New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1853-02-18

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twelve dollars.
b r. JOS Dubuc, for stores and fixtures Mayors
; and Recorders Offices Second District, one hun
dred and thirty dollars and fifty cents.
!, To John Brecn, for repairs to lamps, First
District, seventy-seyen dollars.
To John Conway, for Batture sand used in
filing lot belonging to the CITY, Ave dollars
To Arthur Macarthur, for repairs to pumps OF
floating wharf, Third District, nine dollars and
fifty cents.
10 sundry persons for labor in January, four
hundred and sixty-seven dollars. and thirty
4 cents
To sundry persons for cart hire in January
| thirteen hundred and seventy dollars and sew
i enty-six cents,
| 10 w. W Dunbar, for six months salary as
Secretary to the Committee on Streets and
Landings, three hundred dollars.
i To q. R. Swasey, for binding books for Sec
rotary Board Of Assistant Aldermen, fifty dol
lars.
To Pierre Pontz, for lumber purchased by
Surveyor, two hundred and seventy.three dol
lars and sixty seven cents.
To sundry persons for services rendered in
preparing tax list for publication, and the list
Of landed proprietors for the vote on railroads,
and for services in collecting taxes from MAY to
4 January last, nine hundred and sixteen dollars
and sixty-seven cents
10 Giquel U Jamison, for blankets furnished
Police Jails, Second and Third Districts, ninety.
\ four dollars and seventy-fve cents.
10 Townsend, Tompkins s. Co. for blankets.
ETC., furnished Police Jail, Second District, two
hundred and eighty -four dollars and fifty three
| cents.
i To ]. Lee, for blankets, etc, furnished Police
Jail, Second District, one hundred and eighty
eight dollars and twenty five cents
70 ". f. Waters, for maintenance Of insane
persons IN January, two hundred and twenty
I'VE dollars and ninety -four cents.
10 House of Refuge for Females, for sundry
purchases in January, one hundred and thirty
SIX dollars and eighteen cents.
10 Washington Artillery, for firing salutes on
the 9th OF january seyenty-six dollars and
| forty cents
MI. Place, on behalf of the same committee,
made motion, which was carried to take 10
| the resolution of the Board of Aldermen. re-
curing the Treasurer to charge to the respect.
i've accounts of each of the late Municipalities,
ana city OF Lafayette, all payments for CON
tracts ETC., which said resolution was referred to
the Committee on Finance, on the 18th January
ult.., and by said committee reported back,
With recommendation for its rejection, on the
1st inst, and laid over,
The said resolution being read,
Mr. Watkins moved to reject il.
On said motion, Mr. Eustis called for the yeas
and nays, which resulted as follows:
Yeas - Messrs. Bailey, Hermann, Leeds,
Place, Stetson, Summers, Sykes, Watkins and
| Wilson,. ''.sN
.Nays-Messrs Burthe. Derbes, Eustis, La
tour and Wiltz--5.
Mr Nixon was, on his own motion, excused
from voting
Consequently the motion Of Mr.. Watkins pre-
vailed, and the said resolution was rejected
On motion of Mr.. Place, the resolution of the
BOARD OF Aldermen Tor the payment of TWENTY
two hundred dollars to G Planchard, sr.. was
read and coneurred in unanimously by yeas and
nays, - -,
Mr., Place, on behalf Of the Finance Commit.
tee to whom was referred on the 1st inst tha
statements of the fines collected BY tie Record
ers OF the First and Fourth Districts, reported
verbally that all had been paid over 10 The
Treasurer. - w 'oe
Alr Piace moved to reject the resolution of
Ihe Board Of Aldermen, referred to the Finance /
Jonlml'tee, authorizing the payment of sixty
OF the State Laws. ee''es
on SAID motion. Mr.. Latour called for the |
yeas and nays, which resulted as follows
Keas = Messrs. Bailey, Burthe, Heerman,
Leeds, Nixon, Place, Shaw, stetson Summers,
Sykes, Watkins and Wilson-12.
Nays-Messrs. Derbes, Eustis. I,atour and
Wiltz~-4. N'''''' "Ao
Consequently the motion Of Mr. Place me.
vailed, and the resolution was rejected
Mr. Place, on behalf of the Finance Commit
zee, 70 whom was referred petition of Mr..
Hepber, to be paid for poisoned sausages. re-
ported verbally against the same, and said re-.
port was accented.
on motion OF Mr. Place, the message of the
Mayor, OF the LIST inst. referred to the Finance !
Committee, was transferred to the judiciary |
Committee.
!. Mr.. Bailey, on behalf Of the Committee on
..reets ana Landings, presented the following
'epoft, which was received:
The Committee of { treets and LANDINGS renort
favor OF the petitions of James Walsh and
ohn ahern, contractors for lighting the oil
amps IN the First and Third Districts
IL mas always been customary throughout the
ity to allow double compensation for lighting
hose lamps which are kept burning all night
md as no reference ia made in the sneci6ea lions
0 these lamps, the Committee believe that the
contractors purchased the contracts under the
impression that the custom would be continued. |
he Committee therefore offer the following res
luton:
On the complaint and petition Of CAPTAIN +
!. Lowell Of the ship Commerce, the Committee |
eport that they have investigated the charges
na considered the petition, and offer resolu- |
ion RENTING the fines and providing for the
estoration Of the lumber belonging to Captain
lowell.
On the complainttand petition of A. Tourme. .
armer Of the Poydras Market, the COMMITTEES :
'ould inform the Board that the repairs nett
oned for BY Mr. Tourme, are amongst those
} be done by the contractor for the repairs Of
Md Market 9
Inc Committee recommend the concurrence of
lis Board IN the resolution of the Board Of AL :,
ermen, directing the Street Commissioner not !,
employ IN any one District Of the city more
IAN hFe men, horses and carts. for the use of !,
is Department.
The Committee report fayorably on the nett
S OF Eugene Lasere for a sidewalk in the r
shlrd district, and offer a resolution to sell :
eheraet Tor the same. N. H. BAILEY,
r. B. Sykes,
g. B. DoLaoNpE.
S. ". PHnBR1ck, D
A. DERBEs = =
The following resolutions, ordinances, etc. :
resented by Mr.. Bailey, were read and sew
rally adopted unanimously by yeas and NAYS i
Resolved, That the contractors for lighting .
le oil lamps Of the city be paid in the same !,
amer as has been customary heretofore III !
r all lamps in the market houses which burn
u night, double the price of street lamps.
Resolved. That all fines imposed on Canaan
q. Lowell, Of the ship Commerce. on account =,
lumber kept on the Wharyes Of the First Dis u
let, IN contrayentlon to the ordinances, or on ~
seount Of any difficulties growing out Of the p
me, with the Assistant Wharfnger, be, and p
lie same are hereby, RENTED, and the said A.