Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-01-19
SHELBY'S DADS.
The Everlasting County Court Takes "a
New Lease of Life for Two Weeks
and More.
The PoII.Tax Collection Abuse-CIineh-
ing the Decision on the Raif-
road Matter.

some little busipess II bas been in sessioI
long enough now. but its business is not vet
more than half through, and vet an adjourn.
ment for two weeks was made Yesterday. n
this thing is carried on the Memnbis School
BOARD will find that il has a serions rival
THE DoNp of = T. SMITH,
as chairman OF the court and imam
cial agent OF the county was approved at
the session yesterday, with Thomas Motfet,
julius A. Taylor ana Z. W. Frazer as sure
tes:
Messrs. john johnson, j. u handWerker
and Ii. ID. GOODWIN were appointed COM
mittee to examine the report of the county
trustee of the errors and insolvencies for
1880.
J. p. SAKE and Brown were appointed
notaries public.
CoNsTABLEs As COLLECTORS.
The collection oil the poil-tax Tor lSSO-'Sl
was given to the constables in the various
districts. The law requires that constables
shall collect delinquent Poll-tax in their re-
spectiye districts; the constables here refuse
10 take the lists and collect them; hence the
County Court has found it necessary to put
them in the bands of narties of tbsIr seIec-
ton. These agents of the county employ
sub-agents of their OVID, who being without
oonu ana Irresponsible IN many instances
collect the tax, appropriate II TO
their own use, or fail to account for
il in any way. and the parties from whom il
-. -. -:
IS coiiecoeu, III many instances, no. Iecel'lhe
- t;,, L;.l a. IL ~
are con'ieuai1y supJec'eu 70 the mar RAISING
process OF COLLECTION, garnlshment and extor-
ton. Much complaint has been heard from
The neonIe in REGARD IN these matters and
some means ought at least to be
adopted whereby the taxes can
he coIloctoJ ,r;;hort sroh ;r,,,o,;,;a-,
De Coiec.eo "lthouI sucn imposition
Considerable argument was INDUCED IN con-
corning this matter Several of the maois.
49, -. -.1soI -: a. uIe
uates were oPPoseu 10 giving the colIecEon
OF the tax to the constables as they would
not attend to it, There is nothing that tends
40 mucb IN mako a constable unnanuIar as
50 inucn 70 W niaAe fI oona'aDIS uuPoPuia as
being poli-tax collector, ana the constabies
are said to be afraid of what the people will
say Oh them'
NO GETTING AROUND 1T.
In order that the REORGANIZATION of the
court IN the h1leln norton matter might De
recorded, and to avoid any further trouble,
! Inc county attorhey ana Encouragement had
Inc following minutes entered;
heretofore presented and submitted to this court
Dy Extein Norton by his attorneys, MessTs. CAN'T
Of compromise were to compromise the certain
suits heretofore commenced by the said Extein |
Two bonds issued BY Barbour Lewis, presfien Of
The Board of County Commissioners, and which |
bonds was passed upon by III 5 court at a former
iay of this present january term lss2 on to-wit:
The 9th day of January 1852 the same being one
Of the days of the present january term 1852 of |
This court Tom Holman, jr.. Esq., being one of the
regularly commissioned magistrates OF said couoty
Of Shelby at the time, and then and there mem |
Der of this court. who had the said 9th day OF
January. 1ss2-it being one OF the days of the |
In favor of the acceptance by the county of Shell
by of the terms of compromise as aforesaid gave |
notice that he would on Monday, the 10th day OF
January, 1SS2-the same being one of the days OF |
the IF sent January term, 1852, OF said court
taken as aforesaid on said proposition OF compro
mise as aforesaid, as the same had been modified
committed of the court to whom the said
had been referred; and the said motion 10
said vote having been accordingly
made by the said Tom Holman jr ESQ on |
Monday. the 10th day of january. 1852. the same
1882 OF this court B. J. Kimbrough, ESQ one OF
the duly commissioned MAGISTRATES OF Shelby |
county. and at the time a member OF the said
County Court, requested that W. B. Gibson.
bis oficiai legal opinion tonehin9 The legsi la
bity of the cenntg of Shelby on The bonds sued
On by Extein Norton, and that this opinion be |
cad to the court before the taking OF vote on the
.ounfy attorney having snneaTed %afoIe the the |
court gave his official legal opinion, declaring
aid bonds null and void and creating no
;ourt had no legal right to make or accept the pre-
ponds and that the action OF the court on the said
nh day of January 1852, in pTesuming or pretend
vas wholly without authority of law Thereupon
I was agreed by the court and so announced that
would hear Argument OF counsel for and againSt |
he motion IN reconsider and that all nuesfis1us az
q tba -eritS of the ce Sc ought IN be diScrsSad
sttornev-GeneraI 4: p NJ Turner on hahaif of |
ba noon1o Of SheI,v county 6ret sddreSSad re |
onrt IN favor of ~. motion tn reeonsidfr hi -
don,ed He was foIIoSed nv Colonel GeCr,ee |
= NJ, IN onnositio, 10 INC r,of,o1 N rocoosid -
CaIonel SaSey Youne Tndre a Wriebt M.iofr |
Y 70 XviIo 90 Ht;nor b. " ~ -!
" foyn ~ the nantion 10 teconsiJe SoIor
:, osiah patta-son Indae D I Nor-aT c:enaraI y |
oa 1 iTr 49, ,ij n II 1ast as roea9
c,rt n on1osifion TO The U1ofion 10 reIonsi',c
he for,ner sction Of The Cont and The Tyhoi.
Tesiion heinI TreSeptad 10 ne conrt Tor AL |
SsinSt tho rIotfon 10 raconsider ale nrevio1,. |
e5estion was called and the oneS.ion befoTs IN.
onrt was. Shall the motion 10 reconsider the ac- |
ion of the court as aforesaid on the said 9th |
Iay of January 1850 be reconsidered or mote |
md the yeas and NAYS heinz esile5 |
haro ,yss NO vata aaairst tba -
= at az 1870 20 raaon vdr IA ajiJ -
hat NE sna sbnnId ~ sntPreS Ib a
non =. one of the magistrates of shelby
ounty. and member of said court, moved that
ne he mioority report OF me committee I'm to whom
: aforesaid be adopted, which was done.
KANSAS CITY ROAD
Concerning certain movements of the Kan
as CITY road. the following resolutions were
Introduced:
wprer,s Tho N.mnh,s and Ka,s.s c,,v R.u.
Dad Company have, in the location OF their line
Oh otltlD1 County,