True American. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1835-18??, 1839-01-31

thirty before the comlrolIer office created
lans to the duties of the treasurer, AID wn,c E'HE ALI
c. Grnos. Manor, w. H. Lochen; Act sM March, 1896
sections 20 and %
prcvrs the UNDERSIGNED from amnlvcrting on the snEu
lar of correct information evlnced in this message
The mayor seems equally mntrnn. ~ his Ecnerai Re
pcrains and exercised ~ tho head Of adm ni
lration, which is far from being correct Admitting, how
that such is the fact then remains 10 prove that the
constitutions charters of such governments are similar
! 10 The charter of New Orleans
Tie municipal system adopted in 1885, has parallel If
This ar amy other country and many Of lis recn'iariles
winch show the inn nrtnce of restricting the powers OF
mayer The three distinct and separate corporations will
! be pointed on in this report.
The mayor states that this mandatory power should
is in order afford him such information would re-
eve him from personal responsibility, when called upon
approve ordinances, sign bonds for either of thu
municipalities II the mayor say that he per.
sonnlly responsible for any litigation he may under
an AUTHORIZATION Of the council and it admits of no other
incorporation, the undersigned have too much respect for
of such an extraordinary position necessary.
The next message Of the mayor, that the un'ers gnc
that unanimously adopted, the ID January, when
he letter of the comptroller was retv requesting the
instructions of the council on the mayors demand.
Tha, resolution fully authorized he comptroller fur.
nish the mayor with the information he required, and with
y The mayor in this message reiteraes his assertion of
The comptroller had hcen rcinstated in office with srca,
unanimty y the council because they did not think that
honest difference of opinion with respect the meaning
of law, was sufficient for removing faithful
officer from Office he wrong in his opinion.
The mayor in this message seems I" lean to the same
ton in which he had hastily placed HIMSELF by removing
the comptroller without sufficient cause, by fresh charge
The comptroller Mr. Calhoun, is charged with having
neglected his duty by having furnished the council with
the annual OF 1891 required by the ordinance Of 9th
May 1896 be the council in the month of January
1885, that said statement not presented til in November
1885, and that the comptroller has neglected his duty by not
having said account published
The comproers's triumphant rea,lon Of these charges
renders unnecessary for tho undersigned to undertake to
dlsprove them.
CoMrrnoLIEh'. OFFICE, SECOND MuxrcrrAL1r,1
New Orleans, January Is, 1889.
President Of tie Council of Municipality No. Teo:
the honorable body which you preside am charged
" the for 1887 when
agreeay to the ordinances it should have been submitted III
In making this groundess accusations the mayor must
gotten some facts the most OF which are
hat was not elected comptroller until May sss, four
council AMI that had been presented by Mr. Nye the for
mer comptroller, before entered upon my official duties
reference to the proceedings OF the council Of the St
May 1898, will show that communication was that
lay received from Mr. Nye, enclosing his for 1887
which referred to the finance committee My sccurl
les we're accepted at the sitting, and on the leh the
day on which their acceptance was announced in the official
gazette the books documents, &c. of the office trans
srred to iyou win perceive that his honor is
IN error NOT only in surprising that had any thing to do
with the account but in asserting that presented
until November.
am also censured for not complying with the following
assed on the 9th November last:
Nesolv"d that the account of the comptroller for 1887,
presented by the finance committee, be published in the
'ihcla gazette, and that the same be deposited in the
chlves Of the council"
This resolution neither nsrusts or empowers pub.
s the complrollcr account that is the duty of the official
printer, who, like me- is municipal officer, and whose du
les, as we'll my defined in the ordinances
Wtyt account has not appeared in the official gazette
an unable and have never inquired; to do 50
would b" Interfering in matter aprainins TO the duties
II "' VIII" responsible to me, and whom have
10 control.
AN, very respectfully, !
,hpIt.,
j. CALHoUjN Comptroller
appears therefore, that the mayor ignorant of
act that Mr. Calhoun comptroller in January 1885
nat he was elected ny last that the former complrolers
rcnunt sent the council in May 1888, and in
'"veinber and finally, that It's the duty of the comp
tc 10 publish said account, that helng the duty OF the
'rinrr. VIII" drecrsl TO it by the council II has
arciy fc che lot of the undersigned to find so many
rrors in S" small compass
The delay in rendering the annual account, and in report
II by ms committee vas occas onei by its not agreeing
With the books u" the treasurer which proved be incur.
ect, and required Thorough aud minute exami nation from
he mm"ncenen of the organization of his department.
'hcl has been done by the r.esent comptroller, and
urei ma"y months occui'aton 3h. books OF the two de-
artnlents now agree to cent.
II any one SUBJECT requires than another unqucS.
enable evidence before arriving ecision it is the
os under consideration. citizen, filling the most hum.
lie station in the employ Of this council should ac
Ised publicly Of neelsc, of duty and be dismissed from
employment, on which, perhaps, family dependent
their subsistence unless the most irreii asbe evidence
Yet The first officer of the municipality, Justly
yang the unlimited confidence of the council and the
.ct of his fellow Citizens this council by
e &c. ih'S e nas'r"te Of the eity Of improper conuc
tho one tn" respect IF the other, and which
ans tnrn out to he utterly groundcss.
now devoves on the undersigned examine the third
ID last message OF the mayor 1t purports be of
rth resolutions adopted by this council decaratory offs
nnon Of its rights The mayor in reviewing these reso.
t"" however, steps aside from the question before him,
~ makes Statements which il is the painful duty of the
GrEgned to tisnrove; so ma kes insinI.ons touch.
g The character OF the members OF this council, which the
dc signed viii treat with all the Difference chat due
honorable sration ufthc INA yor while prnrcr pesIer for
mseiTts requires frank and uucluvucal retaon Of
The resolutions the subject of the mayors commune a.
i. f,lous: