New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-11-19
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official Report.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD oF ALDERMEN

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PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD 0F ALDERMEN
/ s j Sitting OF NOVEMBER 10, 1852.
The Board met this day pursuant to adjourn
ment. a-i 0--
Members present Hon w. C. Claiborne
President gro ten, and Messrs. burke' Clark
Converse, Giquel, Harris and Labatut.
J., The reading of the journal was, on motion
/ dispensed with. ceog J5
The following message from the Mayor wal
read, and was taken up by paragraph.
| The frstrparagraph, relative to the adjudica
ton to Peter Kaiser, was referred to the Com.
mittee on Streets and Landings.
Tire second paragraph, relative to the protes,
of Messrs. jackson & McLanathan, was referred
| to the Committee on Streets and Landings, with
| power to act. = -=f e4t-F
| -, ~ MAYoRALTY OF NEW ORLEANS, I
| 80 t November 16, 1852. {
| the Board of aldermen, and the Board OF
/ assistant aldermen Of The city Of .Weu
/ Orleans:
GENTLEMEN-Ih have been requested to trans
init the enclosed communication from the City
Attorney to MIR. Mazureau, the Notary of the
corporation, in which the former refuses to give
his approval to the act passed between Peter
Kaiser and the; city of New Orleans for laying
plank road on Felicity street, IN consequence
of certain discrepancies connected with the adj
judication Of the contract. 1t will be necessary.
therefore, to insure the performance Of the work,
that the requisite corrections should be made by
the Common Council. 9-
L enclose a protest from Messrs jackson &
McLanathan, contractors for the work now in
progress on the wharves at the foot of st. Joseph
street, in which they say that they are COM
pelledto stop with their labors on account of the
steamships moored in that locality. On the re-
ceipt Of this communication addressed a note
to the Harbor Master of the First District re-
questing him, ifpossible, to give the steamers a
temporary berth elsewhere, so that the work
might be brought to speedy termination.
Ihaye the honor to be, very respectfully, your
obedient servant, A, d. CRossMAN, Mayor.
MEMORIALS, PETITIONS, ETC. -Ie@,ex
Several bills from James P. Freret, Sheriff,
were referred to the Finance Committee.
communication from Mr. Montague was laid
on the table. .~ "a r9F
a letter from Mr.. Lignue & Son, on the sub
Ject OF the steam engine in the vicinity of the
Vegetable Market, Second District was referred
to the Committee on Streets and Landings.
letter from the Surveyor, complaining that
the room now occupied by him is totally unfit
for his accommodation, was laid on the table
subject to call.
A petition of Jean Fautries, the lessee of the
IRENE Market, in the Second District, was re-
ferred to the Finance Committee.
Consolidated Association of proprietors of Coffee
houses, Taverns, Billiard Rooms, etc., relative
to the tax imposed on them, was referred to the
Committee ON Streets and Landings - -
letter from Thomas Hynes was read, asking
that q delay of six months be granted him, for
the execution Of n contract. 49,
Mr.. Clark offered the following resolution,
which was adopted, the rules being suspended !:
Resolved, That the time for the completion of
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square block stone st. Louis street, from Levee
to Royal street, be extended for six months, pre-
yided the securities for said Thomas Hynes con-
sent to the same.
A letter from B. de Santos, offering for sale a
lot in Dauphine street, was referred to the FL
nance Committee. -t
A letter from Edward King, contractor of the
late Second Municipality, was referred to the
Committee on Claims. -sa. r.. s
A petition of F. Altman, praying to be re-
leased from a fine, was laid on the table n
The rules being suspended, Mr. Burke pre-
sented the following preamble and resolution,
which We're read twice, adopted, and sent to the
Board of Assistant Aldermen for concurrence :
WHEREAS, The Lafayette and Pontchartrain
Railroad Company have designated jackson
street as the street through which they intend
to lay their track in the Fourth District of New
Orleans; AND WHEREAS, Permission was grant
ed to the said company by the late city Of La
fayette to designate said street, and the right Of
way through said street given to the said COM
pany; be 1t
Resolved, That the right of way heretofore
granted by the City Council of the city of La
fayettee to the Lafayette and Pontchartrain
Railroad Company, through jackson street,
from the river Mississippi to the lake Pontchar-
train, be, and the same is hereby, approved by
the Common Council of the city of New Orleans,
subject to such police regulations as may here
after be established and accepted by the said
Railroad Company.
The following message from the Board of AS
sistant Aldermen was read, and the accompany
ing memorial was, on motion. laid on the table
indefinitely: ~
BOARD OF ASSISTANT ALDERMEN,
NewOrleans, November 16, 81
To the Honorable President and Members of
the Board Of .aidermen .
GENTLEMEN-I am directed by the Board Of
Assistant Aldermen to transmit the enclosed
memorial to your honorable body. adopted by
them this day.
| am, very respectfully, -..-...
Your obedent servant,
WALTER H. PETERS, Secretary.
STANDING COMMITTEES.