Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1872-03-09
MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS.
Meeting OF one CIty council.

The Board met last night at the regular hour,
Mayor Van Glider in the chair.
Present-Alder men Boyd, Henderson, Akin,
Kern, NJ. D. Sullivan, Gilbert, Waters, Mariner
McCampbell, Pat Sullivan and rardIey.
The minutes of the previous meeting were
read and approved. ala
The Mayor vetoed the resolution passed at
the previous meeting increasing the pay OF Ia
borers, giving his reasons therefor. IL was MS
duty according to established usage to conslder
all bills passed; he could not approve OF tt ne
the kind of labor citizens were only paying
the present price; that increase Of wages by
municipal corporations tended to engender cor
rupaion the majority of the Street COMMITTEE
considered it injudicious, as the number
of laborers is far in excess of the demandi the
public funds should be economically expended
the major portion of those paying taxes were
poor men and he could not endorse taking the
earnings of those from the humble walks OF NE
TO increase salaries the laboring class nad
hard road to travel and many hardshlps TO en-
counter, but taxes were not levied TO De recK-
lessly squandered, besides not one need work II
he thought the pay too small f; and finally he
thought it best to initiate private eltlzens ana
not 20 beyond the wages now being PAID.
Alderman Mariner took exceptions 10 the
course of the Mayor aud called for his authori
ty. He thought the assumption OF the right to
override the wishes of the Board an act OF
usurpation that should not be allow and hoped
the veto.would not be sustained.
The question was then put and failing to re-
ceive the necessary two-thirds majority the We
to ofstie Mayor was sustained
The city Tax Collector reported the amount
collected for the month of February at Sd
O1.75.
Alderman Henderson offered the following
ordinance fixing the rate of taxation forthe cur
rent year:
Bsit ordained By the Mayor and aldermen
of the City of K11oTvtLte, IN General Coitnc1t
assembled, That the rate eff taxation for the
year 1872 shall be one dollar and fifteen cents
upon each one hundred dollars of the assessed
value of the real estate and personal property IN
said city, subject to taxations; also, there shall
be assessed 8 tax upon each person subject TO
poll tax the sum of fifteen cents for general
Bet further ordained, That an additional
tax of twenty cents shall be assessed for the
year 1872 upon each one hundred dollars OF all
the real and personal property IN SAID city Tor
public school purposes; also special tax OF
fifty cents shall be assessed on each person liable
to poll tax in said city for public school pur-
poses.
passed February 10th, 1871, in reference to the
tax on merchants be amended as follows: That
privilege tax for the selling of merchandise
shall be forty cents on each one hundred dol
| lars of capital employed in said business, and
the amount of capital shall be ascertained by
| the average amount of stock held and kept for
sale during the year. as near as can De estIrna-
| ted, and this tax shall not include the license
| tax of said ordinance of which this is an amend
| ment
Passed the second reading under suspen-
| sion OF the rules.
| A number of bills were presented and order
ed paid
The report of the Chief Marshal for the past
| month was received.
| Alderman Boyd presented bills for services
rendered in keeping the fire engines in order.
| The policy of electing policeman to I'LL the
| vacancy, was moved but voted down.
A petition from several citizens asking that
mains be laid on State street was raferred to thx
Gas Committee.
On motion of Mr.. Akin the Recorder was in
structed to notify the Gas Company that the
Board desired work heretofore demanded to be
| done at once. Carried. Also an order running
| gas mains on State street.
| Mr.. Campbell wanted gas main extended
up Broad street, North Knoxville, to the NJ. E.
| Church.
Alderman Gilbert wanted mains laid in East
| Knoxville as far as the McClanahan property.
Mr.. Boyd moved that the last two motions be
laid on the table. Carried
| Alderman Mariner offered an ordinance reg
ulating the election of chief of the Fire De-
partment and two assistants who shall control
| the fire companies in case of fires.
| The ordinance is identical with the one now
in force, except that the former provides for the
| election of the chief and his assistants by the
Board, and the latter by the companies them
| selves.
| The motion was lost Adjourned