Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-03-22
PAY OF THE METROPOLITANs.
The City Council Make an APP
propIlation.

was held last evening 20 receive the re-
port Of the Committee recently appointed
to consider the question Of the payment
Of the Metropolitan Police. The Com
mittee submitted the following resolu-
tons;
Resolped. That the Board hereby agrees
TO pay the financial agent of the Metro
politan police force $l0,4l6 per month,
for the month Of December, 1866, and
January, February and March, 1861, or
so much thereof as may be necessary TO
pay the past expenses Of the Metropoli-
tan police department for said months.
Resoired further, That from the LIST
OF April next the Board will, and does
hereby appropriate for the support OF
said Police Department, sum not 70
exceed, per month, the annual estimate
of Sl6O, 900, subject, however, 10 the fol.
lowing conditions, to-wit: The Financial
agent of the Metropolitan Police Com
missioners shall, previous to the pay
ment of any monthly appropriation,
render to the Board of Aldermen u
statement of the expenses of said depart
ment, together with all lines and forfeit
ures for each m onth, for which money
is to be drawn from or paid by the city
and all fines and forfeitures so reported
shall be deducted from the amounts to
be paid monthly by the Board of Alder
men.
Resolred, further, That it is hereby
made condition of the appropriation
upon the part of the Board Of Aldermen
that said Police Commissioners shall
consent to and make up with the Board
of Aldermen, and without unnecessary
delay, an agreed case as TO the constltu.
tionality of the law creating the said
Metropolitan Police, and submit the
same to the proper judicial tribunals
for their decision.
Alderman Johnson submitted petit
ton from Messrs. W. B. Greenlaw, X. @.
Brinkley aud several other well-known
citizens, asking that a moderate appro-
priation be made for the payment of the
Metropolitan Police. Alderman Town
send opposed the appropriation. Alder
man Lynn made long speech against
the appropriation, reviewing the conduct
of the old police and giving his views
generally in regard to the Metropolitan
Police, its officers, etc. Alderman
O'Donnell said, if they give the police a
dollar, then the bill was rivited about
their neeks, and children yet unborn
would curse them if they voted for the
appropriation.
Alderman Amis said he had been enc
to wait on the Commissioners that day,
and had been told that they did not care
whether they made the appropriation.
Was the Board willing to see three men
levy taxes in the city? He wanted to
know what was to be done if they did
not pass the appropriation.
Alderman Boiling referred to the ques-
ton in financial point of view, and said
if they did not make the appropriation
the Commissioners would seize the taxes
on privileges. They only went into the
agreement till the Supreme Court had
decided. Politically, he would sweep
all the cattle referred to from the CITY,
but the question was one of expediency,
and in that manner they ought to view it.
Alderman Lynn said he had sworn to
sustain the laws of Tennessee, and if
they acknowledged this to be law of the
State, then they ought to carry it out.
He wanted the law tested, and if it were
constitutional he would 30 obey it, He
denied that he was Radical, and said
he had never attended any of their meet
ings.
Aldermen Johnson and Shaw thought
the laws SHOULD be obeyed until they
were declared unconstitutional. Alder
man Smith opposed the appropriation.
After considerable debate, the report of
the Committee was adopted by the fol-
lowing vote Ayes-Johnson, Cochran,
Wickersham, Amia, Boiling, Hoist, Shaw
and Lemons. Nays-Powers, Clan
cey, Lynn, ODonnell, Townsend, Smith
and Passmore.
TREASON. -In the United States Cir
cult Court, in the following cases, being
presentments for treason, the District
Attorney has given notice that he will,
under authority from the Attorney Gen
eral, on the 9Th day of April next, enter
a noHe proSequi, provided that the costs
which have accrued in the same be paid
on or before that day VIM I Howard,