New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-02-04

or aa1e Of real etate shall be passed except by
majority Of the members elected IN each noara noi
sall any ordinance resolution, Wlcn slail c ~
template any specific work. q II nnc nronery
or the expenditure Of public moneys, or the income
therefrom or the laying Of any tax OF assessment
originate in the Board of Aldermen; but the Board
of Aldermen may propose amendments, az III othef
resolutions or ordinances. Adopted. s,.. .n
SEc 90 It shall be the duty of the Mayor to pub
lish all the Ordinances and Resolutions passed by the
Common Council and approved by him; and it shall
be the duty Of the Clerk of each Board to publish the
proceedings of the respective Boards except the
secret proceedings said publications to be made in
newspaper selected by the Common Council as its
official journal and whenever vote shall be taken
in either Board upon the passage Of an ordinance or
resolution which shall contemplate any specific i'm
proycment or work. the sale, disposition, or appro.
praton of public. property, or the expenditure OF
public moneys Or income thcrerom, or the laying OF
any tax or assessment such ordinance or resolution
SHALL before being sent to the other Beard and i'm
medately after the adjournment Of the Board OF
which the shall have been passed, be published,
with the ayes and noes, and with the names Of the
members voting for and against the same; and no
ordinance or resolution which shall have passed
Board shall be acted upon by the other in the same
day, unless by unanimous CONSENT except in case OF
invasion, instruction or pestilence. Adopted.
Sec. n. No member Of the Common Council shall
hold any other employment office under the gov
eminent Of New Orleans while he is q member Of
said Council; and no member Of the Common Coun-
Gill; any officer Of the Corporation, shall be directly
indirectly interested in any work business or con-
tract Or the sale Of any article the expense or price,
consideration of which is paid from the City trea-
sury, or by an assessment levied by ordinance Or
resolution of the Common Council !; nor in the pur-
chase Of any estate belonging to the Corporation, or
which shall be sold for taxes assessments nor be
the surety of any person having contract work or
business with said City, for the performance Of which
security may be required Adopted, after having been
amended by striking out the words =" or the sale OF
ftp1o in tba rhoCa n
longing to the Corporation, or which shall be sod Tor
taxes or assessments" .
SEC. %. The Board Of Assistant Aldermen shall
have the whole power of impeachment OF City OIL
GERS, not otherwise provided for and pending such
impeachment and until the final disposition 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 impeachments, ana
when sitting for that purpose the Aldermen shall be
on oath affirmation and no person shall be con,
victed without the concurrence of twothrds of all
the members elected to said Board. Judgment in
cases of impeachment shall not extend further than
Office under the City Charter but the party convicted
shall be liable to Indictment trial and imprisonment,
according to law. Adopted. .....
SEC %. Upon the first organization of the Common
Council of the city of New Orleans, as herein proyl-
died. the city of New Orleans, as established by this
act, shall be vested with all the powers, rights prVl-
leges and immunities incident to Municipal Corpo
ration, and necessary for the proper government OF
| the same. Adopted
| SEC "a The Common Council shall, on the first OF
June next and every two years thereafter ele viva
voce, in joint meeting, Comptroller, treasurer
Street Commissioner, Surveyor, an Attorney, and
three Assistant Attorneys, for each OF the several
Districts said officers shall enter upon their several
| Offices on the first Monday OF July following, a1o
shall hold the same until their successors are quail
fed. The present Comptroller Treasurer, Street
CITY Attorney shall hold over until the first Monday
in july next or until their SUCCESSORS are qualified
Adopted.
SEC. Is. The Common Council SHALL within one
week after its organization elect viva yoce, IN JOIN
session, Board Of Assessors, to be composed 0
twelve persons and three Supervisors, who, togethe
with the Chairmen of Finance Committees of tn
Common Council, shall compose Board OF superVl
sors Of Assessments. Said officers shall enter upol
their several Offices the first Monday after Their cleo
ton, and hold the same until the second Monday Q
February, 1885, and further, the Common Councl
shall, on the first Monday in February, 1858, an'
every two years thereafter, elect, viva voce, in JON
session, the aforesaid officers who shall enter on thel
several offices the second Monday of said February
and hold the same until their successors are qualified
Adopted.
