Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1868-10-23

section seventeen aae s.eo we PROVISION
u sseslon swsn'y w" III thew ba s ~ so
r. The Ser diem eauacity tax imposed b.
section thirteen after the distillery i
closed for the season.
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Pa,;,;on f,o,, oovaral grocery merchant,
A. roDoal ,ha ,ow imnosiug a speciaI fax
r,,,or ,I.n, e., selling fresh meat in tbei,
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An ordinance appropfia'lng slo'0VV ioi
the payment OF the city empioJes lor Inc
month Of September, passea tnree reauingS
= AN ordinance instructlng inc Chairman
Of the street Committee to receive O'ds iOI
the laying down OF Nicholson pavement
on Union, between Cherry and Summer
passed three readings. .
An ordinance entitled IAN ordinance 10
change the time OF holding elections ana
for other purposes, passed three readings
Petition from citizens praying that the
tax assessed on the property OF Mrs. james
K. Polk be RENTED. Referred TO Com
mittee on Assessment. Action OF the Board
of Aldermen concurred IA.
A motion was then made to 90 into Joint
| Convention, but before the motion was
acted upon, Jim Summer jumped up ana
wanted 10 know "hat naa become Oh lne
report OF the committee on salaries. ne
sSio tnat ne haa Oeeh informed 'na' - n".'
Oeeh lapiea 10 'he DOaru Of Aiuelme"' anO
was not VIKING 70 go ln'o Convention VIM
out nearing 'nA' report re&o'
Inc report was Drought IN no" ~
noara o. Aiuef'"en. ~ aO0
mayor eecretdry' me oiy Auu' anu
'ne Assistant DePu'y MARSHAL !" leuuoe'
the recorders salary SIOOO, ana the Ell
gineers' salary S4OO.
The Committee was then instructed to
retire and draft bill in accordance with
their report.
The Committee on Salaries reported a
bill reducing the salaries of certain others
and abolishing the offices Of Auditor, May
or's Clerk and second Assistant Marshal.
Mr.. Gains offered TO amend the bill 50
as TO make the salaries of the officers re-
main as heretofore fixed by law.
Motion to Law the amendment upon the
table was lost. AYES 9; noes 10. f.
Jndoe Smith could mot see wbv n Re-
corder. should get az large a salary az a
Jndoe Of the Supreme Court Cbancerv
Court or the Criminal Corrt Who ia the
Rscorderq He ia potbins more than a
clerk in anv shore What does he do ?
He keeps the books Of this corporation. a
Iedoer and ;onrnal and he ;ssnes licepses
and keeps ,be minntes of both boards Of
the Ci,v Council He gets $4,000 per an.
mum, and what kind of duties does h
perform that are so fare and excel
lent as to require such high salary
| think $4,000 per annum is good
salary, $1,000 for salary and $1,000
for perquisites. What do We want with
CITY Auditor? What does he do? Moth
ing in the God Almighty world. / was
Mayor of this city three wears during the
war, and all the correspondence was mill.
tary, and l did all nv writing myself and
plenty of time TO loaf 1t is preposterous
to think Of the idea of having MAYORS
Secretary.
After further discussion, The previous
question was called, which was the adop-
ton of the amendment offered bv Mr..
Gains. The amendment was lost. AYES
4, noes Is.
Judge Smith then moved TO take up
section by section and act upon each.
Aoo- tho no.e.,,o or H. G.. ,,o,;o,
Mr. Jenkins moved 20 incroo,o tbo aaIorv
of,bo T,o..rror 70 S1e0o III :, noa,
sI6oo Carried and tho lin mo-, ,bon
sdo,tad "a amended rDooin,ou.lv ond
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odon,sd
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VIM. Mills was elected Recorder on
the frat ballot,