Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1884-04-22
QUARTERLY COURT.
The Building Committee Received aha
IEd0rsewent OF the Cen-f
Final RepOE8 of the County Funding
CSsnInisssoisers- Minor Matters,

OF the Building Committee OF the County
Poor ard lnset1e Ess.luu, stated tnat he
was anxious to know if any shadow of
doubt existed in the mind of any member
OF the court that the committee deserved
censure; that he was prompted by q recent
publication rejecting upon the committee,
and that In view OF all that had been said,
| he desired the appointment Of q coin nittee
OF members of the eotirt and experts to
| examine fully into all their accounts, and
! make e full and exhaustive report; that
| the committee be ordered 10 pursue their
investigations, not only into the manner
| in which accounts were kept, but to report
i as to whether or not anything had been
| done unadvisedly or extravagantly.
Several of the rndeabers OF, the court
who understood the whole matter warmly
indorsed the Building Committee, and de-
clared that it was useless to appoint a COM
mittee, as the court and the public knew
| the gentlemen in charge of building were
entitled to praise alone.
1 1t ts probable, however; that other MEM
| Ders of the committee will insist upon a
committee and report to spread on the
minutes.
NOTARY PUBLIC.
| J. c. Page was appointed notary pub
| lie.
ovERsEERs.
| were received and fled,
REDUCTIONS.
| A number of property-owners asked
that assessments on their property be re-
| duced.
TELEPHONE COMPANY.
| A petition of the Telephone Company
| for reduction of assessments was referred
to the county attorney and chairman.
| SERVICES ON BOARD.
| All claims for service on the Board OF
| Equalization, which were made by the
various assessors at 81 80 a day, were re-
| ferred to the chairman and county at
torney to take proof as to the number of
| days served.
BILL FOR INQUEST.
A bill for tive inquests, 80 80, was Of
fered by Justice Elliott and allowed.
| FIXING JURY-RooMs.
The report of the committee appointed
by Judge Greer to examine into the con-
| dition of the jury-rooms of that court, was
submitted and referred to a committee
composed of Justices Winters, Quigley and
| Winters.
VERY ACCOMMODATING.
| L. Levy submitted proposition to pur-
| chase from the county $4,000 of its new
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| in past-due coupons held by him, stating
| that this would obviate the necessity of a
| special mandamus to satisfy him. The pc
| tition was dismissed.
| FIXING FENCING.
Be 1t ordered By the Court, That the COM
missioners ef the asylum for the poor and
insane be empowered to have the neces-
sary fencing built around the new insane
| wards, provided the cost does not exceed
$3.50.
| PAY OF ASSESSORS.
The following assessors bills were al
| lowed: w. P. York, S46 90; J. N. Harri-
son, $39; j. d. Harris, $47 80; R. H. Nor
gan, S11o 20; 8; \. King, Sz3 SO; W q.
| Allen, $47 50; T. I. Mcdonald, S65 10; j.
II. Smith, $50 80; George Elliott, 1905 10:
J. S. Rawlings, Sis 10; R. H. Brooks,
$50 So; 7. NJ. Bland, S2S O5; E. S. Elan,
$50 IS; Thomas McKeon, S13l 65; j. j.
Barry, 500 10; j. Algeo, $l97 80; r.
+. Arata, SOB 20; r. E. League, S19l 55 j.
IS. Duval, 1852 95; P. ]. Quigley, S236 20;
W. NJ. Hutton, STA So; Thomas Fleming,
1928 80; j. G. Stewart, $50 10.
| DITCH, THEN A BRIDGE.
A petition was presented by about $50
residents of the country asking that pre-
/ cautions be taken to save the bridge across
Wolf river, between Brunswick and Gov
ington. 1t seems that the road is built in
the center of horseshoe bend, and that
in high water the river breaks across,
washing out deep holes, in which several
| persons have been drowned, the safety OF
| the bridge itself being in the greatest
| jeopardy. The petition asks that $1,000 be
| appropriated to dig ditch across the bend
| to allow the river to cut q second bed
| across which it will be necessary to build
another bridge. Some members of the
court thought it would be best, as a mis-.
take had been made in the location of the
FIRST bridge, to change the direction
of the road so that it might cross the
river at another point. 1t was finally
/ decided to allow the original appropriation
of $1,000 for the purpose described, and the
justices of the First and Eighth Civil Dis.
tricts were appointed commissioners to
have the work done.
II REPORT OF FUNDING BOARD.
The folio wing report was filed by the
County Funding Board: "Your commits.
sioners appointed by your honorable body
on January Is, 1884, for the purpose o.
funding the maturing indebtedness of this
county, known as the Memphis and Ohio
railroad bonds and coupons, beg to make
the following preliminary report of theil
action: The total amount realized by the
sale of $i25, 900 new six per cent. bonds
sold April lst, was $125,6I5. Your com
missioners have paid all such bonds anc
coupons as have been presented up t
date, namely: Bonds due April, 1884
SS8 900; coupons due April, 1884, S5430
coupons due prior to April, 1884, $l1, 1,040
/: interest on coupons due prior to April
1884, $3.50 10; expended for advertising
Sl70 so; total, Sl06,259 20; leaving bal
: ance funds on hand, Sl9,355 80.
Your commissioners believe that the
total amount of unpaid coupons due priol
to April, 1854, and still outstanding, is nov
very small, probably less than $1,000, per
, haps less than $500, which amount can b.
easily paid by the county trustee from
funds in his hands. The amount of bondi
: and coupons due April 1884, which hav,
not been presented to your commissioners
appears to be as follows: Bonds due April
1884, S2l 600; coupons due April 1884
S2640; total, S23, $40. The amount of fund
now on hand being SI9,355 80, woulC
I therefore, when all of the above are pre-
sented, leave a defict of S42S4 20. You
commissioners would therefore recon
mend that your honorable body authoriz
: US, should it become necessary, to sci
$4,000 more of the new six per cent
bonds recently authorized. That woult
make the entire amount of new bond
| sold $4,000, As the total amount of OLE
: bonds maturing in 1885 and 1855 is bu
! $l60,000, your honorable body will readil.
? perceive that the entire issue of $500, ,00
will not be required, and your commits
sioners therefore would further recon
: mend that $1,000 of each series of the ney
bonds issued, making 5000, be surren
! dered to them for immediate cancellation
4 This would leave the entire issue, whel
, the funding is completed, at 1921, 900, anS
{ would still leave surplus of $500 bond:
on hand, according to our most careful
: calculations. The detailed report of you
4 commissioners, showing all their acts t.
: the minutest particular and all vouchers
!, will be handed to your honorable bod
Q when our labors are completed. Mean
l while we congratulate you as citizens upo
: the success and excellent condition an
e credit of our county and its bright fipar
; cial prospects.
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