New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1855-11-21
THE COMMON COUNCIL.

Present Messrs Bailey, Culbertson Converts Darrell
Gilmore, Price, Prague, Psire and TompkIns ,F'
The chair stated The rt business % h. the annoint
ment OF committee examine into the .lectipp and
Of Mr. Converse who had taken his seat for
ans nrsh tme; Wnch was accordingly done The COM
mittee reported NJ Converse duly elected and 1ahed
ahe boara OF Assistants reported concurrence In
rlans ana second District Courts are held.
me same Board asked concurrence in . resolution
p,os,ong or the appointment Of joint committee of
permanent memorial to the late Samuel Peters Con.
CURED In. The chair appointed Messrs Culbertson
aonpkns and Duren upon said committee. The latter
mr. Bailey was named in his place
recitation providing for repairs to the City Hall was
resolution to memoriazs the State Legislature in re-
gard to impsrfectons in the City Charter asking for
some special amendments read The President pro
nounced 1t expare action on the part Of the Lower
Board, and 1t was returned. g@
number Of resolutions from the Board Of Assistants
to pay sundry bills were disposed Of.
The matter Of memoriazpg the Legislature was then
again taken up and after brief discussion referred to
ths special committee appointed time ago to con-
An ordinance concerning the city sidewalks and the
relations existing between and the
pcraton regarding their construction was referred to the
Committee on Streets and Landings.
resolution authorizing the sale of q contract for
cleaning the canals was referred to the Committee on
Streets and Landings
An ordinance from the lower Board the
chan.gaDg was laid on the table subject to call
~. is..er IRON me sanitary Commission, appointed by
composing said commission represent that they were ap
pointed for the purpose Of nquiing into the and
the Summer of 1858 and that after fifteen months Of ar
duous labor they had produced work upon the subject
them to speak Accompanying the letter bill for
$4,000, In full We believe for the above mentioned ser
vices The matter referred to committee Of three
-Messrs Cubertson Durell and Bailey.
petition from citzen claiming the Of $500 for
damages sustained BY his house in consequence of fire
company No. squirting water into it under pretense
hat n thA
The Finance Committee recommended concurrence In
resolution to pay city workhouse bills, amounting to
The Police Committee reported an ordinance for the
sale Of lease Of the City Workhouse and its materials
and made the order of the day for next meeting.
The committee also submitted ordinance establish.
ing the chaingang, and defining the regulations under
which negroel to tbs parish aiIs shall be employed
the public works Made the order Of the day for
meeting.
resolution from the committee requiring the owners
Of certain cotton pckery buildings to make said buildings
fre-proof was adopted.
The committee presented the resolution from the Lower
Board permitting Mr. Geo Purvis engine
the Of Clio and Nayades streets Mr. Gull
bertson reported verbally favor Of it, The President
decided this to be out of ORDER aud that the resolution
could not before the Board from tho committee
such Mr.. Converse moved that the resolution
be taken from the committee which agreed to- and
the resolution was then concurred in.
After much discussion, motion was made and carried
to take the resolutions for compromise of the difficulty
with the New Orleans, Pontchartran and Mobile Railroad
Company from the hands of the special committee
ference to which they had been referred The principal
feature Of these resolutions is that they provide for
Of the bonds for each issued In favor of said
pany The resolutions being declared before the Board
were read and adopted.
The Board then adjourned. g..
BOARD OF ASSISTANT ALDERMEN. The Board
Of Assistants last evening General Tracy presiding
and sixteen members present.
The reading of the minutes of the last meeting a.
dispensed with NJ
MI ,nfoo ofy;k,,
the balance of 6S3 SO BIZ on hand was referred 10
she Finance Committee.
remembrance against petition for closing the steam
boat landing Of the Opelousas Railroad Was referred to
the Committee on Streets and Landings
communication from the Chief OF the Fire Depart
ment asking for further appropriation the purchase
OF hose and also announcing the distribution of that al
ready granted read. The subject of paid Fire De-
was alluded to In the same and
the probability Of dsbanding of the Department in ac
cordance with their memorial Referred the Fire Com
mittee and to the Special Committee the Memorial Of
the Fire Department. sFe
a communication from the Board of Aldermen, an.
nouncng their concurrence in suudry bills the reec
ton Of others, READ
On motion Of Mr. Stith previous resolution appoint
ing committee to memoriass the Legislature with re-
gard to the City Charter was amended the number
of the committee.
