New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1855-07-03
AN IMPORTANT oRnINANoE.

The city ii insdebt, The Treasury about bank
rUpf, times are hard, ard Z worse q coming z
Tksrc il 10 use ii shutting our eyes to these
facts, and tho only way Of meeting the exigens
oizs of the occasion is for those in authority, /
and the public generally, 70 face the music Pc |
matter what tune is played. boldly. wisely and
judiciously. And all parties concerned' might
AZ well do It with good grace as not, for we are
Ia such q condition, that we must 9stand up to
the rack, fodder or no fodder and it there Is
no ssfodder.. we must devise the best and safest
means of providing efodder,a Here we feel
sorely tempted to So sntosan analysis Of certain
things, to show how certain causes produce
certain effects; to speak of the absorbing solicit
tuds ofsa few individuals for the preservation Of
the credit Of the CITY, who were never before
supposed to care q Hg whether she had any
credit and character or not !; Of the nice dis
tinctions drawn between PARTICULAR kinds of pro-
tests; how, while one protest would not injure
materially, another would be absolutely ruin
GUS, and various other matters of the sort. But
we are constrained to defer such an investiga-
ton There is plenty Of time g Remembrance,
faithful to her trust,' will do her dutyin due
season, and when the hour Of implement comes,
we feel entirely persuaded there will be more
than one victim on the books. The crowd may
be rather numerous. sss s,
The ordinance referred to is entitled, s'An.
ordinance concerning the wharyes Of the city of
New Orleans, and providing for farming the
revenues thereof This ordinance comes up for
consideration this evening beforezthe Board Of
~ .,, AZ, i, l,aa,, ~, A An 80,
cial order OF the last session. 1t emanated from
| the Finance Committee, and is understood to be
the production Of J. Eager, Esq, chairman,
who will, We confidently predict, make mark
upon our municipal records any man might be
proud Of. before the expiration of his term of
official service The intent of the ordinance is
to make the wharyes actually productive Of
| revenue to the city; to farm them out in such a
manner as to enable the council to anticipate
the income deriyable therefrom, inorder to meet
the summer pressure until the fall receipts re-
lieve the treasury. By the adoption of such a
measure it is believed that the present crisis
can be safely overcome, and that by pursuing
the existing system Of rigid economy, the dan
gers of the future may be securely guarded
against. Intact, from our present understand
| ing Of the case, we can see no other method of
| escape from the embarrassments that now enYi-
ron us.
I With this brief explanation, we will proceed
to give short synopsis Of the ordinance The
| first section ordains-
That the Comptroller Of said city shall within sixty
thereof by Mayor twenty days notice thereof
given by publication in the official Journal adudicate
and sell at his Office to the highest bidder accord
with the tipulations herein contained the revenues
OF the whar of said city coiecabe existing
dinances, ali ships vessels steamships steamboats,
datboats and water craft of any and every description
whatsoever for the term of three years commencing on
the LIST day Of September 1885, and ending with the 3st
| day OF August, 1858.
| The next ak sections provide that the wharves
SO sold shall be divided into six sections. The
first section to comprise all the wharyes and
landings within the upper limits Of the city,
down to Felicity Road The second to comprise
all the wharves and landings between Felicity
Road and the lower line Of North Market street.
The third to comprise ell the wharves, eto, be-
tween North Market street and the Canal street
Ferry. The fourth, all the wharyes, etc., be-
| tween Canal street Ferry and the center of Tou-
louise street The fifth, all the wharges, etc,
between the center Of Toulouse street and the
lEsplanade street Ferry, with a reservation q
a. M - ~ - 49, ~ ~
and III lowe, INIT "a tha ~. 'i'ee : ~
/ afta. nrog;d;n, !, =. ~ ~,
avg, ploypius III s,lin necessary RESTRICTIONS
the ordinance enacts that each and every person
farming the aforesaid wharTes, etc, shall give
therefor hisor their promisory notes, drawn pay
aple 70 the city OF New Orleans, and endorsed to
| the satisfaction ~ tbe Gon,,,on o,,,na:1
4 -FS II !. -, ''-lN oounoli' III an
% - "a VA sn@se pes0e u .ae reveh-
so esaio Inc
! ~ 80 ono = months
~ g. orasins ehe reyen-
az - AZ. ssr sase possession
thew shau he go es'spe1 i,sA. 'ia'
who,s ,srn, of 49, 80 .onis.oh uuring tne
na;rs artans;ans a,,saa.; sAas ~ q 'she re-
ete shall, he "A nrason;had ~ eMDets' piles'
Az III a;ra..;o, e ~ a :, anu ui'
q; - 4. sss = on oouhoil OF ~
Whenever any 81 tbe ~ rt;ss "a; = pie.iaee W.
tba;,, contract ~ con,n,a -, W
Ana annnl any sale a. salas All 80 .s.oA'
bemaf,a within i M r, .h'e
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