New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-04-04
WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL 4, 1866.
This board then concurred in the amendment o
the lower hoard. &f &5l

the lower board.
A resolution authorizing the controller to issue |
warrant on the treasurer for the payment Of all |
claims arising out of contracts in the surveyors
or street commissioners departments, upon being |
duly certified to by these officials and approved by
the committees of finance and streets and landings,
and for the payment of all warrants issued by the
late controller, remaining unpaid, was adopted
resolution, to approve of the contracts en-
tered into py the late city authorities with Eager,
Eerman & Co., Samuel Burchield, J. H. Sutton,
j. L. Gubernator 4 Co., B. F. Taylor, and others,
was adopted '-h-4'
The board then adjourned, to meet tomorrow
evening.
BOARD OF ASSISTANT ALDERMEN.---T board
met in regular session at 6 o'clock last evening,
President McCalloch in the Chair -.
communication was read from Surveyor Pilies
stating that in the short time he had been in office,
since Monday. it had been impossible for him to
make thorough examination of all the works
under his charge, and therefore he was unable to
make a complete and detailed report, which he |
delays until the next meeting. He observes, how
ever, that many of the employees in his depart
ment can be dispensed with, and that works as |
signed to his department, properly under the city
charter, belong to other departments. He sug- |
gested that committee of the council be ap- |
pointed to regulate this matter and report an or
dnance reorganizing the department. The COM
munication was referred to the Committee on
Streets and Landings. -a-,
A letter from Mr.. Bellanger, the street commits
sioner, reported that R. b. Bell contractor for clean
ing streets and repairing unpaved streets in GER
tain wards, had ceased to perform the work
required by his contract and that laborers had
been employed to keep the wards embraced in the
contract in order. The letter was referred to the
Committee on Streets and Landings. 5
The weekly report of the treasurer shows the
receipts since last report to be s67,a 1859 2s, and
| the balance on hand, $50, ,l33 40. XIV
| 4 communication from the controller, which
will be found in the report of the proceedings of
| the board of aldermen, was read and referred.
A communication from the street commissioner
| he the itv
pany claimed as its own property, the paving
stones taken up in laying tracks on the new
routes being established by the company. The
| subject was referred to the Committee on Streets
and Landings.
Mr.. Montamat introduced a aresolution to adver-
| tise for proposals for the erection of turning
bridge over the CarOndelet canal at Gavez street,
as authorized by an act of the legislature. Re-
| terred to the Committee on Streets and Landings.
Mr.. Paisley offered resolution directing the
city, attorney to have printed one hundred copies
of the city ordinances together with all the amend
ments to the charter, for the use of members of
| the council and city officers.
| Mr.. Higginbotham, from the Finance Committee,
read correspondence on the subject of printing
| the ordinances, in which was offer from Mr..
Henry J. Leovy to print digest of the ordinances
for $500, and Mr.. Paisley ntr ,duced resolution
to contract with Mr.. Leovy for the work. The
resolution was adopted.
| The resolution from the board of aldermen for
an election of assessors was :urned for informa
ton the resolution providing only for the election
OF SIN assessors, whereas city CIlarLef requires
twelve assessors for the city.
A petition from Mr.. Henry MeGinn asking to be
released from his contract for repairing shell reads,
etc., was referred to the Committee on Streets and
Landings. .s a.i, 845 5sMs. sfI gtl
memorial against allowing booths around the
markets for the sale of goods, which is alleged to
be prejudicia to the interests of established shop
keepers, was referred to the Committee on Streets
and Landings. .a- l Il
number of other petitions were ordered to be
referred without reading Z.
! On motion of MIR. Cunningham, the board of al
dermen was invited to joint session for the cleo
ton of certain city officers. F~r G, 81 .....
