New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-04-30
FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL 30. 1852.

MORNING, APRIL 30. Il
National Monument Society, was, on motion,
referred to the Committee on Finance.
PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS. .....
A memorial from Thomas r. Wolfe, City At
torney, asking to be permitted to appoint an
Assistant Attorney, was, on motion Of Mr..
Burke, referred to the Finance Committee.
A letter from P Seuzeneau, Recorder of the
Third District, city of NewOrleans, was read,
asking the confirmation of Messrs. s. P. Fargo
and j ohm Litton as Clerk and Assistant Clerk in
his Court, and, on motion, was referred to the
Police Committee.
Recorder Seuzeneau having stated further in
his communication that his office was out Of
stationery,
On motion of Mr.. Lugenbuhl, the following
resolution was adopted:
Resored That the Clerk of Recorder seuzeneau be- and
is hereby authorized to purchase the necessary books and
stationery for the office Of the Recorder.
A letter from Robert Spedden, candidate for
the Office of Wharfnger for the Second District,
was laid on the table subject to call.
A petition from the NewOrleans Catholic As
socation for the relief of male orphans was read,
and on motion of Mr. Harris, the following
resolution was adopted, the rules being dis
pensed with:
Resolved That the prayer of the petition asking the
Of re- suar & o. o M brs ins
| District. be granted
A letter from Mr.. G. W. Haygood, candidate
for the office of Wharfnger Of the Second Dis
trict was, on motion, laid on the table, subject
to call
| A memorial in behalf of the &c NewOrleans
and Great Western Railroad Company asking
| the Common Council to subscribe for the City
| 70 forc VI nd sh of the
capital stock of said Company, equal to 81 ,500,.
| 900, was, on motion, laid on the table, subject
| to call
A letter from Mr. H. D, Keen, candidate for
reelection to the Office Of Collector of Levee
Dues for the Fourth District, was, on motion,
laid on the table, subject to call.
letter was read, recommending Mr. Henry
| Rugen as a suitable Engineer to attend to the
| Draining Machine, situated at the corner of
Claiborne street and the Shell Road, Second
Municipality: on motion, said letter was laid
on the table, subject to call.
A letter from Mr. A. Dellatte, candidate for
reelection to the office of Lieutenant of the Night
Watch of the Fourth District, was, on motion,
referred to the Mayor,
memorial was read from the Finance Com
mittee of the Delegates to the Industrial Fair
Convention, asking for an appropriation of
$1,000 to carry out the proposed objects of the
| ran. Ou uOtlOl, Iuc dDofS LiOhioA AoA vac AS-
ferred to the Committee on Finance.
A memorial from the Bee, True Delta, Courier
and Orleanian, asking for payment Of advertis-
ing bills due them by the city of NewOrleans,
was, on motion, referred to the Committee on
| Claims
Several bills from the Delta and Picayune
were, on motion, referred to the Finance Com
nittee.
A letter from Geo. W. Fleming, candidate for
t.l.o g n,,, ,x,prr No
chine of the First District, was, on motion, laid
on the table subject to call.
A petition from Mary Walker, f. W. c., asking
permission to emancipate her mulatto slave Lu-
cinda, was referred to the Judiciary Committee.
A petition from Castle Green, f. m. c., asking
permission to emancpate his wife, named Jenny,
and her three grand children, was referred to
the Judiciary Committee.
A memorial signed by four hundred and forty
six persons, property holders and residents on
Canal Claiborne, and adjacent streets, recon-
mending the construction of railroad in that
part of the city, was on motion referred to thu
Committee on Streets and Landings.
A petition from Adeline Davis, relative to tn
emancipation of her slave Juliette, was On mo
ton referred to the Judiciary Committee
A petition from numerous residents Of tn
Fourth District was read, on the sui bject of
certain Blacksmth's shop on Josephine street
! DelWeeu aPOllO anu DFdlIdTu SlfeSlS. WHICH pc
titioners assert to be a nuisance, and pray tina
said shop be removed.
On motion of Mr.. Burke, the following reso
luton was adopted:
Resolved That the above petition relative certai
Blacksmith's shop Josephine street between Apol
and Brainard streets be referred to the Street Comm
| sioner, with power to act.
CALL OF COMMITTEES.
Mr.. Claiborne, Chairman of the Judiciar,
Committee, presented the following report:
The Judiciary Committee to whom referred the com
munication of the Secretary of the Council of the
of Lafayette and accompanying papers relative tn
veto of the Mayor of said city upon resolution of tn
Council, allowing hundred and fifty dollars to A.
Perkins keeper of the Municipal Hall for extra service
beg leave to report That the Council of Lafayette hay
ing taken further action upon said which appear
to have been received the LIST April and the Mayor
Lodging that the said Perkins had already received amp
compensation for his services your committee find
sufficient grounds the interference of this boar
in matter in which the authorities of Lafayette wer
most competent to decide and in which appeal to th
Board providedfor by law Your committee therefor
beg to be discharged from the further consideration of tn
subject.
On motion of Mr. Burke, the above report wa
adopted g,
MIR. Claiborne offered the following resolution
Q which was adopted, the rules being DISPENSE
with:
Resolved, That the Judiciary Committee of the Commo
Council be authorized to enter an arrangement wit
Alexander Walker. Esq for hundred copies {pape
bound) of digest prepared by him of the laws relative
the Corporation of New0reans including the Consodt
and Annexation Acts with all the other Acts passe
by the last Legislature relative to the Consolidated Cit,
Also full digest of the previous legislation relative to til
City of NewOreans not repealed by the acts of the Las
session according to the copy exhibited arranged wit
full index marginal notes. ETC. provided that tho cost
said hundred copies Of said digest shall not excee
two hundred dollars W. C. G. CIABoRSr
t Mr.. Converse, on behalf of the Finance Com
f mittee, offered the following report, which, o
5 motion, was adopted
The Finance Committee to whom was referred the net
on of Mrs Mary Gray representing that she in ind
gent circumstances and fendess in consequence Of tt
decease of her husband who killed some time sine
beg to report that they deeply sympahze with said Mr.
Gray in her misfortune, but regret that no ordinant
exists in her therefore they ask to be discharge
from the further consideration of the subject
v w. p. CONVERSE
4 W. A. GAsquEr.
}, Mr.. Converse, ON behalf of the Finance Com
;, mittee, offered the following resolution:
= FINANCE COMMITTEE.
Resoed That the Treasurer pay the following sums
i the warrant of the Comptroller, viz
Pay roll of laborers in employ of Municipality N
Two for March, thirteen hundred seventy dollars
# forty-nine cents.
Pay roll of laborers in employ of Municipality No Tu
from list to 10th April two hundred and eighty nine do
II lars and ninety-six cents.
Pay roll Surveyors Department for March six hundre
). and one dollars and si4ty-six cents,
n Paw roll of carts in employ No