The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1879-02-13
MEsIpHIs AND mER REcEIyRR.
How tho New ArranSepsent win ProbabI
Work.

Memphis has been uncharted aud aboI-
ished by tho act of the Tennessee Legis.
lature. Where, two days ago, there wSs
husy city and thriving mart of com.
merce, may now be found no moro than
a howlinp wilderness OF houses, inter-
sected by .sono twenty odd miles OF wood.
en- pavements, mostly in state of decay
and pretty generally unpaid for. But
the city, tho corporation of Memphis, no
longer exists. 1t has been decorporated,
and has no title even to c name. It
might as we'll be called Thebes or Tana;s
as Memphis. The Tennesseean Memphis
did not have as long life as that of the
venerable capitol of Old Egypt, which
hourished for more than .houeand years.
But then they had neither Nicholson
wooden pavements nor municipal bonds
in those primeval times. The -.odern
Memphis was laid out in 1890 incorpora.
ted as city in 1881. After surviving;
for forty eight years IL has besn disincor-
porated and again "laid out' in 1879.
The receiver for the. late corporation,
however, If he ahould be appointed, will
still find come property belonging 90 IL
which he can seize upon. There ID q.
handsome park ald O jackson etatue in
the ceitre of the city. There are build.
ings erected for schools, courts, &C.,
which were the property Of the defunct
corporation, and will naturally fall into
the receivers possession. In fact he
might take contract 70 conduct the mu-
nicipal affairs Of the people in tho vicin.
ity Of the late city for the benefit Of the
creditors, leasing the public property TO
them OF q reasonable rent, and acting
generally as trustee for neglected es-
tate.
In noticing the proceedings inaugura.
rated for the appointment Of receiver,
the Memphis Appeal of Wednesday last
says "The filing of this bill Is likely 10
complicate matters. Until its prayer 10
refueed or granted the new bill repeating
the charter cannot be enforced, as accog-
ding to Section 60 of the Code of the
State the repeal of an act cannot annul
or injuriously affect proceedings begun
under H." s.
The appeal, in commenting on the
probable workings Of the proposed re.
ceivership, says: .E
"Under and by virtue OF the act, and
the granting If the above prayer by the
Court, the friends of the measure claim
that the receiver 30 appointed viii be su.
preme within the city limits, will not be
hampe;ed by o council, will be an officer
of the Court, supported and sustained by
the Court. His orders, would, therefore,
be in the nature Of the orders of the
Court, any failure TO obey which wonld
be contempt, punishable by fine and
imprisonment, c: beth, beth st The nn4inn nf
the Court. He can enforce the collection
Of taxes. those past due as well rs those
just assessed or to be assessed, and he can
compel prompter obedience to existing
ordinances than any city government we
ever had. He can compel the euforca-
msnt of sanitary measures, The paving u
the streets, the scwering of the same, and
any measure he deems necessary for the
safety and tho welfare of the city. In a
word, his would be tho one.man power
which Memphis needs to lift her out of
her difficulties. The only thing now
wanted is the man of iron nerve, and
with sufficient brains to take the place
and do the work. Under thia bill, by
virtue of which the court has tven pray
ed to appoint receiver, the taxes are
limited TO one dollar and sixty cents, and
these are levied by the State. Man.
dRmuses cannot run, and will, say itq
friecds, have immunity from that, tile
one grea. barrier to our welfare and prog.
ress. The receiver has also The power "a
compromise and settle the past due debt
and thus sayethe credit of the city, which
under the bill retains its corporate rights,
titles, immunities, attachments and be.
longinga."