Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1868-02-14
LAHarvINa LAST NIGHT.

LAW GIVING LAST NIGHT.
COuneiI-New Phase Of the SOeIa
EviI-IIOme-made Thunder Finn
Passage of the Money BerrOwIn:
and Other Teasures-A Lively Batel
Of New Business. etc.
A regular meeting of the Common Conn
ell was held last night Chairman Shank
land presiding
Present Councilmen Emery, Olsen
Griffin, Cramer, KockeI, Smith, Hammer
Corners, Thsyer, Burcheit
PETITIONS.
The following petition, signed by TWEEN
ty-seven citizens Of Germantown, was read
10 The Honorable City Council Your
petitioners attention has been called to the
announcement OF bill now pending be-
fore your honorable body, intending to H.
cense certain frst-class houses Of ill-famr,
and Of abolishing all low-doWn houses
and brothels, hoping that YOUR honorable
body will take such immediate steps "a
will secure responsibility in that portion
of the city known as Germantown. which
people have had many reasons to complain
OF the leniency of the law in pertaining to
the existence of the lowest classes of bawdy
houses OF ili-fsme, which are always the
places Of riotous assemblages and distuT
Dances Of the peace. The only rem
edy your petitioners can see for
the necessary evil is to Ii
cense sieh houses az have been known
heretofore "a orderly and quiet, and free
from breaches Of the peace, and trusting
that Your worships will utterly abolish all
low down brotheis, which are constantly
the scene Of riOtous conduct. Yonr peti-
TONERS all have families living in this pOr-
ton of the city, and on every Sabbath day,
and while they are attending church, these
scenes are of such acharaeter as would could
yousee, as the city fathers, whose duty is to
shield the innocent from danger and snch
shocking sights, you would at once act
seriously upon 'his important question.
Trusting that you will take sHch action az
will secure the best interests Of 3 moral
community, we remain etc.
Mr.. Olsen declared there we're 20 sneh
houses in the 9th ward as the petition re-
ferred to.
Esquire Mathews, one of the signers Of
the petition, made warm speech, urging
the council to give the petition fair and
full consideration.
The petition was then referred TO
joint committee of five.
A petition asking that water pipe be
laid in an alley near Broad street, between
Market and College, was referred &c the
WaterwOrks Committee.
Here a sound as Of rolling thunder came
from the hall above, used by the Red Men,
accompanied by a noise az ifa huge pork
barrel were being trundled across the
floor, drowning the voice of the Clerk, and
bringing Mr.. Cramer to his feet, who moved
an adjournment, special committee, and
several other means OF getting rid of the
racket. The noise eeasing the motion was
not acted upon.
FROM THE BOARD or ALDERMEN.
The resolution requesting our represen-
tatives in Congress to do all in their power
to secure the binding of customhonse,
was adopted.
The bill in lieu, authorizing the borrow
ing of money at not more than fifteen per
cent, for the payment of the police and
city employees, passed third reading.
The bill appropriating $4,000 for the re-
lief Of the poor passed a second reading,
when a discussion ensued, in which the
Clerk stated that the charity fund had
been oyerdrawD, and that when all deficits
were made up, only eleven hundred dollars
of the proposed appropriation would re
main to be expended The bill then
passed its third reading by unanimous
vote.
The bill repeating all laws requiring
merchants dealing in fresh meats to take
ont butchers license was Loot on its first
reading.
The resolution for the repairing Of
sewer on High street and Ewing averne
was adopted.
The resolution for a Joint ComElittee to
wait upon General Carlin and ask the con
tinuance Of the Bureau Hospital was CON
CURED in.
The resolution asking Representatives in
the Legislature TO urge the passage of
bill, providing that the Commissioners of
Davidson county shall be elected by the
people, was concuued in.
NEW BUSINESS.
A resolution for the repairing OF a
Church street culvert, west of the Chatta-
nooga depot, was adopted.
A bill forbidding all officers or agents of
the city to purchase, sell, barter, or loan
corporation checks, or drafts, under pain of
dismissal and fine not less than fifty dollars
nor more than one thousand dollars passed
third reading.
A bill for the sale of promissory notes
due the corporation, at a rate not less
that five per cent. over the current price of
corporation checks, passed three readings.
A resolution TO protect the City Dispen.
ssry from imposition by charity patients,
was adopted.
The designations of Councilman J. B.
Mitchell and j. NJ. Kercheval were &C
cepted.
A bin amending the goat law, provid-
ing for the sale instead of the shooting Of
goats, passed three readings.
A bill requiring bill posters 10 take ont
license, paying S25 for the same, was re
ierred TO a committee
A resolution for the resumption OF work
on Broad street, in the tenth ward, was
adopted
Adjourned.