Mr.. Hgginbotham from the Finance Commit
II tee, reported favoraby large number of bills
d and resolutions to pay the bills were adopted.
n Mr.. Hgginbotham, in behalf of thessane com
8 mttee submitted an estimate from the controile
of expenditures and receipts for the months Q
d March, April May and June. The estimate of ex
penditure is $772 900, to meet which the receipt
G and cash on hand will leave deficit of S22l 900
/ to he raised by taxation. The budget was adopted
A communication was read from tie presden
! of the board of assessors, claiming that one hal
/ the board, twelve in number, remain in office
. leaving but six to be elected at present.
:. Mr.. Paisley said the present board were all mill
tary appointees, and should go out OF office with
the military authorities who appointed them. The
restoration of civil authority could not be com
plete until all such appontees were supplanted in
the manner prescribed by law. On motion of Mr..
P, the elections were deferred to the next
q meeting. ..
= Joint Session.-The board of aldermen Their
entered and the two bodies went into joint session
first proceeding to the election of assistant re
q corders.
~ Assistant Alderman T. S. Moore was elected fol
d the First District unanimously.
For the Second District Assistant Alderman
n Cunning CHAM and Sturkin nominated, and the
II former was elected by party vote.
l. For the Third District Assistant Aldermen Pals
il ley and Alderman Wolley were named, and the
1T former was chosen, also by party vote.
For the Fourth District Assistant Alderman
W Kaiser was unanimously elected.
G. The convention then went into an election o
t. three directors TO represent the city in the New
10 Orleans, jackson and Great Northern Rallr roat
Company.
i Assistant Alderman Higginbotham nominated
e. General Beauregard, General Writ Adams and Mi
3. T. X. Bennett ....
j. Assistant Alderman Goldman and Montana
,e nominated Mr. R. W. Ogden.
ii The nominees of Mr.. Higginbotham wer
tv elected, and Mr.. Ogden was rejected by part
eff vote.
to Mr. Felix Fleschier was elected keeper
the powder magazine.
M The board of aldermen then retired.
n. A resolution from the board to print the pre-
q, ceedings of the council in the Plcayune until
public printer is elected, came up.
ID Mr. Goldman moved to substitute the Times an
se the amendment prevailed. The resolution
amended, wills cOncurred III.
m Mr. Prague, from the Committee on Streets an
ok Landings, presented report adverse to the pet
he ton of E. W. Jacobs and J. W. Henriques, for a
40 thority to the neutral ground on Basin stree
property holders on St. Louis street, between o
lie Levte and Chartres streets, for the paving wi
,th square blocks of some of the streets betwet
St. Louis and Canal streets adverse to the petite
y ! of Il. B. Bell and James Buckley to be releas
m from contracts for cleaning and repairing street
n, favorably on the petition of T. II. Miller to ere
in a steam engine at the corner of Natehe1 All,
and Old Levee street; adverse to the claim of I'll
,e Water Works Company for bill of $3l GOO 1
ice water furnished the public schools, markets, ct
The report adopted.
rv Mr.. Prague, from the same committee, offered
the resolution to confirm certain contracts enter
md into by the late administration and the resout
was adopted
a A message from the other board having be-
MS received that they refused to concur in the amer
fol- ment designating the times, instead OF Tue fie
as: yune, as the temporary official journal, mott
re- was adopted inviting conference, and comm
the tee for that purpose was appointed to represe
rec this board.
the After the conference, Mr.. Montamat, from
be- committee reported that the joint committee
agreed that the Times should be chosen The
7or port was adopted.
ief, The board then adjourned.
90; SIXTH DISTRICT CoURT-F. Ricau, ct ais,
10; rectols etc. vs.. G. Baquie, president, ct ais.
instituted by three creditors and several sto
and holders of the Carondelet Canal and Navigat
on Company, to annu the resolution of the boz
cal granting the lease of the canal to Louis Gagr
en- aud to enjoin the majority of the board of dir
tors from consummating the contract of lease.
re- Ground of actien: The adjudication of
ere lease by accepting the proposal of Louis Gagf
is in violation of the resolution of the board
ted viding for the lease, and giving specified t
the (np to 18th March, inclusive,) to send in sea