Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1868-02-26
CRY LEssTsLATIoS.

Meeting Of the Board of Aldermen
$685. More fer the Machine
TabEtug Of the Houses OF III Fame
Petition - Speculation in Corpora
item obligations Prohibited, etc. etc.
regular meeting Of the Board of Al
dermen wss held last night, Mr.. Allen in
the chair.
Present Aldermen Donaldson, Kinney,
Knowles, Mckee, Mclaughlin and Thorn
berg.
The following message from the Mayor
was received:
MAYORS OFFICE, Nashville, Feb. Is
TO The Honorable Board Of Aldermen
GENTLEMEN: | beg leave 10 invite your
attention this evening TO the following
business measures, pertaining to various
city departments, which will require your
action.
1st The Schools. An appropriation of
$1,000 will be required TO pay the salaries
of the teachers for the month Of February.
The school grounds are not in a proper
condition. A small expenditure, judici-
onsly applied, together With the aid that
may occasionally be obtained from the
street department. in laying them of and
planting .shrubbery, will not only beau
tify but enhance the value Of the property.
| recommend that authority be given to
begin the work at once.
The Board Of Education holds several
notes, amounting to S9842 IS, due the
school fund, given by sundry parties in
purchasing the Hynes lots. These lots
were sold by the corporation for the benefit
of the schools. Several parties propose
10 pay their notes in corporation checks,
but in view of the fact that the sale was
effected without anticipation of the depre-
citation in city paper, it seems but just that
the interested parties should consent to an
equitable settlement. recommend that
the Committee on Schools be empowered
to effect such settlement.
I'd. The Fire Department. The amount
appropriated to erect an engine house in the
9th ward-viz: $500 corporation checks
lis now deemed inadequate to effect the
measure. Four thousand dollars in cash is
estimated asbeing as small an amount az can
be successfully acted upon. The merits OF
dement's of this measure are already fully
understood by your honorable body;
hence, / only recommend that the bill au-
thorizing this expenditure be amended so
far as the same limits said expenditure
Sd. The wharf. As yet, no specific ac-
ton has been taken TO Investigate the eau
SEES of complaint among stesmboatmen. /
beg leave to urge the appointment of a
special committee TO thoroughly scrutinize
their matters. / warmly advocate any
measure tending toward the encourage
ment of trade, either by river or rail.
have the honor to hand you herewith
communication from J. B. Mitchell,
Health Officer, for your consideration.
am, gentlemen, very respectfully your
obedient servant,
A. f. ALDEN, Mayor.
REPORTS RECEIVED AND FILED.
Report of the Revenue Collector,
showing S3l55 &c collected from the 9th
to the 22d Of February, leaving 1929 %
subject to the order of the Board of Edu-
cation.
Report of the Chief of Fire Department,
showing S4419 % expenses for January,
during which month there were two false
alarms and no fires.
Report of Water Tax Collector, showing
S296O IS collected since last report.
FROM THE COMMON COUNCIL.
The petition from citizens of the 9th
ward, asking for the licensing of frst-class
houses of iil-fame, was taken up.
Alderman Mclaughlin, as the represen-
tative of the 9th ward, denounced the pc
tition as a libel upon Germantown, and
said he believed nine-tenths of the persons
whose names were attached, knew nothing
of it.
1r HhnnaLarr L.
ence 10 the subject referred to in the
petition was quite sufficient, if there were
officers who would enforce the law.
The petition was then laid upon Inc
table.
. The resolution for the resumption of
work on Broad street, in the 10Th ward,
was non-concurTed in.
The resolution for the protection of the
City Dispensary from impostors was con-
CURED in.
The bill licensing bill posters passed one
reading.
The bill for the sale of promissory notes
due the city, at rate not less than five
per cent. over the current price of corpora
ton cheeka passed a third reading.
The bill prohibiting the purchase, barter,
loan, or sale of checks, drafts or other
obligations OF the city by its officers or
agents, passed third reading.
NEW BUSINESS.
A bill by Mr.. Mckee, reducing assessed
taxes on several pieces of property, passed
one reading.
Mr.. Allen offered bill appropriating
$4,000 to the city schools, and directing
the issuance of checks for that amount.
Passed three readings.
A special committee was appointed to
investigate the complaints of steamboatmen.
Mr. Mckee introduced bill appropri-
ating $4,000 for the payment Of the police
and city employees, and authorizing the
issuance of checks for that amount, to be
converted into money. Passed three read
ings, Mr.. Knowles casting the. only dis
senting vote.
Bill to amend the bill authorizing the
erection of an enginehouse in the 9th ward,
by striking ont "$2500' and inserting
$4,000" Passed three readings.
Adjourned to the next regular meeting.