Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-07-03
Reports Of Standing Committees.

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Reports OF Standing Committees.
This honorable body convened at II
O'Clock yesterday morning, Judge Smile!
presiding. -.
MOTIONS.
Justice Saunders moved that the usua
appropriations TO the Protestant Oophar
Asylum and House of Industry be made
carried. This resolution was made by viz.
the of the following proceedings: Mrs. Rob
ert MeEwen, President of the House of In
! dustry ami Mrs. Scovel, Secretary of The
Protestant Orphan Asylum were introduced
10 the court by Mr.. Ewing and asked that
appropriations be made for their respective
institutions, Mrs. Scovel stated why the re-
port showing that there were only seven
teen inmates, she slowed that while there
were, by report, over seventy inmates of the
st. Mary's (Catholic) Orphan Asylum. The
small number in the Protestant ASYLUM was
| due to the fact that the children were beins
constantly supplied with homes, being re,
ceived and put out to able persons, which
fact diminished the number of inmates tc
seventeen only,
APPROPRIATIONS.
The following pauper appropriations were
made, Delsey Jackson $40; Eliza johnson
$25; Jane Akin $50; Catharine Joyce S25;
w. Hinson $50, Robert White $50; Patrick
Cannon SIS; Meloina Grubbs $22; Robert
Caps $50.
AN ISSUE
Attne January term of the court, an appro-
priation of $40 was made to Robert Maxey
and placed in the hands Of Justice Lapsley,
colored who refused to turn the full amount
over to this pauper. Justice Maxey moved
that the warrant for the full amount be
placed in the pauper's hand.
Severe argument was INDUCED in. JUS
tice Lapsley having brought the amount to
deliver the amount to the court.
Ju stice Campbell said that although JUS
tice Lapsey was colored man, he being a
member ofthe court was entitled to as much
respect as any other member, and he
thought to take the amount out of his
hands would be little discourteous.
A motion was made to table Squire Max
ey's motion-failed.
Discussion was made that Justice Maxey
in the past had moved the court to make
the appropriations when placed in the
hands of Justice subject to the discretion
in the payment of the court.
Justice Maxey said he wanted proof from
the minutes.
The court ruled the question irrelevant.
Justice r. d. Campbell, colored, moved
in lieu that the full amount of the appro-
priation to paupers called for by the war
rant be given all paupers to whom made.
Justice Wade moved in lieu of all mo-
tons that the appropriations to paupers be
made quarterly.
Justice Bush moved In lieu of all that
the payment Uf such warrants be referred
to the discretion of the court.
Jus ice Wade thought it was doing injus-
tee to Justice Lapsley, and that Justice
Lapsley be allowed to act in conjunction
with the Judge. Carried.
ANGRY CONFLICT OF oRAToRY.
Justice Lapsley, colored, and Justice
Taylor engaged in an excited discourse re-
fative to laying on the table motion asking
an appropriation for Rebecca Cole. The
court ruled this hngual entertainment out
of order and quashed all further proceed
ings therein, restoring peace and dreamful
quiet to the assembly.
Appropriations were made to Robert
Caps for $50, to Harriet Luck for $40, to
Rhoda Pyrvatt $40, and Nathan Flashman,
blind man, was granted permission to sell
merchandise in small place, free of tax
on Broad street.
NASHVILLE AND MURFREEsBORo TURN
PIKE COMPANY.
Justice Maxwell read the following re-
ports:
OFFICE NASHVILLE, MURFREEsBoRo
AND SHELBYVILLE TURNPIKE COMPANY.
MTTDEpEREDnUn 10 1870 L
TONNES, Esq.:-In reply to yours of the
18th inst, l can say that the books of our
company show that Davidson county hold
S3,0S6.46 of stock in our company.
l understand the stock owned by the
counties through which the road passes, to
be held as if by individuals with similar
stipulations and uniform redress. have
simply given you a statement of amount
held and if necessary can send regular
certificate. Hastily,
D. 81. C. SPENCE,
Sec'y and Treas. n. M. q S. T. Co.
NASHVILLE AND CHATTANOOGA RAIL
ROAD STOCK.
The following was read by Justice Maxey:
Received, Nashville, June IL, 1872, of P.
W. Maxey, Esq, on behalf of the Davidson
County Quarterly Court a certificate of
stock ia the Nashville and Chattanooga r. r.
calling for thirty and three-fourth shares of
the capital stock in said railroad company,
and two dollars i'll cash, being the amount
received by said Maxey and Esquire Towres
from said railroad company on account of
damages to the stock Of Davidson county
in the Nahville and Murfreesboro and Shell
byville Turnpike Company, and which be-
longs to the Ordinary County Fund.
w. j. ARLINGTON,
County Trustee.
A motion was made to receive and spread
the two above reports on the minutes of the
court.
Justice Meacham moved an amendment
by receiving the first, but referring the sec
Ond TO the Commissioners on railroad, This
was Withdrawn and the original motion pre-
vailed.
EDGEFIELD AND KENTUCKY RAILROAD.
Justice Ewing stated that Judge DeMOss
was present and moved that be be allowed
to address the court in relation to the sale of
the Edgefeld and Kentucky Railroad to
Messrs. Winslow & Wilson.
Mr.. DeMOss then stated that about two
weeks ago Gen. Winslow was here, and in
formed them that the Southern Railway
Company had purchased the Edgefield and
Kentucky Railroad; he would merely pre-
sent an outline of
THE CONTRACT
as proposed, though not accepted.
Whereas, Edward T. Winslow and James
II. Wilson, trading as Winslow and Wilson,
have purchased the Edgefeld and Kentucky |
Railroad Of the American Contract Com |
pany, and in the purchase they agreed to
assume, and did assume, the unpaid balance |
in said road, under the sales made by the |
State of Tennessee to Davidson county,and |
its associates, and by Davidson county and |
its associates to tie American Contract Co.; |
and, whereas, the second payment in said |
railroad is due the State on the 31st day of |
August, 1872, and the residue is due at one |
and two years, then, as will appear under
the proceedings in the cause of the State OF |
Tennessee VS.. the Edgefeld and Kentucky
Railroad Company and others in the Chan |
Gerry Court at Nashville, Tenn; and, where
as, by the terms and condition of the sale
of the county and its associates to the
American Contract Company, the said
American Contract Company assumed the
debt aforesaid to the State and agreed to
pay bonus of $225,000, State bonds of
Tennessee, to the county and its associates,
as will appear from the contract of sale and
deed that passed between the parties: and.
it was agreed by the county and