The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1850-05-30

w. ii. GARLAND, treasurer
PETITIONS
OF James H. Caldwell, 10 have an amicabIe and
equitable adjustment made of judge ment against
him, growing out of purchase he made from the
Municipality many years ago, and the tile to which
was disputed-was referred to the Finance Com
mittee
OF Thomas Behan, to withdraw his petition
was granted.
Ofwidow Barry, TO be exempted from tax-was
referred to Committee on Claims.
OF Mrs. Fidler to emancipate slave young Sally.
vi Hiram HART, to emancpate slave Hulda
and two children.
OF Richard Terrell, to establish Cotton Picke.
ry on ST. John Baptist street.
OfP. D'Appremont, to emancpate slave Nancy
and three children
OF Calvin Tate, to emancipate slave Robert Hen
ry Steptoe.
Ofcitizens against Mcdonnell and Edward Nc.
Cram, for keeping riotous and disorderly houses
was referred TO Police Committee.
Or 5 McFarlane, for remission of a fine and
complaining of Commissary O'Bren--was referred
to same Committee by the following vote Yea,
hiessrs. Hale, Johnson, Lawrason, Pride, Sewell
Shields, Yancey-7. Nay-Messrs. Hawthorn
Marks, Monranye, Mccormick, Renshaw and
Stewart-6.
OF Commssary of St. Mary's Market for scales
and repairs.
or Edward King, 10 substitute John Sullivan and
Thomas Moran for James Davern, as his security
were referred 10 Committee on Streets and Land
ings
OF Fire Company No. l8, for $3.50 to pay for a
Hose Carriage and to have their Engine House built
on the triangle fronting the Asylum, on Camp ST.
or Fire Company l3, for an appropriation for re-
building their Engine and for renewal Of their
charter-were referred to Committee on Fire.
OF Mrs S. A. Kennedy, relative to small por-
tion of the batiure-was referred TO special COM
mittee, consisting of Messrs. Hale, Yancey and
Sewell.
STANDING COMMITTEES.
Mr.. IawrasOn, Chairman of Finance Committee,
presented the following report, which adopted
The Finance Committee, in reporting upon the
petition of a committee appointed at meeting OF
| citizens of New Orleans, held on the evening oi
| May Is, 1850, to memOrialize the Municipal Coun-
| ellis to appropriate such sums they might deem
proper as tributes from the whole city TO the Rev
| Father Mathew, for his zeal and devotion in pro.
noting the cause Of Temperance beg leave to state
their high appreciation of the extraordinary serv
| ces of that reverend gentleman, and think it in
| cumbent upon the ciIizens of New Orleans TO ex
press their obligations in the manner suggested viz
| of raising such sum as might be deemed neces
sary, as a testimonial of the estimation in which hi
| services held by our citizens, and in some de
gree as a compensation for his laboruus duties il
| disseminating his precepts Of Temperance through
| out our city. Your committee, however, in The
present state Of the finances of the Municipality
when we have a large amount of cash warrant
| and other matnred obligations waiting on an ex
haUsied easnTy, deem it their duly TO report ad
versely to all memorials of benevolence. The Mu
nicpalily, your committee believe. should be jus
before generoUs-she should pay her debts befor
she makes donations. The rejection of the petition
of the memorialists need not, however. defeat tn
object In view. The citizens OF New Orleans ca