Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-01-12

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The B.5ar,i fnet il. special adjourned
ses, lion last night, May;,t LuttFell pres
siding, aud the following Aldermen
present:
McCluug, Neatly. C,tz-, Kerr,
Harris, Stephenson, Sullivan, AilIson,
Patty, B,Td, Shea, 6mithr Fields and
Irwin.
After the reading Of the minutes,
Alder man McJlung, Chairman OF the
i. nance C3mn1ittee, presented the
following bills, which were properly
approved anu passed for pay ment:
u. Edyet .-.... .................''' '.''' POI ~
VIM. IL. oWan......."....,....''' oO W
David Newman...... .......-Y--...'.'' Al %
Hunter & Ges+ss.ss ~ = ........ . oO
DR.. J. G. Hudgiugs. ......:.........- 90
Craig & FergusOU...........-... o9
Ogden BrDs...... .................. 90
Geo. NJ. White..... ......,............ lO3 03
A bill of DR.. J. +. Lew for SlO.OO,
professional services, Was referred to
the Finance Committee. f
[ u reference to the petition for the
refunding of $4,000 overpaid personal
tax d cl aimed by Col. G. NJ. McGhee,
Alderman McClung reported that be
had thoroughly Investigated the mat
ter, consulted City Attorney Washing
ton aldiOthe r authorities, who informed
him that the law of the Legislature,
under which those bindings OF over
paid. tax Oh personal property hava
been made, was UNCONSTITUTIONAL ,rand
that the Corporation has a perfect
right TO tax personal property just the
same as real estate, and that Il also has
a right TO tax banks in the same man
ner. With this state of affairs Mr..
McCIung said the committee could
not recon- mend the refuniing asked
fDI, out would TeeOmm mend that TruS-
tee swan he in. tructed to collect ail
such tax lust as assessed, all of which
he will be required to account for.
Alderman McClung also read !he
re,,trt of the Finance Com mittee for
the year 1878. which was, on motion,
adopted, aud 500 copies thereof ordered
printed in circular form for free dis
triOution throughout the city. Alder
mao Harris bad made the discovery
that the city papers had been charg G
"enOTmOus prices for the pubiica-
ton Of these reports heretofore; hence,
it was decided DOt TO lay this i'm
portant report before the people in this
shape again. ..
The fi0ance report shows tbs follows
ing figures OF the condition of the
cit-y's finances during and at the end
of the year 1878: Receipts, $i3 2O9 rs !;
Disbursements, $43 1877 "a; cash on
band, $l2 81. The city's bonded debt
is -bowH To be $JSl, 200 other Ijabiii.
Ties. $40 568 40; total bonded and float
ing debt, $2O7, ,768 40. AVailable re-
sources. mostly uncollected taxes,
S43, ,563 u, The city owns property to
10 the amount of $154, 500.
Alderman Allison, Chairman of Ii e
Fire and Police Committee, submitted
his report Of the years. work in that
department. The report shows that
during the year 1873, there were 299
arrests, males 25S, females Al; amount
of fines adjudged $l,752, Collected,
81 ,057 81. special mention is made Of
the tfficiercy of both the police force
and Fire Department. During the
whole year not a com paint was lodged
against d single member of the police
force aud it is recvm m ended that the
free should be enlarged in numbers.
Alderman McAffry, Chairman of
the Street Com mittee reported in favor
of allowing Jas. Leary $50 for the use
of his ia ind rock for the city work.
NOu-,', adopted.
q 'GeIInau CruZ3, Chairman OF Inc
Market and Building Committee, re-
ported The amount Of receipts in this
department for the year as follows; :;
From Market House, stall rents, ETC.,
81 ISL; from city scales, 1868 Report
adopted.
Alderman Harris, Chairman of the
Sanitary Committee, read hls report,
" hica shows the expenses in that de-
partmant1during the year to have been
1862 58 Phe report was adopted, and
on motion of Alderman Shea. $50 was
appropriated to Alderman Harris for
extra services.
Ga motion OF Alderman Shea, Mr..
J. r, Haupt was exempted from cor
poratiou tax on his residence, on ac-
coHnt his heviDg to keep up the road
thereto.
NJ other business, the Board adj
journed till next Friday night, which
IS the regular meeting. ...e..