New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1855-09-13
OFFICIAL JOURNAL.
COMPTRGLhER'S OFFICE,
=, ,,s Mo-, nrIe.ns August 24ih. le,

| -,.-.5-.@ COMPTRGLhER'S OFFICE,
| City of New Orleans, August 24ths 1855
| No. 2364 ]
AN ORDINANCE concerning the v'haTves Of fh
City or New Orleans, and providing for farmin
| the revenues thereof. f$fs 81
| see. |. Be it ordained. by the Common Council G
the City of New Orleans, that The Comptroller OF sal
city shall, ~iihin sixty days after the passage of hi
ordinance, and The approval thereof by me ma or, all
after twenty days notice thereof given " pnoicali0
in lhe Official Journal adjudicae and sell al ms ofhce
10 the highest bidder and in accordance with the pn
latios herein contained, the revenues OF Inc wharve
OF sald city, coiecabe under existing q nahees npo
all ships, vessels, steamships, steanpoa,s, naiboals
and wafer crafl, Of any and every description "hatso
ever, for the term of three years. comTencns on III.
lst day of October, 1856 and ending with the Bot
| day OF September, 1858.
SEC 2. Thai for the purpose Of said adjudication
and sale the whaves of SAID city shall be divided int
| six sections, as folluws sy4.
SEC lst shall comprise all the wharves and landing.
of said city, lying and beng upon the Mississippi rive
and contained within the upper or soulhefn iinl o.
4 said city, and the upper line of Feliclly Road
SEC I'd, shall comprise all the wharyes and land
ing Of said city lying and being upon the hissssipp
river and contained Within the upper 'nt OF ehcity
| Road and The lower line Of North Market street.
| SEC 20, shalt comprise all the wharyes and land.
ngs OF sad cy, lying and bring npoh NE Miss'ssipp
ftver and contained Wilnin The lower line OF Nonh
Market street. and he upper line OF sat part on Tue
river front of said city, which is appropriated to the
| Canal Street Ferry.
SEC. 4th, shall comprise all The wharves and land
ngs of sad city, lying and being upon The Mississippi
yer and contained witnin Inc iower ie OF mat por-
ton OF the river front of said CITY which IS appropa-
ted to the Canal Street Ferry and the lower line of
| Toulouse street.
SEC 5th shall comprise all the wharves and landings
Oh sad ctyyhg and being upon the river
and contained within the lower side OF toulouse street,
and the upper line OF that portion OF the RIVER front OF
SAID city Nv hich appropriated TO the Es
Ferfy and excepting lheretrom that poro o. the RIVER
front which Is may hereafter be appropriated for
ery 10 an extent Of moi more Than one hundred anu
NIFTY feet Al The foot df ST Ann street
SEC shall comprise all the WhafVes anu
of said ciiy,iyng and being upon the MlsslssipPver,
and contained within The lower line of that portion of
The river front of said city, which is to The
Esplanade Street Ferry, and the lower OF northern
limit OF said city.
sEc. 3 That said Comptroller shall adJndicate and
SELL a. aforesaid, the coecable as aforesaid,
within the various sections forth in the second
ton Of this ordinance, separate and apati commencing
Wtn section hrs and ending with seciion sixth as set
forth in said second section.
SEC D. That each and every person to whom shall
be adjudicaed and sold aforesaid, The revenues col
ecabie as aforesaid, Within The various sections set
orh in section second of this ordinance, shall be sub
fogaea to all the rights and privileges OF the CITY OF
New Orleans. to sue and TO collect SAID revenues.
SEC D. Ihat each anu every person 70 Wh"m shail
be adudIcHied and sold aforesaid The reve,ues col
ecable as aforesaid within the various sections set
TORN in section second of this ordance shall not sell,
transfer assign, set over suitcase his or Their 9h,
ute or interest in the any person or persons
VITA tsoever and that III OF any sale, transfer
assignment or suitcase made by anyperson or persons
OF The rights interests acquired under and BY virtue
OF ms ordinance, such safe. transfer assignment or
rests SO acquired afo i'd and the same shall revert
| 10 The City of New Orleans E-0 @
SEC g.. That the CITY of New Orleans reserves 10
ITSELF and excerpts from SAID sale each and every ferry
landing and ferry wharf now existing, and each and
every nuisancs wharf now existing, and all revenues
| arising from The same. The Common Council also
reserves the privilege of changing lne location of The
ferry landing in the Fourth District provided the same
shall not occupy more space than whefe 1t now Is
SEC. 7. That each and every person I" whom shall
be adj1dicated and Sold aforesaid, The revenues coll
iectabe, as aforesaid within the various sections set
forth in section second of This ordinance, shall give
bond, with good and sufficient securyto be approved
by the Common Council, in amount equal 10 one-
fourth part of the price Of said and sale
and conditioned for the true and faithful performance
and fnh meAt OF all acts and oiigallons required 10 be
perfor med aud tu filed The part OF said persCl
persons by tins ordinance. 4
SEC. g That each and every person 10 whom shall
be adjudcaed and Sold aforesaid, The revenues COL
ectape, aforesaid, within The various sections
forth in section second Of this ordinance, shall give
ereioF his or their promssury notes, endorsed 10 The
satisfaction Of The Common Council, i'll amount
equal to the purchase price of the revenues adjudi
Gated and sold aforesaid.
