Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-07-08

BY Alderman White;

BY Alderman White;
Resolved, That the City Engineer be in,
street. between fernando and Causey streets
Adopted by Board of Aldermen July 3
1872,
Same action by Council July 8, 1872.
BY the same:
Resolved by this Board, That Captain Athy
as Chief of Police, be requested to show Y
the General Council why it is that the ordi
nance forbidding hogs and goats to run a.
large in the city is not enforced.
Adopted by Board Of Aldermen July 3
Concurrcd in by Council July 3, 1872.
By Alderman Burke:
Resolved by the General Council, That thu
Finance Ways and Means Committee, in view
of the financial difficulties under. which thu
city is now laboring, be instructed to inquire
into the expenditures of the different depart
ments, and ascertain whether it is practicable
to reduce the expenses Of any department
without material injury to the public interest
and report the result of their Investigation
with such recommendation as they may thlnh
proper. to the next meeting of the Genera
Council.
Adopted by the Board of Aldermen July 3
1872.
Adopted by Council July 8. 1872.
BY Alderman Cicalla:
Resolved, That the property owners on tn,
north and south side of Beal street be notified
to lay down brick pavements within the mex
Adopted by Board of Aldermen July 8
1872.
Adopted by Council July 3, 1872.
BY the same:
lamp cleaner, be raised from sixty dollars 70
one hundred dollars. The increase of pay tC
date from July LIST. 1872.
Tabled by Board July 3, 1872.
by Alderman Mackall:
Resolved by the General Council, That in
eaa WHARF gtpamhoata tOuQl at fll
wharf for taking on board and putting OF
picnic or other pleasure parties the only
charge to be made against them shall be 9
short wharfage.
Resolved, That the property owners on
0verton street, west side, between Main and
Second streets, be required to lay down good
sidewalks within the next thirty days.
Adopted by Board of Aldermen July 8
1872.
Concurred in by Council July 8. 1872.
AN ORDINANCE
To fix the rates Of taxation for the forty-ffth
corporate year.
Be ii ordained by the General Council of the
city of Memphis =
Section |. That the following rates of taxa
tion. for the following specified purposes, be
and the same are hereby established, and
taxes, according TO such rates, shall be levied
and collected upon the taxable property within
the city Of Menphis. rs assessed for taxation
for the forty-ffth corporate year ClS72), to-wit
First-For the sole and special purpose OF
paying the interest as the same may become
due, on the bonds issued or to be issued by the
city of Memphis, one dollar on each one hun
dred dollars worth.of property, as assessed fol-
taxation in the old city limits, comprised IN
the First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth,
seventh and Eighth wards Of the city, and fol-
the sole and special purpose of paying the said
interest; fifty cents on each one hundred dol
lars worth Of property assessed Tor taxation
in the limits of the addition made To the city
by the act Of 1867, comprised in the Ninth and
Tenth wards.
Second-For the sole purpose Of providing a
sinking fund, to be used in retiring the bonds
of the city as the same may become due,
twenty cents on the one hundred dollars
worth of taxable property in the old city lin
it's as above defined; and ten cents on the
one hundred dollars worth Of taxable property
in the addition to the. city Of Memphis made
by the act of 1867, as above defned.s
Third-FOr the purpose of defraying the eX-
penseg necessarily incurred in administering
the affairs Of the city, one dollar on the one
hundred dollars worth of taxable property
within the limits Of the city
Fourth-FOr the support ofthe public schools
of the city, thirty cents on the one hundred
dollars worth of taxable property in the city
limits.
Sec. 2. That the taxes for the forty-fifth cor
pOrate year shall be due and payable on and
after the first day of July, 1872
Sec. 3. That this ordinance take effect and
be in force from and after its passage.
Passed first reading by Board Of Aldermen,
when the fourteenth section, per requirement
Of the city charter, was suspended, ana the
ordinance passed a second and hnal reading
by Board, July 3, 1872.
Passed first reading by Council, July 8. 1872.
Rules suspended, in conformity with the four,
tecnth section Of the city charter, and passed
finally. M r1N