Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-03-24

Citl AeeONnCys .-f !.
A regular meeting of the Common
Council was held last night, President
Craighead in the chair.
RRPoRTs.
President Oraiahead said, that, as Chair
man of the School Committee, he would
present n verbal report, and inform the
Council that, on invitation, the Mayor and
several members of the City Council had
visited the public schools, and found them
all in fine condition, and everything NOV
ing on smoothly.
The Street Committee presented re-
port in regard 10 resolution referred to
them. looking TO the grading Of Summer
street, from Mulberry to Oak. The action
of the Council, in adopting the resolu-
ton, was reconsidered, as IL
was ascert,Ained that the expense
of establishing the grade would be such as
to REQUIRE the appropriation of the neces-
sary sum by bill instead of resolution.
The Special Committee on the Tenth
Ward reported that they had prepared q
bill, which met the unanimous approval
of the committee.
PETITIONS.
Several petitions to build frame houses,
etc., were read, and appropriate action
tafsen.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS.
A bill, appropriating $400 to build two
trestle bridges on North High street,
across Lick Branch and judges Spring
Branch, to enable the Street Overseer to-
complete the fill, passed third reading.
A bill to provide for the election OF a
City Attorney. passed third reading.
The bill provides that City Attorney,
whose salary shall be $4,000, shall be
elected by the City Council, whose duty
it shall be to attend to all the legal bust
ness of the city, except the suits embraced
in the Cooper contract.
A bill in lieu of the bill heretofore in
troduced, in regard to a compromise with
citizens of the Tenth Ward, was presented
and passed third reading.
The bill is as follows:
An Ordinance to authorize a Compromise
With the Taxpayers of the Tenth
Ward.
Section l. Be it enacted by the City
Council of Nashville, That the Revenue
Collector of this corporation be, and he is
hereby authorized to settle with such tax
payers as shall accede to the terms of the
compromise hereby proposed, on the fol-
lowing conditions:
To such tax payers as shall come for
ward before the st day of July, 1871, and
pay the taxes assessed upon them respect
lively, in the Tenth Ward, during the years
1859 and 1870, the said Collector
shall remit all the taxes standing
against such persons in said ward
previous to said years Just men,
toned; and if any such taxpayers have
paid the whole or any part of the taxes
assessed against them for either of the
years 1866, 1867 or 1868, the collector
shall allow them credit Dor any sum or
sums sopaid on any other ta1 dueby them.
Sec. 2. Such payment if made
before the first day of July, 1871,
shall be received by the corporation as in
full of all 10th ward taxes die by the re-
spective parties SO paying, provided all
persons SO paying their taxes shall sign an
agreement, to be spread upon a book to
be kept by said collector, VII ereby they
shall obligate themselves individually to
| abide by the terms of compron Use. herein
| offered, and further obligste themselves
not to attempt to disturb by law or other
wise the annexation of said 10th ward to
the city of NASHVILLE.
Sec. 3. This corporation is not hereby
| to be pIecluded from enforcing the full
collection of taxes for all the six years
that have elapsed since said ward
has boon q portion of the city OF
Nashville, from any persons who shall fail
to comply with the conditions of this act
| by the LIST day of July, 1871; and all psr-
ties who shall enter into the compromise
herein proposed shall not, by anything
herein contained, be understood to waive
any night to resiG the payment of taxes
for future years.
Sec. e. Should If ultimately be decided
that the annexation of the said Tenth Ward
was illegal and cannot be maintained, the
| city of Nashville shall be and is hereby
bound to refund to such tax payers as may
avail themselves of the compromise herein
offered, the amount of taxes paid by them,
in their respective proportions, less the
amount expended by said city on and for
the benefit of said Tenth Ward, including
fair proportion of the expenses and costs
of the public schools during the time the
| advantages of said schools have been en-
joyed by the citizens of said ward.
The fifth section repeals all laws in con-
fiict with,this bill anG provides that the bill
shall take effect from and after its passage.
| Adjourned