Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-01-12
CITY counoil.

| At called meeting Of the Board oil
Mayor and Aldermen Of the city Of Mem
phis, on Monday, January IL, 1869,
present-Hon. J ohm w. Leftwich, Mayor;
Messrs. Chairman Swayne, Clancy,
Goodett, Johnson, Lynn, Black, Brown,
Cartwright, Hoist, O'Donnell, Ruffin,
Cicalla, Passmore, Moffet, McDavitt and
Ellis, Aldermen.
A quorum being announced, the Chair.
man took his seat and called the Board
to order, when the roll of Aldermen was
called and the minutes Of the proceedings
Of the Council at the previous meeting
read and adopted.
Tbereupon the Chairman explained the
object of the meeting to be the compile
ton of the unfinished business Of the late
forty.frst corporate year, if any, and to
receive the Sheriff's returns of the late
election for an Alderman in each of the
ten wards Of theAily.
Whereupon the Commissioner al
Registrations return was presented, and
ordered to be received and spread upon
the records Of the city.
At an election held in the city of Mem
phis, Shelby county, Tennessee, and on
the 7th day of January, A. d. 1869, the
following persons received the number OF
votes attached to their respective names
for the several offices as herein indicated,
| to-wit:
For Alderman of the First Ward
Thomas Foley received 1858; Walter
Stanley, IS; Hugh Mott, u.
For Alderman of Second Ward-E.
Marshall received 203; G. ID. Johnson,
76; M. Manly, l ]. Q. Duri, l.
For Alderman of Third Ward-James
o. Durff received 227; DR.. A. T. Shaw,
100; DR.. James Tipping, 2.
For Alderman of Fourth Ward-L. E.
Dyer received &c; r. f. Brown, SO d.
Malatesta, %.
For Alderman of Fifth Ward-Thos.
W. ODonnell received 245; Louis Wal
Ter, u.s. Mike Burke, 4.
For Alderman of Sixth Ward-James
Gallagher received 1874; Jack Halstead,
IS; W. NJ. Harvey, 81.
For Alderman of Seventh Wards.
Ogden received 800; Martin Kelly, 1929 F.;
Thos. Foley, Q; JOS Clousten, l; VIM.
Harvey, l.
For Alderman of Eighth Ward-L. NJ.
Wolcott received III; M. Manley, W. II.
Passmore, 49, II. Marks, 10.
For Alderman of Ninth Ward-L. D.
Vincent received 1853; E. McDavitt, SO;
lF. W. Buttinghaus, 81; Bart Mcbride, 2.
T For Alderman of Tenth Ward--J. Z.
Williams received 232; M. ]. Fender.
grast, 30; ]. E. Gallagher, l.
! certify the above and foregoing to be
true return of the whole number OF
votes cast for the candidates as herein
named, as appears from returns on file
in my Office. Witness my hand, at Mem
phis, this llth day of January, A. d.
1860. j. SEARS,
Commissioner of Registration for Shelby
county, Tennessee.
When, on motion, the Board adjourned
sine die.
Messrs. Foley, of First Ward; Mar
shall, Second Ward; Duff. Third Ward I;
Dyer, Fourth Ward; O'Donnell, Fifth
Ward; Gallagher, Sixth Ward; Wolcott,
Eighth Ward; and Vincent, Ninth Ward,
Aldermen recently elected, appeared
and had administered to them the law
fully required oath of Office, by his Honor
the Mayor, and were regularly installed
into office and to their seats at the Board,
etc, when Chairman Swayne presented
o written statement from Martin Kelly,
contesting the election of 8. Ogden, Esq,
to a seat in the Board as Alderman elect
from the Seventh Ward.
Honorable Board of Mayor and Aldermen:
Martin Kelly comes in his own proper
person and objects to the qualification of
s. Ogden as Alderman from the Seventh
ward, and for cause shows that said
Ogden was not elected; but that said
Martin Kelly was elected by large ma
jority of the votes legally cast in said
ward on Thursday, the 7th day of Janu-
airy, 1869.
The said Martin Kelly, therefore,
prays that the matter be inquired of by
this honorable Board in such manner as
this honorable Board MAJ deem just aaa
proper.
NJ. J. Pendergrast filed his protest in
writing, contesting the election of j. E.
Williams to seat in the Board OF AL
dermen elect from the Tenth Ward.
MEMPHIS, January II. 1869.
Honorable Board of Mayor and Aldermen
Your subscriber would respectfully
represent to your honorable body that
the election of Mr.. j. Z. Williams for
Alderman of the Tenth Ward is void, on
account of the law as contained in article
2, section 26, of the Constitution of the
State of Tennessee, which prevents any
person from holding two lucrative Offices
at the same time aud as said Williams
is now an officer of the Municipal Court
of Memphis, therefore his election is void,
and protest against his return to said
Office of Alderman of the Tenth Ward,
and claim said Office for myself, being the
candidate receiving the next highest
number of votes.
Respectfully, M. j. PENDERGAsr.
Thereupou Alderman Motfet, being
seconded, moved that the matter of con-
tested elections be referred to commit
tee of FIVE members of the Board, with
the City Attorney.
Thereupon the chairman appointed
Messrs. Moffet, Wolcott, Hoist, Black
and Cartwright, With the City Attorney,
the committee.
On motion the Board adjourned to
Friday evening, 3 o'clock, January 10,
1869. L. r. RICHARDS,
City Register.
TIE POPULAR SALESMAN. - Captain
Tom Allen, Of Walker Bros. & Co., was
the fortunate gentleman who received
the gold-headed cane at the Hebrew Fair,
on Saturday evening, for being the most
popular aud influential salesman in the
city. 1t was only awarded after a spir,