New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1855-08-27
OFFICIAL JOURNAL.
CoMPTRoLLER'S OFFICE,
City of New Orleans, August 2ath, 1000
No 23f4 l
AN ORDINANCE concerning The V'harves Of The

CoaPTRoLLER'S OFFICE,
City of New Orleans, August 24th 1870
L w Ia@ No. 1854
| AN ORDINANCE concerning The hafyes OF 'ht
City of New Orleans, and providing ior farming
1 the revenues thereof.
4 SEC. /. Be ii ordained, by the Common Conncii Q
the City Of New Orleans, That Comproe' y r.. M
city shall, within sixty days after the passage OF this
ordinance, and the APPROVAL thereof by the Ma Of ahe
after twenty days notice iheeof given by puDlicaIoi
in Official Journal adjudicate and sell athts ofhce
10 the highest bidder and in accordance with the stipu
Iations herein contained, the OF the wharves
of said city coectabie under existing nances upon
all ships, vessels, steamships, steamboats,, hatboets
and craft of any and every description Whatso
ever. for the OF three years. commencing on me
lst day of October, 1855, and ending with The Jun
1 day OF September, 1858. ~
1 SEC 2. That for the purpose of said adjudication
and sale the whayes Of SAID city shall be divided into
1 six sections, as follows:
SEC lsl, shall comprise all the wbarves and landings
of SAID city, lying and being upon the Mississippi fVeI
4 and contained within the upper southern limit OF
| said city, and the upper line OF Felicity Road.
1 SEC I'd, shall comprise all the wharves and land
ing of said city lying and being upon the MISSISSIPPI
river and contained Within the upper limit q feiey
| SEC I'd, shall comprise all The wharves ard land
ings of said city lying and being upon the MISSISSIPPI
river, and contained Witnn the lower line OF North
Marke, street, and the upper line of that part OF the
rvef front of said city, which is appropriated to the
| Canal Street Ferry.
ings Of said city, lying and being upon the Mississippi
river and contained within lower line of that por-
ton of the rver front OF said city which is appopla-
ted to the Canal Street Ferry and the lower line Of
| Toulouse street. &p
SEC 5th, shall comprise all the wharves landings
of said city lying and being upon the Mississippi
and contained within the lower side of Toulouse street,
and the upper line of thai portion of the river front of
said city, which is appropriated the Es panade street
Ferry and excepting therefrom that portion of the river
front which is, may hereafter be appropriated for
ferry to an extent OF not moro than one hundred and
| fifty feet at the foot of ST. Ann street
SEC 9Th, shall comprise all the wharves and landings
of said cy lying and being upon the Mississippi river
and contained within The lower line of that portion of
the river front of said cly which appropriated 10 the
4 Espanade Street Ferry, and the lower northern
| limit OF SAID city.
!! SEC. 3 That said Comptroller shall adjudcate and
SELL aforesaid the revenues coecabe, Aforesaid,
within the various sections set forth i'll the second sec
ton OF this ordinance, separate and apart; commencing
with section FIRST and ending with section sixth, set
| forth in SAID second section.
| SEC a. hat each and every person 10 whom shall
be adjudicated and sold, aforesaid, the revenues COL
lectabe, aforesaid. within the various sections
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 10 collect said revenues.
SEC. s. That each and every personto 10 whom shall
be adjudcaled and sold aforesaid the col
iectabe 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 interest in the any person persons
| whatsoever and that case of any sale, transer
assignment or suitcase made by any person persons
of The rights interests acquired under and BY virtue
of this ordinances such sale, transfer, assignment or
suitcase shall work forfeiture of saldrghts andne
1
| 10 the City of New Orleans.
| SEC q. That the city of New Orleans reserves 10
Itself! and excepls from SAID sale each and every ferry
landing and ferry wharf now existing and each and
every nuisance wharf now existing, and all revenues
| arising from the same. The Common Council also
reserves the privilege of changing the localiono The
ferry landing in the Fourth District provided the same
shall not occupy more space than Where ii now is.
| seq. That each and every person 10 whom shall
pc adludeaied and sod as aforesaid the revenues col
ecla0le as aforesaid within The various SECTIONS set
forth IN section second OF this ordinance, shall give
bond with good and sufficient security be approved
by the Common Council, i'll an amount equal to
fourth part OF the price of said adjudication and sale.
and conditioned for the true and faithful performance
and fuiiment of all acts and obligations required 10 be
| performed and fu filled the part OF said person
persons by this ordinance.
