Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-02-01

March 23d, 1875, receive for col
lecting and disbursing the revenue
Of said taxing district the sum Of
(SlOOO) one thousand dollars per an.
mum.
| Sec. II. Be it further enacted, that
the hre engines, hose and carriages,
horses and wagons, engine houses,
public buildings, public grounds,
parks, promenades, wharfs, streets,
alleys, engineers instruments and all
other property, real and personal,
hitherto used by such corporations for
purposes of government, are hereby
transferred to the custody and control
OF said board of commissioners, TO re-
main public property, as it has always
been, for the uses to which said pro-
perty has been hitherto applied. and
that all indebtedness for taxes or other
wise, whether in litigation or other
wise, due to the said municipalities.
shall vest in and become the property
ct the State, to be disposed of for the
settlement of the debts of said extinct
municipalities as shall be hereafter
provided by law; and all suits now
| pending shall be prosecuted to final
determination under the provisions of
this act without change of parties. and
suits brought by said taxing districts
shall be brought in the name of the
president of the board of fire and
police commissioners; provided, how
ever, that the taxes heretofore assessed
as privilege taxes and set apart for the
payment of the police and fremen,
shall be paid out as collected, under
the provisions of this act, to the said
police aud firemen. And provided
further, that such taxing districts.
through the president of the board Of
tire and police commissioners. are
hereby authorized to employ com
petent attorney to attend to the legal
business Of the same, at an annual
salary Of $1,000, to be paid in monthly
installments.
Sec. 10. Be it further enacted, That
the president Of the board of health
shall be appointed annually by the
legislative council upon the nomina-
ton of the chairman of the board of
tlre and police commissioners. The
board of fire and police commissioners
shall appoint in addition to the police
men hereinbefore provided for, one
other policeman, who shall receive the
same compensation as the others, but
he shall be detailed by the chairman
of said board to act as health officer.
and as such shall constitute a part of
the board of health. They may be also
a secretary of the board of health, to
be appointed by the president of the
board of health, and may be allowed
Tor his services a sum not ex.
ceeding $50 per month. The com
pensation of the president of the
board of health shall not exceed $10O
per month. The expenditures for
these salaries shall be borne by the
tax provided for the health service.
| Sec. l6. Be it further enacted. That
the president of the board of fire and
police commissioners shall be the
executive officer of the taxing dis
trlct. He shall see that all the
laws of the taxing district are
enforced through thel heads of po.
lice, fire and health service.
The heads Of each of these depart
ments shall credit all accounts against
1t, but before payment they shall be
acted upon and approved by the board
OF police and fire commissioners.
which shall hold sessions at least once
per month, for the purpose of auditing
accNhnts against the taxing district
All sessions Of this board shall be
open and held in any suitable building
IN the taxing district, belonging to the
public, or in the County Courtroom
Of the courthouse of the county at
such times as the courtroom is not
being used by the County Court. In
case of the temporary absence or sick
ness Of the chairman of the board of
lire and police commissioners, the
commissioner chosen by the popular
vote shall discharge, for the time be-
ing, the duties of the chairman of the
board. The Quarterly Court of the
county in which the taxing district is
located, shall have power to remove
either Of said commissioners for NAL
teesance or misfeasance is office, or for
habitual drunkenness, or grossly i'm
moral conduct. In case of per-
maRent physical or mental inca
pacity TO serve, or removal from
the district, the County Court shall
declare the Office vacant. Vacancies
in the Office of the commissioner
appointed by that body, and of the
commissioner elected by the popular
votes shall be filed by the Quarterly
Court for the unexpired term. The
board Of FIRE and police commissioners
shall render to each Quarterly Court
a tabular statement of the receipts,
accounts, disbursements, Of all the
branches Of service, Of the local gov
ernment, and all of its official acts for
the preceding quarter, which shall be
filed and preserved by the County
Court, and such action may be had
thereon as the public welfare may re-
quire The chairman of the board Of
hre and police commissioners shall
furnish all necessary hooks and sta
tionery for the use of the taxing dis.
triot, which shall be paid for by him
out of the taxes provided for the sup.
port Of the local government of the
district.
Sec. II. Be 1t further enacted, That
all the officers and agents employed in
the administration Of said local gov.
ernments shall be the officers and
agents of the State, 80 far as all
their official acts touching said
governments are concerned. Those
officers charged with disbursing,
safe keeping, Or performing any other
acts touching the taxes imposed BY
this act, shall be liable for any and all /