Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-11-08


his example would not bear scru- :
inv. Cincinnati was enabled to do I
his by an act of the Ohio Legis- j
allure, and the very fact that such
an act was passed would seem to ,
indicate that without it the action
If Cincinnati would have been lie
gal. At the Wednesday meeting
Jndoe Smith commenced his argu-
ment by endeavoring to establish a
precedent, quoting former acts OF
GAINESVILLE i'm which she had pala
for improvements outside OF the
limits. The instances ne
mentioned were the taking stock IN
the Greenwood Cemetery and the
building the colored school-house
outside of the corporate limits. we
do not think that these instances
were either of them in point. what |
the civ did in reference to the |
cemetery was to buy lot there
over which control is secured TO
her. This is no parallel with the
nropositiOn to improve a road OF
which she does not become the pur-
chaser and over which she VIII
have no control when built. AS
for the school building in question:
II must be remembered that the
school system under which it was
huilt is not limited to ClarksVllie
nor under the exclusive control oil
the GAINESVILLE City Council, but
belongs to the whole Twelfth Dis
trict of Montgomery County, and IS
directed by a Board partly elected
by the citizens of Clarksville ana
nartIv by those of the district out
side of the city. This would there
} fore only be case in point if the
building were outside of the district
as well as the city, and even then II
would be like the purchase in the
0 cemetery, case of buying property
t which would continue to be under
= the control of the purchasers.
n Lastly, however, Judge Smiti
y brought up case which had beer
decided in the Supreme Court o
e this State which seems to us NOR
n apposite. The city of Nashvlll
n had subscribed to the stock OF tn
s. n, & C. r. R. in order to increas
ID her area Of communication, ana a
Injunction had been applied tor I
as forbid the subscription as beih
IN ultra yires under her existing cha
ed ter. The case in due time can
Id into the Supreme Court of the Stat
a where Judge Turley dissolved Il
us Injunction deciding that any schen
he for opening up navigable river
is q railroad or turnpike road for Il
n nurpose of extending the CONNER
les of a city was lawfully included
ch the mowers of a City Council unq
rs. the head of Corporation Purposes
lb- IF the charter of GAINESVILLE is t
ed. same in conditions with that
zen Nashville, this undoubtedly seeI
rs, to us to cover the case.
dit We have stated this argument
to the best of our ability because
consider the powers of the u
be Council as regards taxation and
the preparations subject which Gus
Dnr to be clearly understood and Je
BON ousIy watched, though it has
the practical import now as Affect
mn the proposed grant, Judge SIN
no having withdrawn his applicat
not and the resolution Of Tuesday MI
had having been rescinded; but
hat think IA few considerations deVo
pm to South GAINESVILLE to be yet
lor manded.
no Wewill say then that we do
elze conceive it to have been strictly
Gen. nuestion of law which intuen
the the City Council in resembling Il
original resolution, and still
was it a disposition to deal Ill
= rally with Messrs. Smith d Lur
SUD- IT was rather fixed eonVictlo
'uth the inxependincy of doing a
we thing for the improvement OF
men urbs which, being outside the
the poration limits, pay nothing
e 10 wards the expenses OF such
hSe' provements.
ouh- If South GAINESVILLE and CIR
the wood avenue were within the
e In poration limits, the defec
iage- communications of those sub
u at would, we have no doubt, |
neu' been remedied many years ago,
ac'i- It is a settled conviction in
I'M minds of the GAINESVILLE pc
ayers that its limits should be so eXter
al Of that all who gain the advanta'
the city improvements should
nave taxea 40 as to bear their share o
EXPENSES, and that so long as
srae' improvements are extended oe'
i lar the corporation line at the exp
sldes of those within the corpor;
nmu- there will be no motive for the
urban residents TO become GU
ramc of corporate GAINESVILLE. Ties
$ us believe to have been the mo
zen d which actuated the opponent
mon the measure, and we cannot
sVllle that they were iIl-grounded; Oh
9 FL contrary, we think they acted
'eiiuo correct principle.
t this
road
f the THE College Christian assoei
who will hold union meeting Su
clos afternoon, Nov. 8, at 81 o'cloc
very the Coilege eA..'pel' " 49,.
,,an,,e n,Ihlic are cordially invited
80 - tend. Rev. C. r. HemphlA w