New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1853-02-10


Mr.. Clark offered the following resolution,
winch vas read twice and adopted, the rules
being dispensed with
Resolved, That the amendments fproposed by
the Legislature) to the city charter be referred
TO a.speeial committee Of four members Of the
Board Of Aldermen and four members Of the
Board If Assistants; that said COMMITTEES be
directed 70 rreparc a memorial to the Legisla-
rnre suggesting such amendments to the city
charter as may be deemed requisite, and submit
the same to the Common Council.
Messrs Clark, Jones, Lugenbuhl and Clai-
borne we're appointed on the above committee.
petition Of Mr.. II. G.. Hicks, sexton Of the
city Of Lafayette, claiming the sum Of S144 for
house rent, wasreferred to the Police Committee.
4 petition Of Mrs Antoine Mello, praying for
delay Of two months for the payment Of q
license, was laid on the table.
petition Of Phoenix Fire Co. No. 8, praying
chat line hundred feet Of hose be delivered to
them in the shortest possible delay. was referred
to the Fire Committee with power to act.
The following memorial. numerously signed,
was read
he Common Council Of the City Of -Neto
The undersigned beg leave to protest against
the taxation imposed On mechanics, under the
name Of tax professions
In many Of the northern cities Of the Union,
mechanics are not taxed in this manner. The
products Of their labor can therefore be offered
for sale ut cheaper rates than the products OF
the industry Of our mechanics Borne down
under the weight Of taxation our mechanics are
rIaced bevond the pale of competition with the
mechanics Of other cities. They see their pros
perit7 gradually waning, the demand for their
labor decreasing, and their labor itself Insult
GENTLY remunerated. Our true policy is the
,cf ipIr n
Iustry, we must makeit as remunerative as pos
sible How il this done this city After the ma
terials composing their scanty capital have been
1cd by the federal government, our tax gath
erers come and claim second tax as tax upon
capital; and when this double tax has been met
BY the poor mechanic. they come, and IN another
shane demand Of him the payment Of third
and n more shameful tax, under the denomina-
ton Of tax upon professions, which is neither
more nor less than tax upon his own laDor,
his personal industry! He is taxed because he
works: All taxation upon labor IS unjust and
oppressive The products Of labor are the proper
subjects of taxation. With due respect ana
consideration, etc.
The rules being dispensed with. Mr. Lugen-
buhl offered the following ordinance
| Be il ordained That article nine, liking
tax of ten dollars on mechanics, Of an orai,
nance to establish an uniform rate OF taxes and
licenses on professions, callings, and other bust
ness and on carriages, hacks, drays and other
+. vehicles, adopted by the Common Council on the
3lst Of December 1852, be, and is hereby, re-
pealed.
The yeas and nays being called on the mo-
ton for the adoption OF the above orulnance,
: resulted as follows
. Fea-Mr Lugenbughl-1.
3 .Navs-Messrs. Clark, Converse, Gasques,
) Giquel, Jones and WoOd-6.
The motion was conseq quently lost
The following petition was read
OFFICE or TIE NEW ORLEANS. JACKSON AND }
GREAT WESTERN RAILROAD COMPANY. Z
New Orleans, February S, 1885 }
To t4e Honorable the Boayd 9t aldermen Of
the city Of .Netr orleans
/ GENTLEllES-IOu are respectfully requested
to grant to this Company the right OF way for
: their railroad through Calliepc street, from
Howard street 10 the upper line Of the city
, Very respectfully,
| Your obedient servant
JAS RoBB, President
The rules being suspended, Mr.. Converse Of
fered the following resolutions, which were read
and on motion were laid on the table subject to
: call
Resolved, That the right Of way applied for
7 by the New Orleans, jackson and Great North
3 crn Railroad Company be and is hereby granted
Y Resolved That the Mayor be, and he is here
:. hy, authorized and requested to take immediate
of and necessary legal measures to have Caliop'
street wideued fifteen feet on each side from
I Howard 10 GalTez street, and fifty feet on eacl
side Of said street from Galvez street TO the QUITE
IN or southern line Of this ci.y on condition tina
a said Railroad Company notify the Mayor, with
Il in ten days OF the passage OF this resolution
that it will pay all damages and expenses in
i Cured in widening said street
A petition from the Coroner, praying to b
= refunded the sum of ninety dolsrs, paid by hir
/ for medical aid, was referred to the tinsno
= Committee.
=, Nr. LugenbuAl offered the following ordi
nance which was read twice and adopted, tn
4 rules being suspended;
Be it ordained by the Common Council of New
a Orleans That the square of ground formerl,
a known as Congo Square, and now known by tn
: name of Place dArmes, and comprised betweel
Eamnart, St. Anne, St Peter and St. Claud
= streets, be, and is hereby, donated to the Stat
of Louisiana, upon condition that the stat
House or Capitol be built thereon.
\ Be it further ordained That the Mayor be re
: ouested to transmit a copy hereof to the Gene
7 raj Assembly, and authorized, whenever u
, Seat of Government shall be removed TO II
= city of NewOrleans, to pass the necessary a'
= transferring said properryto the State.
sR Mr.. Clark offered the following resolution
ia which was read and made the order of the ds
- for the next meeting:
Resolved, That the Comptroller sell at auction
after ten days notice, the contract lor the coi
z struetion Of sugar platforms on the levee OF Il
aE- Second District, as follows One platform b
ia. tween Benyille and Cont streets; one platfor
'a. between Cont and St. Louis streets; one pia
:. form between ST Louis and Toulouse streets
- the whole to be in accordance with plans al
specifications on file in the Surveyors othce-
the contract for each platform to be adjudieat'
- separately.
z Mr.. Giquel offered the following resolution
y Resolved, That a joint committee Of thr
cd from each Board be appointed to act as Coz
mittee of Arrangements to make the neeessal
- public arrangements for the celebration Of
1 221 Of February.
Y Mr. Wood offered the following suhstitu
Do which was read twice and adopted, the rul
N being suspended:
! Resolved, That joint committee of thr
y. members from each Board be appointed to act
II, Il committee to provide for firing salute Of hi
= guns in each of the respective Districts, on
anniversary Of the birthday of Washington
Messrs Wood, Gasquet and Jones were .
pointed on the above committee.