The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1851-08-07
40 shsEl5eE oFFIcIAL. M 3Xsm
Council Of Municipality No. Two.

ss4.fe TUESDAY, August s. 1851. il
The Council met at 5 o'clock, P. NJ, on the fol-.
lowing call of the Mayor:
MAIoRALTr Or NrwnRLRAss. August 6, 1851:
''sr sstsssn. E'q.' Sscr.ta'y cosnea .xn'e'palitv
SIR-You will please convene the Council for
this evening, at 5 O'Clock.
Respectfully, ossdisnt servant.
Present-Aldermen Brugniens. Etter, Hawthorn.
Johnson, Lawrason, Perry, Renshaw. Shields,
Stewart, Sykes, Vontagen, and Wheelehan.
Mr.. johnson, on motion of Mr. Hawthcm, took
the Chair. G
The reading of the journal was dispensed with.
The following message of the Mayor was read
~ 49, MAroHALI! Q, NEw0aLfAns. August s. 1861.
TO TIC Hon. fFsssss:s cssssa ~ y s.s,.sy ss5: e Te
GENTLEAEN-l have caused you to be con.
voked this day at the written request Of Aldermen
Hawthorn, Wheelehan, E,ter and Shields. who in
their call state that the meeting 10 convened for
the purpose of appointing an Aching Recorder dur.
ing the absence of the Recorder of the Municipa-
ty. This step has become essential to the proper
administration Of justice, inasmuch as the Courts
have already pronounced the acts Of an Alderman
sitting as Acting Recorder, without the authority
Of the Council, to be- illegal.
q. D. CRossHAs. Mayor.
A communication from Philadelphia Fire Com.
pany No. IA, in relation to the difficulty which oc-
Cured on the night of the Tin Of June, and ask
ing for the payment of their appropriation, was
read and referred to the Committee on Fire.
Mr.. Lawrason presented the following resolu.
tion, and it was adopted after sspendng the rules:
Resolved. That during the absence of ]. H. Cald.
well, the Recorder of this Municipality, J. N Haw.
thorn, Alderman from the Sixth Ward be and he
is hereby appointed and fully empowered to act in
his stead, and should said Hawthorn from sickness,
Absence or any other cause, be unable TO perform
| the duties appertaining TO his appointment, the
same to dev0lve upon and be discharged by Joseph
Eter, Alderman from the Fourth Ward, who is
hereby appointed for said purpose.
/ Mr.. Hawthorn. as Chairman Of the Committee
on Police, presented the following reports and reso
lutions, which were adopted, the rules being sus
pended: ,ls -ffi siiIg5s,rf
The Police Committee, to whom was refetret
the complaint Of the Captain Of the Watch agsns
Waichman Kipp for drunkenness. beg to report
that the charge, was not suhetaniiated. Thel
therefore directed him to be placed on duty again
81 !soi g.suS. ;: fbswssna.; bHvsM.s.,
Q atsl.-slat ~ Jossra ETrsR.
The Police Committee beg to report. that the,
n have investigated the charge against J N. Cad
we'll, preferred by the Captain Of the Watch whic
q was, being found aslsep on his beat and usin
abusive and threatening Language 70 his officers,
. and find the Same duly suhsianlated. They there
n fore would recommend his disninal. and offer tn
II following resolution: -, ~ 7
. jno: = g. RE4..aoaH'
,. Resolved, That Watchman j. n. Caldwell 5.
h and is hereby dismissed from the ssrvice Of th
is MuniciTay for improper conduct, said disniss'
TO to date from the lst instant. = (
). The Police Committee, to whom was retsrr
Dc the letter of the Captain Of the Watch again
,e lampaighter Price, bef torepor, that they have
ds.Hry k~sv G-.S =.