The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1849-08-15
NEW ORLEANS:
WEDNESDAY M0RNING, AUGUST ].

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sEooED MUNICIPALITY CoUNcIL.-lThe uienfsBo Of ths
Council met Inst evening at O'clock Recorder Baldwin
presided. sad there were ton pemben present
The TrssseTeF handed in his weekly report from which
gh hand a. last report .....,..g,..,>.. $50 q
Received since 2i8 58-I496I 81
Dsnhr-ed sl4iei ~
BalaHco hand. -. S85 81
sevsra proposals for hauling and laying down g1awaea
CoTmlitee on suesis and La9aiBgs
"A Computation va read ffom lanes Wight the CON
tcor for ceaning the Streets in which ne c0mpsnsd OF
ne suIveo aying pot on extra laboe a. his hd
b wished Them removed liberty Fiyen him sithdTasv
Tom Tie contract # was referred to DE Committee
a Litter vas read itom Ne VIZ Flower. agent Of BIn
Anne Chase, relative % an Infringement on her nights as
lie Committee on sses,s md Iasdagss
Aresoiuou from the Fjnancs COMMITTEES, to the cur
The Committee siTaatssaud LANDINGS made rsPor.
the hast meeting relative 10 putting lie rsbaftr and re-
paving Of the Streets under the immediate direcon Of the
Surveyors .hs same com mittse offered Teso-
debste Ai5srmsn Be sashsd lie appsr PAT Of Tohosp
t0nlas street ncBded m the t fstreet 70 be paved Az
Contract soon g Is 5sved VIII, so1ss ssiie locEs kfsr
several other Aldermen had spoken Upon The subjei. he
The Council then adopted svsra rssousaas f no general
interest," and soon afterwards adjourned.
LAFAYETTE. CRY. CouNcIL- Tuesday, August
/ l4.-fhis body held their regular meeting last
evening, Mayor Boyee presiding aud ten members
present, The Secretary had about a Bushels of
1 occupied nearly the whole evening. A commun-
Cation was read from Captain Of the Watch stating
that he had carried intosehsct the ordinancs rela-
tive TO dogs, and that he had distributed about 300of
| those stdeadiY pills" poisoned sausages. A COM
munieatiOn was received from Mr. Hillfnan, re-
| commencing 10 the charity of the Council, poor
| woman, lately from the Hospital and who is anX-
ipus to reioin her friends in StuLOuis, to aeedm-
Il plIsh which it is necessary that she should have
$40. As some Of the members seetued 70 think
that the fsnuuaiI had IN
use Of the peoples money, and that it would be set
ting bad precedent. il was decided that thew
should raise the amount from among themselves bV
each members paying 81; which was accordingly,
I done. communication was received from TheO-
dore Roe, q clerk in the ComptrOlers office, com
planning Of having been discharged blythe Finance
Committee without proper notice, etc. Quite a
long debate took place on the subject, which was
hnally settled by motion made-by Mr. sFleTauee,
that the Council proceed 10 the election Of an as
sistaRt clerk on the first Tuesday in September.
whose salary shall be 81 900 per annuun which re-
solution was adopted. A Communication was read
from L. Lamiey, asking the Council to release him
from fine of so which had been innposad nv the
former Council. Referred 70 Committee on Police
A communication from the tax and license pay
ers Of 6th,, 18th and 9Th streets was read asking
the Council TO have said streets repaired. Re,
ferred- 10 Committee on Streets, a number Of
other communications and petitions were read
which were all tefeHedstO the. appropriate commit
tees. The Committee on Streets and Landings L
whom was referred the bids Tor lumber, reported
in favor Of Gustave Leroy his being the lowest bid
Mr. Stevens uoffefed resoluripnto provide prone
5 accommodation for the shipping, for which pur
pose the resolution required that three Wharye
should be built, 80 feet wide by 40 long according
to a plan to be furnished by the Surveyor
Mr. Mackey offered resolution to appoint com
mittee TO confer with a similar committee from
Freeport, upon the expediency Of erecting leve
from the Mississippi to the Metairie ridge.
Resolsed That the Secretary be hutho6zsd q vsris
10 the Ocsi journal for thirty days for proposals O avni
tbs side walks of Rousseau street.
WhereupOn, every member wished To amend the
resolution by Inserting some iavorite street; and
finally, our reporter left as one member proposed
that they should include every street in which the
Tax Collector collected taxes