New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1853-02-03

ket) ten dollars and fifty cents
To J.. II. Maddox for advertising, TIVE hun
| bred and forty three dollars
To the Commercial Bulletin, for twelve months
subscription, Recorder S office, Third District,
twelve dollars.
| To the New Orleans Bee for twelve months
subscription, Board Of Aldermen, twelve dollars,
lrT'ro the Commercial Bulletin, for advertising
notices OF election, one hundred and seventeen
The yeas and nays being called on the Odop-
ton Of the above resolution, it was unanimously
adopted.
IPlace, were read and adopted, the rules being
4 dispensed;
The Finance Committee beg leave to report
that, by special act Of compromise. passed he
tfore Ii B. Cenas, Notary Public, on the 30th
| June. 1861, and madein pursuance of an act Of
| the Legislature, approved March q, 1850 enti-
| tied an act concerning n portion Of the bat
ture, in front OF Municipality Number Two,
New 0rleaus' The action OF the Common
Council will be requisite 20 authorize the sale of
two certain squares st ground, situated between
FultoN and Front streets, and Poydras and
Girod streets The Finance Committee Of the
Common Councillo, moreover, deem il requisite
in order to conform with said act ofcompromise
that the property on said batture be sold.
L. II. PLACE,
THos L.. LEEDS,
Y. HERMAN.
Be it Resolved, That Messrs. J. A. Beard s
May, auctioneers, be- and they are hereby, re-
quired to advertise for sale, and to sell on the
18th March next, 1888 the whole Of the ground
Hereinafter described, 10 wit; Al that portion
Of the Batture in the range Of squares com
prised between Fulton and Front streets and
Canal street and the triangular buildings, and
also all that portion Of the Batture property
remaining unsold, in the ronge. Of squares be
tween New Levee and Fulton streets, Canal
street and the triangular buildings-the sale to
be made upon the same terms and conditions as
the sale Of March, Is, passed 1852,
The yeas and nays being called on the adop-
ton Of The above report and resolution, resulted
as follows;
Yeas--Messrs. Bailey. Burthc, Dolhonde
Eustis, Hermann, Latour, Leeds, Mackey
Nixon, Place, shaw, Stetson, sykes, Watkins,
Wilson and NilJz-16.
.lay-Nlr. Summers.
Mr. Place presented the following, the rules
being suspended:
Resolved, That the Mayor be, and is hereby,
| authorized to purchase from 3D. de Santo, Il LOT
of ground situated on Dauphin street, between
Cont and St Louis streets, measuring twenty
eight feet front by one hundred and twenty feet
deep together with the Improvements thereon,
I lul Nllt t-t VI tstlH iE L 4it w NJ t.
Resolved, That the sum Of tyur thousand five
| hundred dollars be, and is hereby, appropriated
Tor the purchase Of said lot and improvement.
Mr. Summers moved to refer il to the Com
| mittee ON Improvement and Building.
Mr. Latour moved the previous question,
which was carried
The previous question being ordered, the yeas
ana nays were called On the adoption of said
prostitution, and resulted as follows:
| T
| Leeds, &ackey, Nixon, Place, Shaw, Stetson
Sykes, Watkins, Wilson, Witt and the Presi-
| dent. DR.. Alpuente-lL
| .Nays-Nessrs. Burthe, Dolhonde and Sum
mers--3.
Consequently said resolution was declared
adopted
Mr. Place presented the following, audit was.
on his motion, referred to the delegation from
the Third District
Resolved, That the Treasurer pay, on the
warrant Of the Comptroller, Eugene Gsullivan,
the sum Of eighty dollars $500 amount due him
as policemen of the late Third Municipality.
The following, offered by Mr.. Place. was read
and adoWed, the rules being saspcnded
Whereas. ii arIe@ that Francis Buchanan,
Collector u Leyee Dues Of the Second District,
has proved himself both negligent and faulty
IN the PURSUANCE Of bis duties he it, therefore,
Resolved, That joint committee Of three
from each Of heBoaris Of Aldermen and As
sistant Aldermen, he appointed to investigate
the charges which are brought against the said
Francis Buchanan and report upon the same
as soon rs practicable
The President appointed ATessrs. Latour,
Hermann and Wilson as the committee indi-
Gated in the resolution
A letter from the said Buchanan, explanatory
Of his position in said affair, referred to said
committee
Mr. Forbes took his seat.
ORDER OF THE pGY.
The hour ofeght o'clock having arrived, the
Board proceeded to the consideration q the hu-
siness insed for That perioi
The following resolution came mp On its sec.
ond reading;
Resolved That the Mayor be, and he is
hereby, authorized to contract with Mr. Thos.
5 Titcumb for the establishment Of General
Fire Alarm Telegraph for the City Of NswOr-
leans for the sum OF fifteen thousand dollars,
said Telegraph to be put up proposed by said
fuc0mb, in a communication addressed tDJ. o..
Nixon, Chairman Fire Committee Board Of As
slstaut Aldermeu- dated January II, 1853, and
ia accordance with specifications approved Iy
he Fire Committees VI tGe Common Council On
ME in the Surveyors Office
Mr.. Burthe moved to amend the same by ad-
ding after the words " fifteen thousand dollars
'ene-third to be paid by the city, one third by
the Fire Department, and the remaining third
by the Board Of Underwriters
Mr.. Watkins moved the previous question.
which was carried.
The previous question being ordered, the yeas
and nays we're called en- a motion Of Mr. Nixon
for the adoption Of said resolution, which pre-
vailed by the following vote;
Eeas--Aessrs Andrews Bailey, Eustis,
Forbes. Hermann, I.at0ur Leeds, Nixon. Shaw.
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