New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-03-03


Wafer Works Company to remove the hydrant in An
a nuncation Street Market,
. me Board of Aldermen have persisted notwith.
standing the veto of the Mayor, in the preamble and
tween the city Of New Orleans and the Pontchartrain
Railroad Company. adopted by the Board OF Assistant
Aldermen, Maya, 1865, and by the Board
OF Aldermen November 20, 1855. 4Ss.&E# 81.
| The following resolutions were rejected:
Resolutions authorizing the Street Commissioner 10
allow tiecon,ractor for lighting lamps of the Fourth
District certain deductions made in his certificate of
December, 1866 Also, authorizing the Street Com
missioner ,orcpIace such lamps as may be unfi! for
N'' R Re- 's h' u cmAs Claiborne, secy.
The following resolutions, adopted by this
Board sand rejected by the Board of Aldermen,
was. on motion Of Mr.. Fabre, persisted in, and
Messrs. Fabre, Violet and BENT were appointed
as O committee Of conference onsthe subject on
I the part of this Board Ivy
| Resolutions authorizing the Street Commissioner to
allow the for lighting the lamps of the Fourth
December, 1856; also authorizing the Street Commits
soner TO replace such lamps as may be unfit for use in
| the various Disrictin the city
Messrs. Mcknight, Ducros and Giffen took
/ their'seats. .rq.>
The following resolution, adopted by the
Board Of Aldermen, was read, the. rules being
suspended: LIS"
| A resolution authorizing the committee appointed
to examine and report upon The books and accounts Of
dional expert whose duty shall be to examine the
accounts of D. G. Labatt late Assistant City Attorney
The yeas and nays being called, on concur
renee with the Board of Aldermen insthe fore
going resolution, resulted as follows:
(. Yeas-Messrs. Banister, Barbarin, Benit,
Bridge, Chambers, Ducros, Eager, Gifen,
Howell, Kelly, Mcknight, Russia and Violet
49,
/ Nays-Messrs Bartlette, Fabre, Landry,
/ Long, Stith, Tbayer, Witt and Tracy--.8.
The chair stated that he could not decide
x,l,, &lor o1,t; i,o NJ
inasmuch as the amount to be expended was
not specified.
Mr. Violet then moved for reconsideration
of the vote. Carried.
Mr. Stth moved to amend the resolution by
striking out the word additional" Carried.
Mr.. Eager moved to amend by adding the
following words "provided the same shall not
cost more than $500" Carried.
On motion 1.-THE resolution, as amended, was
concurred in by the following vote:
Yeas - essrs. Banister, Barbarin, BENT,
Bridge, Chambers, Ducros, Eager, Giffen, How
, ell, Kelly, Mcknight, Russia, and Violett-13.
J Nays-Messrs. Bartlette, Fabre, Guyol, Lam
dry. Stith, Thayer and Wiltz-7.
The following resolution, adopted by the
Board of Aldermen, was read, the rules being
suspended, and on motion, laid on the table;
resolution insructing the Comptroller to furnish
to the Committees on Finance statement Of the
liabilities of James Beggs and G. H. Mobiles, late Col
lector OF Levee Dues, and requiring him 10 furnish
detailed statement of the amount due the city for
ground rents.
By message, this Board was informed that
the Board of Aldermen had adopted the follow
ing as O substitute for the ssresolution author
d izing the Surveyor to cause the roofs Of the
meat and vegetable markets, Second District
: to be repaired"
Resolred, That the Surveyor be and he is hereby
authorized and instructed 10 have the necessaryrepairs
made TO the roofs and all other parts of the meat
vegetable markets Of the Second District requiring tc
h. .o1I, h,
of the chaEmen of the Committees on Streets ant
Landings. IA .4oE
On motion, the substitute was concurred in
= by the following vote;
O t. Yeag--Messrs. Banister, Barbarin, Bartlette
Bridge, Chambers, Ducros, Eager, Fabre, Gifen
Guyol, Howell, Kelly, Landry, Mcknight
Russia, Stith, Thayer, Violet and Willie
= BY message this Board was informed thai
. the Board Of Aldermen had eoncurred in The
= ssresoutions requiring the Surveyor to make
o certain bridges and requiring the Street Com
y missioner to erect O. lamp-post at the corner O.
0 Claiborne street and ST. Bernard Avenue
0 with the following amendment, by striking ou
0 the following words, sttTo at the intersection
. Of Claiborne and New Orleans streets, and ons
. at the intersection of Clara and Mclponen
o streets.
g On motion of Mr.. Wilt, the amendment wa
NJ rejected, and the resolution persisted in. s.
% On motion, Messrs. Wiltz,s Stiths and Bart
IS lette, we're appointed committee of conferenc
on the subject, on the part of this Board on til
81 foregoing resolution.
: The following resolutions, adopted by th
- Board of Aldermen, were read, the rules bein
20 ~ suspended, and concurred in:
nv A olutIon insructing the Street Commissioner
- Coliseum Square 10 be graded with the ear
Il taken from the Camp street Canal. and nstrucng II
n Surveyor have wooden railing and trees place
% Yeas - Messrs. Banister, Barbarin, Beni
: Bridge, Chambers, Ducros, Eager, Fabre, Gil
10 fen, Howell Kelly, Long, Mcknight, Rusha
Stith, Thayer and Violett-1T.
Nays -NIessre. Bartlette and Guyol--2.
ID resolution making ii the duty of the Treasurer
- the City OF New Orleans, when drawing checks.
10 draw the same payable 10 the order of the Comprole
who shall keep registry of the same, and who sha
II render weekly detailed statement of the same,
for what purpose said checks were drawn.
The following resolution, adopted by tn
! Board of Aldermen, was read, the rules beiu
, suspended, and on motion, laid on the table:
A resolution authorizing the experts appointed
examine the books of the city officers TO take posses
sion of the books and papers of The Treasurer, III
OF Comptroller, the Commissioners of the Consolidate
lie Debt and of the late Assistant City Attorney c. La
N ba,t prior TO and ending with the LIST day OF January
S: 1885, for proper and complete examination OF III
same.
A communication from Jas. II. Wingdeld, lat
Chief of the Fire Department, stating the man
ner in which he had incurred expenses for tn
working Of the Fire Department during dis
4bandment, was read.
munication to the Fire Committee, and tina
three additional members be added to said com
mittee, carried, and the chair appointed Messrt
Violet, Mcknight and Howell on the same.
A letter from the permanent Commissioner
| appointed for the purpose of erecting on La
fayette square an equestrian statue of Georg
Washington, requesting the Council to gran
them the necessary permission to have tn
statue erected on said square, was read.
On motion Of Mr.. Stith, the above letter wa
referred to special committee, composed {
Messrs stith, Bartlette, Bridge, Chambers an
| Barbarin.
On motion, the chair was added to the com
mittee.
pETITIONs
The following were referred to the Financ
Committee:
OF Sias Chickering, asking payment of bill.
OF Pelanne Brothers " " Is
or jeremiah Norton, asking that the Treasurer
authorized TO issue to him duplicate license for on
= lost by him.
erect blacksmith shop his property situated .
Apollo street, between Third and Fourth streets, Four
District, was, NOTION referred 10 the Police Con
mttee.
The petition of August Muller, in regard to HI
m slaughter house Fourth street, between Live Ga