True American. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1835-18??, 1839-04-25

issued to j. Leeds foriron columns Tar Tic Vepe.
table Market
Resolved, That a note Of this Municipality at four
months, tor eighteen hundred and ninety sevon II.
loo dollars be issued to, the Orleans Navigat
Company Tor tolls on timber RATED through tho Be-
you ST John, for the construction Of wharvcs
MT. Caid~ ell Chairman Of the Committee OH
Streets and Landings, made the following report
accompanied with the annexed resolution, which,
the rules being dispensed with, were scverally
ado ted.
The Committee on Streets and Landings, to
"hom was referred tho following petitions and
communications
Petition of Henry I1igginbot am,
Petition ot,he Renters Of stalls in tho Poydras
Market.
Communications of. C. OGradv,
Beg to report the following resolutions:
Resolved, That the salary Of Henry lIigginbot-
ham, Inspector and measurcr nj stono and 9TH
CT materials, be and the same is hereby fixed ut
sixty dollars per month.
Resolve d, That the Surveyor be and he is herc-
by authorised and instru ted TO erect permanent
covering upon the cast iron cslumns at the east
end OF Poydras st Market
Resolved, That tho fourth article of an Ordi,
nance under date Of 90 October, 1888, regulating
the order and manner in which the banquettes or
Municipality, must be proceeded with and com.
pleted, be and tho same is hereby repealed.
Resolved. That Wharf No DO, and the same
Is hereby appropriated for tho Of vessvl1 nav-
eating tho ocean by steam.
JAMES II. CALDWELL.
Chairman.
SAMUEL J. PETERS.
BENZ. WHITNEY.
MIR. Rodgers, Chairman of the Police Commit.
tee, made tho following report, accompanied with
the following resolutions, which the rules being
dispensed with, was adopted.
Tho Police Committee, to whom was referred
The resolution respecting keyno tables and ten pin
alleys. report,
That after careful dclbcration and examination
of the 10 keyno establishments in the I'd Municlpa.
lily, they have arrived at the following conclusions:
lhat keyno is regular gambling game, played
with cards, and for pool which is made up before
the game commcnces-the amount Of the said pool
being regularly made known to the parties play.
ing nj said game, and being subject TO discount
OF IL l-2 TO 20 per cent for the Of the person
or persons acting as owners of the implements used
in said game.
2d-Ihat The persons generally frequenting
such establishments either Migrants or persons
without visible means Of support, and in many in
stances minors from l2 to l6 years Of age, young
men whose occupation in life precludrs the possi-
bility of their having means at their disposal to
follow such pursuits.
3d-Ihat the game itself is necessarily noisy
disturbing tho peace and quiet, which should pre-.
vail in we'll regulated ncighborhood.
4th-Ihat it is srdentary, not promoting health
or Offering any Involvement of the kind, as in tho
case with ball and ten pin alleys.
5th-Thnt it is in direct violation Of tho laws
made and provided for against gambling, by which
it i" forbidden to gamble for money, or tho cquiva
Tents tsr money, ut any game of haZ lrd, nc.
Your Committee think it unnecessary 10 enter
into long dissertation upon the evils of gambling
they would simply state, that the game gene.
rally occupies about minu,es-that the pools in
Their presence have varied from two to ten dollars;
the price of card varying from bit 10 dollar.
Inc playing is continued from A. M. until 4
A. M. Instances have come TO the knowledge Of
your committee in which individuals have played
~ Or W games without winning q solitary pool;
and on the other hand, the keepers of the tables,
arc making from 1000 to 5000 dollars por month.
The solitary question therefore presents itself, who
pays for this We answer, the community at large
who are plundered out Of doors to fiji the pockets
OF the keepers Of those dens of infamy; and we
consider that we have no more right to license
such establishments than would havo to grant
licenses to tho pckpockcts who graduate from our
PRISONS upon their paying per ccntagc upon their
gains.
We would therefore recommend tho following
resolution
Resolved, That the Recorder is hereby instruct.
cd to have every keyno shop or gambling house Of
any description existing, in contravention of the
laws upon that subject, Immediately broken up,
and the Keepers, dealers or parties interested,
rested and bound over to the Criminal Court
AS regards the ter p in alleys, wo would state,
that ten-pns is an athletic game, depending more
upon practice than upon trickcry for its success
1t is urged by its advocates, that it is manly tx
crclsc conducive to health, and productive Of no
evil consequences to the morals Of society. Tho
great annoyance is tho ,oisc made by the rolling
Of the balls-it is a game however which we be-
LEV 10 folp ind ra1 al, tI,o,,,
stances OF gambling upon it, as far as can learn,
are very rare. We think. however, that the alleys
should not be used after 10 O'Clock r. NJ, rs the
noise might thea disturb, the ncighborhood-
should new public alleys BE- allowed 10 DO ,sta,
llshed without the consent of the ncigEbors-Wc
would therefore recommend this rcsoluton:-
Resolved, That in future, no ten pin alley shall
be established in the incorporated limits OF tins Mu-
ncipaity, without the permission of the Recorder,
which permission shall only be given with the con.
sent IN writing of the owner and occupants of pro.
pcrty, within two hundred feet around the pro
posed location, under penalty of one hundred dol.
lars That from and alter the LIST of May next each
and every alley shall he closed at II o'clock every
night, under penulty Of twenty dollars for each
and every oiferce.
Resolved, That any person or persons keeping
keyno Table after the LIST day of May next, within
the limits Of this Municipality, shall he liable 10
fine OF o nc hundred dollars, for each and every day
or Knight he, She, or they may bo engaged in keep
ing and permitting any such game within the pro.
misses occupied by said PC persons The fine
hereby fixed shall be recoverable before any Court
OF competent jurisdiction half for the benefit
Of this Municipality, and one half for the informer.
Resolved, That tho Recorder is hereby in instructed
to have every Keyno shop, or gambling house of any
description, existing in contravention of tho law
upon that subject, Immediately broken up, and the
keepers, dealers, and parties interested arrested and
bound over to the Criminal Court.
AS to the Petition of NJ. Bergen, Supcrntond.
ant OF Carts, praying for an increase of wages, We
would recommend the following Resolution
Resolved, That the wages of Michael Bergen
he increased to sixty.fve dollars per month, from
LIST OF Nay.
DAVID JNO. ROGERS, Chm.
JOHN HALL.
ii. LOCkETT.
petition from l.. Il. Gale for Cant, Mer,lI.
for n remission of fine Land nm ho TAXI,