New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-05-06
OFFICIAL.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF ASSISTANT
ALDERMEN

PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF ASSISTANT
ALDERMEN.
TUESDAY. May A. 1852
The Board met at 6 o'clock p pnrsua11t
to adjournment
Present, DR.. f. Alpuente, President: Mess1s
Andrews, Bailey, Burthe, Derbes, DoIbopde.
Hermann, Lanata, Leeds, Lusto, Mackey.
Nixon, Place, Ramos, Shaw, Siewerssen, StetsoI,.
Sykes, Watkins, Wilson, Witt and Winston.
The Journal was read and approved
The following message of the Mayor was read
and referred to the Committee on Streets and
Landings:
MAYoRaLry NEw0nLEASs, /
May T. 1852
To The Hen Presidents Members Of e Boa,d of .e,e,
and Board Of assistant L7ue Of the City Of New rians:
GEsTLEMEN-I beg call the attention of your Honor
able Body to the establishment known as the Water
orks situated in the Second District Levee street,
between Dumain and St Philippe streets The late Muri
cpality No One caused the to be abolished
time since and TO be offered at public auction but the
sale was enoined and since then nothing has been done
with the building There is d valuable engine on the
premises together with other materials and deem it
Flsable that some disposition should be made Of the
property.
Enclosed beg to present to you petition from Messrs
" & G. Montgomery. slark Day & stauffer Henderson
Gaines, and various other occupants and owners ef
stores situated in Canal street
have the honor to be- very respectfully your obedent
servant A. D CRossnAs Mayor
A message was received from the Board of Al
dermen, announcing the passage of the follow
ing ordinances and resolutions, and asking the
concurrence of the Board of Assistant Alder
men therein, to wit:
l. An ordinance to organize the department of Police of
the city of New Orleans.
q resolution authorizing the Treasurer to nav
sums on the warrant Of the Comptroller
g. An ordinance relating to the House Of Refuge ''
l. An ordinance relative to the Clerks the Recorders
of the First. Second. Third and Fourth Districts.
s. An ordinance concerning Street Commissioners de-
partment. ..
An ordinance regulating awnings sheds and hanging
signs.
4 resolution authorizing the Judiciary Committees
Of the Common Council to enter into arrangement with
Alexander Walker ESD Digest Of the laws relative to
the corporation of New Orleans etc
81 resolution relative to the securities offered by De
Buys Comptroller W H. Garland Treasurer, and L. H.
Pile. Surveyor
9. resolution authorizing the Chair to appoint COM
nIttee OF three to act on the Fisk Library.
TO- resolution authorizing the Comptroller to sell at
auction the contract for the running Of the Draining Ma
chine OF the Second District
IL A resolution authorizing the Comptroler to sell Mt
auction the contracts for the construction keeping in
repair OF all the wooden bridges drains in the Second
Third and Fourth Districts
L. \ resolution authorizing the Clerk of Recorder Seu-
Zeneau to purchase books and stationry
l resolution granting the use of Lafayette Square
an exhibition Of Fireworks for the benefit of the Catholic
Male orphan Asylum in the Third District
a. resolution relative to the removal of certain
blacksmith shop in Josephine street
To- Resolutions relative report from the bureau of
Yards and Docks at Washington
A message was received from the Board of
Aldermen announcing the concurrence of that
body in the following ordinance and resolutions ::
French and English
2 An Ordinance concerning the city printing.
g. Resolution authorizing the purchase of provisions
for the Workhouse of the First District -
And also notifying the Board of the rejection
of the resolution relative to codifying municipal
law bf fho alo :
of the sc Resolution to transfer all prisoners to
the Workhouse of the First District
.s. PETITIONS, ETC
Of certain citizens of the Third Ward for the
removal Of the lime kiln of A. Bridge, and cam
phene factory OF E. Wood Perry; of certain
vendors of butter, to be allowed to sell the same
in the markets; and of Conrad Stumpf to be al
lowed to erect a blacksmith shop on Montegut
street-were read and referred to the Committee
OH Police.
Two petitions of property owners on Claiborne
street, in favor of the construction of railroad
on said street; of NJ. G. Almindinger, contrac-
tor, for an amendment of his contract, and of
residents in the vicinity of Lafayette Square,
against firing ofcannon and fireworks--were read
and referred to the Committee on Streets and
Landings.
A bill of VIM Northern for services as Health
read and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Of Mrs Widow Galatas, for the emancipation
OF the slave Rosette-was read and referred to
the Judiciary Committee
Ut property holders on Circus street, against
the construction of railroad on said street
was read and referred to the Special Committee
on the Pontchartrain Railroad memorial
An application for the office of Keeper of the
Powder magazine from P. Hartman, and another
from, II. -D.-
Whartnger of the Third District, were read and
laid on the table, subject to call
a communication from Thos. J. Spear, rela-
tive to examination of the Levee of First Dis
trict and Carrollton, was read and referred to
the special committee on the prevention of over
flows, etc.
A letter from the Recorder of the Fourth Dis
trict, asking to have stationery, ETC., provided
for his office, and asking to have the laws of the
late City of NewOrleans extended to his Dis
trict, was read, and that part relative to sta
that relative to extending the laws, ETC., to the
judiciary Committee
A communication from various Heads of Fami-
lies, suggesting list of persons for School Di-
rectors for the Third District, was read and laid
over subject to cali.
STANDING COMMITTEES.
MT. Lanata, from the FINANCE Committee,
the following, and it was on his mo-
ton laid over
The Finance Committee to whom referred that por-
ton Of the Mayors message relative to the legacy be-
qucathed to the city of New Orleans by late Stephen
Gird beg leave to report That they have carefully ex
amned all the papers having reference to this beques as
we'll as the valuation and description of the
slaves comprised within this legacy and of the opinion
that the interests Of the corporation would be best
suited by the early disposal of the slaves nasmuch
usufruct in favor of Mi Henry Bry having expired the
negroes are doing nothing and likely prove charge
to the city.
Your committee consider the claim of Mr. Henry Bry to
the boy Manuel equitable since it was evidently
the intention of the late Stephen Grard donate him to
that gentleman and the act OF transfer in 1897 by which
said boy came into possession of Mr. Bry could only
construed gift Your committee will recommend the
adoption OF the following resolution
Resored That the Mayor be- and he is hereby author
ed TO dispose OF and act of sale for the sixty
slaves now in the hands of Mr. Henry NJ Bry, the agent
of the city based the valuation of said negroes aud
the offers for the in the hands of the Mayor
L, H. PLACE, Chairman,
j. LANArA,
THos L. LEEDS,
Frs. SIEwEHssEN
Mr.. Bailey, as Chairman of the Committee
on Streets and Landings, presented the follow
ing:
The Committee on Streets and Landings to whom was
referred the petition of the Commissioners of the New
Custom House. asking for the of the wharf at the foot
of Canal street. land the granite for said building
report in favor Of the and offer the following resolu
tion, N II. BAILEY,
r. b. SYKES.
L. b. DoLHoNpE,