A resolution read, authorizing the PAYMENT Of
1888 II for expenses incurred during the session Of the
Commercial Convention The resolution emanating from
Lower Board having been objected by the Board of
Aldermen the Board of Assistants perss in their orr
ginal action and the Finance Committee was appointed
Com mittee of Conference.
communication received from the Board of AL
dermsn asking for sndry appropriations
made by them and amongst others for the payment Of
$3.50 to d. Grow for work done the Artesan Well 1t
referred to the Comittee Finance by vote of II
yeas to nays. 48.-e
The petitions of B. G. Gammack of Priestley q Beip of
Bernard Cohen and others were referred.
number of private petitions read and referred
The report of the Finance COMMITTEE was read recon-
msndng the payment Of sundry bills and agreed tic
by unanimous vote
"A resolution for the payment of the Black Maria was
adopted by unanimous vote.
An ordinance concerning the public markets
the OF the pavements adjacent and making sundry
other regulations relative thereto read and engthy
discussed. Some slight alterations having been made In
the wording, the ordinance adopted
The COMMITTEES on Streets and Landings made report
which read and the rules being dispensed with the
resolution taken and adopted by an unanimous
vote The committee further reported on damages done
the streets and repaired by the contractors and also
and also with regard to sundry bridges etc.
The rules being again dispensed with the report was
taken up and discussed article by article The various
sections were agreed in or laid on the table,
resolution ordering all nuisances be deposted mt
the nuisance wharf was discussed and laid over
resolution authorizing petition to the Legislature
for the passage of registry law in order to prevent
election troubles in the city of New Orleans read and
referred.
report of all claims placed in the hands of D. Labatt
late City Attorney for collection and not yet reported
on, was adopted.
resolution ordering st. Anthonys Canal to be closed
was referred. 55y#t5 n. ,.l&= -z.ls.
The Board then adjourned.
SUPREME COURT DECISIONS -.Monday, ,Noy.
City Of New Orleans, appellee Samuel Locke APP
peant Appeal from Fifth District Court Judgment
affirmed VOORHEES,, j.
Wills Rawins, appellees, vs.. L. J. Moore ct ais ap
peauts- Second District Court - Judgment reversed
J..
Municipality No. One appellee, vs. Wheeler & Blake,
appelsnts-second District Court Judgment ARMED
5po1ord J.
George Il II Gray, appellant VS.. H. T. Lonsdae, ap-
peee-Third District Court-Jndgment affirmed Spot
ford, J. f0pinon prepared by Chief Justice Sde In
Olty OF New Orleans appellee, Etienne Cordeyolle
appellant Fourth District Court Judgment amended
and affirmed Buchanan, j E7 |
City of New Orleans, appellee VS.. Commercial Water
works Company, appelants-Fifh District Court-Judg
nent reversed. Buchanan, J,
James o. kathman ct ais appellees vs.. City of New |
orleans appellant Fifth District Contribution to dis
miss appeal discharged Buchanan, j
= Y. u Lathrop, appellant, Chisholm & Bell, NJ Van
Fleet appellee - Fourth District Court Judgment re-
Fersed and cause remanded for new trial. Buchanan
VIM Huston ct ais appellees, VS. r. NJ Fisk ct ais ap
peanls Second District Court = Judgment affirmed
spotford, j.
y Corning Co, appellees, VS. j. n Elliott ct ais an.
peants-second District Court = Judgment affirmed
shdeli, u y. Prepared in June astl
Laurent Mlllaudon, appellant, Municipality No, |
one appelee-Thrd District Court-Judgment amended
and affirmed Buchanan, j. % = -
- Marie Deor. widow Of Antoine Roubet, appellee Vs.
Bouvous appellant Third District Court
Judgment affirmed. Spoford.J ]. nl
vrden, appellant, j. w, Grary appellee--Fourth
pistrlct Gourt-Jndgment reversed. Spofford, j.
1acoD Michael, appelse, Mutual Protection Ipsu-
ance Company Of Nashville appelantsThird District
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