New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-10-22

9B ~ GyS---MesSrS Balley. DerDeS, i1eeus, NlXoH,
Place, Stetson and Summers.
Mr. Watkins, on behalf Of the same committee,
the following, which was read twice,
the rules being suspended, and moved its adop-
ton ii I'D sss Al sss
Your committee would report in favor Of the
claim Of William d. Grimsley, for draining the
Fourth District from the 18th day of May, 1851,
to the Goth Of April, 1852, and offer the follow
ing resolution. JOIN A. WATKINS,
& L. BuRTHE,
G. RAMOS,
4s ID. B. FORBES.
! RESOLVED, That the Comptroller be, and he is
hereby authorized to issue a warrant on the
Treasurer, in favor Of VIM. D. Grimsley, for
two hundred and forty dollars, the same being
for extra drainage of the Fourth District.
Mr.. Forbes moved to lay it on the table indie
fnitely, which was losts
Mr.. Bailey moved to amend by making the
amount of the payment at the rate Of one dollar
and fifty cents per day. ~
Mr.Leeds called for the previous question,
which was carried. lp5 I 3I,-gal,5 ID ss.35s,Ss
a The previous question being ordered, the yeas
and nays were called on the motion to adopt the
report and resolution, and resulted as follows
Yeas-Messrs. Andrews, Burthe, Mackey,
Mccormack, Nixon, Relf: Ramos, Shaw, Sykes
and Watkins-10. IL
JVUYS---NltSSTSss
Forbes, Lanata, Leeds, Place, Stevenson, Stet-
son and Summers-10
& There being q tie the President gave vote in
favor Of the report and resolution, and they
were consequently adopted. 4ya
Mr.. Watkins, in behalf Of the Judiciary Com
mittee. presented the following report and reso-
luton, and the rules being suspended, they were
read second time a. & -,s
On the petition Of Henry Mcdonald, to be
paid for his horse killed by reason Of his falling
through one of the iron bridges in the Second
District, your committee would report favora-
bly,, and offer the following resolution :5
/ II @Qas JNO. A. WATKINS,
H. JOHN w. ANDREW,
TH0s. L. DEEDS.
ResolUed, That the Comptroller warrant on
the Treasurer in favor of Henry Mcdonald, for
one hundred and fifty dollars, the value of a
bridges of the Second District. Is,sg
q Mr. Mackey moved that they lie on the table,
which was lost.
And a motion Of Mr.. Watkins, for their adop-
ton, was lost by the following votes
Yeas-Messrs. Andrews, Lanata, Leeds, Nix
on, Relf, Shaw and Watkins.
.Nays-Messrs. Bailey, Burthe, Derbes, Dol
hunde, Forbes, Mackey, Mccormack, Place,
Ramos, Stevenson, Stetsen and Summers-l2.
Mr.. Nixon, on behalf of the Fire Committee,
presented the following report and resolution,
and the rules being suspended, they were read
twice and severally adopted unanimously by
yeas and nays5
The Committee on Fire, in answer to various
petitions, respectfully report the following reso
buttons: J. o. NIXON, #
j. NJ. RE1F, Il
g asFss S. w. PHILBRICK,
,ti,,. H., JNo f. WILSON
Resolved, That the Comptroller be and il
hereby authorized to sell Mt auction, after ter
days notice, the contract for repairs to the en-
gine-house, stable and well of Fire Co. No. II.
as per specifications on file in the Surveyors
Office, said repairs to be paid for in cash, when
the work is completed and approved by the Sur
yeyor. Sale to be made subject to the approval
of the Common Council 90
Resolued, That the Comptroller be and is
hereby authorized to sell at auction, after ten
days notice, the contract for building q stable
and tagging the yard of Fire Co. No %, as pei
specifications on file in the Surveyors office
said work to be paid for in cash, when completed
and approved by the Surveyor. Sale to be made
subject to the approval of the Common Council
RESOLVED, That the Treasurer pay on the
warrant of the Comptroller, to Protection Fire
Co. No. 10, one thousand dollars, for an engine
pr0pided, that said warrant shall not be ISSUED
until the engine is accepted by the Surveyor. /
Mr.. Nixon presented the following to lie over
The Committee on Fire, fully aware of the
Importance of preparing an ordinance for thu
government of the Fire Department that viii
prevent q wasteful expenditure of the public
moneys, and at the same time extend ample ait
and assistance to SO important branch of pub
lie policy, have deemed it proper thus long tt
delay the report fot the following reason
Upon entering upon the discharge of theii
duties, your committee found that from thu
separate action of the different municipalities
and the city of Lafayette, that the same ex
tent of public aid had not been extended to eacl
company, and previous to forming genera
ordinance, it was deemed both just and equita
bic, to endeayor, as far as practicable, to place
all the companies of the different parts Of TIN
consolidated city upon an equal footing.
Your committee believing that the members
of the Fire Department in banding themselves
together to protect the lives and property o
their fellowcitizens, are actuated by the high
est and most generous motives, have felt that i
was due to men who thus freely gave their time
and labor for the public good, that they SHOULD
not be subjected to pecuniary liabilities. Fully
recognizing, therefore, the duty of the city tt
support so important department, your com
mittee, i'll framing the ordinance, have endea
vored to extend ample aid to the Fireman, anC
at the same time, sufficiently to guard and pro
tect the public Treasury-all of which is sub
submitted. j. o NIXON.
j. M. RELF,
@ as- ts +. S. WILSON
IN ordinance concerning the Fire Depart
ment Of the city Of .Ne,c Orleans, and pro
hiding for its support.
Article /. Be 1t ordained, That location
of the several apparatus constituting the Fir
Department of the city of New Orleans, as nov
apportioned, is hereby continued; and tina
hereafter they be confined to the following lin
its in the discharge of their duties, Except a
hereinafter provided for and no Engine, Hos
or Hook and Ladder Company shall remove thei
apparatus out of the house in which the same
located, without the permission of the Council
The companies located in the First Distric
shall attend fires in the First Second and Fourt
Districts. .H
Those in the Second District shall attend fire
in the First, Second and Third Districts
Those in the Third, shall attend fires in til
Second and Third Districts 3T N li{5
And those in the Fourth District shall atten
fires in the First and Fourth Districts, provided
they are not called out of their Districts by
general alarm, which shall be indicated by
constant ringing of the fire alarm bells.
Art. 2. Beu further ordained, That when
ever FIRE occurs in any part of the city it shall
be the duty of the respective Captains of Police
or the officers on duty at the time, to cause all tn
fire alarm bells under their control to be loudl.
rung, designating by taps of said bell the Dis
trict in which the fire may be-. III
The First District shall be indicated b,
one tap. i7 -t is ~ 81
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