New Orleans daily crescent., 1866-10-31
WEDNESDAY, MORNING, OCTOBER 81, 1856.

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that portion of Clio street, between Prytania ant
Camp, to the Female Orphan Asylum. Referred
to the streets and landings committee
10 authorize the city surveyor to remove thu
ponce once on the leyee, at the foot Of Hospita
street. Adopted.
a resolution authorizing the mayor to contrac
lof gas 1or two years, commencing in December
uhdcf the following conditions: Fifteen miles o
man pipes to be laid upon the levee; to be paiC
Ior 10! at me rate of $50 and $50 per annnm; to be
lit half hour after sunset and until a half houl
before sunrise; public buildings to be paid by
meter measurement; the gas company to lay
aoWn thrty-two miles Of new main pipes. Laid
over until next meeting.
a resolution for the surveyor TO remove an
once at the foot of Roffgnac street for the Of
| the river police Adopted.
:, resolution to build foot bridge across Bayou
st. John Adopted.
To inclose Lafayette Cemetery No 2, and to
build 100 vaults in the same. Two latter referred
to streets and landings committee.
| resolution to pay $239 rs to J. B. Cunning
nam for acting as Second District recorder from
Juiy 2lh to August 18th, 1866. Lost and then re-
lefreu 10 hnanCe committee.
a resolution directing the mayor to pay $3.50
INTO the treasury as rent collected from the
vacant ground used as o beef and vegetable
market in the Second District during last July.
| Adopted.
A resolution authorizing the surveyor to CON
struct sidewalk on Dorgenos street. to shell a
portion OF Locust street, and plank walk another.
Adopted.
a resolution from Mr.. Leopold, bill poster,
| was referred to finance committee.
resolution to set apart portion of the ware
houses below st. PHILIPPE street for temporary
steamship landing. Lost.
A resolution to approve the nav roll of the
| Board Of Police COMMISSIONERS Adopted.
| A resolution to shell and grade a portion Of
| Constance street. Adopted.
An ordinance compelling the owners of gun
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70 store the aforesaid aricle8in certain manner,
was made the order of the day for the next meet
ing.
| resolution, authorizing the city surveyor to
| purchase 100000 barrels Of shell for the use Of
"harfa and leyees, not to cost over twenty-six
cents per barrel, to be delivered at any poat the
surveyor may direct. Passed.
Ihe committee upon streets and landings re-
ported as follows:
Untayoraby upon the petition Of Messrs. Ma.
| thison and Hubbell, 10 erect a house for day eX-
cursion parties at the Park, including swings,
| platforms, etc.
That the work upon the fifty five landings at the
foot of St. Joseph street would soon be completed
| That the committee favors the connecting Of the
Wharf5 Of the First District from post twenty to
the steamboat landing; also resolutions that post
| tWenty-One and twenty-five and slips be apDro.
| pratcd for tat-bOat landing. The considera-
| uon OF this was postponed until next week
it reported tayorabiy upon a resolution author
Zng the city surveyor to construct a wharf be.
LNCtu TDutlH ana washington streets, front of
the Swift warehouse. Adopted.
Also upon a resolution setting apart that nor
ton OF the port between Soraparu ana First
streets, Fourth District for stave, hoop-pole and
lumber iiatboat landing. Adopted.
Inc board then went into secret session.
BOARD OF ASSISTANT ALDERMEN.-This board
was in session last evening, President McCuIloch
in the chair
The mayor transmitted an invitation from the
Mechanics and Agricultural Fair Association to
the council to attend the fair on the Goth inst
and the invitation was accepted on the part Of
this board.
The treasurer's weeklyreport showed balance
on hand of $47 600 81.
communication from the controller, repre-
senting deficit in the revenue to meet expen-
dtures, increased to the amount of $500 600 by
appropriations of the council was referred to the
finance committee.
A claim from DR.. Hyer for services as coroner
CLAIMED to have been performed during the mill
tary government Of the city, was, on motion of
Mr. Montamat, laid on the table Mr. Montamat
expressing the opinion that DR.. Hyer had no claim
on the city.
The resolution to-pay the members of the Police
board, coming up for second reading, Mr..
Kaiser opposed its passage. The Police Board
was the creation Of the legislature, Mr. Kaiser
urged; its members were appointed by the gov.
erhor, and his appointments were submitted to the
Senate Tor approval. The corporation of New Or
leans had nothing to do with the board in any
manner whatever. 1t was a supervisory creation
of the State, and the city was not accountable to
the commissioners for their salaries.
Mr. Paisley cOntended that as the act providing
for police force in the city, also provided for the
establishment Of the Police Board, the city was
responsible for the payment Of the commission as
well as the executive force.
The resolution was adopted on its second read.
ing, and Mr.. Kaiser gave notice of his intention te
move a reconsideration at the next meeting.
The following resolutions from the Board of
Aldermen came up for consideration:
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street to Magazine street; Eighth street from Mag
| azne street TO Apollo street; Ninth street from
the Levee to Magazine street; St. Andrew street
from Prytania street to Magazine street. Concur
red in on both readings.
To grant j. F. Walsh additional tine for com
pleting his contract for repairing city markets.
Adopted, first reading.
A petition from John Bietry for ansextension of
time for the completion of his contract for filling
the batture between Canal and Calliope streets,
was laid on the table.
| petition from Ge9rge Camper for the exten.
sion Of his building, requiring the sanction of the
council, was referred to the committee on in.
prOyement Gnd building.
| a memorial was received from Ar. Address
! chief warden of the Workhouse, demonstrating
against the action of the council in dismlssiDg him
from office, and asking the appointment of a com
mittee to examine his accounts and investigate his
administration. Accompanying the memorial
were certificates from subordinate officers in the
| institution, tastifying to the correctness of Mr.
AndEess's administration Of its affairs
| Mr.. Paisley moved the appointment of an inves.
| tlgatlng committee, but asked to be excused from
serving upon it himself
| Mr., Montamat suggested that the committee
| shonld consist OF one member from each district
+! and one from the city at large.
1t was also suggested that the president of the
| board should be member of the committee.
The amendments were all appended to Mr.
PAisey,s motion, and, thus amended it was
adopted.
The committee, however, was not announced by
the chair. Meantime, the resolution of dismissal
awaiting passage on its second reading, in thu
board was, on motion Of Mr.. Prague, laid owe
until the investigating committee ordered shal
report.
A petition for sidewalks Oh the north side o
Erato street, between Freret and Magnolia streets
was referred to The committee on streets an
, landings.
} A similar disposition was made of petition 70
the opening and grading Of Lafayette Ayenu
from Claiborne street to the Gentilly Road
Tie surveyor was authorized to construct bridge
) at the intersection of Broad and WashinEtU
!. streets, and Broad aud Laharpe streets, and q
the junction of the Bayou road and Broad streets
A resolution aboLiShing the Office Of hca!t
officer, passed bothreadings.
l. resolution to sell contract for replacin
It plank sidewalks, destroyed during the war, on S
s Louis street, from PIieur street to Cont street O
n Cont street, from Galyez street to Prleur street
10 on Gustomhuuse street. from Galyez street
D0rgenOis street; on Miro street from st, Lou
Srs ct to Canal street. and on lOuti street from %