Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-04-18
GENERAL COUNCIL.
Proceedings Of the Last Adjourned
Meeting of the Present Month
Joint Session of the Two
Boards.
Recorder Dufi's Suspension Announced
The Mayor Authorized to Borrow
Money to Pay Expenses.
two New Fire Engines 10 be Purchased
A SOmmtttee of Managers APP
pointed TO Conduct the Duff
Impeachment, Etc.
BOARD OF ALDERMEN.

ton for the appointment of 8 special
committee, with the city engineer, to
ascertain the probable cost of running a
main sewer from the north to the south
| line Of the city, and thence to the river
at low-wa,er mark. Adopted. Com.
nittee: Aldermen Elder and Grant.
By Alderman Elder: Authorizing the
mayor and tax-coliect0r to settle with
delinquent taxpayers in the ninth and
tenth ward for taxes prior to 1876
Adopted.
The petition OF VIM. Matthews, for
permission to peddle without license,
was referred to the mayor and city at
torney.
w. c. Ksvsnagh's petition, for reduc-
ton of assessment, was referred to the
finance committee; also, the petition Of
G.. P. and F, G. Frazer.
An ordinance to provide for the cur
rent expenses of the police and fire de-
paTtments, and for public Improvements,
for the remainder of the year, from the
common council, passed its first read
ing and was referred to the finance COM
mittee.
The resolution authorizing the mayor
to sign a contract for the purchase Of two
new Silsby fire engines, adopted by the
council, was lost.
Alderman Elder offered resolution
authorizing the city engineer TO use paw
ing stones on the leVee in repairing Main
street. Adopted.
Alderman Grant offered a resolution
for the appointment Of joint special
committee of managers to prefer formal
charges for the impeachment of Re-
corder W. L. Duff. Adopted. Commit
tee: Aldermen Grant and Dent.
The action OF the council in rstifying
the action Of the mayor, in remitting
fines, was concurred in.
Adjournment to next regular meeting,
the first Wednesday afternoon in May,
at three o'clock.
COMMON COUNCIL.
An ad Ourned meeting was held Mon
day night, April 18th, with Chairman
Williamson ard thirteen cGuncilmen in
attendance.
The board Of aldermen met the coun-
Gil in Joint session to hear the mayors
message announcing tho suspension of
Recorder Duff The message stated that
the recorder was anxious for an imme.
diste and thorough Investigation of his
conduct. The message was received,
and the aldermen returned to their hall.
The following ordinance, introduced
by Councilman Donovan, passed first
reading.
SECTION l. Be 1t ordained 6y the
general council Cf the city Of Memphis,
That for the purpose Of meeting the
monthly current expenses Of the police
ard fire departments and the depart
ment of public improvements for the re-
mSinder of the year 1876, the mayor be
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upon the notes of the city payable jan
uary 20th, 1870, the sum Of ninety
thousand dOliars, at rate OF interest
not exceeding ten p psr cent. par annum,
seventy thousand dollars OF the above
police and fire departments, and twenty
thousand dollars for the exclusive use of
public Improvements.
Section 2. That in order to secure the
prompt payment OF seventy thousand
dollars of the above amount the tax on
merchants capital for the year 1876, and
all the privilege tax due January l, 1877,
are hereby Get apart aud pledged for the
payment of the sum specified in section
l OF this ordinance.
Section 8. That no part of the revenue
arising from said tax on merchants
capital for the year 1876, and privilege
tax for 1877, shall be used for any other
purpose whatever, and q separate &C.
count shall be kept by the comptroller,
and the same shall be paid into the
treasury and be held and applied for the
payment of the said loan until said
amount be paid in full.
Section 4. That in order to secure the
payment of the remaining twenty thou
sand dollars of the amount so borrowed,
the one per cent. tax for general pur-
poses for the year 1879 is hereby set
apart and pledged for the payment OF
the same, and no part thereof shall be
used for any other purpose whatever,
and the ssme shall be paid into the treas
ury and be held and applied for the pay
ment of the said loan until the said
amount be paid in full.
Section s. That for the purpose of
more effectually securing the loans su-
thOrized by the preceding sections Of
this ordinance, the mayor and comp
trOller are hereby authorized to issue to
the party or parties making the loans,
warrants on the treasury payable out OF
the fand to be realized from the tax on
merchants capital for the year 1876, and
the privilege tax for the year 1877, to
the amount of one hundred thousand
dollars, and warrants on the treasury,
payable out Of the one per cent. tax for
general purposes for 1876 to the amount
OF fifty thousand dollars, said warrants
to be in sums of not less than one hun
dred dollars each, and to deposit the
same with the party or parties making
the loans, to be held by them ss collat-
eral security for the payment thereof,
and the tax on merchants capital for
the year 1875, and the privilege tax for
1877, and the one per cent. tax for gen.
eral purposes for 1876 shall be payable
and shall be collected, respectively, only
in money or in warrants so deposited As
collateral security until the said loans
shall be repaid or the said warrants shall
be redeemed.
Sec. 6. That all ordinances or parts Of
ordinances inconsistent with this Ordi-
nance are hereby repealed
The mayor wes authorized to sign the
contract for the Silsby rotary engine.
He was also authorized to make ar
rangements to have the city's horses
moved from the engine-house on Poplar
street, now used as q stable.
The mayor was instructed to pay for
coal according to certificates from the
city weigher.
Councilmen Gibson, " eller and
Boyle were appointed a committee to
concur with the aldermen's committee
on the impeRcnment of Recorder Duff.
A petition from property-owners on
Vance street, near Cynthia, for the
privilege Of constructing a sewer, was
rejected.
Adjourned to next regular meeting.
A New Way to Pay Old Debts.
NEW ORLEANS, April 15.-The city
authorities have decided to have quar-