Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-08-22
More Nicholson Pavement TO be
Laid.
City Employees ts be Paid at
Cash Rates.

IN regar TO protecting the leVe6 iron
the eneroachments of the river, accom-
{ panying which was 8 report from Francis
Foster, city engineer, in regard to tn
I depth Of water, strength Of current, ma
ture Of soil, ETC., and suggesting that
1 breakwater be erected. The COMMITTEES
reported 8 resolution instrueting the city
3 engineer to advertise for proposals fol
I stone for the purpose of constructing &
: breakwater. The report Of the commit
tee was adopted.L
A petition was received from John
Kelly, blacksmith, asking to be paid his
loss by diseouRting scrip for work per
formed for the city during the last eight
months. The petition was referred to the
improvement committee.
a petition was received from a num-
Der of merchants requesting that the
time for freight to remain on the landing
be extended to fOrty-eight hours. The
matter was referred to the landing com
mittee.
twenty-five or thirty persons petit
toned for the abatement of q nuisance st
the corner Of Second and Jefferson
streets, known as a museum. The matter
was referred to the finance committee.
! A petition was received from Messrs.
Vinson & DOnahue asking permission TO
put q WharfbOat at the foot of Union
street. Referred tolanding committee.
Mr.. Murray sent in a communication
in regard to sweeping the Nicolson pave
ment, which was referred to the i'm
provement committee.
The mayor was instructed to settle
with D. Groves, to the amount of S2400
in cash, in settlement of a matter that
has been in arbitration.
A petition was received from property
owners, requesting that Taylor, McBAin
& Co. be allowed TO pave Union street,
from Front to the river, with the Nicol-
sen pavement.
A petition from J.. Banfil 4 Co, asking
permission to lay q pipe from their ware
house to the river, to secure water, was
referred 70 landing committee, with
power to act.
Several petitions from citizens of the
eighth ward were referred to the i'm
provement committee, and many other
petitions were sent the same way.
The chairman assigned Alderman
Rufin to the improvement, accounts,
finance, wharf and landing committees,
and chairman OF committee IN schools.
The following message was received
from the mayor:
MAYORS OFFICE, MEMPHIS. TENN,l
August u, 1857.
| Gentlemen OF the B0aId Of Aldermen:
Section twenty of the amendment to
the city charter, passed March 8, 1857,
provides that sworn statements be made
to the mayor by the metropolitan police
on the first day of every month, " shOW W
ing the amount in money or property
that they have received, or which has
passed through their hands as rewards
for services for captures or seizures, for
levies or assessments, or in any manner,
| or for any purpose whatever, from all
persons during the preceding mouth,
giving the names Of those from whom
received, what for, and the date when
received, and account for the whole
/ amount thereof before they shall be en-
titled to receive their salaries or COM
pensation as such officer or appOintee. "
The enclosed correspondence on this sub-
iect explains itseIf. The above provision
is the safeguard the law establishes and
proviG es against any abuses or malprae-
tees in Office, and unless otherwise in
structed by your honorable body | pro-
pose to have it enforced.
Respect ully,
HENRY !. LYNN. Mayor pro tenn.
Here followed the letter Of acting
Mayor Lynn, calling the attention Of
Superintendent Beaumont TO- the section
referred to, and which is TO be found on
a 1877 of Bridges digest for 1857"
superintendent Beaumont replied as fol-
lows:
HEADQUARTERS METRoPoLrTAS Police, !
MEMPHIS, TENN august -, lSjT. J
Hon. Il. J. Lynn, Mayor pro tenn, ETC.:
Sir. The question Of the metropolitan
police act and amendments to the same
having been submitted to the supreme
court, and the amendment te the city
.L.-+-- =, uanWfOn IN lnf nhTah non h 30 ]
called my attention, having been treated
by the city attorney as a part Of the case,
the board of metropolitan police COM
missioDers claim the right to withhold
such action as you claim to be their duty,
pending the decision of the court. Should
the law be sustained, the board of metro
poiitan police commissioners will not
allow themselves to be Outdone by the
honorable board Of mayor and aldermen
10 complying with its requirements.
Very respectfully, your ob,'t sery't
s 3.
superintendent Metropolitan Police.
Alderman Passmore moved that the
communication be laid on the table,
which was lost.
Alderman Wiekersham moved TO refer
to the city attorney, when Aldermen
Passmore referred TO Col. Beaumonts
letter, which, he said, was quite discour-
teous to the board. It was nothing more
than a threat and an insult to the board.
Alderman Clancy thought the metro.
politan police a good institution-the
men, not the commissioners.
Alderman PassmOre wanted to know
why Beaumont sent some men with an
order for a license on payment OF fifty
dollars, while others had 20 pay one huns
dred and fifty dollars. Mr.. Davis, tax
III --s-sNA-.a I.4 A-na 1T e.
presence of the mayor that Beaumont
did 50. 1t could be proved by the record
In Mr.. Davis office. A man that was a
tool Of Beaumont's could get q license
for fifty dollars, or any person that was
on the same side Of the house get for
q similar amount. The police commits
siouers we're continually threatening
they would DO. If the board were F,
going to submit all the time, the whole
CITY had better be handed over to the
police commissioners. Why did they
not comply with the law and report what {
hey had collected? They have seized the I
AK collectors office, and render no ac-
count of the money they have received.
they do what they please with the I
money. II the board submits now, they 6
will still have to submit until death
Knocks at the door. Beaumont will
never give an account Of the q {
acts independent Of the board, but 7
their tax office and holds on TO the q
money. No judge can issue an iDjunc- T
against the police commissioners. c
The legislature has saddled this tyranny {
lpon the people Of Memphis, and he Z
would denouBce Il on every occasion. t
The remarks of Alderman Psssmore r
considerable applause. :
Alderman Wickershan did not see -
nv use for q TRADE about a little matter. Q
The letter of Col. Beaumont to acting L
Lynn was written In a respectful q
The document should be re. :
erred to the city attorney. 1t was a :
natter Of laW. II
Alderman Smith said that 1t seemed to 81
lin that the legislature had invested the d
commissioners with extraordinary Il
'owers. He was opposed to coercion. :
hey came up by the force of arms and d
compelled the people to support them. t
lie read several legal extracts in regard a
licenses, and denounced the action of /,
Beaumont and the metropolitan !
olice; pitched into BrOwnlow and the u
grants and their tools in a speech Of Of
bout an half hours duration. While Il
Smith was speaking, Alder Y
Amis arose and wanted to know
lux ~ AEnAAELlal was Agluk "
ak. He had been out about a quarter Iii
( sn hour, and had been backa long "
me, and the gentleman was still talk a.
*. The chairman decided that Alder "a
ian Smith. had not spoken longer than A
ne time allowed, and he continued his e.
oeech. ei
Alderman WiCkershRm called for the W
revious question, when Col. Beaumont's =
,mmunication was referred TO the city I"
by a vote of six to four. "
The account Of Mr.. Waldraven, late co
lief Of the fire department, for services ga
was referred to a special COM -
Iittee. Ni
Several resolutions in regard to putting
sidewalks were adopted. ~
The mayor was instructed, by q resolu- m
to mark city wagons and carts, so ~
at they a be distinguished from other Of
n,
An ordinance for paving Union and
dams streets, from Front street to the
yer, with the Nicolson pavement, was Pc
to the paving committee. sti
Tbs city engineer was instructed to IL
for proposals to build two mar 20
Il houses adjoining the present ones.
Alderman O'Donnell presented an or q
nance forbidding the retail Of vegeta-