New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-12-28


one building tor the custody of all such
| archives and documents aud for the trans
action OF the business of the District Courts
and the Supreme Court; that said building
ought to be centrally located, say on OF near
Canal street; that it ought to be constructed
| OF iron or other fire-proOf material.
ReSolued, That a joint committee be ap-
| pointed, consisting of three members from
each Board, to request of the next Legisla-
| ture concurrent action with the city on
the part of the State toward this object, aud
| that said committee be empowered to con-
fer with any similar committee from the
Legislature in reference to the details of
said work.
ReSolued, That the city hereby devotes the
iron building at the head of Canal street.
and the material thereof, to the constr"e-
ton, so far as it may be applicable, OF tn ,
building hereby contemplated.
They were both referred to q select
committee of three, consisting of Me3srs
Shields, Pessou and Kaiser.
STANDING COMMITTEES.
The following report was accepted:
FINANCE COMMITTEE iRooM,
No. q, CIty Hat,
New Orleans, December %, 1868 }
To the Honorable the President and Members of
the Board of Aldermen:
GENTLENEN-Your committee beg leave
to report favorably on the resolution
providing that the city shall not plead
prescription in the case OF j. NJ. Weymouth,
relative to his claim of $500 against the
city, should he think proper to test the
same before the courts.
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN A. O'BRIEN,
Chairman Finance Committee.
The accompanying resolution:
WHEREAS, j. NJ. Weymouth has presented
q pla aCraiO Stt tho oitu Of No
the sum OF $500, being amount alleged to
have been paid into the city treasury by
Cresap d Mcmillan under military order in
the month of July, 1862; and,
Whereas, This Board did by resolution on
tenth instant reject said claim, be it
ReSotved, That in refusing payment this
Board did not design to debar the claimant
on account of prescription from bringing
suit; and be it further
ResotCed, That the City Attorney be and
he Is hereby instructed to waive proscrip-
ton, should it apply in this case.
Was concurred in unanimously on each
reading, the rule being suspended.
The following was accepted:
COMMITTEE OF STREETS AND LANDINGS,
City Hall, Decsm Der ~, 1868. }
10 the Honorable the President and Members of the
Board of Aldermen:
GENTLEMEN--Your committee have the
honor to report upon the following subjects
referred to them, viz:
l. Upon the resolution sent from the
Board of Assistant Aldermen for concur
renee, that the City Surveyor be and he is
hereby authorized to construct bridge
across Claiborne Canal at the intersection Of
OF Port street, your Committee report ia
vorably.
2. Upon the resolution that all further
proceedings be suspended on those con-
IN IETr n -.
which were suspended and disapproved BY |
General Sheridan, and afterward entered |
into by Mayor Conway, and that the con. |
tractors be notified, your Committee report |
unfayorably on the aforesaid resolution as |
detrimental and preiudicial to the interests |
3. Untavorably upon the resolution TO |
rescind all contracts (which have not been |
strictly complied with" inasmuch as Ger. |
tlhcates have already been approved for /
The work performed under said contracts.
aud there are no complaints lodged by the |
City Surveyor or Street Commissioner, |
which effect default on the part of any of the
contractors.
THos. H. SHIELDS.
PETER KAISER,
Is. PESS0U,
LUDGER BOGUILLE.
The accompanying resolutions were dis
posed of as follows:
ResolUed, That the City Surveyor be and
he is hereby authorized to construct or
cause to De constructed bridge across
Claiborne canal, at the intersection of Port
street.
This was unanimously concurred in on
each reading, the rules being suspended.
Rescued, That all further proceedings be
1lnso Co. 81. |
md repairing streets, which were disap-
proved by General Sheridan and afterward
entered into by Mayor Conway, and that
he contractors therein be notified hereof.
Mr.. Kaiser moved to lay on the table.
Lost by the following vote:
Yeas: Messrs. Kaiser and Pessou-2.
Nays: President Markey, and Messrs, Bo.
guile, o'Brien and Poynot-4.
On motion to adopt. the resolution was
ost.
RESOLVED, That the contracts now in exist.
nee on the part OF the city of New Orleans
which have not been strictly complied with
,e and the same are hereby declared re-
cinded, and the parties to the said con
racts be legally notified thereof.
This was, on motion, laid on the table,
The following report was received.
New ORLEANS, December %, 1865.
70 the Honorable the Board of Aldermen of the
city Of New Orleans:
Your committee, to whom was referred
he matter of having the city records. now
a the office of the City Notary, removed to |
he room of the city archives, would re-
pecttully report that the same is imprae-
tcable, owing to the fact that each and
very City Notary has the right by law to | ,
etaln all original acts as a part OF the re-
cords of his office.
Your committee further respectfully re-
bort that 1t is absolutely necessary that
means of information as TO all contracts.
tets, or other instruments to which the city
a party, or in which it may have an inter-
st, should be preserved aud had by the
lresent and future authorities of the CITY, | {
Without the trouble, as at present, of making
researches for such information. .
md therefore they would respectfully
recommend the adoption OF the accompany
ng resolution.
TH0S. H. SHIELDS, Chairman,
Is. PESS0U.
The accompanying resolution was adopted
u first reading, as follows;
Resolved. That from and after the massage
I this resolution it shall be the duty Of me
NY Notary, upon the execution of any con. ,
ract, agreement, act of sale or purchase,
= other authentic act, to which the city Of |
Jew dreams may be party, or Ia which ID |
aAy nave an interest, TO deliver unto the !