New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1853-03-24

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@Rem1vod, That the Mayor be, and he is here
~, aufhorised to enter into the following con
Faotay viz:
~ With James Buckley as principal, and Thos
Buckley as security, for laying Of the brickin.
around the public ground on Claiborne street
between jackson and Common streets, at 49,
cents per square yard.
With Pelanne Brothers as principal, and F
Marquez as security. for making plank sidewalks
on Josephine street, from Ellen to Jacob street
at "a cents per running foot.
With Joseph Kaiser as principal. and Matthias
Wiltz as security, for making plank sidewalks
on Howard street, from, Josephine to Felicity
street, at 23a cents per running foot
With George Cronan as principal, and Denis
Cronan as security, for laying of brick side
walks, with curb stones and wooden cutters, on
both sides of Ellen street, from, jackson to Fe-
iicity street, at dollar and sixty eight cents
per running foot. e-.k -
With Martin Broderick as principal, and Jo-
seph Kaiser as security, for furnishing all ma
terials and making aplank road on Euphrosyne
street, from Howard TO Liberty street, at two
dollars and twenty cents per running foot
With Christy Connell as principal, and Thos
Bell as security, for laying Of brick sidewalks,
with curb stones and wooden cutters, on the
west side of Jersey street, from Felicity street
to the uIper limit of the city, at one dollar and
forty-six cents per running foot; the work un-
der the several contracts specified in this reso-
luton to'be performed, and payments on the
same 70 be'msde, agreeably to the specifications
by which they were seyerally sold, and nov on
file in the Surveyors department.
Resolved, That the Mayor be. and he is here
by, authorized to contract with John Paul as
principal, and Isaac w. Boon as security, for
laying down plank sidewalks in the district COM
prised between Goodchildren,s Lafayette Ave
nue., Girod and Cottonpress streets; the work
to be done, and payments made, agrecably to the
specifications on file in the Surveyors depart
ment 49, 49,
On motion of Mr.. Bailey, the following reso-
luton Of the Board of Aldermen, referred to
said committee, was, as amended, adopted as
follows: &s a,s ~,
: Resolved, That the Street Commissioner be,
and is hereby, requested to notify the owners of
property on the west side of Port street, be-
tween Casacalvo and Greatmen streets, to cause
the sidewalks to be repaired within ten days af-
ter notification, and in default thereof to i'm
pose the fines under existing ordinances.
On motion Of the same member, the following
resolution of the Board of Aldermen was, as
amended, adopted as follows:
Resolved, That the Surveyor be requested
and directed to give Joseph Kaiser, contractor,
the certificate for the city's portion Of work
done BY him upon his contract for plank roads
in the Fourth District, for such amounts Of work
as may be accepted by him, said certificate to be
issued on the completion of each street pro-
vided, that the Surveyor shall issue such certi-
fcates only when the securities shall give their
consent thereto, and that nothing in this reso-
luton shall impair the contract entered into by
said Joseph Kaiser.
On motion of Mr.. Bailey, the resolution au-
thorizing the sale Of q contract for sidewalks on
Main street, presented by him on the 18th of
October last, and laid over, was Withdrawn.
Mr.. Hermann on behalf of the Judiciary Com
nittee, presented the following contract and
agreement, to be spread on the Journal:
NEwORLEANs, Dec. 15, 1852.
In conformity with o resolution of the Com
mon Council, :. empowering the Judiciary Com 1
mittee to employ a competent person to prepare
a code Of ordinances, under the supervision of
the said committees of the Common Council, for
the government Of this city, which, when SO
prepared, shall be submitted to the Common
Council for their action. provided the cost of
same does not exceed $1,000" we, the members of
the said committees, do agree to employ Mr..
Charles de Choiseul, for the sum of $1,000, to be
paid to him by the Common Council on the COM
pletion, by him, of q correct and well arranged
digest Of ordinances for the government of this
city, the same to be completed within six months
Of this date. and in accordance with the follow
ng plan, to wit
Mr.. De Choseul shall carefully collect all or
finances, now passed or hereafter to be passed
~ the Common Council during the progress of
and city of Lafayette of O general
'articalar or local nature. These ordinances
le shall either paste in or write out on a blank
look or books, which he shall keep for that pur-
'ose. Where several ordinances exist upon the
anne subject, he shall carefully review all such
ordinances, abridge, add on, substitute or alter
he same, as his good Judgment may Suggest,
md enter the same on the margin of his blank
book; and he shall provide, by new ordinances,
Tor any case not hitherto provided for. He
shall submit, as this work progresses, to the
Judiciary Committees, whenever called upon to
do so by either of their ehairmen, that portion
which has been done, and explain to them or to
any member of the committees, when called
upon to do SO, the cause and effect of any alter
alton he may make in any existing ordinances,
or of any new ordinance he may propose, and
the same, if not approved by the committees,
shall be by him so remodeled. to meet their
views. The digest proposed of the above men
Toned ordinances shall be compiled in method 1
cal, alphabetical order, and be furnished with
IN alphabetical index Of the matter contained
herein, by Mr.. De Choiseul; and moreover, his
book shall be written out or drawnup in man
Ter to be clearly and easily understood, and
'rinted according to the method herein above
mentioned, and with all alterations or original
ordinances adopted by the same. A majority
Il the eight members Of the combined commit
ees, shall form a quorum to act upon the above,
md a majority OF the members present shall
govern. The chairmen of either of the judiciary
Committees, through the Secretary of either
Board, shall alone have power to notify and call
together the members of both committees in the
premises. VALENTINE HERMAN,
JNo. A. WATKINS,
G. W, SHAW,
GEO, EusTIs, Jr,
T. JOHN w. ANDREWS,
]. NJ. BURKE,
G, DE CHolseuL.