The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-12-08
THE NEW BOARD
INSTALLED.
XXI heir First meeting Held
Last Night.
eEKBCTloN or CITY OFFICERS.
JWii t'sssder Made City Attorney And
sSIesr!~. collier, Voss, Gresham, Chaffiu,
2aneu.


met in adjourned session Friday evening,
81 and, after the transaction of some rou
tine business incident upon the closing
of the years business, The new Board
was sworn in
The statement of the years business,
as made by the old Board showed that |
the aggregate of the budgets amounted |
to S52,S50,73, the expenses during the |
year being S35,563 o., leaving d
balance to credit of budgets of |
81, 2S5.65, OF which amount the |
Board appropriated $3.50 to pay |
the liabilities OF the city, beng |
Is NTH Bros. school bonds and railroad |
coupons in the hands of the sinking |
fund commissioners. The amount OF |
$4,000 was also appropriated to meet |
the January interest on the railroad !
bonds, and the balance uneXpended in |
the budgets was appropriated to the
sinking fund commissioners to meet the |
obligations of the city in payment of
$4,000 in railroad bonds, due in Jan
.tuary.
Recorder Erwin collected during the
year $50, 66l .09 and disbursed S36, 1913 IA, |
leaving an oyerdraft of 1922. 04
The report shows the outstanding
warrants to be S2l ,251.39, as against
S22, 1892 in Nov 81, making reduc-
g.. ton of 81 1864
The available assets of the city, con
sisting OF unsolicited taxes and the
amount in the hands of the sinking
fund commissioners, is 507 1916. The
labilities-consisting of Smith Bros.
bonds, $1,000; outstanding warrants,
81 ,20l.36; railroad bonds, $4,000
aggregate 575,90l.39 Net liabilities
s.oyer assets, Nov. 30, 1899, Sl8, $50 80, as
against S25, 49S on Nov. 30 1897 making
decrease during the term OF 56,9J2.Oo.
Tno new BOard.
In taking his seat, Mayor Cameron
made short speech, stating that he
realized the res possibilities incumbent
upon the Office, out that he would dis
charge the duleS TO the best of ms
ability, and endedyor to give the city d
clean administration
The FIRST business trans Icted was the
appointment of the various committees,
which were as follows:
FINANCE COMMITTEE J. T Brown
dow, Charm TN; S. p Payne, j. Ii.
Nicholson, j. N. Can't, w. L. McClana-
han.
STREET Committee T NJ. Voss,
chairman; $. Z. Payne, j. Il. Nichol-
son, G. r. Craft W. L. McCIanahan.
FIRE Committees. 2. Payne, Chair
man, 7. M Noss, j. +. Brownlow, st
Ledger White, J. ii. Nicholson.
LEGISLATIVE CoMMTTEE-St. Ledger
White, Chairmln; j. N Cant, L. M.
Voss, S. P Payne, G. K. Craft.
LAMP COMMErrEE--G. h. Graft, Chair
man; Il. M Voss, S. 2. Payne, j. N
Cant, j r. Brownlow.
SCHOOL COMMIrrEE--J. H. Nicholson,
- h..,i ~ - IA M.Dt
han, ST. Ledger White, Z. Nj. Voss.
CHARITY oMMrrrEE j n. CANT
chairman; T. M. Voss, St. Ledger
White, S. P. Payne, G. h. Graft
Police CoMMITTEE--W T. McClana-
han, Chairman; S. p. Payne, j. F.
-brownioW, j n. CANT j. ii. Nicholson
An ordinance was introduced and
passed, amending the ordinance Great
ing the Office of City Counsellor and de
hnng his duties, changing the words
''City Counsellor" to City Attorney"
Another ordinance was passed abol-
ishing the Office of street overseer, and
empowering the Mayor to appoint any
member of the police force to assist the
City Marshall in the duties of street
overseeing
The ordinance relating to the office of
City Purchasing Agent " as amended SO
as to strike out the words "R. H. Guest
and insert the words "the City Re-
corder"
The matter of fixing the various saa-
ries WAS then taken up. 1t was de-
cldeCictueleGtssiX policemen, in the place
of four policemen and a street oyerseer
as heretofore. The Mayors salary was
fixed at $500 per year and perquisites
the City Attorneys at $500 per year, the
policemen at $40 per month and per
.qnisltes, and the wagon driver and iai
pOrter'S at $50 per month There wa,
some discussion over the salary of tho
poi sc, several of the Aldermen desir
ing to increase it from $40 to $50 pei
month. Ii was finally decided TO Civ,
them $40 per month and perquisites
which will amount to about 30
The election of City Attorney and pc
licemen was thea taken up.
Yne names OF viii fowler and JAS
\. Smiser were presented for City At
TO ney, and the former was elected OF
the first ballot by vote of TO :.
Nominations for police then beng il
sorder, the following men announced
themselves; John \. Collier, Will Craft
wa. Voss, NJ Butts, Rush Gresham
J. II Chaiiin, I. +. Lipscomb, j. II
Holcomb and Hewlett Story The fol
lowing We're elected in the order il
which they are named: Collier, Voss
Gresham, Chailin, Butts and Lipscomh
The election of wagon driver and jai
porter and also the jail-keeper was car
ried over until the next meeting.
The Board concurred in the City Mar
shall's appointment of the following
firemen: J. p. Gartner, Fred Latta
Lewis White, Jas. White, Jas. Roberts
Wm. Walters, W. Porter Erwin, Charlie
Green, Frank Aydelott and J. IL. Cart
ner. The iremen will meet later an
ELECT a captain.
The terms Of ". S. Fleming, 4. Bar
and +. -. Wilson as members of th
Board of education having expired, a
election % choose their successors wa
entered into. Messrs. Fleming an
Barr were reelected, and Lynch PERI
svas elected TO take +. ID. Wilson's plac,
stock law Brought Up.
lengthy discussion was caused 4
the infruduetiun % an ordinance seel
ing 20 amend the stock law passed I