Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-11-02

EplroRs LEDGER: If the official pro-
ceedings of the Board of County Com.
missioners had of late been published as
heretofore land / know of no reason
why they have not To my knowledge
there is no order in the records of late
date instruciing the County CLERK either
to secreet, or not to prepare them for
publication, or official notification by the
Avalanche that they would not continue
to publish the official acts of the Blerd),
| should have had no occasion to correct
the impression given by an article pub
lished in your Yesterdays paper.
First. Shelby county has never paid
for one bushel of coal hauled to my
door. The coal bins Of the Criminal,
Law, Chancery, Municipal, Circuit and
Com missioners court-rooms are full. 1t
may be true that the "lsw creating the
Board was a partisan measure to rob the
county and sustain few INSCRIPTIONS
political adventures" Be that as 1t
may. II am classed in the list, and
such appears to me to be the implica-
toni hope you will give me an oppor-
tunity TO clear my skirts Of any intended
wrong at the meeting you refer particu..
lerly to, by telling what acts | am and
am not responsible for.
On last Tuesday afternoon 1.-THE day in
oueslior) / was at the Fair grounds,
where / accidently learned that there
was an effort being made to have meet
ing of the Board. quickly came In.
AT about 6 o'clock it met In the mean
ume visited each party who knew to
have Just claims against the county and
told Them 10 give me their bills. These
and all bills Of county officers which l
knew and believed correct / voted for.
The following voted against: Kortrecht
& Craft, Attorneys, $500; Steavens d
! s Smith Attorneys. $500: Barbour Lewis,
for sffice rent, $500.
Immediately after the passage OF the
latter and exactly at half past Z o clock l
| left II refer as to this fact to John Bull
lock and others presently, positively re-
| fusing to act longer. At the particular
request of parties whose claims had been
acted upon, agreed to come back at IL
| o'clock and sign the minutes. did so;
but not finding the Board and learning
from the night Waterman their probable
whereabouts, found them, They having
a quorum / did NOT think il necessary to
main, and left for my home.
During the evening, after ! left, the
following bills were passed, of which !
knew nothing until my attention was
called to what had been done, by an ar
Iicle published in Tu sday's appeal !;
and positively assert | was not present
when the minutes containing them were
signed. Said appropriations were: For
engraving four hundred bonds, S2323 TO-
J. B. Woodward, for prosecuting Thos.
r.. Leonard, $3.50; L. E. Dyer, for exc
euting ceunty warrants, $40; the salaries
to the County Commissioners, Judges
and county Offices and clerks for the
moniba Of October, November and De-
cember. AsthGr MertimaD. for register
ing county warrants. Sl26; Fred Scbafer,
Assessors clerk, Si000; j. 4. hisrTiDs5,
| for services as Financial Agent during
the simmer, $500; Barbour Lewis, for
extra services as Financial Agent, etc.,
$1,000; L. 4. Dyer, for registering
county warrants, 5000; John Loague, for
defending suiisin Municipal Court, $500
M. 7. Williamson, for map Of the city OF
| Mcnl0it, ROOV, ~ HCf~~
hire. 5000; John League, for making out
Assessors books, $1,000.
Whether iptepded or not, the minutes
of that night are 90 made up as TO scat'
ter bills / did vote for before leaving IN
amongst the above. AS to the correct
ness OF the above appropriations, l have
nothing to say. Everybody must Judge
for himself. | have ouly claimed and
drawn the months salary 1 am entitled
TO l0c.ober), and have never intended to
draw for spy greater length OF time thar
/ actually served.
To all Of the above placed on the re.
cords Of the court my protest, ovei
which there were SON e rather excited
and lively remarks. That was to be ex
pected; / ezpected il.
AT a subsequent meeting the question
of rent for the stale, etc., alluded TO
cene up, for which $500 was allowed
Against that ias you say) Outrage OF
sense, honesty and eeeency" my vote II
recorded may"
Respectfully, W. Fl. WHITE.