Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-07-04
COUNTY COURT.
Third Days Proceedings.
The County Lunatic Asylum.
Back Taxes, Accounts and Petitions.
A New Chancery Court Room.
COUNTY COURT.

The worshipful County Court of David
son county, State of Tennessee, convened
yesterday morning at ten o'clock, his honor,
Judge Smiley presiding.
FINANCES.
Accounts: Of 1926 of Albert Akers,
Clerk, for copying delinquent tax lists, was
referred to the Finance Committee; war
rants for $50 from the Nashville CONNER
cial Insurance Company on Asylum b1ild-
ings, were allowed; S27.15 for stationery,
etc., from W. T. Berry & Co., allowed.
Several petitions praying relief for paupers
were granted.
COLLECTIONS OF BACK TAXES.
The report of o. s. Galbreath, agent and
attorney for the collection of overdue taxes,
showed collections of S334.01.
Justice Maxey moved that compensation
to Mr.. Galbreath for services rendered be
referred to committee, prevailed, and JUS
tees Wade, Walsh and j. W. Bigley were
constituted said committee.
TRANSPORTATION OF PAUPERs.
Justice Neylan moved that the contract
for burying paupers be given to the lowest
bidder, and that the County Asylum Com
mittee be authorized to contract for carry
ing paupers to the asylum. Referred to
the Committee on the Asylum for the
Poor.
COMMUNICATION.
The following was received from Justice
Paul, confined by illness at home:
You will remember a. former meeting
of this court the subject of the County Luz
matte Asylum was agitated, and a commit
tee appointed to report to the present term
a suitable site for said asylum. l, being
one ofthat committee, visited and examined
several sites, and on some occasions, the
next day after had visited and examined
sites or miles from the city, gentlemen
from the immediate neighborhOod would
come in requesting the committee to visit
and examine their sites adjoining the site
we had visited and examined he day before,
and in order to save trouble, the committee
concluded to set apart the last two weeks
and examine all the sites that might be
presented, that we might be better pre-
pared to recommend location suitable and
acceptable to the court. About the middle
of June was taken sick and have been
confined to my room aud bed ever since;
and my great anxiety for the last few days
to be with you to-day, l fear, has given
me permanent relapse, being much worse
this morning than have been for several
days. l am not now prepared to recon-
mend place; and unless the balance ofthe
committee are prepared to recommend an
acceptable place, l would ask the court to
PISS the following resolution:
Resolved, That the court proceed to elect i
five members of the court to be added to
the Lunatic Asylum Committee, and said
committee when so strengthened will be au-
thorized to select and purchase a suitable
site, and erect such buildings as the present
emergency requires for the accommodation
of the paupeTs and lunatics of the county.
ISAAC PAUL.
"a COUNTY ASYLUM.
Justice Meacham offered this
RESOLUTION.
Resolved by the County Court of David
son county, That the committee appointed
by this court to receive proposals for suit
able site for County Asylum be and they
are hereby appointed to accept the PROPOSE
ton of Mrs. T. Y. Ferguson and close the
trade.
Be it further resolved, That twelve thou |
sand dollars of the proceeds from the sale of !
the State bonds belonging to the county be |
appropriated to pay the purchase money,
and repairing said place, and ar
range the place suitable for the purposes of |
the county, and that said committee, when |
ever said place is ready, turn the same over |
to the Commissioners of the County Asy- |
lum; and that said commissioners be au-
thorized to remove the present occupants