Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-04-04
MEET ONCE AGAIN.
The County Court in Session and Large
Amount OF Work Gone Through
With Yesterday.
A Railroad Compromise, a Letter from
Judge HOrrigan and Lottery
Mans Prayer.

The County Court met yesterday, with
Chairman Smith presiding and the following
magistrates present. First district-W. w.
Dickson, J. A. Murray; second-W: T.
York; third. n. Harrison, V W. VIII
liams; fourth. Jackson, John ID. Hines;
fifth-Thomas Modet, P. J. Quigley, P. NJ.
Winters; sixth-J. w. Alexander, B. W.
Pryor; seventh-W. +. Gowan, Elijah Pull
liam, B. J. Kimbrough; eighth-Alex Jones,
=. Mercer; NINTH. w. Allen; lie lth-B.
C. Bledsoe, 1. II. Shelton, :. Moore; elev-
enth-James Brett, c. NJ. Calls; twelfth
Tom Holemsn, jr I. p. Lewis; thirteenth
T. P Cole, G.. E. Smith; feurteenth-John
T. Elliott, Thomas Fleming; ffteenth-G.
r. Egnew; sixteenth-R. NJ. Mason, D. c.
Slaughter; eighteenth-E. S. Elan, J. S.
Galloway.
J.C. johnson was nominated for public
guardian and elected by reclamation. His
bond was fixed at $1,000.
Alex. Jones and X. H. Sneed we're APP
pointed notaries public.
A committee, composed of Messrs. Hole
man, Bledsoe and Galloway, was appointed
TO recommend the rate OF taxation for the
year 1882.
A petition was received from Messrs. Snow
den and Overton, showing that the assessors
in the Third ward had assessed their prop
erty twice, once as Snowden and Oyertop,
and once as Overton and Snowden. The
SOuAb TIC hSCCoooiJ SOAASSNAOh'
THE L. AND N. MATTER.
Messrs. c. E. Smith and W E. Gibson,
committee appointed by the Court at its JAN
uary term, iSS2, to take into consideration
the matter of the pending litigation in the
Federal Court at Memphis, wherein the
Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company |
claims that the property OF the Mem
phis and Ohio Railroad Company is |
exempt from taxation and seeks to pepet- |
alI ioi he pf said
from taxation with power to adjust or COM |
promise the litigation aforesaid terms |
that may be equitable and just, reported sub |
stantially as follows: The Louisville and |
Nashville road filed its bill in the United |
States Circuit Court December 20, 1881, |
against Henry and other counties that the |
Louisville and Nashville has consolidated |
with the Memphis and Ohio Railroad Com
pany. By the charter of the latter road it |
provided that the capital stock of the COM |
pany is forever exempt. The road was COM
pleted in 1860, and it is claimed that the ex-
emption of the company's property is Sc
cured by charter contract until 1881. The |
committee report in favor of a compromise
offered BY the road, because the company
makes liberal concessions, and the commit
tee fears that the suit may be eventually de- |
cided against the county. The committee ac-
cordingly entered into the following agree
men: The Louisville and Nashville agrees
to pay the county of Shelby Si937 81, the |
amount of the county taxes for the years
1878, 1879 and 1880 upon the mileage and
upon the valuation reported by the State
railroad assessors during these years, in con-
Of which the county is to release
the road from the payment OF all back taxes
whether assessed or not prior TO 1881, and
the amount is received as full payment and
satisfaction OF all claims or demands for
taxes on the Memphis and Ohio railroad.
Il IL Al
United States Court is compromised and set
tied. The report was approved by the court,
and c. E. Smith was appointed agent TO col
lect the money from the road.
PETITIONS.
petition from A. c. Terrell, stating that
he was assessed in the sum of $4,000, said TO
be deposited in bank in the city of Memphis,
W as received. He says he owns no personal
whatever or money here. His pc
tition was granted
A petition from Rufus G. Kirk, asking that
he be relieved from his position of clerk and
treasurer of the road commission in the
Ninth district, and that DIR. p. w. Perkins be
appointed in his stead, was rejected.
A petition from George f. Morrison, stat
ing that he has paid taxes to Tennessee for
l40 acres of land supposed to be in Tennessee
but really in Mississippi, and stating that he
has been required to pay again to the latter
oLdte, ana asking InaI he De relInDurseu, WAS
referred to the chairman and county attorney
with power to act.
A petition from Martha L. Yancey, Alice
White and Ida Underwood, asking for a re-
iuction of assessments, was granted.
A petition from j. B. Kinton, james G.
Izinton and others, stating that by the re-
noval of driftwood they had saved four
bridges over Big Creek, and asking for $l25
or their efforts, was referred to e. J. Wen
lei, A. J. Ward and w. w. Coleman.
A petition from r. r. Evans, for an abate-
nent of part of the taxes or penalties for
he years 1866 and 1867, was granted.
A petition from w. L. Somerville, asking
or an abatement of his taxes piece of
property on the north side of Poplar street,
vas rejected
A petition asking for $500 to repair en-
of the road from the new bridge
leross Wolf river was granted.
To SELL STONES.
1t was ordered by the court that the "chair-
nan be empowered by this court to sell the
lag stones that are in the basement under
be courthouse, if the county has no use for
hem"
The following communication was re-
eived:
FROM JUICE HoRRIGAN.
o the Worshipful County Court of Shelby county:
1 have the honor to respectfully state that
was advised that crimes and misdeme anors
we're committed in certain parts Of the Fifth
iyil district of said county to such an ex-
ent that the ordinary agencies of the law
we're Intellectual to detect and bring TO JUS
ice the violators of the law. Many of the
God people of said district, as / am advised,
eIiously contemplated organizing a vigil
ance committee, and call for such pur- ,
ose WAS published in one of the daily
apers of this city. l directed the sheriff to
a K q such stems "a in his souud Indictment
'ere best TO discourage and prevent such a .
lovemeni, and to assure the people OF said
istrict that the law was ample TO protect !
hem, and that whatever assistance was nee
ssary TO the enforcement of the law would ;
z attended to by the officers OF the law,
nd that if 1t required 100 men to be en- .
loyed as deputy sheriffs-mounted-to pa {