Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-03-04

NNAtSNo poAobiopus VIC saw HOuo III
Memphis who had broken their pledges,
and many who had visited Memphis
many times before and never seen the
procession, will now be enabled to give
their children some account of how the
thing looked"
In the General Council, last night, the
resolution offered by Councilman Hill,
and which directs the City Attorney to
bring suit against Messrs. Brinkley and
Topp to recover the amount Of their in.
~debtedness to the city. amounting, as
was alleged, to over two hundred thou.
sand dollars for bonds, ETC., and not in.
GLIDING taxes ofany kind, was adopted.
In March, 1868, an act was passed BY
the Legislature imposing a fine of from
one TO five hundred dollars upon property
owners who do not place on record map:
and plats Of land and lots sold By subdi.
vision or otherwise. This law has been
violated in hundreds OF instances, IS but
few maps and plats are so filed with the
County Register. The penalty can be
recovered in any court, and when so col
lected it goes iuto the County Treasury.
There is less oratory INDUCED 10 by
the present General Council than has
been heard at the City Hall for years.
AS q general rule out little is said, and
everything is brought down to a vote by
a call for the question" Occasionally
a member will ventilate something for a
few moments, but he 1901 discovers that
his fellow members do not enjoy speech.
making, and he ats down. The present
General Cannail is a working body Of
Legislators, aud, in consequences. business
is transacted With dispatch.
This morning Recorder Duff had en-.
tered of record an order reyoking aud
resembling the order entered Of record on
Monday last, fning P. R. Athy, Chief Of
Police, for contempt Of court in taking
by force State prisoners out of the hands
Of Constable Garvey, who held said pris
oners on warrants issued by Recorder
Dat as ex-oficio justice of the peace
~
Recorder Duff acted properly in impos.
ing the fines aud maintaining the dignity
of his court, and now acts generously
aud msgnanimously in reyokiog toe
order imposing the fines.
The General Council, last night, set.
tied the police muddle by empower
ing the Mayor to pardon persons con.
victed of trivial offenses by the Recorder
aud empowering the Chief Of Police tC
release persons before trial by the Re
corder, when the charges against suct
persons are Of a minor nature, or wher
it is discovered that said persons hav,
been arrested wrongfully aud Illegal,
BY the police. The great question of au
thority has now been settled, aud the
world moves on as usual, notwithstandia,
the late tempest in the teapot"
The late police muddle was a charm
ing sensation for the newspaper report
ers, but alas it has been disposed Of
Where, Oh where shall the news.seeker
now turn for another as beautiful a seusa
ton IS the last one, which was so vel
calculated to be developed into might,
interesting reading2 Just when GU
sensational reporter was gathering VI
facts for the thorough sitting of the in
teresliDg subject the matter was settled
by the General Council, for which tn
City Fathers deserve o vote of thank
from the people, but a vote of censur
from the reporters, who we're eager fol
the fray which was panning out so lively