New Orleans daily crescent., 1866-11-14
Sffy Council.

I
TIE Board OF AhDEsNEN.-T board: met last
evening, Mr.. Whitney in tie chair : present
Whise. aa
A.message was rsceived from, the mayer Veto
ing the ordinance restricting tie free i3t of the
city officers upon tkerfoilowing gFonhds
It9Ec conceded thaSthe ordinance might conduce
if rightly enforced, to the interest of the man
ayers and the public The attendance ofsone or
more public officers is deemed necessary BY the
trainers of the ordnance This t4uty has thus far
except in few rare visits by the mayor in person
been lett to the discretion Of the police; and the
mayon is fearful that its repeal mlyBaad to annoy
ance 10 all parties. II may be construed by man
ayers as. a prohibition of the force.J the special
| policemen may be rendered restiv3 and indepen
dent Of all control except that of te5r emploVers
1t is necessary that the chief ard subordihates
protect the law from intraetiOn upon the pGEt of
| thieves-and dissolute Characters WHO may attend
in the upper tiers. TIE managers with but one
exception, are opposcdt0 the repeal and thank
that if the absence of the police is discovered by
the non-law-abiding, much injury would besn-
hicteds
| The veto'was laid upon, the table
| The following resolutions were Eesaiged fraIa
the 10 aher board:
| A resolution authorizing the controller to qf7-
judicaSe the contract forfarnishing the city With
l50,O09'barrsls of graFef Rsferred t0rshe streets
aud landings committee,
To exempt from the payment of wharfage and
levee dues the steam tags used by aie mississippi
| VelleyGompany; proFided that the tugs do lot
| / IL III.
To pay Coroner Delery 1858 for eaifius end
buriaE expresses of tins persons killed during tbs
! riot. GOncurned in.
To allow the city Surveyor to purchases a new
| Dettry for Ere alarm telegraph at Woods cotton
press on Canal street. C0ncurred in.
resolution granting permission to'GeO. Henry
to remove lbs sausage manufmctOry tolthe corner
OF Fulton ana, Sixth Streets. ConCErrpl in.
A resolution allowing the erection of wooden
buildings in the Fourth District, from the riTer
down First strsstto CaEonaelet street,up Caronde-
let street to tho upper of the Fourth District,
and Gp tlso upper line to TIE river; lail buildings
to be covered with slate. Referred tostreets ana
landings committee.
4 resolution providing for the filing up Of the
ditch upon the uoraside of Claiborne street, from
Caaal lt0,ToEIouse, and to have the drain dug upon
the sde.neEt 10 the cemetery Referred to 3fessgs.
Whitney and Clark.
A resolution approving of the following budget
OF additional probable expenses OF tle city from
Jhly Ast to Decenlber3l 3ls8, inclusive Assessors
$500, costs Of printing city notes $500, cost Of
waterwoRSs pipes $1,000, ,recOrdera, courts $3ea0,
outstanding warrants 10000, pubic schools
house $1,000, CityParS $4,000, City Hall $1,000 iary
services $4,000, Insane Asylum $1,000, printing
$l0,0l0e police $4,000. salariea, $4,000, public
pounds $780, stationery $4,000, streets 100000.
| Total $S2l 500. GonGnPred in.
| A resolution to give the St. Vincent InfaLt Asy-
lun slO0 from, the 1st inst farthe cost Of the
| fou0d4ingS. Concurred in.
| Allowing Wen, hi2sch sixty days more for the
oompletiOn of his waerf contract Also to Jerome
Raaiy. Referred to- che streets,and landings com
nlibtee.
The following pFsambe and. resolutions wera
also sent up from the lower board for Conculn
| reace:
WHEREAas The winter now setting in promises
to be very severe ) and, whereas, among the pocr
Of our city there are many rendered, 50 BY the
late disastrous war, who, il not provided for by
the wisdoIaof the council must necessarily suffer
lrom the cold and rigors of winter; therefore,
| be it
Reso7raa, That the necessary purchase from
time to tflne o. wood and coal be made by tile
controller; to be furnished to the poor upon tHei1
application, iadorsed by the aldermen Of the ward
wherein they reside.
tion mast bs. signed by all dhe aldsrmen o8 th
ward wherein the applicant resides, and the con
trolle3H is prohibited from Essning coal or WOO
without tha. Endorsement provided asaboye. Ii i
over
A resolatjon repeating, the instructions to IL
chsaf' Of police to. stop in beer houses mas
, eRFertaMaents. Referred to the committee o
streets and landings.
A resolution giving tha privilege to ompibuses
: ETC., to run to AID from the Faip GROUNDS withor
tax. provided they do sofor 25 cents foE each pa
senger. Passed and sent to the lower board.
ltcsoiutlon that the ap appointnlant for Workhous
= ohlr@ts is made for only the uneXpiFed terri
Laid upon the table.
, The gas question then coming up foE reconsida
I alton, Mr.. Saith introduced resolution authoEi
+ ing the mayor to contract with the gas compa1
|
company agreeing to lay down siSty-f1ve miles
y; mains, subject to call, and TO get $50 p
It annum for each lamp between E5plauaGa a
i Tnalia streets; and between tho river (exelusi
OF the legee) and Rampant street, the compa
e to get ~ per lamp; outside Of this limit, to
ceWe $G0 per lamp, The whole question "
ID then laid over until next Monday.
le The board then adjourned as separate bot
.r to c9alesce with the lower board in the electiVa
" WorkhGuso officers.
eh BoARD oF BssIsTANr Ar-1rp,,r,, rbi. -
it, met irregular session. last evening, Mr. McCullo
the president, in the chair
X On motion of Mr., Paisley, the Board Of Aid
ne men was invited to meet this board, this event
or in convention, for the election Of officers of
WorkhOuse.
lat A resolution, offered by Mr. Cummings, that
OF elections about to be made should be for the
nd expired terms of the present incumbents VIII
or end on the LIST June next, was adopted and sent
the Board of Aldermen for concurrence.
ion Mr.. Prague, of the special committee to VIII
Sc was referred an inquiry into the management
ion the Workhonse, reported that the books were