New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1853-04-11

The Board of Assistant Aldermen having
amended the substitute from this Board, for an
ordinance relative to the Fisk Library, by in
serting after the word maintenance the fol-
lowing ciause-the said amendment was concur
red in.
"And said library shall always be free to all
citizens Of New Orleans, and shall be called the
/" Fisk Free Library" and shall be naaced In
the building now known as the Mechanics Insti-
tute, and kept open at least six hours every day;
and the condition and prospects Of said Library
shall be reported by the Directors Of the Me-
chanics Society, at least once year, to the
Common Council Of the city"
And the substitute in its amended form was
adopted as follows:
Whereas, the New Orleans Mechanic Society,
an institution founded for the diffusion Of useful
knowledge, and the encouragement Of the me-
chanic arts, in conjunction with large number
Of citizens, have petitioned the Common Council
to obtain a transfer to the said society of the
"Fisk Library" founded under bequest of the
late Abjah Fisk, for the use and benefit of the
citizens of New Orleans" and whereas, it is
believed that the laudable objects of the donor
would be better fulfilled by the transfer applied
for.
Be it Resolved, That the Fisk library, with
all the property and effects appertaining thereto,
together with the lot and building at the corner
Of Customhouse and Bourbon streets, be, and
the same are hereby transferred and assigned to
the Mechanic Society of New Orleans, to be held
| and used by the said society for the same uses
| and trusts under which they are now held by
| the city of New Orleans-the said library to be
preserved and enlarged under the regulations OF
| the society, and the rent Of the building where
it is now located, to be by them applied towards
its maintenance, and said library shall always
be free to all citizens of New Orleans, and shall
be called the ''Fisk Free Library" and shall be
placed in the building now known as the Me-
chanics Institute, and kept open at least six
hours every day, and the condition and pros
poets of said library shall be reported by the
Directors of the Mechanics Society at least once
a year, to the Common Council of the city
Provided that the above transfer be approved Of
by Alvarez Fisk, Esq, heir to the original donor
and that his consent thereto be certified by a
notarial act of transfer and assignment, in ac-
cordance with the above, to be signed by the said
Alvarez Fisk. the Mayor Of the city, and the
President of the Mechanics Society, as approved
of by the City Attorney.
Resolved, That the present Office of Librarian
of the Fisk Library be, and is hereby, declared
abolished SO soon as the above shall have beer
carried into effect.
The following message was read:
| BOARD OF ASSISTANT ALDERMEN,
New Orleans, April 8, 1853
| To the Hon. Board of aldermen:
GENTLEMEY-l beg to return to your hon.
orable body the following resolutions, and notify
lyou Of their rejection by this Board, viz;
| A resolution NO 644) authorizing the pay
lment of various sums.
A resolution directing the Deputy wharfnge
to send copies Of reports to the Council.
A resolution authorizing the payment of thre
hundred and ten dollars to Pellanne Bros.
| A resolution for the sale of contract fo
plank roads on Claiborne and Main streets.
A resolution donating Barlow's Planetariun
to the Mechanics Institute
4 A substitute for the ordinance against furiou
driving, etc.
Il With much respect, your ob't serv't,
| WALTER H. PETERS, Secretary