Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-04-04
QUARTERLY COURT.
First Day Of the Spring s~ssaIOn-s0ms
eessraI BHsIness-0rdsF lH Rela-
IstloR 70 the Recorder and
TIVE ether -. P's".
The Report Of tbs Jail Committee.

The County Court met yesterday, pur-
suant to adjournment in February. There
were present Justices W. II. Forgsy, W.
n. Reynolds, b. +. Duncan, Thomas L.
Giles, Patrick n. Winters, ". H. sneed,
Elijah Pulliam, Henry @. Brewer, J. M.
Herring, J. NJ. Allen, William II. Walker,
Henry T. Jones, Thomas Holman, jr., g..
O. Buntyn, ". 81. Haeyel, j. r. Brown.
John E Burke, John T. Elliott, Robert
B. Miller, W. B. Gibson, @. L. Brooks,
II. G.. Massey and jeremiah Massy,
An order was made giving power to the
Chairman of the County Court to sign
acquisitions, coming from Offices Of the
county, for repairs, work and other neees-
ssries TO be done, In order that the same
might be effected without waiting for the
action Of tbs court.
Applications for reduction in taxes as
sessed upon real estate and personal prop
erty we're ordered 10 be referred by the
County Court Clerk to the justice of the
peace making the assessment.
A committee was appointed 20 soc if the
waste oil from the works adjacent TO the
county jail could be utilized, and also to
investigate the question of supplying the
county Jail with water. John Zent, John
F.. Washington and J. T. StrattOn are b.
committee.
J. L. Case was allowed $50 for his sup
port for six months.
The communication Of Secretary Fitch,
of the Gas Company, with accompanying
bill Of $l865 for gas for the county Offices,
we're referred TO a committee composed of
Justices Giles, Walker and Winters.
The bill OF Drs. Taylor, Freeman and
Nutall, OF 500, for post norton exsmins-
ton OF the body Of Charles Willis, last
fall, was rejected bya vote of fourteen to
five.
The petition of Thomas CurIey, who,
with seven men, did three weeks work on
the NOncOnnah road, doing the most
prohtless part of the job, for which he got
but 1892 in warrants, and asking just
compensation, was rejected.
ORDER IN RELATION TO THE
n W OTHER j. P.'s.
WHEREAS, It appears to the satisfaction
Of the Court that Joseph w. Scales, Re
corder of the city and eT Q6iciO justice of
the peace, is no. nor ever has been a ius-
tiCe of the peace Of Shelby county, Ten
nessee, but is q salaTied officer of the city
of Memphis, and receives compensation
as such, and is not entitled to either fees
or emOlUments of Shelby county,
It is ordered by the Court that The chair
man of this Court fail and refuse to pay |
any and all bills of cost of the said Joseph
W. Scales, Recorder OF the city of Mem
phis, and eI O6teiO justice of the peace,
which have or may be certified to by any
person or persons, etc, as accruing to
him. And IL is ordered that tie chairman
of this Court fail to pay any bills OF cost to
the Sheriff or any constable OF shelby
county, which may accrue by virtue of or
under the process of said Joseph W, /
Scales. And it appearing, further, to the
satisfaction of this Court that John Nor
and James Hall are not justices of
the peace of Shelby county, it is ordered
the chairman OF this Court refuse
TO pay any and all bills Of cost that have
or may be certified to by the said John
or James Hall; aud, be it further
ordered, that the Chairman refuse to pay
any and all bills of cost claimed by the
or any other person, for keeping
prisoners, fees as turnkey, ETC., or for any
other purposes which have or may accrue
10 the persons claiming the same in or by
order Of the process issued by either of
The aforesaid; and, it is further ordered,
that our Chairman dispute and contest
svery such claim.
Unanimously passed.
REPORT OF THE JAIL COMMITTEE.
To the %wOrshipful County Court Of
Shelby, Tennessee:
The jail commissioners for the current
year, beg cave 20 submit this. their quar-
,erly report, for first quarter: January
9th, confined in jail for various offsnsss
the public peace, liz; Of these
here were white males, 80; white
emsles, 80; cOIOred males, 81; cOlored
emales, u; total, I'D On the sick list
here were 20; none angerOus. For Feb
nary 10, confined, 100; White males, SO;
white females, /; cOlOred males, q; colored
smales, 2; total, 10. Sick, 9; not thought
dangerous. March 9th, confined in Jail,
white males, 43; white females, ];
olOred males, 81; cOlOred females, I6;
otsl, l27. March 2lst, confined in iaIl,
Il; white males, 80; white females, l.
Olored males, 81; cOlored females, 10; ]
Otsl, III. Of the number in jail there
re sOme twenty complaining Of indispO-
itiOn; none very sick. But two have
led in Jail since our last visit, tO-wit:
Visener, n of the Cuba prisoners, and
! O~sbOurne, a United States prisoner, and
Is thought another will die. There is
ONE complaining among the prisoners
bout their food, but this sssms to be
rOundless. Upon the whole the prison
think to be well kept, and attended to
the proper officers, There were q few |
.ghts OF glass broken out of one of the !
'indOws; a pump out Of repair, and a {
in the roof of the msin building, {
rhich we have ordered to be repaired and s
i'll presented to County Court.
Respectfully submitted, {
HENRY T. JONES, J
JOHN G. ELLIOTT, :
P. NJ. WINTERS. I