The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1848-09-06

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SECOND MUNICIPALITY CouNcIL.--T Tuesday
sUeH1ag, SepteHbcr 5, IS4S-Present: hessrs,
teters, Graham, Marks, Golding Gleason, Ihacker,
lands, Smith, Stockton, and Hall. Alderman
tioding presiding.
A communication from the Acting Recorder, Mr..
fIodmg, stating that he has been notified by
Judge McHenry that a suit had been instituted by
Mr.. Holland, as the counsel OF Eliza Fluehart, IN
The Second District Court against him tGOding)
and Capt Winters, and one or two more officers of
The police for an unjustifabIe and Illegal arrest and
Imprisonment in the Workhouse Of the Second Mu-
nicipality. T!lis Eliza Fluehart was arrested some
two or three weeks since as a lewd and abandoned
woman, and for keeping a house of il-fame, and
was sent to the Workhouse by the Recorder, whence
she was taken under writ of habeas C0rDlts and
after trial Of the writ liberated It's for this arrest
and Imprisonment that she has Instituted suit, and
claims damages to the amount of so 0CG. Mr..
Peters was Of opinion that the police Of the NUM-
cipaIiy bad authority to arrest and punish such
characters as this woman is represented TO De, and
on his motion, the Attorney of the Municipality
was Instructed TO defend the Officers sued.
A sharp aud spicy correspondence, between the
Surveyor and the President of the Commercial
Water Works Company, in relation TO the supply
Ol water afforded The Municipality for public pur-
poses, was read The Surveyor on his part, de-
rnands that The company shall comply with its
charter and furnish an abundance Of water to keep
ihe streets clean. To which the President of the
company repiies, by informing him that his comTnu
nicatiUn cannot be acted upon until q meeting of
the Directors is held but, in the meantime, the
President saws that but two hydrants can be used
in each district al once, and those with hose The
Surveyor, in return, asks what right the company
its officers has 10 dictate TO the authorities Of
the Municipality the manner in which they
shall use the water, guaranteed the Municipal
ry by the charter OF the company, in abundance,
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language, as II It We're mnted meal'' On mo-
ton, the correspondence referred to the apprO-
PIRATE committee, and was ordered to be inserted
IN the minutes of the Council. Pending these mo-
tons, Mr.. Peters explained the nature of the char
Ter OF the company and the extent of the Obliga-
lions assumed on the charter being accepted. In
consideration of banking privileges being granted
tie company agreed to furnish free of charge sufIi
Gent wafer to the city for all public use-such as
cleaning the Streets quenching fires, &c. and for
thlS object were to place two hydrantS in front Of
each square The company had never complied
with this provision of the charter and the conse-
queuce was great public inconvenience. and In
some instances losses to private individuals. The
Municipality since 1887, having in view the en-
barTassments caused by the commercial difficulties
OF that year, had iorbone eSacting from the com
pany be fullflment Of all its obligations but when
It was asserted that the charter was being fulfilled
and the company thought proper to claim control
over the hydrants, as to define the number of
hydrants that shall be used he thought it high time
the Municipality should enforce its rights This
claim was tooabsurd the language Of the charter,
with fair construction giving more control over
the MIGRANTS TO the company than to make Its Off
GERS the keepers of the keys If the company could
not supply the private and public demands for
water, the public demand should be satisfied first
If not, the charter of the company he thought
should be forfeited lie was in favor of energetic
steTs
,.,,,t,,,,,;a,tT.,, fro,
mending the deepening ofthe water at the wharves
from No 10 to 81, opposite some of which he says
there is not eleven feet, was referred to the
Committee on Streets and Landings.
Leave Of Absence was granted to Mr.. E. B. Par
ker, Attorney Of the Municipality. Mr. P. S. War
field s deputy, IS to perform his duties during his
absence.
A communication from the Secretary of the
Board of Health, enclosing a resolution calling the
attention of the Council TO the necessity of en-
forcing the ordinance providing for the cleaning Of
The streets, the publication Of yards and sinks and
the drainage Ofyacant lots, was read and on mo-
uOn OF MIR. Peters, a copy Of the resolution was
ordered 70 be sent each cmmissary. This, he said
was the only course he knew to be pursued and
the COmlnissares required something to stir them
uP. lie believed they were generally TemisS in the
performance of the duties required Of them. At
least he knew that complaints were frequent among
his own constituency.
A letter from DR.. - of Dr. LuZenbergs Hos
pital proposing to receive the poor sick who cannot
find room in the CHARITY Hospital, and TO afford
them medical attendance at - cents day, was re-
lerred 10 the Committee on Health.
Mr.. Peters submitted resolutions authorizing the
Treasurer of the Municipality, with the concur
renee Of the Stale Treasurer, TO have discounted
from the money of Sinking Fund No. the notes
IN his hands, obtained in the payment Of the debts
due the Municipality, and to issue note in favor
Of Robinson d Harper for 81, 900, at months,
for dredging boat, ordered by the Municipality,
and nearly completed and also 70 issue note pay
able 10 the First Municipality at months from tn
LIST ult, for S6,295 49, which is the excess of dray
tax ia The Municipality during the year ending on
the 2Dlh April last year, the pro rata allowed 10
each Municipality 81 the sum collected in the whole
cily. Mr.. Peters made few remarks concerning
the injustice Of the law in regard to this division of
the dray tax, and expressed hope that the Legis-
ature would enact a more equitable law in rela-
u0n TO IT, The largest quantity Of paving Is made
he said, in the Second Municipality and a greater
drayage is done in it than in any Of the others, but
the law does not take this as a standard The d.
vision is made upon the basis Of the assessed value
of real estate in each Municipality. The resolu-
tons were all adopted.
Mr.. Stockton introduced a resolution repeating
that which provided for the purchase Of a lot on
the corner Of Circus and Perdido streets for an en-
CINE house, as the ground did not equal the meas
ugemeut represented The resolution passed
resolution to pay Sl722 %, the quota of the
Municipality the expense Of the receipt Of Gen.
Smith. was adopted.
Mr. Gleason offered a resolution authorizing the
Committee on Streets and Landings to make such
repairs of the wharves and landings as may be ne
cessary before the opening Of the business season,
which was passed.
The Couaci! then adjourned.
PASSPORTS FOR ENGLAND AND IRELAND.-A
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