New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-05-05
being suspended, adopted, and of, motion, sent
to the Board Of "A lderrnen fnr nn,1n i, E

that portion Of tfe second
Feuyth Prseise.SFor ali fft syer and Camp street
situated IN the rear OF Camp II 's'u y
THIRD WARD. EEL fss 8t.Hft%f
x Fifth Precinct.-For all that poriIbs = I
Ward situated between The river an ne ch nhlta
street. ,@s9st7 Gharies
situated between the middle OF ST. Charles andard
middle of Circus street. -
:ssuenth Pyeeiaes-Fo all that portion Of said Ward
situated in theIear of the middle Of Circus street.
Hts2555 FOURTH WARD. 7,ii 4
Pyeeinet.Fo or all that portion of the Fourth
Ward situated between The river and Ramp street
= Ninth Preciaeh-For all that portion of said Ward,
situated in The rear of Rampart street
s.4l.. 5f7 y. FIFTH WARD. q. ltssa7.t.
Tenth Precanct-For all thatpart of the Fifth Ward
situated between The river Rampant; st.Louis and ST.
E1sssn Precinct For all that partof The afore,
street, ST Philip and ST: Peter streets.
leeyth Preftnct. For all that part Of the said
Ward In The reanof Rampartslreet.
e Thirteenth Of all that portion Of The Sixth
Ward situated betweenthe river and Rampant street.
Fourteenth Preeinet.-F Of all that part Of Inc said
Ward sftuatedin the rear of Rampant street..
SEVENTH WARD, Il.
81 oil that portion Of the Seventh
Ward situated between The river and Claiborne street.
Sixteenth Precthct = For all that portion of said
Ward situated street and the Bayou
-, slssntseah PiesncFor ali hat ii @ II said
Ward situated at .Mneburg, Lake Pontchartran.3
3 EIGHTH WARD. p II
Eighteenth Preciact;-For alt that portion of said
Ward situated selween the river and Good Children
Nineteenth Preciaes--All that portion Of said Ward
situatedin the earof Good Childrenstree s.5s&
K ~ NINTH WARD. tx. ~
Ttesntieh Pyecinet--A that portion of the Ninth
Ward situated between Enghein street, Lafayette
avenue and Elmra street. "
Tcentyy first Preciaet.A that portion Of the said
Ward below ElInira street q
~ b ~. II 3 TENTH WARD. .I.- . s
TtcsHty-seeond PrectRct. -An that portion of the
Tthehty-thira PrettHtt. All the remainder of said
Ward, l5..in II lTt&
~ f7ss ~ n5 t.t0' ELEVENTH WARD. r5r ell 2. =
Z TtCentyof fourth Prcinet Ali that portion of said
Ward be- ween The river and Magazine street.. IL
Tpsnty.fifth Preciact.-Al! The remainder Of said
Ward. - %g, i'sF5Ej 80
ARTICLE 2. Be it further o,aainea That this ordi-
nance shall go into effect, and have full force from and
utter its passage. u
OF ORDINANCES contrary hereto be and the same are here
by repealed. - ~ G
Mr.. Bartlette moved totake up the ordinance,
published 10 full in the proceedings of the last
meeting, fixing the compensation Of the Coroner
and the 6herif carried. III 59a5!sT
Mr.. Fabre moved to refer that part in regard
to the fees of the Coroner5to q special commit
| tee---carried. @5t 7'ssa5G III q 5-=5s SO r.
Mr.. Eager offered the following ordinance as
| q substitute, which was read, and on motion
both the original and substitute we're referred
to 8 special committee composed of Messrs
Witt, Eager, Fabre. Howell and stith.
| AN ORDINANCE regulating the fees incident to the
Office of Coroner of the city OF New Orleans.
Bel ordained, That from and after the passage OF
this ordinance, the Coroner the city of New Orleans
shall receive for each and every inquest held in said
city the sum of fifteen dollars, which amount shall be
in full and shall include physicians fees, jurors fees,
burial expenses: and all other costs incident to the du-
| ties of said Officer, -,-E., .f5sEe+
Belt t4rth6r ordained, That the sum of seven dollars
and half only, shall be allowed, when in conformity
with section of Act No 49, approved March 10, 1855
| shall he daeu rbiob-
Guide burial expenses and all other charges for which
| the city may be liable. r.
Be ftfurthsr ordained, That all ordinances or reso.
utions any wise conflicting with this ordinance, be
| and the same are hereby repealed.
