New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-05-24
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OFFICIAL JOURMAL
OF THE CONSOLIDATED CITY or NEW ORLEANS
OffieiaI.
BOARD or ASSISTANT ALDEKIKN.

OF THE CONSOLIDATED CITY on NEW ORLEANS
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BOARD OF AssIsTANT ALDERHKM
StrTIro FnrpAr, May FL 1852
The roll was called at twenty minutes past
six o'clock. P NJ, and the following members
answered to their names: n.
DR.. 3. Alpuente, President; Messrs. Andrews,
Bailey, Forbes, Leeds, Nixon, Place, Ramos,
Stevenson, Stetson, Watkins, Wiltz and Win
ston-13
There being no quorum present, on motion,
the Board took recess Of five minutes.
At the expiration Of said recess the roll was
again called, and the following members an
swered to their names
DIR. F. Alpuente, President; Messrs. Andrews,
Bailey, Burthe, Dplhonde, Forbes, Lanata,
Leeds, Lusto, Mackey, Nixon, Philbrick, Place,
Ramos, Shaw, Stevenson, Stets0n, Sykes, Wat
kins, Wiltz and Winst0n-2l. @
The reading Of the journal was dispensed
with. 5s
Mr.. Winston presented the following, and the
rules being suspended. it was read 9 second
time and adopted:
Whersas The Board Of Aldermen have transmitted to
this Board the following resolution, to wit
RESOLVED, That the Comnaon Council will meet on FRI
sy Bos4a f q ssas
Notary and such ether officers a. may be pro
vided for by Law. 2
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transmitted to the Board OF Assistant Ade for their
concuJTence1 a5
find ,eas said resolutions being unprecedented in
their character mysterious their tendency (and at
variance with all Parliamentary custom 50 diamericaiy
Opposite to the very practice Of the Board Of
in every single instance Of joint ballot, since the oran
zaon Of the Common Council it was and It is i'm
pOltic undgned and Illegal for the Eoard OF As santf
TO such resolutions as the above considering
the relative number Of menbers Of eacl Board the size
of the two chambers the heat Of the the
modations for the people and above ALL the compromise
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tees the majority of whom reported to this effect that
the Common Council would agree to spend $4,000 and
make the old City Hall into and keep the
Courts in it. then the Mayor. Board Of Aldermen, and
other officers Of the city would to the new City
TALL The report and resolutions were adopted by the
Board of Assistants almost nimous and sent to the
Board of Aldermen where they sleep with many other
bed-feows, and with them I'VE fearJ will know no
waking.n
Be It therefore Yesolpe1 That this Board will submit to
nothing that is Illegal improper; hut feeling anxious
to act in union il good feeng and for the
two nights in the week 1t or sittings and day
committee meetings, but Will do more if asked-or-
partments Of this city which ought long since to have
been completed and we will sit trweekly imperatyey
required to do
Be further ,esored That t he Common Council will
meet this Friday evening a,r II. 1881 at 81 O'Clock,
p in the Council Chamber Of the Board of assistant
for the purpose of eecng PLY scianE Notary and such
other officers as may be provide d for by iaw 4,
rendered to Patrick Irwin Esq for the kind offer of his
Omnibus to convey the Board of Aldermen from their
Chamber to tbS City Hail. and tn is
hice to the old City Hall Second District notify the Pre-
sdent as as he arrives and la the Omnibus sub
ject to the Board Of Mdermen's ord srs gts
esolred further That the above preamble and resolu-
ons be transmitted forthwith thu Board of Aldermen
for their concurrence.
4 Messrs. Eustis Hermann and Wilson appeared
and took their seats 5
The following, presented by Mr.. Nixon, was
read twice, the rules being suspended, and
adopted
ordsa That at all future aajourne meetings Of thi
Board thc order OF business shall be take ap the unn
shed business in the order in which it appears TIL
Journal and no other bushes shall considered wthou
Board may at any rey uiar meeting make any matte
nat comes before them the speciaf der for an I'D
Mr.. Leoda, rs Chairman, pres lei 1ted the fol
lowing report, e.nd the rules being suspended, j
was adopted:
The Special Committee, to whom was referred tina
part Of the Mayors message referring to the stat
OF the evees i'll Carrolton and the prev ion of
flows respectfully report that they deemit xpedient
undertake any work at Carrolton.
the same necessity which would compe as to under
take the protection Of this point would pe also t.
city and Carrolltop.
We have that any work to be undertake,
would prove acceptable to the inhabitants of the Pars
our jurisdiction over them. {Is1iz6 s 4gSs5N
Your Committee from the considerations bose named
recommend that confine operation, to our owl
boundaries. ss
Having consulted of the most emine Mt of
ldent engineers your Committee feel satis6ed from tn
statements made to them that there for tea
Of overflow provided that we EXTEND st rengther
raise our present protection leyees
1t is proposed to strengthen and raise the Claborh
street leyee and extend the anne from its present term
nation at the corner of Ma gades and -- streets, u
to the river so as to protect upper line of the Four
District.
1t is proposed also to strene then and the levee
the north side of the New and exte md it to Meta
| rie Ridge. @
The whole cost of the al ,ove has been estimate
by the Surveyor not to ed thousa nd dollars
The Committee would SUI gges that they be authorize
to call on the Surveyor such plans as he may dee
necessary for the present protection Of city t
probable cost of the same THos. L. LEEDS
g-3{5g5 ssstE EMILE WiLTz, K
JNo W. WATKIEs
ORDER goF THE DAY. 81
The following + csc buttons, which came up
the order of the day, we're, on motion, adopted
Resolved That th Con ptroer be, al ad he is hereby,
rected to sell at auction after ten ays notice the
for repairs to the pawn Of the streets the First Thir
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