Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-10-09
A BIG NIGHTS WORK.
Election Of Municipal Officers by the
City Council.
All the Present mcumbents bnt
Three Retained.
The Standing Committees for the
Ensuing Year.
Ronra Of Aldermen.

Aldermen was nelu al U OCiOCh yesterday |
evening, President MeCrea in the chair, |
and all the members present.
The Committee on salaries made the fol- |
lowing report:
To The Mayor and City Council: Your
committee appointed for the purpose Of fix
ing the salaries of officers, for the present
municipal year, and for other pur-
poses, respectfully recommend the |
following, to wit: Mayor. $1,000;
MAYORS secretary, 1920; Treasurer,
$1,000: City Revenue Collector, commits
sions as follows: On first 100000 col
lected, of per cent; second 100000,
per cent. all over 100000, II per cent;
Recorder $500; Recorders clerk, $500;
CITY Marshal, Sl,2o0; Assistant City Mar
shall, 5000 and per cent. on collections;
Superintendent of Waterworks, $500;
First Engineer of Waterworks, $500;
Second Engineer of Waterworks, 1920;
Chief of the Fire Department, $500;
Street Oyerseer, $1,000; Keeper Of the
Workhouse, 81 1000; City Attorney, 81 800;
City Engineer, 81 800; Sexton of the City
Cemetery, $1,050.
Be it enacted by the Mayor and City
Council of Nashville, First-That the
above mentioned amounts shall be the
named for the present municipal year.
Second-That the Offices of Revenue Col
lector and Water Tax Collector be and the
same are hereby abolished, and that the
office of City Revenue Collector is hereby
created, the duties of which shall be those
heretofore pertaining to the two offices
hereby abolished.
Third-That the Office of Tax Assessor
be and the same is hereby abolished.
Fourth-A Board Of Tax Assessors is here
by created, to consist of three persons to be
elected at the same time and in the same
manner as the Tax Assessor has heretofore
been elected, and who shall perform all the
duties of that Office. The annual compen-
sation of each member of said Board shall
be $500.
Fifth.-The Board of Health as now
constituted is hereby abolished.
Sixth.-The Office of Assistant City At
torney is hereby abolished.
ROBERT THOMPSON, Chm,
ROBERT II. HALEY,
B. J. MCCARTHY,
WIN. HENRY SMITH,
G.. w. CUNNINGHAM.
The bill passed upon its third reading
under a suspension of the rules.
Aid. Hai'ey moved that the office OF
Wharfmaster be continued at a salary OF
1900, the compensation now paid that OIL
Ger. The motion prevailed.
II was moved by Aid. McGavOck and
seconded by Aid. Bansford that the City
Attorney be paid a salary OF S2,OOO.
Lost.
BY Aid. Hailey-Bill to repeal chapter
| SO Of Lellyett's Digest, which authorizes
| the licensing of private detectives. Passed
| first reading.
BY Aid. Haiiey-Bill prescribing the du-
| ties Of the Mayors secretary, and fixing his
salary at 81, 200 per year, payable monthly.
Passed three readings under a suspension OF
the rules.
The Board then adjourned to meet the
| Common Council in joint convention for
the purpose of electing the various city OH
Gals for the ensuing municipal year.
Common Council.
| The Board Of Common Council met in
regular session at Z O'Clock, President Pill
cher in the chair.
Messrs. Litterer. Crosthwaite and Cul-
lon. Councilmen elect, were qualified.
The Mayors message, published Wednes-
day, was read and received.
The resolution from the other Board tC'
appoint special joint committee Of two
from the Board of Aldermen and from
the Board of Common Council, TO take
the MAYORS message into consideration,
was concurred IN, and the blank filled by
the appointment of Councilmen Cullom,
Lanier and Coleman on the part Of the
Common Council.
Resolution from the other Board to have
| 200 extra copies of the message printed was
| cOncurred in.
The report ofthe joint COMMITTEES on sal
aries was read, and Councilman Smith
moved to put the bill reported upon its INST
reading. Not agreed to.
Adjourned TO meet toe Board Of Alder
men.
In Convention.
=. The two Boards assembled in eOnven-
ton for the purpose Ofelecting city officials
for the ensuing year, President AcCrea IN
the chair.
On motion of Aid. McGayock, the rule
dropping the hindmost candidate after the
third ballot was adopted.
RECORDER.
The chair announced that nominations
for Recorder were in order. The follow
ing were nominated: s. A. Duling, ). Z.
Pentecost. -,r .-s
On the first ballot Mr.. Duling received
II, Mr.. PentecOst 10. Duling was declared
elected. .-.
TREASURER.
Arson Nelson was the only nominee iOr
Treasurer.
He received % votes and was declare d
unanimously elected.
WATERMAN COLLECTOR
For Water-tax Collector the following
nominations were made: w. III. Harris,
Jno. W. Edwards, Jno. L. Glenn, JOS
Shafier.
Harris received vote, Shaffer ?, Glenn
, 10, and Edwards Is. Edwards was Dc
cared elected.
CITY MARSHAL.
For City Marshal the following nomina
tions We're made: Geo. l.. Beech, ID. III
Pitman. J. D. Strader, II. Griffin, W. IL
Allen, Milt Ryman, JnO. Allison, George
Diggons. Pitman was elected on the siXtl
, ballot, the vote standing: Beech II, Pit
man 10. -
ASSISTANT MARSHAL. sz
For Assistant Marshal the following
nominations were made: G. W. NOrYell
Theo. Willard, w. Longhurst, A. )
Camp, ]. r. Venable, w. W. Hill, W. W
Phillips, Geo, Reddick, J. S. Beadle, j. l.
; Bateman, Jack Sloan. Norvell was elected
on the fifth ballot, the vote standing: Nor
veil, Is; Willard 6; Hill, 3; Reddick, ..
CHEF OF FIRE DEPARTMENT.
The following nominations were mad'
for Chief of the Fire Department: =. A
: Hughes, VIM. Stockell and r. s. Patterson
, Capt. Stockell was elected on the third bal
lot, the vote standing: StOckell, Is; Pat
tersOn, IL.
. SUPERINTENDENT OF wATERwoRKs. .
The following nominations for Superin
tendent of the Waterworks Were made
Jas. Wyatt, W. w. johnson, T. NJ. Bren
nan. Jno. Douglass. Wyatt was electe'
on the first ballot, the vote standing: Wy
att. u; johnson, 3; Brennan, ?; Doug
lass, ?.
STREET OYERsEER.
The following were put i'll nOminatioi
e for Street Overseer: JnO. Quigley, Pa
{ Griffin, Jno. Walden, Jacob Geiger, Var'
4 Alley and WIN. Haslam. Haslam wa
: elected on the 9th ballot, the vote standing
Haslam, 10; Geiger, II.
FIRST ENGINEER OF WATERwoRks.
VIM. Dashiel was nominated for first en-