Mr.. Eager offered the following resolution as
| o su bstltute for that part of the ordinance re-
lating to the fees of the Sheriff, which was read
Res0lved That from and after the passage of this
| resolution, the compensation 10 the. Sheriff of the
parish of Orleans for the eeping of all prisoners in
the parish prison. and for which the city is LIABLE, be
and the is hereby fixed al twenty-five cents per
1 day for each prisoner and no more z*.i' "a
4 Mr. Violet moved to lay the foregoing substi-
-tute on the table---lost. - -zli5g
4. Yeas--- Messrs. Banister, Bartlette, Benit, Fa-
! bre, Long and Violett---6. -, 9G.E-S
Nays---Messrs. Bridge, Chiapella, Eager.
Guyol, Howell, Kelly, Mcknight stith, Thayer
and Wiltz---1O. -. - s. ~ .
Mr.. Fabre offered the following as an amend
ment to the foregoing resolution, which was read
| and accepted: 7fs' gE'. ,~N
Be furthsr resolvsa Tha, hereafter jail fees shall
| be paid by this city. lF 81 ~.
The resolution in its amended form was read
as follows:a -J5G
Reso!uea That from and after the passage OF this
resolution the compensation of the Sheriff of the parish
of Orleans for The keeping of all prisoners in the parish
prison. and for which the city is LIABLE be and the
is hereby fixed at twenty-five cents per day, for each
| prisoner, and no more ,@@
itfurther resolved, That hereafter no Jail fees
shall be paid by the city. - "a. q, esg{E 5F},
I W;o1att ,onvod ~ onoaud kbo
resolution by inserting s'twenty cents' in lieu
of sstwenty- five cents"--carried.
Yeas---Messrs. Ranister, Bartlette, BENT,
Fabre. Guyol, stith, Thayer Violet and
Tracy---9 9g#..
Nays Messrs Bridge, Chiapella, Eager,
Howell, Kelly, Long, Mcknight and Wiltz--tS.
The resolution as amended was then read and
adopted by the following vote !: \.
Yeas---Messrs. Banister, Bartlette, BENT,
Thayer and Violett---11. ssEl 7,g
Nays -Messrs. Chiapella, Eager, Kelly, Nc
knight and Wiltz---5. =. y p
Mr.. Fabre moved to send the resolution to the
Board of Aldermen for concurrence and called
for the yeas and nays, which resulted IS fol-
lows: 9.~ls- f*
Yeas -Messrs. Banister, Bartlette, BENT,
Bridge, Fabre, Guyol, Howell, Long, Stith,
Thayer and Violett-1l. =&ia
Nays-Messrs. Chiapella, Eager, Kelly, Nc
Knight and Wiltz--5. gl
"A unanimous consent of the Board being
required, the resolution was not sent up for
concurrence. ,4Ar4! ~ II -
The following message from the Mayor was
read, and on motion, referred to the Police
Committee:
| MAYORALTY OF. NEW ORLEANS,l
,E ..5aCiiy Hall, April 90, 1856. nh
To the Presidents and Members Ask,
of the Common Council
l. GENTLEMEN-I would earnestly call your attention
l 10 the accompanying communications from the Chief
of the Fire Department and Chief OF Police relative
10 the unsatisfactory manner in which alarms of fire
are given. @rt " ~ sr5
With the limited number of the actual police force
fer the purpose of ringing the fire alarm BELLS without
doing serious injury TO the effectiveness of The police
and in order 10 partially remedythe difficulty, would
urgently press upon you to order an increase of AT
least ten men in the police for that special put
pose, as suggested by the Chief of Police.
Respectfully, -.
f5r,. "''-tts9 rJNo. Il. LEWIS, Mayor
The following communication from the Comp
troller was read, and, on motion, referred to
the Finance Committee:
i 1.-THE statement referred to in the communi-
! cation will be found in another column of this
/ psper.l 4rG ugSgl i
i '." CoMPTRoLLER's oFFICE,l
E,za. -. New Orleans, April 29th, 1856.
To the Honorable the Common Council ~
4 esf#& y" os"r ss,3, tr gof New Orleans pr
| GENTLEMEN-Ons Yesterday adiudicated the con-
tracts for furnishing blanks the various departments
| 10 Alex. Levy l. Co.-securty, Cook, Young &c Coat
The following list contract at So 50-1GQ per