Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1868-12-11
CITY COUNCIL.
Meeting OF Both Boards.
Election of Officers.

G<ASCAtVM OA VAaaCCIo.
An adjourned meeting of the Board of |
Aldermen was held last night, President |
Mckinney in the Chair and eight men,
bers present. Nothing of public interest
was transacted. The Board adjourned to |
inset the Common Council in convention.
COMMON COUNCIL.
A regular meeting of the Board of Com
mon Council was held last night President
Shankland in the Chair and twelve mem
bers present
An ordinance from the Board of Alder
man, allowing the City Assessor $500 per
annum, provided her pay the Assistant
Assessors, passed three readings and is
now law.
A recess of twenty minutes was then
taken, preparatory to meeting the Board
of Aldermen in convention.
IN CONVENTION.
Both Boards then met in convention for
the purpose of electiDg the following Of
icers for the ensuing year: City Tax As
SCISSOR Revenue Collector, Water-tsx Col
lector, Superintendent of the Waterworks,
Street Overseer, Health Officer, keeper of
the Workhouse, Wharf Master, Engineer
of the Waterworks and City Sexton.
For City Tax Assessor, Geo. W. Minors
and Dennis Mundy were nominated, Mr..
Minor was elected on the frat ballot.
J. b. Sheridan was unanimously elected
Revenue Collector, there being 10 oppose
ton.
Martin Kockel, willie, and Nelson Walk
er, colored, we're placed in nomination for
Water.tax Collector. Mr.. Kockel was re-
elected on first ballot
J. w. Ready, Charles Baker and J. w.
SeAbury, were nominated for Superinten-
dent of the Waterworks. First ballot, Ready
IL; Baker 10 and Seabury Z. No election.
Second ballot, Baker 10 Ready 49, Sea-
bury 6. No election. The third ballot
was declared void as there were thirty
votes cast when there are only twenty nine
members.
Fourth ballot Ready IA, Baker IA, Sea-
bury /.
Fifth ballot: Ready l6, Baker IA.
There was an illegal vote cast, yet Pres
ideEt Mckinney decided that Ready was
duly elected.
Mr.. Thayer appealed from the decision
| of the chair.
Ike Council sustained the decision OF
| the chair.
The next Office to be filled was the
Keeper Of the Workhouse. e. s Flagler
aud NJ. G. Phillips were nominated. Mr..
Flagler received 10 votes and Phillips7.
| J.W. Emery, NJ. Donohue. IL. NJ. Grant,
J. j. Bushnell, J. w. Petty, A. G. Canedy,
H. L. Brandle, Cyrus Cook, colored, Der,
East, colored, were nominated for Street
| Overseer.
First ballot: Emery IL, Petty 10. Don
ohue 2, Bushnell 8, Brandle 2. No cleo
| ton.
Second ballot: Emery IL, Petty 10,
Donohue 2, Eas, 1. No election.
Third ballot: Emery Is, Petty Is, Dono
hue l.
Emery was elected, he having received
q majority Of the votes cast.
| For First Engineer of WaterworkP, g.
W. Jones, D. Shuggars, John Fl. Woods
and John c. Hsgan.
First ballot; Jones Is, Shuggars 2,
Woods 10, Hagan l.
Mr.. Jones was elected or the first ballot.
James Monroe, J. D. Chadwick and
| Dan. Burchett, we're nominated for Second
Engineer of Waterworks.
| Fret ballot: Chadwick II, Bdrchett II,
| monroe L.
Mr.. Chadwick was elected on first ballot.
The election of a Health Officer was
next in order, and the following we're nomi
mated: Drs McNeely, Sample, ORGY and
Hcgle.
First ballot: Sample 9, Oney 10, HogIe
Z, MeNeely 8. No election.
Second ballot: Sample u, Oney 10, Ho-
gle 6, McNeely l. No election.
Third ballot: Sample IS, Oney 8, Ho-
gle ?
DR.. Sample was declared duly elected
For Wharf Master, A. Wolf and Dan
Casey.
Mr.. Wolf the present incumbent, was
reelected on the first ballot
John Brown, colored, Robert Hays and
Horace Lowering were nominated for City
Sexton.
First ballot: Brown %, Hays 2, Will
son l.
Brown was elected on frat ballot.
There were ten nominations made to fill
three vacancies in the Board Of Education.
The first ballot was taken but no election
had, and on motion the convention adj
journed until the next regular meeting of
the Common Council.
The Common Council was then called 10
order, and on motion adjourned.