Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-07-25
MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS.
Meeting of the Board of Common
Council


Meeting Of the Board of Common
Council.
The Board of Common Council met YES
terday afternoon at 4 o'clock, the President
in the chair and a quorum present.
REPORTS.
mr. Lindsey, from the special committee
appointed to take into consideration the
proprieiy Of dividing the seventh and eighth
wards into three new wards, presented q
report, accompanied by bill in relation to
the subject. The report was received.
& 5@.oS 355- PETITIONS.
Petition from the members and yestry-
men of the Church of the Advent, asking
that gas post be erected in front of their
church on Vine street. Granted.
~ A p;tition, signed by about 200 citizens,
asking for the passage of a bill providing for
the cleansing of the city was read. The
petitioners suggest that the contract for
keeping the city clean should be given to
the lowest bidder, and that he be allowed
ten carts-one for each ward, and that the
drivers of e'ch cart make daily trips and
take the garbage away at once while it Is in
q healthy condition. The petition was re-
ferred to special committee consisting OF
Councllmen Atchison, Litterer and Ham
ilton. s
Petition from citizens of the Tenth Ward
asking that water pipe be laid on Broad
street, commencing at the corner of Broad
and West Carroll streets. Received.
Petition from citizens of the TIL and 9Th
wards asking for division of these wards
into three new wards was read and re-
ceived. ~ -
UNFINISHED BUSINESS.
/ The bill for the protection of the keeper
OF the public scales passed three readings.
BUSINESS FROM THE OTHER BOARD.
The bill fixing the rate of taxation for the
year 1873, was taken up on the amendmen Mt
of the Board of Common Council, which
was two mills for sewerage purposes and
which was honoured in by the other board.
The board re .eded from its acton and the
bill passed its third reading.
Bill appropria'ing $50 to purchase q
mule for the street department passed three
readings.
L Bill authorizing the paving of the alley
leading from Mulberry to Ash street, pass
ed three readings.
The petition from the County Work
house Commissioners in reference TO the
confinement Of pris 1ners in the city work
house, was referred to special committee, ,
consisting Of councilman Perry, Reid and
Law.
NEW BUSINESS.
By Mr.. Hamilton, bill 10 enforce the
collection Of poll-tax, requiring persons to
pay their poll-tax before voting for Mayor
aud members of the City Council. Passed
two readings.
By Mr.. Law, bill appropriating S3,245
or so much thereof as may be necessary for
the purpose of laying water-pipe and er, Ct
ing three fire plucs on Broad street, be-
tween Vauxhall and West Carroll streets,
passed one reading, and referred to the
Committee on Wster-wcrks.
BY Mr.. Lindsley-A bill to exempt from
taxation for ten years blast furnaces and
rolling mills, passed two readings and re-
ferred to the Committee ON Improvements
and Expenditures, with instructions to re-
port at the next meeting.
DIVISION OF WARDS. %
By Mr.. Lindsley-A bill TO create three
wards out Of the seventh and eighth wards.
The bill provides that the 7th ward shall
be composed of that portion of South Nash
vile within the following limits and bounda-
Ties: Commencing at the centre of Market
street at the point where the present south
ern boundary line of the 9th ward crosses
the same, aud running thence eastwardly
with the line of the 9th ward to Cumber-
land river; thence up Cumberland river to
the corporation line; themes with the east
ern boundary of the corporation of Nash
vile to the centre of MGrfreesboro pike, or
Lafayette street; thence westward!y with
the centre of said Lafayette street TO the
centre of Market street; thence with the
centre Of Market street northW ardly 10 the
beginning.
TIE eighth ward shall be composed of
that portion of South Nashville contained
within the following boundary lines: Com
meucing 1T thu centre of Market street at
the point where the present South bouuda-
ry OF the Sixth Ward crosses the same, and
running thence westwardly and southwark
ly with the South boundary of the Sixth
and Tenth wards to the centre of Bass
street at the point where the present West
ern boundary of the city crosses the same;
thence eastwardly with the GENRE of Bass
street and Oak street to the cantre of Cher
~ street; thence northwardly with the cen
ire of Cherry street to Petway street or
HIPS alley; thence castwardly with the
centre of Petway street or Hills alley to
the centre of Market street; thence north
wardly with the centre of Market street to
the beginning.
The eleventh ward shall be composed of
that portion Of South Nashville within the
following boundary lines: Commencing at
the centre of the Murfreesboro pike or La
fayette street at the point where the eastern
boundary of the city crosses the same and
running thence westwardly alorgthe centre
Of the said Mufreesboro pike or lafayette
street to the centre of Market street; thence
with the centre of Petway street or Hills
alley to the centre of Cherry street; thence
with the centre Of Cherry street southwark
ly 10 Oak street; thence with the centre OF
Oak street and Bass street to the western
boundary Of the city; thence with the west,
sCuth snd eest boundaries of the city to the
beginning.
The bill further provides that Lhe present
Aldermen of the seventh and eighth wards
shall hold Office for the time for which they
were elected; and at the municipal election
which takes place on the last Saturday of
1873, the three wards hereby Gre
ated shall elect Aldermen and Counclmen
as the other wards of the city.
The bill passed its first reading.
Bill sppropriatiDg 500 to erect six gas
posts on BROAD street west Of VauxhaIl
passed one reading and referred to the Gas
committee.
Bill authorizing the street overseer to
put McNairy street in proper repair. Pass
ed one reading and referred to the Street
committee.
Adjourned.
THE ORPHANS.