle then went into argument prove
that the city is able assume the debts # that
road, even TO save the $4,000 now owned by the
corporation. The city could stand it.
Aid. A l.. Davis mem OF the Board
that pissed the laws in 1854, voted for it a meas
deemed best for tn city, aud still in favor
of it. He gave u statement in relation to the rea.
that intuencef the Board to pass it, and they
were valid and substantial.
Aid. Halle and Ware continued the debate till
the matter dropped, when Aid. Wilkinson Of
ferrd Il resolution for the Tennessee and Alabama
Railroad to certain distractions in the streets
OF the STU Ward, eros Led by said road. Adopted.
And then the Board adjourned.