New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1853-03-07

7nplVped energy OF the ponce, they could
scarcely NJ brought to act in concert sni-
lar system, your memoria lists conceive, is sought
to be forced on the city by the bills which con-
template the re-enactnent Of the twenty-hHh =
section Of the act Of consolidation, and the c;.-
alton OF Police Board possessing that most
dangerous and deprecatory privilege Of d'1'ded
| Po'ceTS and divded rcSpo1sibitties. y ponce
| appontcd IN this way would, in the opinion Of
your memorialists lack efficiency and unity,
! lnasmuch as the inevitable effect would be 70
| partition the appointment Of police men INTO
! Distrlcts under separate heads, and 10 make
| them acc luntable in great measure to tbat
| head, the Police Board being used ~ 3 nominal
contrl7anee TO impart an apparent unity TO a
system that, to the minds Of your meInoriahsts,
would render the police discordant and dis
sonneeted body
But the most dangerous power attempted TO
/ be conferred On the Police Board 70 be created
~ the oils now beIofe the House Oh hep-esen-
taaYes' If the utter irFesponsbltty with which
II invests me I'VE 'nhvlduais VINO are TO cum
pose That Board II your men"riailsts under
Stand argAl lhey are 10 DC utterly independent
Of the common 'onhch' ana arc 10 ne "itaoat !
any checK whatsoever. thsh decsions oe!hS nnaI
ana Wthout appeal ana not satlshea WIN TINS
the DIS IN question seek 20 confer other am eX
traordnary powers on the Ponce Board ~
aathorNng them 70 appoint "ar1ens' Ghuer
"afdens, ana employees Of me WORK fouse
the District and city Prisons, all Of whom are
now appointed viva vocc BY the Common
t Council 10 your memoriallst5 the purport Of
these bills would seem to be to make the Com
mon Council the mere paying instrument Of the
acts Of the Police Board-a position which, II
not derogatOry 10 the Common Council, would
4, scarcely appear TO be acceptable TO the mass Of
the citizens and tax payers.
Your mem rialist5 are apprlsed also that
there are other features Of the bill, comforting
4 extraordinary powers on the various Recorders,
: beyond those of mere committing magistrates,
i and, so lar as they can perceive the amend
n merits, or rather alterations. proposed, would
have the effect OF embarrassing the ends OF JUS
d tice. inasmucn as they contemplate the unwise
e creation of fees which forbidden by the pres
ent Charter, and the granting Of extraordinary
e powers to the Clerks Recorders, which can
Is only have the effect OF making our Inferior
e Courts less accessible to the destitute and I'M
Re poyerished class OF htigants.
It Your memorialists would. in conclusion, say
r ,bot tbov have.not heard Of anv petition before
IF vour lie bodies TO amend the City Charter
Ie sona that considering IL has only been a very
&c short time in operation they would respectfully
i hnr n allow tbe same 10 remain unchanged for
Erfof rariod so az IN Give an onportunitv for
re The fnll DEVELOPMENT Of the wise and saititary
re measures. and nrudent checks and safeguards
A. engrafted on the Act Of Consolidation. And
No vo1r n,amorialists will over uray etc
is
Mr. Claiborne presented the following MINOR
ee ity report which on motion, was laid on the to
m bic subject to call:
Mt The undersigned, on the part Of minority O
he the committee to whom was referred the ques
ton of amendments to the City Charter, bee
h. leave to present the following as proper subject
of amendment, to be respectfully submitted 70
consideration to the honorable the Legislature Q
the State:
l. That the 10th Section of the Act of Con
solidation be amended so that one Of the Board
e. Of the Common Council be based upon the mum
H Der Of electors in the different Districts 0
ats Wards, and the other upon total population
on territory, or such other basis as the Legislator
III may dee N wsest to establish The principle Q
7r the number of electors for the apporiionment
representation in both branches of the Counc
is has given such a preponderance of power to on
he section of the city that the other although wit
OIL greater population and a much more extensi7
md territory to be cated for and developed, is le
by with no sufficient safeguard for the future maj
the tenance OF its equal rights and interests y
two Boards Of Aldermen having been oaa
upon the same principle, emanatlng from I
same source, End representing, therefore
re- same feelings and interests, Will not fuihll