The daily crescent., 1851-04-24

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Pssa BsSpmsa S as up pos 81 F Ward.
To Robert Hamilton for fitting up polls Of Second Ward.
10 job bennett for fitting up polls Of Fifth Ward. ten
TO f. OBrien. for fitting up polls of Seventh Ward
George McCta iO, osaysyinx ballot box to and from
Seventh Ward 10 Mayor's office. two d9llas NJ
ballot .a dss hSGs. to
T s o%sy %s % sS.ssss S S the Charity Hos
70 Gab No ~ ss,Sicss taxing srns.Ss0or S0I, and Fire
Csmmittes to VII; engine houses q, etc.; five dollar.
for uss 'SPz s oss
tws James oSs 70. fencing lots in square bounded by
Heva, 81 Ps1l G,r9pde and esrlat under Tasold
ton Of N, ny h is'o nneles en- dollars and eighty cents
Pe>o,,eS That the Comptroller and Treasurer
he and are M. -eby, authorized issue, in favor of
Patrick War. note payable on the 2Oth Decem
her neIt for eleys,' hundred and twenty five dol
lars and eighty fiys cents, in settlement for two
thousand five hund ted and one and ninety one
hundredths cubic yaro of river sand, purchased
from him for the use OF the streets and wharves
and landings. ~
The Finance Committee h ave guy considered
the tender of abandonment of u. L. Beecher, At
torney for the succession of VIM ofmiy, OF a GER
tain slip ground, about three feet W. a1ong the
line of Felicity road, commencing a.. i'accnus
street, and running towards the rear of ,ne CITY.
ptcfSoSN
cpality, is evidently to avoid the keeping in re par
and good order said slip of ground between the
banqueite and property sold to- and held BY, other
parties; and as that expense would fall on this
Municipality, in case the donation or abandon
ment was accepted of, your committee deem it the
interest Of this Municipality not TO accept said
tender, and respectfully report adversely to the
same, and ask to be discharged from the further
consideration of the subject
HENRY RKNsHAw.
Whereas, By an act of the Legislature, approved
May 4, 1647, the Municipality is authorized to pur-
chase, with any money in its Sinking Fund No.
Two, any of the bonds of the State, issued to the
Municipality, under the act of the 18th March,
1889.
Be 1t, therefore, Resolved, That the Treasurer
be, and he is hereby, authorized to ADVERTISE dur
ing ninety days, in the official paper of the NUM-
cipaty, that the Council is prepared to purchase,
out of said fund, bonds of ths State of Louisiana,
endorsed by this Municipality, to the extent Of
fifty thousand dollars, and that sealed proposals to
sell said bonds, to that amount, will be received by
the Council, until the fifth Tuesday in July next,
when they will be acted on, and if satisfactory to
this Council, and to the Treasurer of the State,
will be accepted.
Resolped, That the Comptreller and Treasurer
be, and are hereby, requested TO report to the
Council, on prior TO the 9th May next, whether
the officers of the Municipality have duly ac-
counted for all public moneys they may have re-
ceived, or with which they may have been en-
trusted.
The following resolutions, presented by Mr..
Renshaw, as Chairman of the Committee on Streets
and Landings, were passed, the rules being sus-
I pended:
Reso1red, That the Mayor be aa,hotized and
requested, after giving five days notice in the Off
cial paper of the Municipality, to sell at public
ton the contract for taking up the round stones on
| Tchoupitoulas street. and laying down square
block stone, between Benjamin and Roffignac
| Streets The work to be done in accordance with
lk.. .baIL
| and published with the said notice.
Resoluea, Tha. the Surveyor be, and he is here
by authorized to contract with Thomas Hartery as
principal, and j. F. Rub secmity, for furnishing
the material and laying the side walks on the lower
1 side of Claiborne street, between Common and
Canal streets, at the rate Of one dollar and twenty
five cents per running foot for brickng and paved
support, and thirty cents per square loot tor curb
| and gutter stone. The work to be done, and pay
ments made, agreeably to the specifications on file
/ in the Surveyors office.
RESOLVED, That the Surveyor be- and he is here
by, authorized to enter into the necessary contract
with James kenney as principal, and James Red
| den and Jno. Redden securities, for furnishing
Il all the necessary material and planking Calliope
street, from Soils to Clara streets, and Soils stree
from Calliope street to the New Shell Road, at the
rate of two dollars and eighteen cents per running
l foot. The work to be done, and payments made,
agreeably to the specifications, and in accordance
with the terms of adjudication by the Mayor.
| Mr.. Hawthorn as Chairman of the Committe.
on Police, presented the following report and reso
luton and, the rules being suspended he move.
| their adoption:
The Police Committee to whom was referred
that portion of the message of the Mayor relativ'
l to the appointment of special Police Officer fol
the protection OF the nsighborhood of the Neutral
! Ground, Canal street, within the limits Of this
Municipality, beg leave to report the annexed re-
solution, for the approval Of the Council.
yso. N. HAWTHORN.
JosEPH ErTER.
ResoiUed, That there is hereby created Ito exa
during the pleasure of this CouncD special Po
lice Officer, for the protection of the neighborho0
in the vicinity OF the cab and omnibus stands, OF
the Neutral Ground in Canal street, and also t
that the ordinances relative thereto proper
enforced, and whose salary shall be the same
that Of the day Police Officers.
Mr.. Lawrason made a motion 10 postpone thei
| consideration for two weeks, which was carried
the Council being equally divided on the question
and the President giving the casting vote for til
| postponement.
Mr.. Hawthorn, as Chairman of the Police Com
mittee, presented the following, and made a mo
ton TO suspend the rules for the purpose of takin
it into consideration, which was lost. So it lie
| over, under the rules, until next meeting:
BE ordained, That from and after the passag
of this ordinance, it shall not be lawful for an
person or persons 10 discharge, cause to be dis
charged or used, any cannOns, guns, or fire arms
| any description whatever, in or about I.aiayett
Square, under penalty of twenty-five dollars fo
each offence, recoverable before any court of com
| petent jurisdiction.
!; | The following resolution, presented by Mr.. Haw
| thorn, as Chairman of the Committee on Police
!, was read once:
!. Resolved That permission be, and is hereby
granted to George Macgregor to emancipate tn
!, slave Moses Norris, mulatto, aged about fort
years; and that said slave be permitted to renal
in the State when he shall have given the usus
a bond and security, to be approved by the Recorde
The following came up the order of the day
e having been presented by MI. Perry, and read one,
: at the last meeting
- Resolved That the public printing of this Nun
>. cpality for the ensuing year. shall be sold to IL
l. lowest Bidder, agreeably to the laws of the Statt
ID relating to public work for the Municipalities
New Orleans.
Mr.. Lawrason moved to amend by striking OF
all after the words lowest bidder" which WI
lg carried by the following vote:
YeasnMessrs Brother, srugnens Emerson, E!ter Ha'
thorn. Renshaw. Shields Sykes and Vontagen-l0 mn,
Nays-I,MessIs johnson, Perry shortridgs Stewart, VIII
Mr. Lawrason made motion to lay the amend
" resolution on the table, which was carried by t
following vote:
60 Yeas-Messrs Brother BIugnens Emerson, Etter. Ha
thorn. Lawraon Renhaw, Shields Sykes and Vontagen-
se ESavshmssds ead Sohnsop Perry, ShorIdge. Stew,
r. The following, offered by Mr.. Perry at the /
70 meeting, and read once also came up as the or,
i. OF the day:
10 Resolued, That the Secretary of this Council
en- directed to apply by letter to the different depa
u. menis of this Municipality for specifications of
VI dlffarept kinds and uuantitips oc