Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-05-15

! Sucn vacancies. very respectfully,
| THos. a. kERCHEvAL, Mayor.
| ELECTION TO FILL VACANCIES.
Councilman Martin nominated Mr.. Jno.
n. Todd as Councilman from the Third
%ard. a ballot having been taken, Mr..
Todd was declared elected:
| Councilman Reddick dominated G.. NJ.
Fog, jr., as Councilman from the Tenth
ward. Mr.. Fogg was declared elected upon
the first ballot.
The newly elected Councilmen took the
| oath of Office and were provided with seats
| in the Board.
ACCOUNTS.
| The regular monthly accounts, as passed
upon by the Finance Committee, were
read, and on motion of Councilman Towles
the action of the Board of Aldermen with
reference to these accounts, was concuTed
in. the accounts of the Street department
being referred 10 she Finance Committee.
In this connection The folloTins
MINORITY REPORT
was presented by Councilman Luck:
The undersigned member Of your Fin
ance Committee, would hereby protest
against the allowance Of bills from the
street department, amounting to seventeen
I hulidte1 fs'fisrs for broken stone. Said
bills were contracted by the tftair,nsn Of
the Street CoTnnlii....ee; without the consent
of the committee, in violation OF seer SCI. i,an
10, chapter s, Lellyettis digest; in violation
| Of an established rule Of the Street Com
mittee. that no purchase shall be made
Without the consent, Ct majority Of the
members, and ia violation af On act passed
March 10, 1874, instructing the committee
to aHs-avffca hsI. 20 frrufeh tln eft
with one hundred thousand bushels Of
broken stone.
Bids TO deliver stone in compliance with
this act have now been before the eam-
niittee FOR more then 4 mouth: After
repeated discussions and undecisive votes
upon them, notien was carried at a
meeting last Saturday, authorizing tic
chairman 10 purchase all the broken stone
he thinks the. city may need at three and
four cents per bUshe'i
also protest against the aiiOI aitcs Of. a
bill amounting to $3.50 for cleaning the
Howard School privy, and the action of
the Finance Committee approving the
above bills contrary to q resolution recent
ly adopted by the City Councjl instrhciine
them TO apptove no BIZ created in violation
of existing laws.
Sons LICK,
Councilman Filth Ward
The report was received.
DIsALLOwED.
Councilman Towles moved that the &C
counts Of Messrs. Flynn and Consadine,
Yat6lrnen at the Upper Island and lower
Tharf respectfully, l'e aissllo~ed. He said
that these offices had been created and
salaries fixed by the present Mayor, in vIO-
lation of law. Ia this connection he read
the following portion Of section Is Of the
city charter
iThe said City Council shall have power,
and they are hereby Authorised, 20 provide
for the appointrtent or elections in such
manner ss they see g., all necessary officers
for the good government Of said city; they
shall also fix the compensation Of such Of
ficers before their election, which shall
not be increased or diminished during their
term Of Office"
The question being upon the motion Of
fered bF Councilman Towles, It was
sgTeed TO BY q vote NJ rirS TO, eislIt.
MORE CUTTING DOWN,
Councilman Moore moved that the item of
$40 presented by the Market-house commit
tee, forlaying ayement in the Market-hOuse,
be disaliowed., He. said that he had care
fully examined said work and had found
that it consisted Of the half worn bricks in
the floor Of the Market house being turned
boio side up.
Councilman Coleman. Chairman of the
Market-hOuse Committee, said that COun-
Gilman Moore was mistaken, as the pave
ment had been repaired with new brick.
Councilman Edwards said he was men,
Der Of the Market house Committee, but
had never attended any Of its meetings.
Councilman SlOweF said he had approved
the rep6rt Of the Market-hotsc Committee
without seeing the work in question, but
took the word Of the chairman Of the COM
mittee as to the work having been done.
COuncilm n Low made a statement TO
the same effect.
On motion, the account was referred To a
special committee, consisting of Council
men Moore, Miller and Litterer.
Councilman Gau- moved to strike out
S2SS in the bill presented by Mike Conway
for cleansing the clubhouse Of the Howard
school, and inserting 500, as he considered
the charge exOrbitant, and that an allow
ance Of 500 would be very reasonable. AZ
ter some discussion, the matter was referred
to 4 special committee, consisting Of COun-
cilmen Moore, HALEY and Luck.
REPORTS.
The usual monthly reports were read and
BOARD OF HEALTH.
The regular order of business was sus-
pended in order TO take up The bill pro- !
viding for the appointment of a Board of |
Health, the bill having already passed its |
first and second readings.
Councilman Gaut moved to amend the |
bill by providing that the City Physician |
shall also fill the position of Health Officer, |
the office Of City Physician to be abolished |
from the close Of the present municipal |
year. The amendment was agreed to.
The bill as amended was then adopted, |
by the following vote:
Yeas: COuncilmen Towles, Coleman, |
Focg, Martin, Adams, Gaut, Litterer, Mil |
Ter, Haley. Moore, Law, Todd and Presi- |
NAYS: Cnuncilmen Edwards, Cullom, |
Reddiclx, Luck, Ambrose and Berlien--j. |
Bill to lay water pipe ON McNairy street. |
Referred back to the Water-wOrks Com
nittee.
BIZ apprUpriating 81 900 to Officer John
Allison. Passed second reading.
THE CITY HOSPITAL.
A proposition from G.. w. Currey, NJ. D.,
was read, stating that he had been author
zed by Me,srs. Porterfield & McNaiTy, the |
owners of the Berry property, to offer that
vallable place to the city for hospital pur-
poses for the sum of 500 o, and that they |
we're willing to take the notes or bonds of
he CITY for the amount, payable ten years
after date, bearing six per cent interest.
The property fronts about 600 feet on Di-
vision street and 3T5 or 400 feet OH The
GRANNY White pike, and contains about
i've acres of ground. There is a two-story |
brick building upon the place with eight
arce aud well ventilated rooms. IL would
-eouire an outlay of about $1,000 to put it
IN thorough repair.
A proposition from J. VI. Harding
to sell his residence, with eight
md a half acres Of ground attached, for the
,ity hospital for $4,000, $4,000 cash and
he rest payable in four years, at ten per
cent interest, was also read.
Ed. Baxter, Solicitor for the Bilboa heirs,
md w. b. Reese, Solicitor for Mr.. Mus |
rove. submitted proposition upon the
anne subject. They say that if the city /
,risbes 10 buy the Bilboa homestead and /
riII nav $4,000, they feel confident that the
Supreme-Court win order decree to be
uttered forthe sale of the property. under
which decree the city can purchase and
PROCURE on unquestiOnable title.
Al.