Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-11-15
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
.~IwpORFANT ORDERS IN RE.
FEREECE 70 ROADS
AND BRIDGES,
They Adjourn 10 Meet on ihe
Eighteenth.

The latest action Of the Board Of County
Commissioners may be summed up as
follows:
Ordered, That the assessment on the
| lands of Samuel Gilbert, now listed at
S45. 600, and estimated - embrace GOT
acres. wherprsas by calculation II II. 4.
Kerr. Civil Engineer, they only contain
56 acres. be and the same Is hereby re-
duced to 4 1900 for the year 1867, as q
! for erroneous estimate OF the
l guanit:- Of land for the past two years.
| The above not - influence the assessment
! in future WHICH must % At the usualr rates
. ae to real value.
Ordered, That the petition of James
| Mcconnell be referred back, TO know to
whom the eighteen acres should be listed,
! as It does not appear on the tax books.
Ordered, That the assessmeDt Of prop
erty belonging to Thomas Fleming, listed
l 70 him as being in lot 80, block l, Fort
! Pickering. and sssessed at $1,000, be and
I the same is hereby reGG"ed to $500, &C
! cordina to the recommendation OF james
| Hall, Assessor fcT thst district.
Whereas, A oertsis lot Of five and
| tbree.quarter acres on the HeFURIdO
/ road, belonging to the estate Of James
T. Pearsons, having had a brick dwelling
Z on It. was assessed at $1,000 In all the re-
I Gently previous years to 1857; and,
I whereas, Said houHe has been destroyed
by fire, and the property is assessed for
| this present year the same as formerly
and. whereas, other lands in the vi
cinity, and Immediately adjoining, are
assessed 81 less than $1,000 per acre; and,
whereas, James Hall, the Assessor for
{ that district, being made acquainted
with said fact, recommends a reduction
Of the assessment from $1,000 to 5000
therefore be it ordered by the Board OF
| County Commissioner of Shelby county,
Tenn, that this reduction be and the
same Is hereby authorized and estab'
Ished for this present year.
Ordered by the Board Of Commission
ers of Shelby county, Tenn, That the
assessment on twenty acres of land, four
and a half miles from Memphis, on the
new Raleigh road, listed to J. lesson at
$500. be and the same is hereby reduced
to 5000, this being at the rate Of 500
Der sers, and the same as all lands in the
vicinity are assessed.
Ordered, That the assessment OF Jacob
Mfller's property, on Main street, be-
| tween Pont0toc and Vance, which il
listed at SIC, 200 for the year 1857, be and
the same is hereby reduced 10 $4,000,
this amount being 500 more thar the
city assessment for the present year, and
In accordance with the county assess
ment for other property in the vicinity.
Ordered, That the petition Of B.. Bing'
ham be referred back for certificate OF
James Hall, Esq Assessor.
Ordered by the Board of CommissiCo
ers OF Of Shelby county, Tenn, That the
assessment OF seven and a half acres o.
land belonging to Margaret Shipwsy,
which stands on the Tax Collector
books at $500, be and the same lie hereby
reduced to $50, Il appearing from the
proof furnished to be evidently a elerica
error.
Ordered by the Board Of Commission.
ers for Shelby county, Tenn, That the
peition Of Mr., A. M. Lewis be granted
provided the remission Of taxes asked fol
shall enure 10 the benefit Of the Baptls
Church.
ordered by the Board Of Commission
ers for Shelby county, Tenn, That thu
account OF Burrell Lee ct al, for services
as jude s Of Election for Justice OF thu
Peace, held In the Thirteenth Civil Dis
trict, be referred the County Attorney, Il
i~noujre il the Sheriff has authority Il
hold the election referred TO.
Ordered by the Board Of Commissioner
for shelby county, Tenn, That til,
assessment Of parts Of lots 5 and 6, il
block So, listed 20 ]. b. Hill, one beinl
l5sixl5O feet, che other 50x150 feet b.
reduced, the former from $500 to $1,000
and the latter from $4,000 to Sls00, whicl
last named sums are according 10 tn
easements made by the city for 1867.
\, Ordered by the Board Of County Com
m~Issiopers OF Shelby county, Tenn.
That the petition Of A. Seesel ct al. for
reduction Of assessment Of lots Nos, 8