New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-02-07
The Consolidation Bill.


which have already published. The summary is from
the Delta:
Section was amended that it should read fol-
At the first sitting of the Council the Aldermen shall
be divided by lot into two classes the of the first
class shall be vacated Mt the end of the first and the
orided that oaehay IF e aemen. Of each District as near
practicable. shall constitute The first"
The words italicised contain the amendment
Treasurer Controller Surveyor Street Commissioner (by
general ticke and Recorders aldermen and Assistant ant
fourth Monday Of March, every two years The original
bill had April These officers will all enter upon their
duties the second Monday of April instead Of May as
originally provided
Section IL is amended that in the Mayor is in
crestcd supervising the election returns absent
that task shall be performed by Justice OF the Peace
Section II amended so that the census shall be taken
every fifth instead of every fourth year.
Section % ia amended to prohibit the Council
from increasing salary of Office by fees or extra com
Section % is amended SO us to make the Mayor neg
Bile than two successive terms of years each
Section 20 is amended that the Mayor is given but
five instead of ten days to consider bills sent to him
Section q is amended SO to strike out the qualica
tons of thirty for Recorder and require that officer
to possess the qualifications of member of the House of
Representative of the State There TO be three
Recorders elected by the Common Council in joint
meeting from its numbers
Section 20 liz amended to give the Council the
power OF rejecting all bids contracts sold Mt public
auction.
Section 80 is amended in addition to the duties
prescribed for the Surveyor require him to perform
such other duties as the Council may direct
Section 81 is amended that instead of three District
Attorneys to be elected by the Common Council there is
to be one Assistant Attorney.
Section 25 providing for Tax Collector is entirely
| changed. and system adopted by which all those
bills not paid into the City Treasury after due notice
during the months of May and June every year shall be
tce to the parties to the in fifteen days into the
Treasury said notice is to operate citation. and if
not paid in the time specified list of the is to be
given to the Assistant Attorney. with orders to bring
suit The Assistant Attorney is receive compensation
of five per cent to be paid by the delinquent taxpayer
Section 81 is amended so to strike the provision
fixing the rate of interest on the bonds of the Muncpa
ties and leave the Commissioners to make the best bar
gain they The Chairmen OF the Finance Committee
of the two Councils added to the Board Of Commits
sonrrs of the Consolidated Debt The Consolidated Loan
Tax is reduced from seven to six hundred thousand
dollars.
These the principal amendments There others
which are merely changes of form.
| Four additional sections were added.
Section 80 provides that Aldermen and all other officers
cesSOrs appointed elected or qualified,
Section 40 gives the right to any citizen to take out
marranio to try the right of the Mayor to his Office
which is to be tried summariy.
Section Al dispenses the Corporation from giving Sc
curity in all judicial proceedings
quiring bonds and security from all city municipal
There is also amendment making the Recorders dis
rict the same as the school districts.
Such the amendments in the bill which passed the
Senate on Wednesday.
The Supplemental bill. annexDg Lafayette, introduced
by Mr. Gardere. from jefferson. is adapted to this bill
Lafayette is to have Alderman and two Assistant Al
crncn and Recorder Her citizens will vote for the
Mayor and other officers elected by general ticket with
| those of NewOrleans
| Tn,ruTE WAsusGToN PoPE.-The editor OF
the Frederick (1d Examiner has perused letter from
Colonel Anthony Kimmel. of Liganore. Nld.) dated
ROME December 81 1851. to his in Frederick. The
Examiner says the Colonel appcrs to be enjoying his
usu good health and to be awaiting himself of every ap-
porunty examine points of interest in his European
| n the 18th he presented his Holiness
the Pope The following is extract from the letter of
Col Kimmel;
The Pope has directed large stones-the one to be
taken from the Capitol the other from the Colseum-to
be prepared Rome and to be presented by him to the
Washington Monument being erected in the city Of
Washington to the memory OF the Father of his country
TIE CHEvA11ER HuLsEMANs-A Washington cores
ponlent of the Baltimore Sun says "Chevalier Hulse-
has believe left for the Island of Cuba Iavana)
await amid the zephyrs of that lovely island the in
tructons of his Government Let us hope that the mild
climate which he is about to enjoy will soften the asper
ties his temper and that he will return to Washington
, a more amabe and less irascble gentleman. May the
benign influence Southern sum have the effect
upou him which the air of his native mountains of New
Hampshire had the great Secretary of State Los
t'ehes ,e1cohfI'em
CHARGE OF FRAup-Dancl b. Townsend, formerly Pre-
sidcnt of the Bowery Bank New York, arrested il
that city the 9th ult charged with defraudin!
persons out of several thousand dollars by Undue
ing them take stock in known as the Croto
Steam Faucet Factory No 90 Centre street
ing at the time it unincumbered and free from deb
while at very time mortgaged for s65OO0 to tn
Bowery Bank whence he had drawn $4,000 to become
mariner with A. w Metcalf in the same business Henc
the victims lost all their advance the bank is on
about 100000 the late President is in the custod
of the police authorities awaiting an examination
n nc bnalt hal Itip,or
Clipper has an article in which it states that DR. Thoml
son of that city has called the attention of the City Cour
Gil Ia the subject of armng the police with revolvers
other The Clipper contends that rs the polio
are constantly on active and frequently dangerous dut
they should authorized by law to carry the
e protecting themselves from injury Indeed the clippe
thinks it will soon be necessary to establish military
lice to keep down the constantly growing riotous dspos
ton which prevails in that city 1t says that assaults
- the most desperate character the unarmed police,
frequent and often result in serious injury which wou
he prevented if the rowes and desperadoes knew thu
y the police armed and authorized to Use their arm
" D.es IN CoNGREss.A letter writer says Mr.. Wasl
burn of Maine eliciting great interest in his propos
e ton to shorten the route to Europe by line
~ steamers from Cape Canso or Halifax to Galway in II
land lie wants Congress to grant of the Westel
lands aid the construction of about two hundred miles
OF railroad with that already guaranteed by
British Provinces tnen postal
nj ally beneficial to the Government and the new line
in this highly interesting scheme be accomplished Il
70 voyage across the Atlantic will be performed in five da
~ and II half By the aid of telegraph, shall be with
at six lays of the capitals of Europe We wish Mr. Was
e burn may succeed in getting up this line in some wa
The saving of weeks sickness is consideration
he The Cincinnati and St. Louis Railroad Company ha
formally accepted the loan of 100000 by the city of
No cinnati. be applied toward the construction of
,u road The whole work is to be finished in five yea
For this nine millions of dollars to be paidS350ot
he cash S27500OO in capital stock Of the Company, a
m S275OO00 in mortgage bonds. Of the entire amount
ne uircd under the only S15oOoO0 remain to
he provided for.
va, TELEGR.4PHTC ITEMS
mo BosroS. January 2SLast night the train of cars fir
m Newton on the Falls and branch of the Worces
Rairoad came in contact with sleigh containing G
W shaw. n merchant of Boston his wife and
emf Shaw had both his broken and otherwise
ger ur, from the effects of which he died this morni
&C. Ills wife also had both of her broken and crush
Vcd ono of Which it found necessary to amputate
mi morning at the shoulder She is otherwise serou
vas injured that she is not expected to recover The
NY ngunrly escaped injury altogether having been thro
Cos out by the father to snow bank at the moment of
nc: ~: collision,
f, BosroS January 2S-The schooner General Irwin fl
INC Baltimore for Washington, N. c. was fallen in with
us meta fpct in her hold