Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-07-29
THE CITY.
MUNICIPAL.


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| : Meeting Of the City Council.
| { -8 BOARD OF ALDERMEN.
| The Board of Aldermen met yesterday,
President Carroll in the Chair. There be-
| ing quorum present the Board proceeded
| to business.
The Committee to whom was referred
the Gun Factory property, reported an
amendment to the bill exempting the same
from taxation, declaring that only such
portions of the property shall be exempt
as shall be actually used for manufacturing
purpose for five years.
The Committee also recommended that
the fourth section of the bill regulating
the rents be stricken out and that the
parties having the premises in charge shall
have full power to settle the questions of
rents and taxes.
The amendments were adopted.
Alderman Hurley offered bill in lieu of
the one nov in the hands of the Commit
toe, specifying the width of pavements,
proportioning the same 10 the width of the
streets, to have the same done in sub
stantial manner, and making it incumbent
upon the Street Committee to keep pave
ments, ETC., in proper order, the expendi-
lures to be included in the street expenses,
etc. Referred to Special Committee,
I A bill authorizing the improvement of
South Spring street with the amount Of
taxes to be paid to the corporation by Mr..
ID. G, Il. Claiborne, being g, 800, pro-
vided the payment of the same be made
before the first of October, passed on its
third and last reading.
The agreement between Geo. w. Smith,
Chairman of the Street Committee, and
Messrs. Rolin i Bfeen, STIMULATING certain
street improvements, was received and
fled.
AID Carroll offered a resolution requir-
ing that all teachers in public schools shall
be residents of the city, and that any
teacher who may remove from the city after
being selected shall forfeit the position,
and the Board of Education shall select
another instead. -. ...-
The resolution was SO amended as to
read, that no person can be a teacher in
citizen of the corporation, and passed on
the third and last reading.
The bill from the Council providing for
certain lamp posts, were concurred In
after being so amended as to give six lamp
posts to South Cherry street in the vicinity
of the Nashville and Decatur Rrailrosd
depot, commencing near the entrance gate
of the City Cemetery, so sron as the pipe
is laid by the Gas CompanJ>
THE CENsUs
Under the head of new hrsiness, Alder
man Hurley offered the following:
Whereas, 1t is currently believed that
the census of Nashville, as taken by the
United States officers is inaccurate, and re-
ports the population at much less than the
real number; therefore, be it
Resolved, That the Mayor in conjunction
with the Aldermen and Councilman from
each Ward in the city be, and they are
hereby authorized 20 select a competent
person from each Ward, who shall be en-
ployed to ascertain the actual number of
citizens of his Ward, and make out list of
the same, and report it to the Recorder,
and each person employed shall receive for
his services 81 30 per day, provided he
complete his list within ten days.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That it
shall be required eff each person employed
in accordance with the provisions of the
| first section of this act to record the age,
| sex, nativity and color Of every individual
| where these facts can be aseertained.
Sec. g. Be it further enacted, That eacl
person employed to take the census as
| herein provided shall take an oath before
| the Recorder to discharge the duties faith
fully and this act shall take effect from
and after its passage.
/ Passed on its third and final reading, anC
transmitted to the Council.
BOARD OF COMMON COUNCIL.
Il 80 1|ay
afternoon in regular session, Presiden
| Hereford in the chair and twelve member
| present.
The Revenue Collector at the Water Tai
Collector made reports which we're received
and fled
The Street Committee reported on {
number of petitions. The reports wer'
received and fled, with the exception o
report favoring the building of four street
in Claibome's addition to Nashville whic
was rejected and Especial committee raise
to take the subject of building the street
in that addition into consideration. Messri
Knowles, Reid and Sweeny were appointe
on the committee.
Report of the School Committee recon
mending certain changes in the regulation
of the public school was adopted.
BUSINESS FROM THE ALDERMEN.
The bill authorizing the erection of stree
lamps in the city was amended by strizin
out all except that portion authorizing tn
putting up of twelve posts in North Nasl
vile after which it passed its final reading
An act extending the water to Samut
Murphy, outside the corporation, near th
Penitentiary, was rejected, but was aftel
wards reconsidered and a special com
mittee appointed to investigate.
The bill disposing of a portion of th
Gun Factory property passed its third an
last reading.
A bill providing that teachers of th
public schools shall reside in the city wa
passed on its first reading.
An act authorizing the grading and ma
cadamizing of South Spring street 50 500
| as n G l. Claiborne shall pay into tn
treasury s., 500 Of corporation taxes pa
due. Passed three readings.
: CLERK OF MARKET.
; The two Boards now met in conyentiC
and received the bond of W T Meachan
Clerk of the Markethouse. The bond is fC
S., 200, and is signed by W F Msachan
| Nat f Dortch and John Whorley.
REGULAR BUSINESS RESUMED.
A resolution offered by Mr. Manlove W
| adopted directing the Board of Educate
to secure the services of a German teach
| for the Ninth Ward School.
The bill providing for a supplement
, | census of the city of Nashville, was