New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-01-29
A N ACT
TO CONSOLIDATE THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, AM
PROVIDE FOR THE GOVERNMENT AND AD-
f MINIsTRATION OF ITS AFFAIRS

J. Be enacted BY The Senate and Hoase Of Representatives.
of M StafeQ General Assembly colre,ed That
all that portion Of the parish Of Orleans situated the
left bank Of the river Mississippi shall be the city Of New
Orleans and that all the free white inhabitants thereof
shall be body corporate by the of the City of
New0reans and by that they their successors
shall be known in law and shall be capable of sueing and
being sued and of prosecuting and defending in all Courts
and all actions and matters whatsoever an may have
common seal and may alter aud ca,ige the same at
pleasure and by the shall be capable of
holding and conveying any real personal for
said corporation under the restrictions and ita-
| tions hereafter set forth -' '
81 That the city of New0rleans shall be divided into
nine Wards as follows, to wit
The First Ward extend from the line of the par
ish of jefferson the middle of Benjamin. Eselle, and
Thalia streets.
The Second Ward to extend from the last mentioned
limits the middle Julia street. until strikes the
Neworlean Canal thence down the middle of said Canal
g. The Third Ward comprise the residue of the Sc
cond Municipality.
A. The Fourth Ward to extend from the middle of Ca
nal street. to the middle of St Louis until it reaches
the Metare road thence along the middle of said road
the Ncw0rleans Canal. ... ... -#
s. The Fifth Ward to extend from the last mentioned
limits to the middle of st Philip street thence down said
street until its intersection with the Bayou ST. John
thence along the middle of said Bayou until it nterects
the Metarie road thence along the middle of said road
until it reaches St Louis street .-
g. The sixth Ward to be composed of the residue of the
First Municipality. 9Ng tl
T. The Seventh Ward to extend from the middle of Is
panade street 70 the middle of Champs Eysees street
s. The Eighth Ward to extend from the middle of
Champs Elysees street to the middle Of Enghien street and
Lafayette Avenue.
The Ninth Ward to extend from the Of Enghen
street to the lower limits OF the parish of Orleans
g. The legislative power of the city Cf New0reans
shall be vested in Board of Aldermen and Board of As
sistant Aldermen who together shall form the Common
Council of the city The Board of Aldermen shall consist
of eleven members. who shall be elected by Districts
follows the First Second, and Third Wards shall
pose the First District and shall be entitled to five Alder
men the Fourth. Fifth and Sixth Wards shall compose
the Second District and shall be entitled to four Alder
men the Seventh Eighth and Ninth Wards shall COM
the Third District and be entitled to two Aldermen
The Aldermen shall hold their Office for two years.
At the first sitting of the Council i'll - 1852, the
Aldermen shall be divided by lot into two classes the
of the first class shall be vacated at the end of the
first and the seats of the second class at the end of
the second year ut each annual election after that Of
= 1852, n sufficient number of Aldermen shall be
| elected to fill the places of those going out.
The Board Assistant Aldermen shall consist of twenty
four members who shall hold their office for
shall be elected by the voters of the respective Wards
The First Ward shall be entitled to two members tht
Second Ward to three members the Third Ward to sia
members the Fourth Ward TO three members the FIFTH
Ward to three members the Sixth Ward to two members
the Seventh Ward to two members the Eighth Ward h
| two members the Ninth Ward to one member
!. The Executive power of the city OF NewOrlcan
shall be vested in Mayor Recorders
one Comptroller, one Surveyor Street Commissioners
and such other subordinate officers for preserving tn
peace good order of said city the said
So The qualifications of the Mayor Recorders, Alder
men Assistant Aldermen Treasurer Comptroller Sur
yeyor and Street Commissioner shall be the
required for members of the House of Representatives
the General Assembly Of the State. ~
roller Surveyor and Street Commissioner. shall tax
place on tho fourth Monday of April every two years
general ticket and those of Aldermen the da.
by District ticket and they shall enter upon the duties
their Office on the second Monday of May following.
81, The elections of Assistant Aldermen shall TAX
place the fourth Monday Of April of every year
they shall enter upon the duties of their office tn
second Monday Of May following
Ss The qualification of voters for Mayor, Recorder
n Aldermen Assistant Aldermen Treasurer Coptroe
Surveyor, Street Commissioner, shall be the ar
prescribed by the constitution of the State for the eet
tin M mt utttnsI In m
State.
so At the first election be held under this act, poll
shall be held in the several precincts which have bee
established by proper authority for the election OF ne
representatives. in the General Assembly OF the stare na
Immediately preceding and such elections shall DO nett
in conformity with existing laws and ordinances
So On or before the first Monday in G rnnmn,
thousand eight hundred and fifty three the oonmol
Council shall lay out and establish suffeiens M M
not less than two Of election & sae 81 u.
Wards established by the second section OF tns ac. eacl
of which precincts shall contain nearly as practicable
an equal number of qualified voters any tns oonme
Council shall make an accurate IN s ssi%
n ourna of the said Common Council and if at any cleo
tion thereafter more than hundred votes be polled
any of said precincts then at some period at least fort
ays preyos to the next succeeding election, the Con
mon Council shall rearrange the divisions OF the War'
Wards wherein such vote has been polled and lncreas
q the number thereof il necessary. g-.- -.:..,. i.
Iii Tie election at each Of said precincts shall
conducted by Inspectors of election. of who
shall be appointed by the Mayor of the City Of Newo
y leans for the time being, by the Board Of Aldermen
and one by the Board Of Assistant Aldermen two Cerl
shall also bs appointed at each Of said precincts On
tants the said Inspectors and Clerks shabe legally gus
ed of the precincts in which they act and sha
be sereray by the Mayor according to the prov
sons of the eighty-ninth article the Constitution Of tn
@l2 That the returns of said elections shall be mad
said inspectors to the Mayor, who shall IN presence
the Recorders Of said city specially notified by the ayS
that purpose within three days after said returns ha'
hssn received, and with tha aid Of said Recorders spe