Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-03-04
COMMON COuNCIL.

hall at half-past seven o'clock last night,
President Williamson in the chair.
The resolutions and ordinances which
passed in the previous meeting Of the
board of aldermen were ooncurred in !;
the resolution to purchase six directories
being tabled.
The account of Hammond, Jordan &
Randolph passed first reading.
Jos. s. Andrews's petition was grant
ed; also, that CT John Johnson, proprie-
tors of Southern Oil-mill, and others
were concurred in.
The petition of the hueksters, garden
ers and butchers to enforce the ordi-
nance relative to the tax on such vOca.
tiens was concurred in.
THE supreme court court of Tonnes
see has decided that person has the
right to sell anything raised on his place.
This question was decided last fall, and
ended the arrest of persons upon the
charge of selling the products of the
soil without license. No license is re-
quirad
A HEALTHY PETITION.
The following petition was received
and flied:
1--WE, the undersigned owners of the
Memphis cotton and wool manufacture
ing company, understanding that strong
influence is being exercised to have
some of the most important sections Of
the ordinance governing the board Of
health of this city abolished, beg to Pc
tition your honorable board against such
q step, notonly because it would be in.
furious to cur personal interests, but also
to the interests Of the entire city. In
our cotton and wool factory, as also in
any manufacturing enterprise which
may be started in this city, it Is essen
tial 10 import q considerable amount of
northern skilled labor; and if it gets
abroad that the powers Of the board of
health are being abridged, it will have
the effect OF diseouragiDg the immigra-
ton of northern artisans; and we
would, therefore, respectfully urge you
not to take any steps in such direction,
as an efficient board OF health is of vital
importance to the growth of the city.
We, your petitioners, are investing a
large amount of capital in this new en-
terprise, and we think such enterprises
ought to be encouraged by every means
in your power. e. URQUHART,
tit. b. MILBURN,
LIMO. D. MILBURN,
"WM MoFFATT."
A motion to table this petition was
lost. Thereupon the petition was re-
ceived and ordered to be filed.
The city attorney was added to the
to ascertain what property in
the ninth and tenth wards was ex-
empt from the Nicolson pavement tax.
DR.. II. w. Jones, secretary of the
board of health, made his monthly re-
port, showing the number of deaths to
be seventy, Of which thirty-four were
negroes. The expenses Of the depart
ment were $59l.
The report of Recorder Duff showed
the following figures: Number of ar
rests, 1863; tried and fined, 229; dis
81; State cases, So; released be-
fore trial, Z; continued, 4; amount of
fines assessed, S2370; cash collections,
S1035; cash due from Recorder Winters,
S5; cash received on mittimus, S267 So;
grand total, Sl307 So.
The chief of the fire department re-
ported the expenditures Of that depart
ment to be, $40S9 IS; number OF fires, 5;
false alarms, 2; loss, $3.50; insurance,
$780,
The report OF P. R. Athy, chief of po-
"
'eedipg the prisoners, $271 Is; dodgers
2S6; oil lamps not
lighted, 80; gas lamps not lighted, 81;
amount of stolen property recovered,
800.
City Engineer Meigs's report shows the
following figures: Total expenditures
'tom January 10Th to February 26, 1876,
S2767 80; total work done by street force,
. II u GOE0 kal
work Of hired force connected with the
shair-gsng, $3.50 05.
StationhoUse-Keeper Davis reported
collections amounting to $40.
The committee on accounts presented
he following report: Salary account,
S1014 So; ponce department, $4971 81;
ire department, $40S9 IS; hospital de-
osrtment, S2359 SO; board of health,
S681 10; expenses, 1887 20; market
$3.50; public improvements,
S269i 81; lights and lamps, S799 81;
S95; stationery, S64 S5; public
quares, SIS; contingent fund, 1896 40.
Total appropriations, ST., $50 "a.
All of the above reports, which should
AVE been made at the last meeting of
he council, were received.
The petition Of G. A. Leffingwell was
abled.
Councilmen Carr, Weller and Rourke
we're cepst tuteda committee to act upon
3olstein's petition.
The ordinance to appoint an assistant
at one hundred dollars
'er month was tabled by unanimous
'ote. A division being called for, the
notion to table was again voted on and
The ordinance was amended
md then tabled.
Louis Rsja's petition was referred.
The petition ofone West to be released |
rom the chain-gaDg was granted.
Frank Steele's petition to have q flne |
+ twenty-five dollars RENTED was
ranted.
The resolution to advertise for bids for |
ity printing, being amended by the |
osrd CT aldermen 30 as to give ten days |
office, was concurred IN.
The ordinance relative to the exercise |
I the psrdOning power was amended so |
g tn give the mayor power to pardon |
ersons alter conviction by the recorder, |
nd the chief Of police power to release |
ersons before conviction, passed Its final |
sading.
Adjourned to half-past seven o'clock