Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-04-19
EDGEFIELD.
Proceedings .of the Board of Mayor
and Aldermen


The Board of Mayor and Aldermen of
met Monday evening, Msyor Glenn
in the chair, and the following Aldermen
present, to wit: Messrs. Brooks, Morrow,
Lesseur, Thompson, Barthell, Hudnall,
Marks, Poston and johnson.
The Mayor made verbal message, in
which he stated that he thought steps
should be taken at once to compel property
owners on graded streets to make pave
ments. He also suggested the propriety
of building public cisterns at different
points throughout the city-one at the
Pre- byterian Church, one at Tulip Street
Church, one at McClure's Hall and one at
the North Edgefeld public school.
Aid Marks, from the Finance Commit
tee, submitted report recommending the
payment of sundry accounts. He also
submitted the report of the Recorder,
showing collections of $40 from fines and
licenses. Report received and ordered on
file.
AID Brooks presented a petition from
sundry citizens, asking that Hickory street
be extended through from Woodland street
to the Gallatin pike. Received and re-
ferred to the Street Committee.
A petition was also presented from F.
A. W. Woods and others, asking that an
offensive slsughterhouse in North Edge
field be removed.
The Mayor stated that the subject en-
braced in the petition properly belonged
to the City Marshal, who if satisfied that
q nuisance existed, it was his duty to mott
fy the parties to abate it, and if they res
fused, to serve a warrant upon them for
trial before the Recorder.
Aid Lesseur offered resolution author
izing the Street Committee to receive
propositions and contract for the gravel
ing of the streets, subject to the ratiics-
ton of the Board of Mayor and Aldermen.
The resolution was adopted.
Aid. Lesseur offered resolution author
iziug the Street Committee to resume
work on Woodland street On Monday,
April "a, or as soon thereafter as possible.
Adopted.
Mayor Glenn offered resolution au-
thorizing the Town Constable to procure
lamp, and have it placed at the foot OF
the steps leading up to the City Hall.
Adopted.
The Mayor stated to the members of the
Board that he had appointed W. B. A.
Ramsey and w. r. Demonbreun a CON-
mittee to act with the Assessor in equsliz-
ing the assessment of taxable property.
The Assessor reported that his book was
completed, and the taxable property in the
aggregate amounted to 1852, FOG.
Alderman Marks offered bill providing
that tax of - mills on the dollar, or
real and personal property, be levied foI
general purposes, and - mills on the
dollar for the use of the schools. The bill
passed on the first reading.
On motion, the rules were suspended
and the bill passed upon second reading.
A motion was then made to suspend the
rules with view of passing the bill on its
| third reading.
Aid. Morrow moved in lieu that the bill
| be referred to the Finance Committee,
which motion was lost.
The rules were then suspended, the
blanks filed with mills for general pur
poses one mill for school purposes, and 81
poll-tax on each white man and coloreC
citizen for school purposes, and the bill
passed on its third and last reading anG
signed by the Mayor.
| Alderman Jenkins offered q resolution
providing that in the election of a Boar
of Education one member shall be elected
from the town at large to serve for TIVE
wears, and one member each for the LIST
Sd and 9th wards to serve for two years
and one member each from the I'd, 4th an
9Th wards to serve for one year. Adopted
The Board then proceeded to the cleo
ton of Board of Education.
For the town at large, thenames of Neil
s. Brown and John Frizzell were placed i
nomination, and on the first ballot CO.
Brown was elected.
From the LIST ward George Searight wa
] elected without opposition.