Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-02-15
EDGEFIELD.
Proceedings eE the Board OF Mayor
and Aldermen

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and Aldermen.
The Board of Mayor and Aldermen met
last night in regular session. Present, Mayor
White, and Aldermen Joseph, Stewart and |
Jenkins
Campbell, as Treasurer, J. It. Crowds, as |
City Marshal and Collector, and James L. |
Bell as Recorder, which on motign, were
received and ordered on file.
AID Jenkins submitted the report
of j. 7. Crowds, City Marshal and Tax
Collector, showing collections by him paid
into the treasury of $40. Report received
and filed.
Aid. Jenkins also submitted the report
of the Recorder, showing collections OF
Sill 70 from licenses. Received and filed.
Aid. Stewart, Chairman Street Commit
tee, submitted report showing work done
on Foster and Spring streets to the amount
| of 50. 50, and recommended that the &C
counts for the same be allowed. Report
received, and accounts allowed.
AID. Stewart from the Special Commit
tee on the petition of J. II. Gary, reported
that the matter in dispute had been settled
without the interference of the Board The
| report was received, and on motion, the
committee discharged.
Mayor White called Aid. Jenkins to the
chair, and offered bill for the improve
ment of the streets of Edgefeld as follows:
Be it enacted by the Board of Mayor and
Aldermen of Edgefeld, That whenever a
majority in interest of the owners of prop
erty fronting on any street in the corpora
ton shall make written application to said
! Board to have said street improved, said
Board may, in their discretion, direct the
Street Committee to have said street prop
erly graded, graveled or nacadamized, and
, all necessary sewers, surface drains and
culverts constructed, and to be made IL
front of all the lots fronting on said street;
! and the cost of the said improvement when
= | ascertained by the Street Committee, shall
: | by them be reported to the Board, who
| shall proceed to assess the same as equita
bly, as possible upon said lots fronting OF
, said street, which assessment shall be a lie1
= upon said lots, and shall be collected as thu
r taxes on said property are now authorizes
o by law to be collected. And said owner
| of said lots shall have a credit for tn
q amount of said assessment paid by theI
a | upon the taxes due by them to said corpo
If ration, and receipt for the payment {
Il said assessment or any part thereof, sha
: be received by the tax collector as pay
/ ment on the amount of taxes due from sal
n persons to said corporation.
N Sec. 2. The improvement contemplat
Of. ed in the foregoing section may be mad
k on any part of street, but shall never [
O. less than from one cross street to anoth'
le cross street.
is Sec. 3. Said street committee ma
I'd | make said improvements themselves,
ar may let out the same to the lowest respo1
n sible bidder for the same, after due adve
is tisement thereof
ar The bill elected considerable discussion
ne in which Mayor White and other membe
st of the Board took part, and by invltatiC
eft of the Mayor, other citizens were allow'
n to give their views on the proposed chan
ial in street improvements. Remarks we
he then made by John Morrow, Harry
,d- | Campbell, n. Hobson, Charles A Campbe
of and VIM. g. Brien-the latter gentlem
all taking grounds against the passage OF t
lid bill, without some amendments which
lid thought should be made.
The bill was afterwards passed on t.
a readings under suspension Of the rule
m and on motion, referred to the Street Co
mittee.
Mayor White offered resolution auth
ling the Street Committee to contract
!, the building of sewers, SO as to drain t
81 ponds on Woodland and Fillmore stree
~. ~. and report their action to the next meet
S9 of the Board. The resolution was on Il
toa ton, adopted.
ace Aid. jenkins offered a resolution auth
izing the Street Committee to have Woo
land street repaired and metaled at
,Le junction with the bridge, provided it is
w. duty of the corporation to do SO. The re
"a luton was passed.
~ The Board then adjourned.