Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-02-17
CITY COUNCIL.
Regular Meeting of the Board
OF Mayor and Aldermen.
Message or HIs Honor the Act.
Ing Mayer.
The Bond Ordinance Passed on
iCS Final Reading.
General Transaction of Ru.
st1ess.

I Alderman Mofst wss called 20 the chail
! aud g Quorum being present. the secrs
t2TY proceeded to read q message frOr
Acting Mayor Judge SwGyne. From !;
extreme length, we can only give th
, following synopsis:
He in forms she board that he had not CON
piled with tne instructions to advertise for Pre-
, p sals 70 cl5an The Nicholson, because the resC
lufion omitted to prescribe the manner G
cleaning. for what length of time, etc. ID
refers the subject bach for further and NOR
Definite action, and suggests that the Who'll
matter be carefully considered aud covered b.
one ordinance.
The Sanitary Department having reporte,
numbess OF NON reaidenis and others for non
compliance with paving ordinances, and cor
siderable misunderstanding existing as 10 tn,
obligations Of properly owners In this respect
His Honor reports that ne mas referred the
whole fair 10 the City Attorney. His reply
Is communicated with the message. In tEt
case Of ncn-residents whose agents could not
be found, the matter IS referred to the Board.
The subtsetof obtaining parks for the lately
added rural districts IS alluded TO aud a hope
expressed that the board VIII take some i'm.
mediate Fcuon on It. Ooe citizen, Wm. A.
beokford, r o. Is meutoned as being ready to
I dOnats a large ami We y beautiful IraoL for a
park under certsiu coalitions,
TIE receipt Of a Communication from the
Chair, of toe Executive Committee OF Tennes.
see River ImpIovem mt, covering a procJama.
ion from the Governors Of tns States of Ten
res sc, Georgia, Missouri, Iowa, Alabama and
Kentucky, that the cities of the
Tenne-ses Valley be represen' ed IN a Confer
I Glc= at C~naLtGEOCga on the 9th OF the prasenf
month. As the city OF Memphis is interested,
! he recommends that delegates be sent and
says q doubt some well Informed %ciliZsng
] tn It occasion.
someo OF our citizens, as tax payers, forming
thelns Ives into a pubic organization lit may
or may not be, Of doGbtfal utrity, however
prsDsr tue Oslensible ends in vfswJ have set
forth In their published constitution concern
Ing me finances Of the city aud county, among
Other things taat they believe "a sgstem OF
reckless expenditure, tCdste. and ertrdpd0duce has
beef pursued Tor several years" which must in
cIuds he present auU last past corporate years.
Coming from g : URGE sltog Their respectable.
and IRON which correct Information should b.
expected, the suggestion acquires Importance
and claims your attention Tor If true as to the
CT =, you merit the public execration, and If not
true the recSiessness must consist only in the
allegation aud its injustice to theBoard and city
auth rites. On the contrary, during the past
and preseng years, the city has prscf iced a most
ma-zed ecOaomy, has made every possible re-
doct'on IN expenditures in one department
alone (tne Fire DEPARTMENT., &c 1ucfng expen
difUres Gom S303,G 600 10 $1,000, and excepting uhs
interest on its frrmer Indebtedness and expsn-
Utures consequent on the Nicholson pave
n 1t, tnsugurated anterior to that time, the
current expenditures last year do not exceed
Si7l,Gt0, and for the present year so tar, not
Siitpp ard the OBJECTS To which the city Boards
applet Were not OF our creating whether a
subject or just slimadversiOn or not, yet it
was ours 10 provide for Them"
The matterof the city finances were then TAX
en- up aSlSIows;
The mater ofs the city fuances contin-
Nc ~ bS HAhR @AoCAbASE AubtLEsA. Since ADUf
acton at the lest regularn Getting of the Board.
pas / gan ordinance FOR the Issuance of addi-
donsl bonds as c0llatersls, upon which to CO.
tan money Tor the necessities OF the CITY The
present year, = was hoped that through the
-iitgeuJ ana faithful eaOEts Of the Finance
Cgmm1ttee, who have the subject IN lan6. thct
the necessary funds would be CHAINED wiihCut
the uuf0-tuustG G-d extreme necessity or H.
eceasl1g the slEsady too large bonded indebted
uess, although that we're but To change and
DostpJUe 10 UGH extent the form Of the exist
ing liabilities Those Efforts falling, however,
Il ueYolyes upon yon, 50 iaf As you may with
the exercise OF he discretion conferred on oou
by the law and .the Leople, to com ple-e the
necessary steps 10 maintatu tnvtOlate, the good
I2itA and credit Of the city, which in the past
Beard and Finance COMMITTEES then organized
nave been advanced, In a manner most honor
abs to the city, At home and abroad. You may
s-tsrt1I2 the plea ing assurance, however, en-
BAR ,sSi.g Our present cendiriGn for the want
o. mCnsyl (which the unpaid revenue would
or Two VIII sGtice with the same
3it1fClness hereafter al heretofore, to relieve
the Guy of the old bUF5hens under which sue
s1l laoors, Largely, yet deGreBsip gjy; and
winch, when altug Jher out Of the way. will
allow o. the full use OF the current taxes for |
jh3 current expenditures, the one cor espond- /
ing IA amount with The ether. And, 10 this
desirable en-, you viii permit me respectfully 1
10 cOns ~ you SIS 4 Board the continued
observance and practice OF the most rigid
ABSOLUTE scesslties OF the city. n our citi.
