New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-04-21


bers; keep journal Of its proceedings, and have
power to- censure o member for disorderly conduct
Land Ito expela member BY vote ofFtwo-thirs of all
tile embeis elected five days notice, and an oppor
tufity of being heard in his defence having been pre-
yiousy given said member; but no member shall be
Twice expelled for the same offence. Each Board shall
sit with open DOORS except when the public welfare
shall require secrecy majority Of each shall be o.
quorum to do business, hut smaller number may ad
Jonrn from day to day, and may compel the attend
ancegof absent members; and the yeas and nays
shall be called at either Board at the instance of any
| one member thereof s TS7 sssai
SEC BE it Jitrthe, enacted, ETC., That the two
board : OF Common Council shall have separate cham
pefs 1or meeting and shall always act as separate
poaies but may appoint joint committees to report
upon any or TO perform any act specially de-
sgn o. D he resolution appointing them Each
boara may amend eoneutn, o. reject any
ordinance OF except hereinafter except
ed; but no ordinance shall become binding or take
effect until it shall have passed both Boards. and nd
ordinance leyyng ta1 making preparation ex-
ceedng $780, or providing for the purchase or sale of
real estate, shall be passed. except by 4 maioritv of
the members elected in each Board nor shall any or
dinance or resolution which shall contemplate any
specific work, or Improvement or the sale, DISPOSE
ton appropriation Of public property or expendi
ture of public moneys, or the income there(rom !,
SEC. 2l.Be it further enacted, etc., That no mem
ber} of the Common Council shall hold any other
employment or office under the government Of New
/ Orleans while hes O member of said Council and no
member Of the Common Council or any officer Of the
Corporation shaEbe directly indirectly, interested
in any work, business Or contract the expense, or
price, or consideration Of which is paid from the city
treasury or by an assessment levied by an ordinance
or resolution Of the Common Council nor be the
surety Of any person having contract, work or bust
ness with said city, for the performance Of which
security may be required. u r.
SEC. ~. Be it. further enacted etc. That the Board
Of Assistant Aldermen shall have the whole power of
impeachment of city officers not otherwise provided
4 for; and pending such impeachment, and until the
final thereof the party impeached shall not
exercise any Of the functions of his Office The Board
of Aldermen shall have the sole power to try all i'm
| peaehments and when sitting for that purpose the
Aldermen shall be on oath affirmation and no per-
son shall be convicted without the concurrence Of
tWothrds of all tile members elected, to said Board
further than removal from Office and disqualification
4 from holding any office under the city charter but
the party convicted shall be liable to Indictment trial
| and Imprisonment according to law. tst
SEC. %. Belt further enacted ETC.. That upon the
first organization Of the Common Council Of the CITY
of New Orleans, as herein provided the City Of New
Orleans as by this act shall be vested with
all the powers, rights privileges and mmuntes Incl
dent to a Municipal Corporation, and necessary for
| thesproper government OF the same.
SEo.2 "a. Be it further enacted etc. That the Common
Council shall in the month Of July next and every two
years thereafter elect, piuG yoce in Joint meeting
Treasurer Surveyor, an Attorney and one Assistant
Attorney said officers shall enter upon their several
offices on the first Monday Of August following and
shall hold the same until their successors are qualified
provided that at the first election the COMPTROLLER shall
be elected for only one year. The present ComptroJ
Ter, Treasurer, Street Commissioner, Surveyor CITY
Attorney and Assistant City Attorney shall hold over
until the first Monday in July next or until their sue
| cessors are qualified -
Sec. 25. BE it further enacted ETC. That the Com.
mon Council shall during the month of December,
after its organization, elect Uua Uoce joint session.
Board of Assessors, to be composed of twelve per.
sons and the Mayor, who, together with the Chair
mi 0f IF ro,,,
Gil, shall compose Board OF Supervisors of Assess
ments Said officers shall enter upon their several Of
fees the first Monday after their election and hold
the same until the second Monday Of January 1859:
and further, the Common Council SHALL in the month
of December, 1885, and every two years thereafter
elect Utua D0ce III joint session. the aforesaid officers
who shall enter on their several Offices the
first Monday OF sad January preceding their election,
and hold the same until their successors are qualified
but the Common Council may remove nyof said off
GERS by vote of two-thirds, for ncompetency, ne
glect OF duty, or maeteasAnce in Office.
