New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-10-16
COMMON COUNCIL.

BOARD OF ALDRRMEN-Pnr8uant to a call from
the Mayor, special meeting Of this Board was held
yesterday evening Present, Messrs. Conway, Della
barre, Forstall, Howell, Landry and Yennard. Mr..
DeLabare in the chair.
A message from the Mayor, informing the Board
that he had called the meeting at the request Of the
Comptroller, was read anu ordered to be spread on
the minutes.
letter from the City Surveyor was read, which
will be found published officially in another column.
Mr. Howell moved that the letter be ordered to be
printed.
Mr.. Yennard thought that the Secretary should be
requested to furnish copy of the letter for publica
ton, in the next issue Of the official Journal On
motion OF Mr.. Howell, it ordered that the letter
be published in all the papers of the city.
a message from the lower Board was read, asking
occurrence in resolution approving the action Of the
City Surveyor. Also, in a resolution requiring the
Comptroller to warrant upon the Treasurer for all
certificates Of expenses in repairing wharves, etc.
The resolutions were concurred in, and the Board
then adjourned.
BOARD OF ASSISTANT ALDERMEN.-Present, Mr..
Whitney in the chair and quorum.
message from the Mayor explained that the
meeting had been convoked at the request Of the
Comptroller.
The Gomptroller's letter was read He stated that
he had refused to warrant upon the Surveyors cert
fcate to H. Alderman for $4,000, in part payment for
work done on the wharves of the Fourth Section
because he had official knowledge of any contract
having been made with Mr. Alderman, and that the
contract had been made in violation Of the City
Charter which requires all contracts for public work
to be adjudicated by the Comptroller to the lowest
bidder In his refusal to warrant for the money, he
said he had no intention of rejecting upon those
who had given out the contract and believed that
they had acted in the belief that they were doing
what was right and proper but he was of opinion
that they had not SO acted and in this opinion he
was sustained by the written opinion of MI Koontz,
acting City Attorney.
| The letter Of Mr.. KOOntz was read. It stated that
the giving out of the contract in violation of law
and the City Charter, and null and void.
| Mr, Huyghe moved that before the Board take
action on the letters just read another letter be read
which the Surveyor had sent in, the subject,
Carried
The Surveyors letter was then read. It will be
found published in full and officially in another part
| of tn mornings Crescent.
All three of the letters the Comptrollers, the City
Attorneys and the Surveyor's-were on motion, re-
ferred to the Joint Committee Finance and Streets
and Landings.
Mr. Huyghe then offered resolution, directing and
requiring the Comptroller to warrant upon the Trea
surerfor the payment of the SO 900 due to Mr.. Aer
man. The resolution was unanimously adopted
though Mr.. Magion objected to the wording of it
He contended that nothing illegal had been done
there was no necessity of framing direction to the
Comptroller in other than the usual shape.
The Board then, motion, took a recess of tel
minutes. The Board re-assembled and adjourned.