New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-03-08

BOARD OF ALDERMEN This Board held Il special
meeting last night; Mr. Nixon, President, in the
chair, and quorum present.
The reading of the mlnNteS was dispensed With
Messages were received from the Mayor giving
reasons for the calling of this special meeting, ana
enclosing his notification of his having withheld
his signature from resolution for grading, paving
and improving the streets on the river front of the
city. Referred to Committee on Streets and Land
ings.
4 communication was received from the Citizens
Bank of Louisiana, Fiscal Agent of the city, enclos.
ing statement of the funds Of the city to 18th of
February, by which it appears that at that date
| there was $29,542 08 on hand subject to order.
Referred to Finance Committee.
A message was received from the Board OF AS
sistants informing this Board of its persistence in
a resolution granting permission to John Frlenden,
stein to erecta steam engine on his premises, and
| a resolution authorizing the Comptroller to adjudl-
cate to the lowest bidder contract for substtut-
ing shell road for the plank road on Eighth street.
| from TChoupitoulas to ST. Charles. 1t also IN
formed the Board that the Committee on Streets
and Landings of that Board had been appointed
as Committee of Conference. The Committee
on Streets and Landings was appointed as Com
mittee of Conference on the part of this Board.
The Board of Assistants asked concurrence IN
the following
A resolution authorizing the sale of nine con
| tracts for constructing improvements in the city
| streets. Concurred in.
| A resolution allowing H. g. Pierson SIS for ser
vices rendered a, Secretary pro TEN. of the Board
of Assistants in the months of October and NoVen-
Der last. Concurred in.
A resolution approving of the contract to 3.
| Collins for cleaning the Claiborne canal for the
sum Of SIS 0S cents per running acre. Concurrod
| in.
A resolution approving of the adjudication OF
the Salt Warehouse made by the City Aucuoneer,
to John NJ. Farrell. Concurred in.
A resolution for erecting new awnings in front
of the Police Jail and Parish Prison. Referred to
Committee on Streets and Landings.
A resolution authorizing the Comptroller to war
rnn in nt Assessors
$4,000 on account. Concurred in.
A resolution for paving with brick the corner oil
st. Bernard avenue and st. John the Baptist street
Concurred in.
resolution for having bridges made at the in
tersecton of Galvez canal and certain streets
Concurred in.
to establish a shooting gallery at 95 ST. Charles
} street. Referred to Committee on Streets an'
Landings.
resolution for placing the dirt from CAM
street canal on Dryades street. Mr.. Cox amende
so as to make it read Melpomene canal instead 0
Camp street canal. Concurred in as amended
t resolution authorizing the filing up of Palmyr
street from Galvez to Miro street with street scrap
= ings. Concurred in. :
preamble and resolution appropriating $40 90
out of the McDonogh Fund for building schoo
houses in the four different Districts OF the city
dividing said amount equally between the Board
= of School Directors for those Districts. Concurre
= in.
+ Several petitions were read and appropriated
referred.
=, Mr. Forstall, on the rules being suspended, Of
Il fered resolution authorizing the Finance Com
mittee to pay all expenses incurred in the celebra
; ton of the I'D of February provided they do no
!, exceed $4,000. Referred to Finance Committee.
Mr. Harrison offered resolution authorizin
u the grading and otherwise improving of Cla
: Square, Fourth District. Referred to Committe
on Finance also
l. A resolution for constructing wooden pathwa
on Dryades street from st. Andrew to Jackso
street. Adopted.
Mr.. Cox offered resolution authorizing Patric
e Cummings to erect blacksmith shop on his pr
If misses. Adopted
u The Committee on Streets and Landings pr
t, sented their usual weekly routine report. Whit
% was adopted.
t. They offered an amendment to the ordinau
'e relating to city markets, so to allow the collie
ID ton by farmers of five cents for each foot Of tab
ID room occupied by small vendors. Adopted.
They also recommend the rejection Of an orr