zens, Interested in the honor and credit II the
CITY IN Fl6W OF TIE CIRCUMSTANCES. ought 10 De /
fJyosariug acd consideraJe, for the uWs beiEg, |
in their expectations and demands upon the
finances; and, 50 lar as they are not so, IL is
day, rs her lawful guaroians, wi Q
se-liuJe purcOse, O. fdstJ upon he necessity Of
ec0a0uU and u make such expenditure 0Hly as
are IudLSpCuSuOJe TO the cfty, and O5a0lufefg re
ired 10 Guard IL Cgain5E penal pTosscu IONS and
su.10Us sgts for damages We have no ois-
co8rsainE IuIuge Def re US as r city, Dnt, on
Ef.Uutraty, one Guh OF hOEe and promise, II
tgs o. oUr-eiVss. BY the faithful adninstra-
Lou Of our C 5 analrsj by ooedience 10 and
strict enforcement OF law and order, hereby in
vltlug ana a suring SAFETY 70 capital, enler prise
and labor from abroad by fostering industry
ia alli1s branches, ana education, By extend
ing ard completing cur necessary railroad
ltGss aud COZ nections, situated rs we are on
Jhe great practicable highway between the
ocsa1-; on TIE banks Of the great river re-
moved from material competition North or
south IL the midst Of the most productive
country, ana having the most salubrious eli.
MAZE On the earth, cuitivating b Irmony among
all classes OF our people and co operating to-
geLher, we may reasonably expect 10 realize a
q estlry hat snail MI every citizen with salts
faction and just pride. u; SWAYNE.
Mayor pro tenn
Or motion the message was received
and hled.
a requisition for 100 barrels of coal 70
ths City Hospital was granted.
The reports Of Standing ommittees
being IL order, Alderman CuTf, of the
Ordinance Committee, reported adj
verseiy TO the ordinance about cheap
jewelrV stores. Adopted. In favor of
the ordinance that no officer collecting
revenue shsll disburss the same, was
adogted-and the ordinance adopted on
its second snd 6nsi reading. The cGm-
mittee reported an ordinance covering
the ground, requested by Gen. Upton, Ia
regard TO ceiling liquor TO soldiers. The
ordinance sfixeS a fine OF not less than
IS. or more than SIS, Tor each and every
offence. Ordinance adopted on first
reading, but 8 suspension of the rules
being objected to, it IA referred back to
the Ordinance Committee for further &C.
tioD.
Alderman Cicaiia, OF the Gas Com
mittes, reported eleven out OF the thirty
oil lamps put up by the city as stolen.
Alderman Back, OF the Paving Com
mittee, reported an ordinance causing
the streets sud allies 70 be slOept twice q
week in dry weather, and scrdped Ia
wet-lhe work to be done by contract as
specified. Passed on first reading and
referred 10 Ordinance Committee.
Petitions being in order, Alderman
Gallagher wanted a pond, in the Sixth
ward, that was seriously damaging the
health Of Mr.. Levi, filed up. Gallagher
made a beautiful speech, and called up
MIR. Levi TO enforce the poInts made.
d" Hyr's Misther Leevi-come yir NJ.
LseVi! lis q maxim him sick, y'r hon
or. Lux at his symayshisted forum V'
1t did not go down, however, and the
motion was referred to the improvement
Committee.
A communication from Hr. Vensble,
about $1,000 10 bonds due him, on an Or
der from Mayor Lsltgicb, was referred
to the Finance COMMITTEES.
RESOLUTIONS AND MISCELLANEOUS BUsI-
being in order, Alderman Vincent in
troduced a resolution that the Street
Commissioner bs-alloWed to increase his
force to twenty five men. Adopted.
By the same Resolved, That all sup
plies purchased hereafter for the use of
the city be paid for in tax credits.
Tabled.
Alderman Renner moved that the
ordinance passed at the last meeting,
authorizing the issuance of five hundred
thousand dollars In bonds, be now taken
up and passed on its second and final
reading.
The secretary read the ordinance, and
it was pas ed on It's second and final
reading. Tae ordinance Ia, therefore,
nov a law
Alderman Gallagher introduced a reso-
luton that the Mayor be empowered to
employ two assistants, one for the Comp
troileE, and one for the City Tax Col
leetoF, ST a salary Of SIPS per month
each.
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