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

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To balance in favor Of the WORK house and po
lice Prison. 1876 62
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Neworleans, December 81, 1852
jonathan worRELL, Warden
A communication from the Street Commits
sioner, notifying the Board Of the complaint Of
citizens against nuisance in Common street, |
caused by the City, Neranda and St. Charles
Hotels enclosing bill for repairing the levee Of
the Bayou st. John, and reporting the expira-
ton of sundry contracts--was read, and that
part in relation to the nuisance was referred to
the Police Committeeman part relative to the
bill for repairing the leyee Of the Bayou st.
John to the Finance Committee, and that in re-
ference to contracts to the Committee on Streets
and Landings
Another communication from the same officer,
reporting E. d. White, contractor for cleaning
streets, for neglect of duty, was read and re-
ferred to the Committee on Streets and Landings.
A statement of the amount of fines assessed
and collected by the Recorder of the First Dis
trict, was read and referred to the Committee on
Finance.
A communication from the Surveyor, notify
ing the Board of the bad condition of the Maya
zine street Market, having been read,
Mr. Watkins presented the following, the rules
being suspended, and moved their adoption
Resolved, That the Surveyor make an esti-
mate of the probable cost of putting in proper
repair the Magazine street Market-house be-
tween st. Mary and St. Andrew streets, Fourth
District.
Resolved, That the Comptroller sell, after ten
days advertisement the contract for putting in
repair the Magazine street Market-house, Fourth
District, a. per specifications of the Surveyor.
Mr. Leeds moved to divide the question. and
take the vote on each resolution separately,
which motion prevailed
The question being divided, Mr. Watkins
moved the adoption of the first resolution, which
was carried.
On motion of Mr. Bailey, the second resolu-
ton was laid on the table, subject to call
| MESSAGES FROM THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN.
A message was received from the Board of
Aldermen announcing the concurrence of that
body in the following resolutions, substitutes
and amendments, to-wit
A resolution NO 1922 to contract with John
Paul for the construction Of two nuisance boats,
A resolution (No. 667) to authorize sale of
contracts for construction of sidewalks on jose
phine street and Felicity road
A resolution no. 500 for sale of contract for
laying square block paving on Tchoupitoulas
| street.
A resolution to pay P Seuzeneau one hundred
and forty dollars.
A resolution releasing the securities of Eugene
Staes
A resolution to pay Forsett, Davis s. Co one
hundred and twenty-one dollars and eighty five
cents
A resolution prohibiting the officers of the
city from sffectiug insurance on city property.
A resolution aut. horizing the Finance Commit
tee to arrange with the Recorder of Mortgages
for the registry of iuLt gments in favor of the
city.
A resolution authorizing the Treasurer TO en-
ploy additional clerks
resolution appropriating two thousand nine
hundred dollars for the Work house
A resolution instructing the Attorney to take
measures to put Hy. Weadly, contractor, in de-
fault.
A resolution instructing the Attorney 10 put
Patrick Carmoody, contractor, in default
resolution to sell contracts for keeping IN
repair and building new wooden bridges in the
First District, and for cleaning the paved and
upaved, and keeping in repair the unpaved
streets Of the first and second Wards of the First
District
A. resolution authorizing the payment of one
hundred and fifty dollars per month from the
LIST of February, 1852, to NJ. G. Almindinger,
for extra drainage
Resolutions repeating the resolutions Nos lis
and $50, authorizing the sale Of. and the enter
ing into OF the contract with Barker & Waidley
for plank road on Fulton street.
resolution (No. 746) authorizing the pay
ment OF sundry accounts.
A resolution releasing 5. W. Chandler from
the contract for branding drays and carts, etc,
in the Second District.
A resolution TO sell the contract for branding
drays and carts in the Second District.
A resolution to resell on account of P. l..
Byrne, the contract for attending the four
bridges over the Canal Carondelet
A resolution authorizing the contract with
Thomas Buckley for paving around the public
ground on Claiborne street.
A resolution authorizing the contracts with
Carey & Young, for cleaning and painting the
Poydras and st. Mary's markets with James
Lilly for cleaning and paving the Beef market
in the Second District, and with John Mckeague
for the IRENE market of the same District
A resolution authorizing the contract with
Hy. MeGuinn for lake she'll and sand for one
year.
resolution authorizing the contract with NJ
Hussey for cleaning the Poydras street Canal.
resolution authorizing the contract with
John Paul for numbering houses and lots and
placing sign boards st the corners of streets.
A resolution to resell the contract for laying
brick side walks in the district comprised within
Esplanade, Girod, Robertson, Champs Elysee;
| and Goodchildren streets.
A resolution authorizing the contract with P
Carmoody, for plank road on the west side Of
| Claiborne street, from Canal to Esplanadt
streets.
A resolution authorizing the contract with
Peter Kaiser for plank road on Felicity street
| from Prytania to Howard street.
| A resolution, No. 1872, for the payment Of sun
| dry claims.
resolution directing the repair of the gut
tiers and tagging around the beef market OF the
Second District
A resolution to place a lamp at the corner o.
| Dorsier and Canal streets.
Aresolution instrueting the Attorney to take
measures to put james Clinton, contractor, IN
default
A resolution authorizing the contract with r
Tranontana for collecting oyster dues-Levee
Second District.