Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-07-08

luS DlSJficI were In SESSION from ~ u
II o'clock to-day, and ran through q
lively lot OF routine work. The fol
lowing are among the municipal mat
ters acted upon:
County Trustee Fleece reports hay
ing received of the state Of Tennessee
for the Taxing District of Shelby
county tax books for the years 1879
and 1890, embracing
Assessments on property for
Observation-Disclosures. "... Sl03,olZ 70
For polls, lS79......""."...". $40 90
Merchants capital, lS79.."...... 29,2O6 so
Aotal %
Property tax for l880............$307,4 40 %
Poll tax for lSS0.......-. ...... 9,676 90
Merchants capital""".""""." 22,l74 ~
lOldl .......s. .......... 10
Attorney Heiskell suggested to the
board the appointment Of committee
to look over thebooks and, if possible,
find some means to collect some part
Of the still delinquent taxes.
City Attorney Heiskell reports hav-
ing been engaged in Ill lawsuits for
the Taxing District, besides habeas
corpus cases and cases before magis-
%trates, which he has not placed on his
books. OF these ten were lost in the
supreme court, two have been dis.
missed, eight have been settled with
out trial, aud seyenty-six have been
gained, making ninety-four cases dis
posed Of. There are fourteen cases
yet untried, and four are now before
the supreme court.
During. the past three months s.
Isaacs and G. Samolson have fled
bills in the. chancery court to enjoin
the use Of the main sewer because the
sewer runs on the top of the ground
through compliments lots, and des-
tFoys the use Of the property. The
city attorney recommends that the
lots be filled, and thus obviate diff.
Guilty.
The case Of s25 fine imposed
on Thos. Barrett for cruelty to ami
mails some time ago, has been appealed
to the circuit court.
Attorney Heiskell reports collec-
tons in the following cases after
judgment: Taxing District VS.. Thos.
Cofey, SOL; Phoenix insurance COM
pany, Brooklyn, $211; National FIRE
insurance company, Hartford, $211;
Royal fire insurance company, Liver
pool, $2ll; Northern insurance com
pany, New York, $211; American in
surance company, $211; Continental
New York, s2ll;. Orient insurance
company, $2ll; Liverpool, London
and Globe, s2ll; Insurance Company
OF North America, Nd, $211. Total
S2O;60O.
The evee paving question excited
considerable discussion. The slow
movements Of Contractor Order wai
ventilated, and talk of abrogating his
contract was advocated. Further
action in the premises will bsheard o.
before long. A committee are to OK.
anime and report at an carly day al
to the advisability of reconsiderin.
and annulling the contract, or of in
surfing more rapid work on the part O
the contractor.
Mr.. Order is to be notified to ap
pear before the police and FIRE commits
sioners Tomorrow to show cause VIII,
his paving work is not going on NOR
rapidly, and whatlhis prospects are Il
complete his contract. His securitie
have been notified that they will b
expected to pay up 800 daily for Gri
l der's failure since the 1st Of July;
portion Of his work having been con
tracted to be complete by that date.
The wash at the foot of Trezevan
street, whereby Tennessee street i
a threatened with caving in symptoms
. came up for discussion. The oitv an