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

~ Is IioW Ill OI January 1905, ono year after
tho account ought to have been published, and two
months since its publication was directed by the
council Of the Second Municipality, and am yet
4norant Of any measures which the comptroller
has yet taken to perform this doubly imposed oh.
CATION. Believing that the reason for his conduct,
recently given to the council by Mr.. Calhoun. did
not attempt to justify disregard of those duties
which your body have spccia ly imposed upon him.
take the liberty of suggesting an inquiry on the
part of the council, into tho motives which have
induced that officer to defer till this lato date, the
publication of the accounts of 1887.
am respectfully, gentlemen,
Your most Obcdent servant,
G. GENOIS, Mayor.
Mayornlty of New Orleans.
January 90, 1898.
To the President and Members of tie Council OF
the Second Municipality;
Gentlcmcn-l have examined attcntivcy series
OF resolutions adopted at your last session. census
ring bill recently pr cntcd to the Senate by the
Senator from the parish of Orleans If the council
had confined ltsefto simple expression of opinion
in opposition to the views ofthn honorable senator
on the proposed change in the act Of March S,l,,
1896, would not have addressed you upon the
subject, whatever might have been nay own cons
cnsi"ns in relation to it. But the evident design
of the proceeding, clearly avowed in the resolu-
tons, and in the authorization Of the recorder to
transmit them to the leg slaurr being to influence
that 'ody, Of which ono branch has already cx-
pressed itself in favor of the b; and Tho reasons
on which he resolutions arc lou ndcd appearing to
me wholly erroneous, whn her we regard the letter
and spirit o'cx'siing laws, or the provisions Of the
bill in question; ] should rayard myself as falling
properly to discl.argc lay d4iv, did not return
them to the counsel for reconsideration, and a: the
s,nc time cndravor to noint ont the Numerous crs
rors which believe they contain.
viii not attempt to cYcupnte Mr.. iToa for hny-
inn prrr"Grd in This lHlt;cr witt out the snlci,a.
ton of his constituents Of the municipal councils;
Tie event wall prove whether there is any fnuuG,.
tor for III" crnsurc which las been upon him
and Nj Hon has never yet, l believe, been c,a
harr!Ssrh to account for thc manner in which he
has discharged the trust rrposcd IN him bv his tcl-
low c'lzri's, but leaving him TO Justify his cons
Duct, pass TO the confederation of the resolution
which. prcsuming that the honorable senator had
brought in the bill ccaus" the council had lately
r"-"l"c'"d lhc comptroller after he had been res
moved by the mayor, cn;ravors, also, to Justify
that act.
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he renl vaD'i john Cnhnnn trrlu we. office rf
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mav'r nj tn" chs, h"rons" Vi coup lolrrcurr
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siruc'nn OF n law: "pinit n urtirucd nv n
'rr'ut d"rle"n Of the fist udcipI distric, cur,
Of Nv" STATE, was an arh'trrv exercise oi POW var
- 'rnntrmp'a',d nv thu law of I've 9Th "l Nlrch
$50. and uNt'rIv repugnant the principles on
which our i'.a'ru'iars based. and that tive
"rNurrl would have considered tive comptroller
subject TO 'h 'rcnSure, nd unworthy nf tn conf.
'en1IhI m resHunslte p"siinn he occnp,"s. hat
he '1E'o I" tho mayer "ne-sideh statement Of
~" financial affairs Of this municipality, wi,hou,
hr~' obtaining tie authority OF Ills council, hich
he law reOuircd.'
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