Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-12-07
WIN HACK,
+. W. LOUIS,

COMMITTEE.
Ordered by the Board Of Commissioner
Of Shelby County, Tenn, That the
assessment of lots No. 80 and "a, Win.
chester avenue, Fifth District, fsrty-twc
by n hundred and thirty feet, now val.
ned at 5000 and listed to ]. G. Schmidt,
be aud the same are hereby reduced to
$1,000.
Ordered, That an appropriation Of
$1,000 be, and the same is hereby made In
favor OF McCaffrey & Cornelius Oh &C.
count Of their contract with the county
for the bUrial'Of paupers.
Ordered, That an appropriation OF
thirty-six dollars and thirty cents be and
the same is hereby made in favor Of Jas.
Hail. acting Coroner, for holding in
quests N the bodies Of five persons In
1866, and the body OF one person in 1867.
The Committee to whom was referred
the petition Of A. L. Rankin, J. II.
Chsate, and others, relative TO the
appointment Of Rev. u. X. HaWley as
Chaplain of the County Jail, beg leave to
state:
First, That, in the opinion of your
Committee, if by the appointment of q
person as Chaplain, IL is TO be understood
that this Board appoint q man sinpiystO
preach TO the prisoners, such an office is
unnecessary. In order to have prisoners
impressed f~svOrably by religious preach
ing, the preachers must place themselves
upon the most consistent basis, and
prove themselves u-ninfiuenced by pecu
mary considerations and wholly disin-
terested. This 8 not be done il a per-
son is regularly appointed and paid for
that special work.
Your committee is tolerably well ae.
quainted with the character OF the ma.
terial usually found in prisons, and is in
clined to think that the ordinary minis
tratiOus Of religious teachers r esteemed
in such places little else than a mCckery,
and the Chspiain very seldom regarded
in other light than as q subject for carl
cature and derision.
Second. Your committee thinks that
the best and most efficient efforts of phi
lanthrOpists in behalf OF the unfOrtunates
in prison, beth in this county and others,
have been to secure for said u~nfortuuates
humane conditions and humane treat
ment, which conditions the county is
providing 10 the best Of its ability in
the furnishing Of a jail, which for the
completeness Of its construction issecOnd
to none in the country, and the county
hopes to provide, a your committee
1A-Aa N1.~AAI AaA41AAE AAEhHAAEhE IN
the procuring of jail0rs aud assistants
who shall, while they do their duty fear
lessly and faithfully, be at the same
time governed by kindness and consid-
Grafton.
Third. That il it is contemplated that
the Chaplain should eonine his services
to the prisoners ct the Jail, and neglect
the inmates of the hospital and o
house, your committee deems saeh an
appointment Inconsistent and unwise.
Fourth. Your committee are not ad-
vised by any provision in the Code, or in
the act constituting the Board Of Conn l
missioners, Of any power vested in this
Board for making such an appointment,
unless such appointment can be
made to appear as an actual necessity,
your committee think it would not only
be extra judicial, but impolitie, inexpe-
dent and unsafe to make said appoint
ment, especially st the present time. In
view OF which consideration your COM
beg leave to report adversely to the
appointment of a Chaplain for The fail.
Vet In view Of the fact that this Board
has power to provide for the necessities
Of the poor, and also in view Of the fact
wholesome and salutafy instruction
is, perhaps, as much of 3 necessity for
the prisoners and the psupers OF the
county as for any other class Of our citfs
zens, your committee would respectfully
that II this Board is in favor Of
appointing any officer OF the character
to, said officer should, whatever
be his title, have his line of duties clearly
defined, and said duties should he con-
especially and almost entirely to
genuine charitable action, ministering to
actual necessities, to the comforts OF the
TO the assistance Of the ~frienGless
and destitute, 70 the supplying of books
and wholesome advice, to recommending 1
neglected to the attention of the
Court, to the communicating Of messages
TO distant Relatives or friends
and various other services ofa like nature; |
and said services should be given alike
10 those Ia the Hospital, the POorhouss |
and the Jail 1t viii rest with the Board
10 determine whether said services shall
be made the special duty of one man, or
whether they may be trusted to the many
employees Of the county whose duties lie
the direction indicated.
Respectfully, J. Z. MERRIMAN,
On motion BY President Lewis, the fol-
resolutions were passed
WHEREAS, The prisoners in the Coun-
" Jail, and also the patients aud paupers
the County Hospital and PoOFhOuse,
are destituts of moral and religious in
,truetiOn, except such as has been Y0lun-
furnished by Mr.. j, 5. Chaplin ;
and, whereas, this Board Is convinca
hat it is highly desirable that some
or other competentsperson Of
and self denying benevolenee be
appolnted as Chaplain fer the benefit Of
he unfortunate inmates Of said Jail aud
Poorhouse, therefore be IL
ResOlUed, That Rev. 3. x. Hawley IS
hereby appointed Chaplain TO the County
Jail and County Poorhouse and Hospital
or n year, (subject, however, to any
lutuFe action 81 this Board, at q salary
1f one hundred dollars per month. His
shall be not only 70 give moral
aud religious instruction, free FROM all
,ectarianisIn to those under hts
but TO seek, by all means in his
power, 70 promote their comfort and adj
rance their welfare; to furnish to them
reading matter, provide them
means for corresponding with their
and relatives see that they are
treated with kindness and humanity, but
without any needless relaxation ofproper
and judicious discipline, and that in all
,thef respects said Institutions are con-
wisely AND efficiently, with due
to economy and justice, and Ia
his monthly report 70 this Board
10 regard % all matters underhis charge. !
Resolgsd, That the thanks Of this
Board are hereby rendered TO ]. s. Cha
pin, Esq, fer his christian and philan-