SEC 9. Thai the required to be given by Sec
lion seventh of THIS ordinance shall be divided ino
series OF thtr1y-six IN number and made payable fiji
teen days, Two, lhree our hive, six, seven eight,
nIne, ten eleven twelve, hir fourteen fifteen,
teen, seveneen eighteen, nineteen, twenty, twenty
one, twenty-lwo ,weny-lhree, twenly-four, twenty
ive twenty SIX, twentyseven, twenty-eght, twenty
nine, thirty, ihlly one, hlrywo, lhiTty-ihree thirty
four and thiry-fve months after date and that such
of said shall be made payable in the months
OF January, February, March, April, May and June
of each year, shall be drawn payable each IN an
amount equal 10 one-tweny-sevenlh part OF the pur-
chase price OF the revenues adjudcaed aud sold as
afoTesald and that such of said shall be made
payab in the months of july August, September,
October November and December OF each year, shall
be drawn payable each IN an amount equal 10 one
6yfonrh part of the purchase price, The revenues so
adud,cated and sold, aforesaid
Sec. TO- That each and every person 10 whom shall
be adjudcatG and sold, aforesaid the revenues col
lecable aforesaid, within the vafious s-clions sci
forth IN section second of this ordinances shall accept
and take possession OF the Wharves landings aud evees
contained within the section or sections whose reve-
10 be adjudcaed and sold on The Isl day of
octeber next thai SAID wharves landings and evees
shall be accepted in The in hch The same
may be in SAID list day October next aud Thai said
person persons accepting and taking possession
sad wharves, landings and ievees shall ne palr The
and keep the in good order aud Condition
during the whole Term Of three years, commencing
withthe ssid Isl day OF October, 1866 ending with
the Both day of september, 1868 Provided, that the
lessees shall have right 10 build any she'd ware.
houses platforms said evee, without the permis.
sion OF the Common Council.
Sec. IL. That The levees named in section ninth of
this ordinances shalt extend back to the line of lne
street fronting the rive Thai is 10 say the
levee compr sed within section No. shall extend
back the line of Water street from the upper line Of
The Fourth District Adele street, aud 10 Tchouptou-
New Levee Streets from Adele street 10 Fell
city Road the levee comprised IN section No sha n
extend back 10 the line Of New Levee street from
Felicity Road Race street, and Front Levee fir N,
Race to North Market street; The Ievee COM
prlsed in section No shall extend back to the line ot
Front street from North Market Canal strest: The
levee comprised in section No. shall extend hack 10
The line OF Front street from Canal 10 Cuslonhouse
Streets aud New Levee street from CusIumhouse 10
Toulouse street, the evee comprised in secuun No.
shall extend back 10 the line of Old Levee street: 1he
levee comprised in section No shall extend back 10
public road New Levee street
SEC. IL. That the repairs OF lhe levees required 10
be made under section ninh of this ordinance shall
consist grading the according 10 the grades
al eady established, covering the same with hard
substances such as lake oyster shells and gravel
in keepng the same always in good order, by fnng
up all holes their rst appea ace, with hard sub
stances above mentioned, IN filing with river sand
all paris of the which may cave in, or sink be-
the grades sald and III keeping the bulk. heads
the outside OF the same, always good order and
condition.
SEC 13 That the repairs of the wharves required
to be made under section ninth OF this ordinance snail
consist in repairing all holes in the flooring Of the
wharves and inclined planes immediately theI frs
appearance, in raising ali portions the wharyss
Which may have sunk. or which may sink below the
levels eslablIshedi in taking ont aud rene w a
all caps and strlnges, piles, finder piies flooring ete
Which may be found rotten or decayed in bulltns
anew all wharves which, from general decay, NAV
require the same, andin extending into the river all
wharyes which may require extension, as 10 have
al all times, depth of water of twenty feet al The
water line of each every wharf used for The land
lug and discharge OF ships and depth of water OF
ten ieet the water line OF each and every wharf
used for the landing and discharge of STEAMBOATS,.
SEC. IA. That in making the repairs required by sec
twelfth no ,f