Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-11-01
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
Semi Onicial Proceedings of Last
Week, or How the Money WenT.


In presenting o synopsis Of the doings
of the Board of County Commissioners
last week, we wish it understood that the
LEDsER is not the official journal of said
Board-another paper, the third one
that has tried it. has that job at ten cents
line but no official proceedings have
appeared since the 18th ult. The law
creating the Board, q partisan measure
to rob the county and sustain few un-
scrupulous political adventhrers, was re-
pealed by the Legislature week ago
The Board speedily convened and sat up
nearly all last Tuesday night to transact
such business as they deemed best. Oh
course they looked TO their own salaries,
and took occasion TO settle accounts with
their friends whatever claims they had
against the county. We commence and
give the principal appropriations, begin
ming with
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 26Tn,
as transcribed from the books in Mr..
Leagues office, and emitting only such
items as appear to be in the regular or
der, or of minor importance: Brown IL
Jones, for coal for the county, $500. IL
will be noticed that coal is prominent
article OF consumption with the county"
and it is proper to state that Barbour
Lewis charged DIR. White in open SEES
sion with having the county coal hauled
to his private residence. Coming from
such source who can doubt the charge,
as the kettle said to the teapot.
j. P. Foster, for services as jailor for
September and October, $3.50; Frank
Tucker. assistant jailor, two months,
$3.50; Barry Jeffries, guard at Jail, two
months, 5000. Slch expenses formerly
were paid by the Sheriff.
The two law firms, Kortrecht d Graft,
and Stepheas h Smith, were each voted
$500. This, as retaining fees in the case
of the four hundred thousand dollars
bonds the Board was epjoined by Far
rirgton. Greenlaw and others from
issuing.
john League, for making out tax
books. $1,000.
g. e. Andrews, expenses as County
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES for October,
$85. This is the youth who drew sic,
900 from his cousin, Gen. Eaton, before
he was in Office twenty days, and before
he gave bonds.
Mr.. Holmes. for taking the scholastic
population in the 9Th and l4th districts,
$3.50; stationery for courts and clerks,
$96 IA; j. d. Danbury, for furnishing
horse aud wagon to the assessors Of
scholastic population in the 9th and 18th
Civil Districts, 5000 very expensive
business; more stationery, $l28; George
M. Greedy, for making indexes as per or
der of the Board, $2l02 80; previously
he had received for the same purpose
$1,000; Frank Taft, for services as clerk,
1854 IS; Barbour Lewis, for rent of
rooms to use as Financial Agent of the
county, since April 81, $500; Sears and
Smith. for making county map (extra),
$500, having previously been paid $4,000;
National Bank Note Company of New
York, for engraving the bonds 10 blank
since epjoined, $2323 70. More of the
bond luxury. The blanks are in the
safe at Mr.. Leagues Office. j. B. Wood
ward, County Attorney, for prosecuting
Thomas E. Leonard, $3.50: l.. Z. Dyer,
for examining county warrants OF
nights and Sundays" extra, $40;
The salaries of the whole staff to Dec.
9Jat ia aa folloWs.