New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-11-14
TIE COMMON COUNCIL.

| Board OF ALDERMEN.-This Board met last
night, Nr. Nixon, President, in the chair and quo
rum present.
Petitions against the opening Of Claiborne street,
| and in favor of Strengthening St. Andrew street,
were appropriately referred.
| A petition received from the Secretary or the
House Of Refuge, advising the election of two mem
bers OF the Board of Commissioners of the Honse of
| Refuge in place of +. A. Lnmsden, deceased and
Henry Thomas, Jr, nonresident. Laid on The
| table.
| Mr. Moreau offered resolution directing the
payment Of $500 to Messrs. jackson & Munson, for
their share Of the sale of the salt warehouses, ae-
cordirg to the lowest tableau. Referred to Com
mtted on Finance
| Mr.. Moreau offered resolution directing the
Street Commissioners to conine the works of the
contractors for repairing Streets and the City Rail-
road Company, to two blocks at time. Referred
to Surveyor.
The Finance Committee, in their report offered
o resolution for allowing the Insane Asylum ad-
ditonh rs cents for each patient per day for their
maintenance. Also $50 per month for the Assist-
ant Superintendent of the Institution, as an add-
tonal compensation.
The Committee of Conference, to whom was re-
ferred the resolutions relating to tho bank Of de-
post for the Fink fund.- reported iii favor of re-
scindIng the original resolution of this Beard and
adopting that of the Board OF Assistants and offered
resolution therefor, which was adopted.
A message was received from the Board of As
sistaHs, inviting this Board to meet in Joint session
for the purpose of holding an election for two
Directors of the Public Schools for the Second Dis
trict,. and one for the Third. Approved, and the
Board having nothing more before them, adjourned
to the Board Of Assistants, after which they ad-
jonr1ed to meet Tuesday evening.
Board OF ASSISTANT ALDERaEN - This Board
met last evening, Mr.. Bakewell in the chair and a
quorum present.
The first business was the election Of Secretary
of tile Board, to fill the place vacated by the death
of the late Secretary, MIR. James A. Hopkins. Mr.
John E. Holland was nominated and unanimously
elected, and was inducted to his seat and imme-
diately entered upon the discharge Of his dnties
The Treasurer's weekly report was submitted
showing a balance on hand of $500 39.
The report of Mr.. Semmer, Wharfnger relative
to the condition of Wharves between Canal and
Toulouse streets, was read and referred. Reports
from two of the Assistant Wharfngers were read
and referred.
The petition of John Roy, relative to the neees-
sary destruction of the front part of his brick res
iderce in the contemplated opening of Claiborne
street, and asking relief was referred to the FL
nance Committee.
The Board of Aldermen entered Messrs. R.
DeArmas and F. A. Bartlette were elected to va
eancies in the Second District School Board. Mr.
A. Poincy was elected to vacancy in the Third
District School Roard, The Board Of Aldermen
then retired.
Mr.. Beggs offered resolution to fill vacancy
in The Board of Commissioners of the Houses Of
Refuge, tby the death of Colonel Lumsden) at the
NEXT meeting Of this Board. Adopted
A petition was read from Dietrich Buerdek,
funds of the Fink estate, setting forth that the
missing moneys were robbed from the iron safe in
his residence on Erato street, in April last by some
persons unknown to him, he being i'll at the time,
and the money in his safe there only . temporary
deposit; and offering to surrender all his property
real estate and stock, amounting to $4,000 and
over, in discharge of the claim against him. This
petition was accompanied by the affidavit OF Bnler-
dick and his wife, in which they to relinqus
to the city their property Gas per schedule accom-
panying1, in extinguishment OF the citY's claim
upon MIR. Fink. Referred to the Finance Committee
Mr.. Leefe offered resolution requiring the Gas
river front, from the upper line Of the city to the
Barracks, the city to pay for the lamp-posts and
Cdnnectng pipes also, that said company be re-
qlired to lay fifteen miles of pipe in the several
districts within the next three years, under the i-
recton of a committee of this Board and the Presi-
dent Of the Gas Company Referred to The Com
mittee on Streets and Landings
Mr. Davis offered resolution requiring The
btdge contractor of the Fourth District 10 law
bFidges in different places where they are needed.
Rbferred. -
A resolution to appropriate $4,000 for a build
ing for the Normal School lthe State to donate 4
Il amount) was referred to the Finance Commit
toe.
The Finance Committee submitted an ordinance
tar the regulation of the city markets. in view of
tie early sale Of the same the ordinance fixing
.1e rates o. collection from the butchers by the
Hrmers Of the markets, and regulating the sale Of
ash, vegetables, fruit, poultry and game. An
amendment by Mr.. Beggs, that stalls for the sale
q game IN the markets be let out permanently or
npt at all, was adopted. Another provision of the
ordnance ls, that all butchers and hnxsters have
their names and numbers on legible sign over
their stalls. Another is. that butchers who sen
meat by wholesale to ships, steamboats,, hotels
etc., shall pay to the farmers OF the markets The
same tax on such meat as If it were retailed the
stalls. The ordinance was adopted and then
The Board adjourned.