New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-05-01


Of the Health Committee If not said assistant physician
must receive his compensation from the physician whose
duty he fulfls.
Sec g. Be further ordaiaed-That they shall each day
register in book kept for that purpose in each prison
workhouse etc. all their prescriptions with the
number of each patient from which book the orders shall
be executed by the nurses or keepers
Sec T. BE il further ordanedThat the medicines shall
be ordered inspected by physicians in their respec
tive districts who shall approve the bills for the be-
fore payment can be made.
Sec. 8. Be further ordpned-That the physicians shall
have the power to remove prisoners attacked with
contagious disease to place selected by themselves
and treated at the expense Of the city.
Sec. 9, BE further ordained-That the salary Of each
physician appointed under this ordinance shall be
dollars per annum, payable monthly by the City Trea-
surer
Sec. TO- Belt further ordaned-That the Common Coun-
Gil to itself the right of dsmssing either or both
Of the physicians at will.
NEW BUSINESS.
Mr.. Eustis presented the following
I'm Ordinance Procidns for The Subscription By The Gin of
Ner Orleans to The Stock Of the New Orleans Opeoisas and
Great Weste,n Raiiroaa Company.
On the first section being read, as follows:
l. That the city of Neworleans subscribe to the stock
Of the New0reans 0pelousas and Great Western Rail.
road Company shares to the amount Of sixty thousand
amounting to one million and a half of dollars
Mr.. Shaw moved to amend by adding after the
word ssdollars,'' g and that a tax of one third
of one per cent be levied ON the landed estate
of the city of NewOrleans annually for six years
to pay said subscription. commencing May first,
1852 which was carried, and the ordinance as
amended, was read second time, the rules be-
ing suspended, adopted as follows:
I'm ordinanee roridg for tie subscription BY e city Of
NewOleans to The stock Of the New Orleans 0pousas and
Great Western Railroad Company
That the city of NewOrleans subscribe to the stock
of the New0rleans Opeousas and Great Western Railroad
Company shares to the number of sixty thousand
ing to million and half of dollars and that tax of
onehrd of per cent be levied the landed estate
of the city of New0rleans annually for six years pay
said subscription. commencing May l, 1858.
2 That tax of two per cent. is hereby levied all
the landed estate situated in the city of NewOreans said
tax being sufficient to pay the of said subscrp
ton One-sxth of this tax being onethrd of per
cent shall be payable the first Monday of May. 1858
another sixth the first Monday of May 1854 another
the first Monday of May 1856 another sixth on the first
Monday of May. 1857. and the remaining sixth the
first Monday of May 1855 Said taxes shall be payable
at the Office of the City Treasurer and shall be collected
in all other city taxes according to
provisions of the 35th section Of the law Consolidating
the city of New0reans
g. Separate receipts for the tax shall be given the
taxpayers which shall enttle them to equivalent
amount in stock of the said Railroad Company and when
the amount of the tax receipts shall not correspond
exactly with the amount of share or any number of
shares in the Railroad Company it shall be lawful for
the holder of the receipt to complete the fraction to
amount equivalent to share by payment in cash Of the
deficiency.
It shall be the duty of the City Treasurer to pay
to said Railroad Company through its proper officers
collected during the next preceding week accompanied
by list of the names of the who have paid the
tax and of the amount paid by each.
This ordinance shall not take effect shall
on be held for the purpose of submitting it to the
val of the tax payers required by law until the Board
of Directors of said Railroad Company shall have commu-
ncaed in writing. to the Common Council their consent
to accept the subscription herein ordained payable the
manner herein above set forth
aersas 1t has been satisfactorily ascertained that
without the aid of the property holders the NewOleans
tlnaln1 and Raj hann
truced successful issue that the interest
receives the advantage caused by such public
works and consequently such interests ought aid this
important undertaking. and although large property
holders have made handsome subscriptions yet the great
bulk of subscribers to the above named road
limited and mechanics-the bone and sinew the
community and. he,eas. although the majority of real
estate have made voluntary subscriptions
the books of the Company they almost unanimous in
the belief that tax must be levied. and many
ous pay it, confident in the belief that the tax will
only advance property but that they will receive for the
tax paid stock that will not be surpassed
in the world therefore. be it
Reso,rea That the Mayor is hereby authorized and d.
reeted to order an election in conformity to the above
ordinances to take place on the second Monday in June
next and to make complete returns of said election with
in ten days from the opening or closing of the polls
The yeas and nays being called on the final pas
sage of the above ordinance, resulted as follows
Yeas: Messrs Burthe, Derbes, Dolhonde
Eustis, Forbes, Lanata, Leeds, Mackey, Nixon
Place, Ramos, Shaw, Stetson, Sykes, Wilson and
Winston-16.
Nay: Mr. Bailey-1.
Mr. Nixon called Mr. Stetson to the Chair and
presented the following majority report and res
olutions of the Committee on Conference:
The Joint Committee appointed to confer on the subject
of locating the offices of the city and designating the place
at which the Common Council shall hereafter hold its
meetings, most respectfully beg leave to report
That they have fully and carefully considered the mat
ter and from the many advantages offered by the large
and commodious in the building heretofore known
the Second Municipality Hall {and which is now the
property of city, any other building owned by
said city they that all the officers of our city
sny the Mayor Comptroller Treasurer Surveyor Street
Commissioner Board of Commissioners of the Consolidated
Debt be located therein. and also that the Boards of
Aldermen and Assistant Aldermen shall in future hold
known and designated as the City Hail. and offer the fol-
lowing: j. O. NIXON.
W. A GAsquEr,
j. A. WArKENs,
". p. CONVERSE.
JOHN NJ. BURKE.
l. Reso,ed, That the building formerly known as the
Second Municipality Hail. opposite Lafayette Square shall
be known and designated as the City Hall
3 That the offices of Mayor Comptroller. Treasurer
Street Surveyor aud office of the Board
Commissioners of the Consolidated Debt shall be located
in said City Hall
D. That the Board of Aldermen and Assistant Aldermen
shall hereafter hold their sessions in said City Hall
l. Resored, That committee of two be appointed by
the Chair with like committee from the Board Of
Aldermen designate and arrange the rooms for the
Mr.. Eustis, from the same committee, pre-
sented the following minority report:
The minority respectfully beg leave to report
That they regret they cannot agree with the majority
this committee The changes proposed they cannot con-
slider expedent necessary The Mayor since the foun-
daton Of the city has always held his Office in the build
ing occupied by him. and cannot but think that if
these changes made they calculated to arouse the
sectional feelings and preudices which it was the ayowed
object of the consolidation to aay The building oppo
site Jackson Square with u reasonable OUTLAY of
money be fitted up to accommodate the Mayor and
all the officers of the city With view however of COM
promising the matter would consent that the Common
Council should hold their meetings in the building now
used by the Board of Assistant Aldermen
GEo. EusTIs JR.
j, LANATA.
On motion, the majority report was adopted
by the following vote:
Yeas: Messrs, Andrews, Bailey, Dolhonde,
Forbes, Lanata, Mackey, Nixon, Place, Shaw,
Stetson, Sykes, Wilson and Winston-l3.
Mays: Messrs. Burthe, Eustis and Ramos
The President appointed Messrs Stetson and
Burthe on the committee as required by the res
olutions adopted.
Mr.. Nixon presented preamble and series of
resolutions providing for the removal of the Of
fees of the Mayor Treasurer, Comptroller, Sur
veyor and Street Commissioner, to the City Hall,