Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-04-11
NASHVILLE UNION AND AMERICAN FRIDAY APRIL III 1878
COUNTY COURT.


COUNTY COURT.
| Fourth Days Proceedings.
THURSDAY, April 10.-County Cour
met at 10 O'Clock A. NJ, Judge Ferris pre-
siding and forty members Of the Cour
| present. 3
A petition from Judge Lea was read, rep
resenting that be owns the land surround
| ing the Corruption schoolhouse; that the sait
school building is not suitable for sehoo
purposes; that the lot is $50 feet from tht
turnpike; that the petitioner wishes to en-
close his land with stone fence, and ht
therefore offers to exchange for the schoo
lot the same amount of land on the oppo
site sideof the turnpike, to be enclosed will
neat and substantial fence; cistern dus
at the expense of the petitioner, who also
gives $3.50 in money toward the erection o.
new school building. The petitisn was
granted. n
A QUESTION OF PRIVILEGE.
Justice Maxey rose to questi on of priv
lege. He said that he had not been properly
represe 1ted in the Banners report of the
proceedings of the court for the previous day
relative to his views on the railroad cues
u.
construction OF the Tennessee and Pacific
road, and that this was the only road lead
ing out from Nashville which be had op.
posed. He had not opposed the chartering
of the Nashville and Chattanooga road, but
On the contrary he had purchased and
paid for, fifty shares ia that road. He had
never prophesied that the completion of the
Nashville and Chattanooga road would re-
suit in reducing the population, Of Nash
vile to 5000. He has ever been An adVo-
cate of railroad enterprises, but he has al
ways opposed corporations rleddling in
railroad matters, as he thought these roads
should be built by citizens who they are
interested 10 them. He hoped the report
ers would do him the justice to publish
his statement, as he had characterized
Squire Meachem's story at the time ne
was telling it, as s1fancy SKETCH"
CHARITY.
A large number of applications for allow
auces to patipers in the various wards of
the city and districts Of the county were
presented and allowed, the sums thus al
lowed each pauper ranging from fifteen to
forty-nine dollars. A VAST amount of suf-
fering was disclosed in connection with
these cases, by the magistrates presenting
the applications for assistance on the part
OF the county.
SALE OF RAILROAD STOCK.
$Justice Maxey offered the following g,
which was adopted.
Be it ordered by the court, That the
County Judge be and he is hereby directed
to notify the Sheriff to hold an election on
the first Thursday in August, 1873, as to
whether the county shall dispose of her in
terest in railroads or not.
APPOINTMENT OF JURORS.
The following named were appointed
jurors for the next term of the Circuit
Court: .......-.....---
First District.-Riley Phillips, James L.
Ryan and Frank ldcFsrland; I'd, T. NJ.
Fuqua; Sd, Robert Moore; 4ih, John NJ.
Wright; 9Th, Fulghum; 9th, R. 81. White
more; It'll, c. NJ. Bigley; ah, B. 81. Ogles-
by; 9th, Wat Scruggs; 10th, j. +. Hall; 18th,
James Hunt; 18th, s. B. Davidson; 18th,
w. 81. Porch; 14th, w. g. Smith; 10Th;
John II. Bush; 10Th, w. j. Chandler; 18th,
B. F. Williams; 18th, Geo. P. Walkin; 19sn,
D. S. Graves; Goth, John G. Mathes;
21st, T. I. Saunders; 22d, James NJ, Camp
bell; 23d, Wash Waggoner; Path, David
Mcpherson; 25th, T. NJ. Boyd.
TENNESSEE AND PACIFIC RAILROAD.
Gen. Nancy, President of the Tennessee
and Pacific Railroad, presented q report,
dated Jan. 1, 1873, showing the condition
of said road, together with full history of
the operations of the road since the first of
January, 1871, which report was accom-
panied by statement of the assets and Ii
abilities of the road.
The report was received.
Gen. Nancy then requested that the Rail-
road Commissioners representing the coun-
ty be instructed to vote for certain gentle
men Hereinafter namely as directors for
said road.
the President of the Tennessee and Pacific
Railroad be granted.
Judge Ferris ruled the motion out of or
der, holding that as presiding officer of the
County Court, he is entitled to cast the
vote of the county, quoting the following
section of the Code as bis authority:
Sec 423. That in sill counties of this
State where there is a County Judge, and
where there is no Board of County Com
missioners established, it shall be the duty
of such County Judge to vote either in
person or by proxy, all the railroad stock
owned by the county of which he is Judge
in all elections held or made by the stock
holders of such railroad.
The ruling Of the Court was appealed
from.
The appeal was sustained.
Justice Wade then offered the following:
Resolved, that the stock of Davidson
county in the Tennessee and Pacific Rail-
road Company be voted as unit at the
next election for Directors of said railroad
for the following named board, viz:
From Wilson county,. S. McClain, John
Crumdiet, G. L. Robinson, j. W. Phillips,
B. j. Tarver, James 81. Britton. From
Davidson county-George Nancy, Jno.
Kukman, Samuel Watkins. A J. Porter,
A. L. Demoss, j. W. PAramore, John G.
Ferris, and the Board Of Railroad Commits
sioners as proxies for Davidson be and are
hereby instructed to cast the united vote of
The county according to the provisions of
this resolution.
Before a vote was had, or the resolution
discussed, the court adjoul ned till 10 O'Clock
A, NJ, tomorrow.