Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1859-08-19
Processing. OF the BOsra o. UssT-

Proceedings OF lhe Bosrd % kIder
meu.
At an irregular meeting Of the Board
a. Mayor and Alderman last evening, all II
= members were present except Alderman Woo,
:" ruff
se The minutes Of The previous nesting wei
read and approved.
a. FIRE INSURANCE.
ID AID. Townsend offered the following resolu
ton:
r Rlsoired, That a committee be appointed B.
the chair, whose duty il shall BE- 20 confe
with the Insurance ofhcsrs-ay Secretaries
and together with them, draw up a ere ordin
ancs, BY which the Ere department Of the cit
4 SHAH be governed and controlled.
The resolution was adopted, and Aldermen
Townsend, Halmilton and Griffin were sp
7 pointed as said committee.
ACCOUNTS.
e The account Of Chandler & Co. for slOi.7.
for medicines furnished the poor, was 20
= allowed.
. DISPUTED TtTLE.
The account Of R. l. smith, Of $3.50, fol
attendance upon the various courts, was al
2 lowed.
AID. Street offered a resolution to the effect
that he City Attorney be directed to proceed
to recover sixteen feet Of ground, at the corner
Of Bsale and Second streets, claimed By Dr..
White, to which The city has q claim, which
was adopted.
The oFFIcE OF LUNBER AND wooD MASTER,
AID. Griffin reported an ordinance regulating
The pay Of Lumber and Wood Master, raising
the fee from twelve cents per 1000 feet on
plank, scantling, and similar lumber 20 twenty
cents per 1000 feet, the purchaser to pay one
half and the owner the other half.
A motion to raise the pay to fifteen cents,
instead Of twenty, per goo feet, was earned,
and the ordinance was passed on its final
reading.
NEW SCHOOL HOUSE.
AID Elder presented a petition from the
Board Of School Visitors, setting forth that
they viii surrender the building in the Navy
Yard occupied by the city, and secure better
rooms in other localities at an expenditure Of
5000 to the city, al dmsde a motion to the ef-
feet that the proposition be sreeded TO. Upon
this motion the ayes and noes were called, with
the following result:
-~4yos-Lofsnd, Elder, Douglass, Jones, Far
ris, Griffin, Potter and Perkins,. Noes
Drew, Tghe, Street, Hamilton, Townsend, Bar
nett and Kortrecht-7-
COURT sqUARE AID OTHER
Various reports from the Committee on In
P%rOvsmen,s were disposed Of.
The proposition to constitute Col. Thos.
Jas. Finnie Superintendent Of Court Square,
with a salary Of $500 per anuum, was rejected
Various other propositions to make trifing
repairs upon streets and cutters were disPos-
Cd Of.
A proposition to build a wooden bridge over
the Bayou, on the Raleigh road, under the d.
rection Of the City Engineer, was adopted.
A petition was presented from various clt-
zens in regard to the improvement Of Ger
tain sidewalks in the Eighth Ward at the *
pense OF the city.
A motion to have the work done at the ex-
Penss OF the property holders was adopted.
RIGHT OF WAY TO RAILROAD COMPANIES.
A resolution was offered to permit the Mem
phis and Charleston Railroad Company to
run their road to Center Landing, the ques-
ton to be submitted to he people, was
passed.
A proposition was made to hold an
election on the 18th Of September. {
to take the sense Of the people up
on the proposal 70 extend the road to Cen
ter Landing, and te grant the right OF way to
private companies for the establishment Of
street railways.
There was a protracted discussion upon the
question Of extension, and the whole subject 4
was referred 10 experimenting, at . O'Clock q
on Tuesday evening next. {
THE NICHOLSON PAVEMENT. I
The proposition from Mr.. eager to lay down
in Fulton street a specimen Of The wooden q
structure, known as lhe Nicholson pavement,
referred to the next meeting Of the Board. .
An ADDITIONAL MEAsUREH OF IuNBrE I
At the suggestion Of AID. Elder, the ordi-
governing the Office Of Lumber Measur-
er was SO amended as to authorize the sp-
pointmsnt Of two Lumber Measures, instead
Of one. ,
ASSESSORS or TAXES. =
Messrs. A. n. Edmonds and H. L. Cuion,
who were elected Assessors Of City Taxes at
! former meeting Of the Board, each sent In
heir designations, and Msssrs. A. D. Wither- |
and John Park were elected TO I'll the
-acanciss.
CITY FRISTER- !
The Bulletin Printing Company were elected R
o do the City Printing for the current year.
sEcRETARY TO TIE BOARD. J
Wm. H. Bridges was elected Secretary to the o
3oard FOR the ensuing year. >
LUNBER INSPECTOR. %
Isaac H. HALEY was elected Lumber Inspee-
OF for The current year. =
PETITIONS. d
Various petitions were referred to tue appro-
committees.
AID. Barnett presented a petition from suadr q
itizsns asking the privilege to sell beer and
clearwater on Sunday, which was referred to ,
be Vigilance Committee. :
AID. Lohsnd presented a petition from A
T. Goodwin, asking the city for a loan Of $500
o enable him TO perfect a theory Of perpetual
notion. :,
CONDITION or rHE CITY FINANCES.
AID. Douglass offered the following resolu- =
ion
Resolved, Thats committee of three be ap-
who shall have the power to employ ,
me or mole accountants, who, under the d. T.
'ection Of said committee, shall, within the
leXt ninety days make out for publication a -
Ill statement Of the entire receipts and ex- d
during the 32d corporate year, =
each particular item under lis proper
read, and also the outstanding liabilities cf
he city, whether bonded or in account, and
due and payable.
AID. Barnett offered a resolution Of a similar A
h~araetsr, both Of which were adopted
AID Douglass, Barnett and Perkins were \
.ppoinUed as said committee vi
After transacting some other unimporant
usiness the Board adjourned until TUESDAY vi
vening next athalf past7 O'Clock. os
UNIVERSITY or MIssTssIFFL.-We are pleas
d to note that the University Of Alabama has -
n~mplimented her sister State University. BY aI