SEC. &c. The Mayor shall be not less than thirt
years of age and shall have the require
for members of the House of Representatives OF tn
State. He shall keep his office in some central pal
of the city ofNew Orleans, which shall be determine
by the Common Council. He shall have seal, to /
called the Seal of the City of New Orleans, whic
shall be affixed to all proper official acts OF the corp
ration He shall see that the laws and ordinances, with
the limits of the city of New Orleans, be properly
ecuted. He shall be, ex oico, Justice and conserv
tor of the peace shall appoint police officers, polio
men and watchmen, under the ordinances OF the CoI
mon Council organizing the same, and discharge Il
same at pleasure but the appointment OF the poll
officers shall be by and with the advice and coIlse
4 of the Board of Aldermen and in case OF dlschar
ing any police officer, he shall communicate the IA
of said discharge to the Board of Aldermen at Its FIR
meeting after said discharge, together with his re
sons for the same. He alone shall control the poll
: officers, policemen and Watchmen and sllal ma
regulations for the same, subject to the approval
S the Board of Aldermen. He shall call meetings
J, the Common Council whenever he shall deem t
same necessary, or whenever three members OF eth
c Board may request him, in writing so to do. i
+ shall from time to time, lay before the Common Co1
Gil full statement of the condition OF the affairs
the city. 1t shall be his duty to report to the Comm
!. Council all officers and persons employed by the CT
/ who fail to perform their duty, who commit al
d act for which they should be mpeached or remov
o from office The Mayor shall receive an annual sa
ry, which shall be fixed by the Common Council,
J. which shall not exceed - thousand dollars. I
fee shall he allowed to him for his and Der
r fit, upon any pretence whatever and he shall rend
l. monthly account, and pay into the City Treasur
o all sums which he may receive for dues or fees,
G every description.
e Mr.. Lugenbuhl moved to fill the blank by $doOo'
Lost.
If Yeas-Messrs. Denegre Iugenbuhl and Pride
e Nays.--Aessrs. Bailey, Culbertson, Durel Dup
It Gilmore, Price and Tompklns-7.
!, The section was, on motion, adopted, the blal
IT having been filled by $4,000
Of Yeas-Messrs. Bailey, Cubertson, Durell, Deneg
y Dupre, Gilmore, Lugenbuh Price, Pride and Ton
kns-l0.
'e SEC 81. All ordinances and resolutions after hi
ing been passed by both Boards of the Common COZ
III Gil shall be transmitted to the Mayor for his conslt
'e ration who if he shall approve thereof, shall 81
lie and publish the same and such ordinances and re-
e. lutions shall thereupon have the force of law But
Mo oil ordinance
lie resolution transmitted to him as aforesaid, he sht
s, within five days from the time he received it, ret
u the same to the Board in which it originated with
Il objections in writing, and if threeths of the me
IT, bers elected to each Board shall adhere to said or
OF nance or resolution notwithstanding said objectio
s then and not otherwise the said ordinance or reso
Q ton shall after publication thereof have the force
ce law Provided, always, that if the said Mayor sh
r. not return any ordinance resolution, transmitted
him as aforesaid by said Common Council, within
tn DAYS after it shall have been received by him. then
it shall be deemed tcShave approved the same, and
IS shall have the same force and effect as if approx
e, and signed by him.
ID, SEC. %. The Recorders shall have their offices
ng such places in their several districts the Comm
all Council may deem most convenient and shall kt
OF the same open from nine o'clock, A. NJ, until tn
he O'Clock, P. NJ. Of each day, Sundays excepted. III
ng shall be ex-ofcio justices and conservators OF
no peace and shall exercise all the duties now nVes
in and imposed by law upon the recorders of the
by of New Orleans not Incompatible with the provsl
AZ, of this act. They shall keep record book, in VII
mt they shall fairly inscribe in their order OF date,
ac- different criminal cases that may be brought bel
he them, by noting down the cause, the nature OF
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