SEC 26. Belt further enacted, ETC. That the Mayor
shall be at least thirty years Of age, Yearsa citizen
of the State and five citizen Of the city and shall
have the qualifications required for the members of
the House OF Representatives OF the State; he shall
keep his office in the City Hail. he shall have seal
to be called the seal of the city Of New Orleans which
shall be affixed to proper official acts Of the corpo
ration he shall see that the laws and ordinances with
in the limits OF the city of New Orleans be properly
executed he shall be eX-oficio Justice and Conserv
cemen, and watchmen, under the ordinances of the
Common Council organizing the same, and discharge
the same at pleasure and in of dscharging any
officer of police he shall communicate the fact Of such
discharge to the Common Council at their first meet
ing after such discharge; he shall alone control and
make regulations for the police officers policemen and
Watchmen; he shall call meetings OF the Common
Council whenever he shall deem the necessary
or whenever five members Of either branch Of said
Common Council may requesthim in writing, to do so.
He shall also appoint one Inspector of Elections at
each precinct OF the city Of New Orleans; he shall
from time to time lay before the Common Council q
full statement of the condition of the affairs of the
CITY, 1t shall be his duty to report to the Common
Council all officers and persons employed by the city
who fail to perform their duty, commit any act for
which they should be impeached or removed from of
flee. The Mayor Shall receive annual salary of not
less than four thousand dollars nor more than five
thousand dollars. No fees shall be allowed him for
his own use and benefit upon any pretence whatever;
and he shall render monthly account, and pay into
the City Treasury all which he may receive for
fees dues of every description. .r.,.1 =.
SEC. 27.B Be it further enacted etc. That all ordnan-
and resolutions after having been passed by both
Boards of the Common Council, shall be transmitted
to the Mayor for his consideration who, if he shall
approve thereof, shall sign and publish the same
and SUCH ordinances and resolutions shall thereupon
have the force law. But if the said Mayor shall
disapprove of any ordinance resolution transmitted
to him as aforesaid, he shall, within five days from
the time he received it, return the to the Board
in which it originated with his objections in writing,
and if twothirds of the members elect to each Board
shall adhere to said ordinance resolution notwith
standing said objections then and not otherwise, the
said ordinance or resolution SHALL after publication
thereof, have the force of law Provided, always,
that the said Mayor shall not return any ordinance
resolution transmitted to him as aforesaid by said
Common Council within five days after it shall have
been received by him. then he shall be deemed to have
approved the same, and it shall have the same force
and effect as if approved and signed by him,
SFc. %. Be it further enacted, ETC., That the Re-
corders shall have their Offices at such Places in their
several Districts, as the Common Council may deem
most convenient; and shall keep the same open from
nine O'Clock, A. NJ. until three O'Clock, P. NJ, of
each day, Sundays excepted They shall be eroticio
justices and conservator of the peace, and shall cx-
ercise all the duties now invested in and imposed by
law upon the Recorders of the city of New Orleans,
not incompatible with the provisions of this act
They shall keep record book, in which they shall
fairly inscribe, in their order of date the different
criminal cases that may be brought before them, by
noting down the cause, the nature of the complaint
the names and surnames of the witnesses the date
of the warrant and the appearance of the accused the
decision, well all other proceedings had in the
cause Their salariess shall be 500 per annum and
no fees shall be allowed them for their own use and
benefit, on any pretence whatever. Each Recorder
shall be entitled to clerks to be appointed
by said Recorder by and with the advice and consent
of the Board of Aldermen, and whose salary shall be
| fixed by the Common Council. Any clerk so ap-
pointed may be removed by the Recorder appoint
ing him. but in such case, reasons for such removal
shall be forthwith communicated in writing to the
Board of Aldermen.
SEC. 20. Be it further enacted ETC. That the Com.