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OFFICIAL JOURNAL
CoMPTRoLLER'S OFFICE,
City of New Orleans, August 24th, 1855

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coMPTRoLLER's OFFICE,
City Of New Orleans, August 24,h 1855.
No. 1884 ]
AN ORDINANCE concerning the Wbarves Of me
City of New Orleans, and providing for farming
SHc. /. BE 1t ordained, by the Common Council ot
the City of New Orleans, that the Comptroller ol said
city shall within sixty days after The passage o. n,s
ordinance, and the approval thereof by .he MAYOR ana
after twenty days notice hereof given by pupiicaoh
in the Official Journal adjudicaie and sell al his once
10 the highest bidder and in accordance with the slipn
Iations herein contained The revenues of the wharYes
of said city, collec,able under existing upon
all ships, vessels, steamships, steamboats,, halboais
and craft of any and every description Whatso
ever for the term of three years. commencing on lhe
lst day of Oetober 1855, and ending with Inc gun
day of September, 1858.
SRc g. Tha, for the purpose of said adjudication
and sale, the whayes Of said city shall be dvldea ih'o
six sections, as. follows: s..
SEC. lst, shall comprise all the wharves and landings
of said city lying and being upon the Mississippi Ve
and contained within the upper southern llmt o.
| said city, and the upper line Of Fecity Road.
SEC 3D. shall comprise all the wharves and land.
ings of said city lying and being upon the MISSISSIPPI
river, and contained within the upper limit Of Feiiciy
| Road and The lower line of North Market street.
| SEC 3d. shall comprise all the wharves and land
ings f said city lying and being upon The MISSISSIPPI
river, and contained within the lower line q NORM
Market street, and the upper line of that part of the
river front Of said city which is appropriated TO Inc
| Canal Street Ferry. aa #
SEC 4th, shall comprise all the wharves and land.
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river and contained Within the lower line of that por
ton of the river front of said city which appr0pa
ted 10 the Canal Street Ferry and the lower line Of
Toulouse street.
SEC 5th shall comprise all the wharves and landings
of said city lying and being upon the Mississippi river
and contained within the lower side of Toulouse street,
and The upper line of that portion of the river front oil
said city, which is appropriated the Espanade Silee
Ferry and excepting thererom that portion OF the river
front which is, may hereafter be appropriated for
ferry, 10 extent of not more than one hundred ana
| fifty feet at the foot of st. Ann street.
SEC. 9Th, shall comprise all the wharves and landings
of said city, lying and being upon the Mississippi lve
and contained within the lower line of that portion OF
the river of said city, which is appropriated 10 The
Esplanade Street Ferry, and the lower or northern
SEC 8. That said Comptroller shall adjudicate and
SELL a. aforesaid the revenues coectabe, atoresalo
within the various sections forth in the second sec
ton Of this ordinance, separate andapart; commencing
with section first and ending with section s1n as sci
| forth in said second section. -
| SEC A. That each and every person to whom shall
be adjudcated and Sold aforesaid, the revenues col
ectable as aforesaid, within the various sections set
forth in section second of this ordinance shall be sub
rogated to all the rights and privileges of the city OF
New Orleans to sue for and to collect said revenues
| SEC. S. That each and every person whom shal
be adudcated and Sold as aforesaid the revenues COL
ectable as aforesaid, within the various sections set
forth in section second of this ordinance shall not sell
transfer assign sci over suitcase his their right
title or interest the to any person or persons
whatsoever; and that in case of any sale, transfer
sgnmen suitcase made by any person or persons
of the rights or interests acquired under and by virtue
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suitcase shall work forfeiture Of said rights and inte
SO acquired aforesaid and the same shall revert
to the City Of New Orleans. a1
SEC 6. That the city Of New Orleans reserves 10
ITSELF and excepts from said sale each and every ferry
landing and ferry wharf now existing, and each and
every nuisance wharf nov existing and all revenues
| arising from the same. The e5inmon Council also
reserves the privilege of changing the location OF lhe
ferry landing in the Fourth District, provided me same
shall no, occupy more space than where II now is.
| SEc7 That each and every person to whom shall
be adjudcated and sold aforesaid the revenues COLI
ectable as aforesaid within the various sections SET
forth in section second of this ordinance, shall give
bond with good and sufficient security, TO be approved
by the Common Council. in an amount equal 70 one
fourth part of the price OF said adjuoicaon and sae
and conditioned for the true and faithful performance
and fument of all and obligations required 10 be
performed and fulfilled the part OF said person or
| persons by this ordinance. ;,
SEC. s. That each and every person 10 whom shall
be adndcated and Sold aforesaid, the revenues col
lectabe, as aforesaid, within The various sections sci
forth in section second Of this ordinance, shall give
therefor his their promissoy notes. endorsed 10 the
satisfaction of the Common Council, IN an amount
equal to the purchase price of the revenues SO adudi-
Gated and sold as aforesaid. -. .
