Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-08-12

July. 1871. and that the said. tax. when col
/ lccted, shall be appropriated In the manner
prescribed In the said ordinance.
Section 2. That this ordinance take elect
and be IN force from and after its passage.
Passed hrst reading and rules suspended,
aud the ordinance passed second and mai
reading by Board Of Aldermen August o, 1875.
=, The petition Of cathorinennd Margaret Me-
Name BY their attorneys, llumes a Poston,
stating that petitioners are the rlghtfnl own
oro OF n portion Of block No. 81. Fort Picker
Ing, through which Main street has been OK
tended, without the consent Of petitioners or
their representatives,. and that no compensa-
tion has ever been made therefor; therefore,
petitioners pray for just aud proper remu-
neration for their ground.
Referred % Mayor and City Attorney BY
Council April .. 1873,
We recommend that the petitioners be al
lowed the sum Of twonty-iour hundred dol
h5. y full payment 70, ne soMSn s1oI men
isfactory evidence Of. title, and making
proper conveyance q tho property to the city.
JOHN JOHNSON, Mayor,
WIN RANDOLPH, City Attorney.
Report received and referred 10 Improve
ment Committee by Council. July 2. aud re-
ferred to Finance Committee by Board OF Al
dermen. July Z. 1873. HHln
Your Joint Councils Improvement and
Board OF Aldermen Finance Committee re-
port that the action OF the Mayor and City
WIN. HEWITT,
Chairman Council Committee.
Referred TO special committee of two from
the Board of Aldermen and three from Coun-
Gill; Board of Aldermen committee; Busby
and Walsh.
and as executor Of the estate Of }. NJ. Saint,
deceased. and VIM. @. Brown as guardian OF
the minor children Of M. Saint. stating
that the estate or heirs OF j. M Saint are me
rightiul owners of a portion OF block No. 81, |
Fort Pickering. through which property Main |
street has been extended without autho -ity, |
or the city's having compensated the heirs
therefor; therefore, petitioners, in behalt OF |
those they represent pray for rightiul dam
Referred TO Mayor and City Attorney by
Board Of Aldermen April 2, and concurred in
by Council April 8, 1873:
Saint and the estate Of J. NJ. Saint, deceased,
be allowed the sum of three thousand dollars
in full payment for the ground mentioned IN
the petition upon their producing TO the
Mayor evidence OF title, and. making proper
WV John JOHNSON. Mayor,
MN RANDOLPH. City Attorney.
Report received and referred to Improve
ferrcd to Finance Committee by Board July Z,
1873.
Your joint Council and Board of Aldermen
Improvement and Finance Committee report
that we confirm the action Of Mayor and City
,,.,
VIM. HEWITT,
Chairman Council Committee.
Referred 70 special committee Of two from
Board Of Aldermen and three from Council by
Board of Aldermen August 6, 1873. Commit
zee: Busby and Walsh.
Upon a communication from Jehn Cubbins.
President Of the Water Company, to Mayor
Johnson covering an account against the city
or $500 so. Referred by Board of Aldermen
o Finance and Ways and Means Committee
luly2, 1873; same action by Council July 4 {
S73.
: Your joint Board of Aldermen and Coun-
IL Finance and Ways and Means Com
nittce report: Ii
Referred to Voter Committee by Board of
Aldermen.
By Alderman Davis: M
Resolved. etc., That the Sergeant-at-Arms |
e instructed TO notify the property owners on /
be west side of Walnut street, between /
Iance and Georgia streets, to lay down plank
idewalks within the next sixty days. I
Adopted by Board Of Aldermen August 6,
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