True American. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1835-18??, 1839-04-26
1rotefdtMGs OF Gou1til.
coND sMUNIcIpALITY.
TUESDAY, esl April. 1889


psSssnt Hon. Joshua baldwin. Recorder: and III
~ Aldermen. 's5.15
The journal of the preceding meeting having
bnen road and approved,
Tbs Recorder laid before tho Come motto
fof mseting Ofthe creditors of H. G. Buckley
refsrrsd to the Attorney. Also a opy of dscree
OF the Parish Court in tho case of the Nav
Oelsans Cotton Press vs. Municipality No. 9, and u
repor on the petition of Mr. Watson. which was
a9spesd, aud motion, tho rules being dispensed
Resolved. That tho Treasurer refund TO Mr.
Watson. on the warrant Of the Mayor, ton dollars,
paid BY him as fine for running draw without a
regular number.
Thu weekly Statement Of The Tressurer was
Submitted, showing tho balances at tho las, report
. have been $500 Os; received since. Sl2, s96
~; drawn frrm tho City Bank, s4,30S 4s; dcpos.
ted CITY Bank, $l,6l6; Expended, s6,2a6 rs;
notes redeemed, 996 OF: balance. 1876 So;
Petitions, from Birmingham. one from Toledo
and one from Depouily, were read ana referred to
the Committee on Streets and Landings.
" NJ H,gginbotha,n, laid on the table.
Mr.. Peters. as Chairman oftho Finance Commit
too. reported the following resolutions, which,
the rules beng dispensed with, were severely
taken up and adopted.
Resolved, TIL the interest on the bonds of the
state, received by this Municipality. under an &c,
OF the Legislature, approved 18Th March, 1889,
shall be paid by this Municipality ut the place fixed
OF the Municipality said bonds; provided tho in.
tesest coupons OF the state Bonds shall DO received
BY the Treasurer Of the State in part payment Of
the lntcres! on the bond. of tie Municipality,
gwen In exchange therefor; and provided far
shes, that this resolution shall only r, main in
force until tho payment Of the bonds Of the Num-
cipallty.
Resolved That note ofthis Municipality at four
months. for Two thousand and for y dollars, BE-
issued to j. Laeds foriron columns for tho vego-
table Market
Resolved. That note of this Municipality at fur
months. for eighteen hundred and ninety seven H.
iuV dollars be issued to the Orleans Naviga,i n
company tor tolls on timber RATED through the b..
you st John, for the construction .f wLarvcs,
MT. Cald oil, Chairman OF the COMMITTEES ON
otsSets ana Landings, made the following report
accompanied with Tho annexed osslu,ons which.
tho rules being dispensed with, were severally
ado ted.
The Committee on Streets and Landings, TO
"nom was referred tho following petitions and
Petition of Henry Higginbot am,
Petition ofihe Renters of stalls in the P,vIros
Market.
Communications off, C. OGrady,
Beg to report the following resolution:
Resolved That the salary of Henry Ilg inbot-
nm, Inspector and neasurcr ul store and 9TH
er materials, be and the same is hereby ii cd At
~ixty dollars per month.
Resolved, That the Surveyor be and he is herc-
ny authorised aud instru ted TO erect permanent
"wning upon cast iron csumns at tho east cnd
"fPoydras st Market.
Resolved, That the fourth, article of an Ordi.
nance under date of % October, 1888, regulating
the order and manner in which the banQuettes or
,otwayS within the taxable limits of the Second
Municipality, must be proceeded with and CON-
pteted, be and tho same Is hereby repealed.
Resolved, That Wharf No. be, and the same
10 hereby appropriated for tho use Of vessul. navi
eating the ocean by steam.
. JAMES II. CALDWELL,
Chairman.
BENZ. WHITNEY.
= MI. Rodgers, Chairman Of the Police Commits
tee, made the following report, accompanied with
the following resolutions, which the rules being
dkPensed " tn were adapted.
The Police Committee, to whom was referred
The resolution respecting Keyno tables and ton pin
alleys. report,
That after careful deliberation and examination
OF the IL keyno establishments in the I'd Municipal
tty they have arrived at the following conclusions:
mat keyno il regular gambling game, played
with cards, and for pool which is made up before
tue game commences-the amount Of the said pool
being regularly made known to the parties play.
ing al said game, and being subject to discount
OF IL l-2 to 20 per cent. for the of the person
OF persons acting as ownersof the implements used
in said game.
2d-rhat the persons generally nequenting
s,ch establishments, either grants or persons
without visible means of support, and in many in
stances minors from IL to Is years of age, young
mon whose occupation in life precudes the posi-,
o'iity OF their having means at their disposal to
follow such pursuits.
:, 3d-That the game itself is necessarily noisy
disturbing the peace and quiet which should Drs.
vail in we'll regulated neighborhood.
4th-That it ~ sedsntary, not promoting heate
or eferlng any inducement of the kind, as in the
case with ball and ten pin alleys
,5th-That it is in direct violation Of the laws
made and provided for against gambling, by which
It IL forbidden 10 gamble Tor money, or the equiva
dents for money, 1t any game Of hazard, &c.
Your COMMITTEE think il unnecessary 10 enter
into long dissertation upon the evils of gambling
they would simply state, that the game gene.
rally occupies about minutes--that the pools in
their presence have varied from two 10 ten dollars;
the price of a card varying from bit 10 dollar.
The playing is continued fiom A. M. until 4
A. M. Instances have come to the knowledge Of
your committee in which individuals have PLAYED
~ ur ~ games without winning a solitary pool;
and on the other h nd. the keepers of the tubes,
are making from 1000 to 5000 dollars per month.
The solitary question therefore presents ITSELF who
pays :or this? We answer, the community at large,
who are plundered out of dnors to fill the pockets
OF the keepers of those dens Of infamy; and we
CONSIDER that we have no more right to license
such establishments than we would hayo to grant
licenses to the pickpockets who graduate from our
prisons, upon their paying per eentage upon their
gains.
W. W, u'd therefore recommend the following
resolutions-
Resolved, That any person or persons keeping a
ksyno Table after the LIST day of Nav next within
the limits Of this Municipality, shall be liable to
hne OF ne hundred dollars, for each and every dav
or night lie, she, or they may 10 engaged in keep |
ang and permitting any such game wi.hiH the pro
"sos OCCUPIED ny sad 10 non PERSONS The fine
heEeoy hxed shall be recoverable before any Court
Of competent jurisdiction half for the beneti,
OF ms Municipality, and one half for the in former
Resolved, That the Recorder is hereby in structed
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
oouno over to the Criminal Court.
AS regards the tor pin alleys, VIC would state,
that ten.Pns is an athletic game. depending more
upon practice than upon trckery for its success
IL is urged by its advocates, that it is manly ex.
crcise conducive to health, and productive Of no
evil consequences 10 the morals of society Tho
great annoyance is tie hoise made by the rolling
81 the balls-it is game however which we be-
ness u tolerated in all the northern cities, and in
sasoss OF gambling upon it, far as we can earp
- sesy rare. We think. however, that the alleys
shoosd not 10 used after 10 O'Clock r. NJ, rs The
nosse might then disturb tho nes ,.borho od-nor ;
should new public alleys bc allowed To be- stab
'sneo without the consent of the neigI:hers-We .
Son'd therefore recommend this resouton:- {
Resolved, That in future, no ten pia aley shall
% caaos''ed in the incorporated limits Of this Mu-
nAhnn una~ ~