New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1855-07-23
1 No. 2a07

whereas te city of New Orleans has, By the charitable
oequess OF the late John McDonogh and the decisions
OF ths highest Judicial tribunals and the
stats Legisature become coproprietor Of large
estates Of said McDonogh and wersas the city Of Nem
Orleans has full complete ownership Of
OF sad property subject to certain sgaces and be-
Be Resosrsd By the Common Council of the civ of
New Orleans :fs555 f.fe ~ srgI 4E ia
That the said estate should be invioAby devoted to
the charities designated by the testato s CON
Laws igIs y f@ WIsa9f /
That It is not for the public veal the good Of
the estate or the purposes to which is devoted hold
IL In perpetual ownership, creating vast system Of
leasing Of SO much desirable and holding % wastsfu
so much as Is not of ready sale but that IL Is for
the interest Of oty Of New Orleans encourage
70 actual settlers and fee simple who SUCH will
far saer Of wealth. s 1a ~ s
tenants. t5. Iii zf 80 1T aye -a58'5
That all experience shows that corporate bodies are
wasteful and inefficient landlords and lessons Of property
and that the estate Of said John McDonog must inevi
aby be greatly consumed by the expenses Of its manage
ent so long as 1T Is out of the control Of individual
ropretors directly interested in the profits and
it may yield.
That 10 Older to obviate all abuses and waste, and
mora immediately to enter the sacred Of the
baneet the said estate real and PERSONAL shod the
earliest moment. and fast praccable be fairly
0rieaua ss@EE I'D
o. That after dischargng all claims for egacies and
M o. .ns wnols o5 part q said the
bidder - =
u.
tured should be invested in the bonds city Of
Orleans and the interest devoted sacredy the chara
bic uses before mentioned s5'sfl l8 e5' 4f$ sq.
J. That all the slaves belonging to the succession should
be placed in the hands Of the American COLONIZATION
Society to be by them carried to the colony Of Liberia
8. That copy of these resolutions (which declsra-
tory Of the views of the Common Council to the best
disposition of this estate be transmitted by Mayor
the honorable Mayor and Council Of the city
requesting their assent to the partition Of this
profitable end unwieldy estate. aN ES 70
g.. That the agents and commissioners of the McDo-
ho ola
tons and respectfully requested to report In full this
body practcabity Of the partition aforesaid also
They also requested to make such only as may
not seriously incommode the proposed partition. g
Resolped, That Tie sum sI6o b., and tie same is
hereby appropriated for the purpose of defaying the
which may incurred BY the Board of
Aldermen in the trial of Recorders and Ramos
and that the Comptroller on the Treasurer
such persons whose bills may be approved by the
President of this Board. Iftf
Tsignedl i Ell. TRACY,
| ~ President Board of Assistant Aldermen
rsigaedI JOHN CULBERTsoN,
President pro. tenn. Board of Aldermen.
| iy28 fsignedl JOHN L. LEWIS, Mayor
assos.a rba, the csisi Nc 2sSs ae NE Fire
with the approval of the joint committees ohe Com
mon Council on Fire, be authorized sell certain old
suction engines now in possession Of the city, and
of the city. 6aA s@5 Bs
tsignedl E. L. TRACY,
4
fsignedl JOHN CULBERTsoN,
President pro tenn Board of Aldetinens
Approved July 81, 1856
jy23 [Signedl JOHN l.. LEWIS, Mayor.
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RESOLVED, That Patrick Nestor be- and he is hereby
required 10 replace the bridge leading across Claiborne
Canal at Second street to the Draining Machine said
bridge having been removed BY him for his own con-
venence in cleaning said canal; and if not replaced
within five days after due notice has been given by
the Street Commissioner, he be prosecuted according
to law
(sgned) E. L. TRACY
President Board of Assistant Aldermen
[Signed] JOHN CULBERTSON,
President pro tenn. Board of Aldermen.
Approved July 81, 1856, ~
ly23 tsignedl JOHN L. LEWIS, Mayor.
Resolrd, That the adjudication of the contract for
cleaning the streets of the Third Ward John Bnford
for the of twenty thousand eight hundred dollars
for one year. be and is hereby approved, and that his
securities, VIM. Tilterton and A s. Buord, hereby
accepted. -lN gs @.ts-aQ2s .El- q 5ls
[signedl L. L. TRACY,
President Board of Assistant Aldermen
( [Signed1 s JOHN CULBERTSO ON,
0zr President pro tenn Board of Aldermen.
Approved July q, 1856
| iy23 [sgnedl JOHN L. LEWIS, Mayor
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Resolred, That the Assistant City Attorney be in
stInced 10 cancel judgments recorded against N.
| Fitzsimmons one in the Second, the other in the
Third Justices Court, should he find that the property
fer taxes on which said judgments was Obtained, did
| not belong 10 the said N Fitzsimmons.
President Board of Assistant Aldermen.
[Signed] JOHN CULBERTSoN,
President pro- tenn. Board of Aldermen.
jy2s Isigned] JOHN L, LEWIS, Mayor.
Rssolsed That the Comptroller be and he is hereby
authorized the Treasurer favor OF h