SEC O. That the notes required to be given by Sec
lion seventh of this ordinance shall be divided into
series OF thlrtysx number and made payable IN nj
teen days. TWO, three, four i've, SIX seven, eight,
nine Ien eleven welve thirteen, fourteen hfleen SIX
teen seventeen. eighteen, nineteen, twenty twenty
one, twenty-five, tweniy-thTee, tWenty-four, twenty
five, twenys six, twenlyseven twenty twenty
nine, thirty, thirty thiriytwo hiry-l -lhree, thirty
four and thirly-fve months after date and that such
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| of January, February, March, April, May and June
| of each year, shall be drawn payable each in an
amount equal to one-tweny-seyenlh part OF the pur-
chase price of adudlcated aud sold,
aforesaid, and that such OF said shall be made
payable in the months of July. August, September,
October, November and December OF each year shall
| be drawn payable each in amount equal 10 one
fifty fourth part of the purchase price, the revenues
adjudcated and sold, aforesaid
Sec 10. That each and every person TO whom shall
be adudicated and sod foresald the revenues COL
lectabe aforesaid, within the various sections set
forth section second of this ordinance, shall accept
and possession of the wharves landings devees
contained within the section sections whose
nues be adjudcaled and sold on The lst day of
October next; thai said wharves landings and levees
shall be accepted in the condition in which The
may be in on said day of October next and that said
person or persons accepting and taking possession
of said wharves, landings and levees shall repair the
same and keep the same in good order and condition
during the whole term of three years, commencing
with The ssid Isl day of October, 1856 and ending with
the Both day of September, 1855. Provided, that the
lessees shall have right 10 build any shed, ware
houses or platforms said evee, without the perms-
sion of the Common Council.
SEC. IL. That the levees named in section ninth OF
this ordinance, shall extend back TO the line of the
street streets fronting the river; that is 10 say, the
levee comprised within section No. shall extend
the Fourth Disre, to Adele street, and TO Tehouptou
las and New Leyee Streets from Adele street 10 Fell
city Road; the levee comprised in section No.2 sha
extend back 10 the line of New Levee street from
Felicity Road 10 Race street, and TO Front Leyee from
Race street 10 North Market street; the levee COM
prsed In section No shall extend back 10 the line
Front street from North Market TO Canal street; the
evee comprised in section No. shall extend back Il
the line Of Front street from Canal TO Customhouse
streets, and TO New Levee street from Customhouse
Toulouse street, the levee comprised in section No.
shall extend back the line of Old Levee street, the
evee comprised in section No6 shall extend back
public road or New Levee street. = M... H.
SEC IL. That the repairs of the levees required &c
be made under section ninth of this ordinances shal
consist in grading the same according 10 the grades
already established, In covering the same with hart
substances, such lake oyster shells and gravel
in keeping the always in good order, by films
up all holes their first appearance with hard sub
stances above mentioned, in filling with river sant
all parts of the same which may cave i'll, sink be
low the grades aforesaid and in keeping the bulkhea
the outside of the same always in good order AM
condition.
SEC. ID. That the repairs of the wharves require,
TO be made under section ninth of this ordinance shal
consist in repairing all holes in the flooring Of tn,
wharves and inclined planes Immediately their frs
appearance, in raising all portions OF the wharve
which may have sunk or which may sink below III,
levels now established; in taking ont and renewn.
all caps and strngers piles, finder piles, ooring etc
which may be found rotten decayed, in buildn,
anew all wharves which, from general decay ma,
require the same, and in extending into the river al
WhaTves which may require extension, 10 have
al all lines, depth OF water of twenty feet al III
water line OF each an0 every wharf used for the land
ing and discharge OF ships, and depth of water o
len ieet at the water line of each and every WhaI
used for the landing and discharge Of steamboats,.
SEC. a. That in making the FeparS required hy