Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-08-15

Proceedings OF tine City Council
Last Might.


The Board met as usual last night
Mayor Branner presiding, and the
following aldermen present.:
McAffry, Hudiburg. Sullivan, Hook
enjns. Murphy, Dickson, Mackey,
Barrier, Irwin, Atkins, Allison,
Michaels, O'Conner, Caldwell, Nc
.Croskey.
The minutes were read and ap-
proved. s&1
Mayor Branner presented abatement
of w. Fl. Swan, trustee, with the cors
poration of Knoxville, for the year
1878, showing balance due on taxes
of that year of $500 es, which was res
ceived and ordered spread OF record.
r. L Gsut, who was present, asked
hs 80 feet of curbing be laid on the
nOr. h side Of Vine street, on Summit
Lili. Ordered laid on motion OF Al>
defmau Michaels.
q M. Harrill asked that fine OF
$500 assessed sgainst:one Of bis drivers
Tm ronDlng into q Orsy be remitted.
| Ga motion of Alderman MlCroskey
| The following bills were presented
ny Alderman Allison, chairman of the
| finance committee, properly approx ed
aud passed for payment:
T. A. Burriel....".. ..........~ ......01 81
| L Ct. Miller &c Co...-.."............ / IL
=. B. LuttFell....... ..................... 2 II
E. w. Adkins, bills OF costs...... 1872 Al
| Ellington Il Co.........."............ 3O4 "a
1 J.
Alderman Mackey presented the
report of the market master for ths
month of July, showing that his 20
ceipts during that month were from
stall rents $l73: city scales fees $40 80
;otal, $222.50; less salaries, $67, leaving
let receipts of $l55 so. ..trrfe. ~
AS to the matter of building els,
.ern at each of the Hampton Sidne.
aud Austin school buildings, Chair
man Mackey reported for himsel
against the matter, but four others o
,he committee were for it. - .3
On motion the cisterns asked TO
were ordered constructed.
. Alderman McCrosi ey offered 81
ordinance levying tax for the yea
1880 of one and one-hah per centun
. on all taxable property, and
poll tax OF one dollar. TIL
ordinance also provides to appropriat
out of the assessment S12 600 TO the in
terest on the public debt, 81 coo to th
debt due the University Of Tennessee
SO 900 to the support OF the publi
schools of the city, the remainder to b
applied to the general expenses.
S Alderman Dickson moved to amen
by masking the tax one and one-tent
per cent, or $1.10 on the 500, the sam
ss the tax levied in 1879. |
e Speeches were made by Alderme
\ Dickson, Sullivan and Mackey in fave
he low tax, and by Aldermen Al
kins, Burrier, Neatly and Alliso
supporting the increase Of taxation.
On motion OF Alderman Dickson th
ayes and noes were called for on til
en- ndment, those voting aye for To
SLID tex and no for $l.50, with th
loIiuwing result. s15'a.at H@-@
: Aye-DicksOn, Irwin, Mankey, Mul
bly,, O'Gonner, Sullivan-6. No
Allison, Atkins, Burrier, Caldwell
Hudlburg, Hockenjos. Neatly, MI
Croskey, MichaeIs-9. Thus Tia
amendment was lost.
The original ordinance levyiug
r lax Of 81 so on the 500, was the
s passed on first reading and goes over
: The next meeting. The ayes and nos
Oh this question were as follows:
II Aye-Allison, Atkins. Burrie
: cwell, HudIburg. Neatly. Nj
8 CrOskey. Michaels-8. No-DicksoI
Hooker jos, Irwin, Mackey, MurphJ
D'Counzr. SulIivan-7.
The ordinauce introduced by Alder
man Allison fixing privilege tax {
r $50 and no more on livery stables, we
passed on second reading and become
d law.
Alderman Dickson brought up b
= ordinance allowing hucksters to sell t
2 all hours of the day, but it was lost o
second reading by vote Of IL to
Aldermen Dickson and McAffr
5 voting aye.
A motion of Alderman Burrier [
; construct rock walk from the mort
. -nd Of the market house to the cit
scales for market wagons to back u
y on each side, was lost.
Alderman Allison read on the secon
. reading the ordinance granting th
:, right of way for the Tennessee rive
bridge on the south end of Gay stree
and it was passed and becomes q law