Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-12-02
EDGEFIELD.
Meeting of the Board of Mayor and
Aldermen.


The Board Of Mayor and Aldermen met
last night In regular session.
Present-Mayor Glern and Aldermen
Brooks, Parker, Thompson, Barthell, Coop
er, jenkins, Hales and Hutchinson.
Aid. Brooks, from the Street Committee,
| submitted the report of t. s. Blair, street
commissioner, giving the expense of street
force since last meeting, which was received
| and filed. He also submitted report
showing the amount of curbing putdown on
Woodland street.
Aid. Brooks from the School Committee
submitted report, showing the general at
| tendance at the Public Schools for the
month of September to be 577; for October
| SOS; for November 610. The classes are
larger than last year. The capacity of the
building makes it very uncomfortable for
the present attendance in Russell street
school building, and your chairman would
suggest that the building committee be in
structed to procure furnaces for the new
building, and have them put into it at once,
| By doing this it will enable the worf1nen
to proceed with the work, and our building
will be completed at an earlier day. Re-
port received and filed.
Aid. Thompson read communica-
ton giving his views at length in regard to
| the amount due the Street Department,
and offered bill providing for the issuance
| of seven street bonds of the denomination
of $1,000 each, said bonds to bear interest
at the rate Of ten per cent. per annum, in
terest to be paid semi-annually. The bill
passed on first reading, and the rules being
suspended, the bill was submitted to Sec
ond reading and passed. The rules were
again suspended when Aid. Jenkins offered
an amendment authorizing the Finance
! Committee in conjunction with the Mayor,
| to borrow sufficient sum to pay off the
| Indebtedness of the street force, which
amendment was adopted, and the bill as
amended was passed upon its third read
ing.
The rules being suspended in order to
open the rule to receive reports, Aid.
| Cooper, from the Committee to Facilitate
| the Collection of Taxes, submitted re-
| port recommending to the Board the pro-
priety ofappointing committee of three to
confer with our Representatives in the
General Assembly to procure an amend
ment to our charter to the end that the
Revenue Collector Of this corporation shall
be empowered and required to bring an ac-
ton against delinquent taxpayers within
eight months next after the day he receives
the tax books, for the year for which
he is elected. That this corporation,
through its Revenue Collector, shall have
all the rights and privileges which
are accorded to other suitors in any
of the Courts of the State. That after a
judgment shall have been obtained before
an acting Justice of the Peace of this civil
district against delinquent taxpayer, said
Justice of the Peace shall return the exc
cutiOn to the next term of the Circuit
| Court, that the real estate therein described
may be condemned and sold and immedi-
ately after the sale the sheriff or constable
conducting the sale shall, with motion, but
on a writ of possession, place the purchaser
in possession, subject, however, to be re-
deemed within one year after the delin-
| quents pay all costs and taxes, together
with 6 per cent. interest, etc, etc. The re-
port was received.
Aid Thompson offered a resolution
authorizing the revenue collector to proceed
to collect the taxes of Edgefeld, in accord
ance with the law passed by the last Gene
raj Assembly. Adopted.
1t was ordered that the Recorder furnish
the revenue collector with list of property
owners, in front Of whose lots curbing has
been put down, and collect the same as
speedily as possible.
Aid. jenkins offered a resolution author
iZing the Building Committee to have floors
| in the new school building deadened.
| Adopted.
The Board then adjourned.