SECS. That each and every person 10 whom shall
be adJudicaed and Sold Aforesaid the revenues col
ectaole, as aforesaid, within line various sections set
forth IN section second OF this ordinance, shall give
therefor his or their promssory notes, endorsed 10 the
| satisfaction of the Common Council, in amount
equal to the purchase price of The revenues udi
Gated and sold, aforesaid.
SECS. That the notes required to be given by sec
lion seventh of lhs ordinance shall be divided into a
series thrtysix IN number, and made payable IN fl
teen days, one, TWO, three our, FIVE six seven eight
nne Ten, eleven twelve, fourteen, fifteen,
teen, seventeen eighteen, nineteen, twenty, twenty
one, twenty-five, lwenty-hree, twentyfoar. twenty
five, twenty six, tWentyseVen, twenty eight twenty
nine thirty thirty.oue, lhiry-two thty-hree thirty
four and thirty-ive months after date and that
OF said notes shall be made payable in the months
of January, February, March, April, May and June
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amount equal TO one-twenty-sevenh part of the pur-
chase price OF the adjudicaled aud sold,
atoresald and that such OF said noes shalt be made
payable in The months OF July, August September,
/ OCTOBER November and December OF each year, shall
| be drawn payable each in All amount equal 10
ty fourth pan of the purchase price, The revenues
adjudlcaied and sold, as Aforesaid
Sec. l0 That each and every person to whom shall
be adjudcated and sod aforesaid, the col
lecabIe aforesaid, within The various ctlons
forth III section second OF This ordinance, shall accept
and take possession OF the wharVes landings and ievees
contained Within the section or sections whose
nues are 10 be adudicated and sold on The LIST day of
October next that said wharyes landings and levees
shall be accepted in the condition in which The
may be i'll said LIST day and that said
person persons accepting aud taking possession
oil SAID wharves, landings and evees, shall repair The
same and keep the in good order and condition
during the whole term of three years, commencing
with The ssid Isl day OF October 1855 and ending with
the 3Uh day of September, 1858. Provided that the
lessees shall have no right 10 build any shed, ware
! houses platforms said levee, without the permits
sion Of the Common Council.
SEC, IL, That the levees named in section ninth of
this ordinances shall extend back TO the line of the
street or streets fronting the that is 10 say The
leVee compr sed within section No. shall extend
back 10 the line of Water street from the upper line of
the Fourth District to Adele street, and 10 Tchoupitou
las and New LeVee streets, from Adele street 10 Fell
city Road the leyee comprised in section No, shall
extend back 10 the llne OF New Levee street from
Felicity Road TO Race street, and TO Front Levee from
Race street 10 North Market street; The levee
prised in section No shall extend back to the line OF
Front street from North Market 10 Canal street, the
eVee comprised IN section NO. snail eAtenn Dack TO
the line of Front from Canal 10 Cuslomhouse
Streets aud 10 New Levee street from CustomhOuse
Toulouse street; the levee comprised In section No.
shall extend back the line of Old Levee street; the
leyee comprised section N o 6 shall extend back 10
| public road or New Levee street
SEC, IT, That the repairs of the evees required TO
be male under section ninih of this ordinances shall
consist in grading the according 10 the grades
already estahlished in covering the same with hard
substances, such lake oyster shells and gravel,
i'll keeping the always in good order, by filling
up all holes their first appearance, with hard sub
! stances above mentoned IN filling withfIver sand
all parts of the which may III or sink be-
low The grades atoresald and keeping the bulk
on the outside of the same always in good order and
| condition.
| SEC 13 That the repairs of the wharves required
to be made under section ninth OF this ordnance shall
consist in pairing all holes in the flooring Of the
Wharves ana Inclined planes Immediately on their first
| appearance, in raising all portions OF the Wharves
| which may have sunk, which may sink below the
levels now established; in taking ont and renewing
all caps and stringers, piles finder plies Hooring ete
| which may be found rotten decayed, IN building
anew all wharves which, from general decay, may
require the same, and extending INTO The river all
wharves which may require extension, SO as 10 have
al all Times, depth of water of twenty feet al the
water ine Of each every wharf used tor The land
ing and discharge OF ships, and deph OF water of
Ten feet at the water line of each and every Wharf