New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-05-17

Tue zen per cent retained on his contract,
waa referred TO the Finance Committee.
OF ny. Murphy, praying for relief to the
Finance Committee.
ORIGINAL RESOLUTIONS.
Inc following BY Mr.. Sullivan was
adopted:
WHEaEAs It Is highly desirable for the
Meath, cleanliness, and convenience of our
city mat the supply of water should at the
earliest day possible be largely increased,
ana that the pressing wants Of the public
LOT greater quantity and more pure water
should be at once relieved, therefore be ii
heSo5tea, That the Mayor be requested to
insist that the arbitrator chosen for that
purpose on behalf of the city shall imne.
diately proceed to the duty assigned to them
IN fixing the value of the waterworks Of
New Orleans.
BY Mr.. Dunn:
ReSolged, That the Controller be and he
is hereby authorized, after ten days notice
| IN the Official journal, to sell to the lowest
| bidder Inc contract for burying the indi.
| gent dead and conveying the INDECENT sick
to hospital for one year.
Adopted on its several readings after sus.
pension of the rules by unanimous vote.
By Mr.. Sullivan:
ReSolued That the Board of Aldermen be
- AtNN w lGGk ILLS DOdLu Luls evening IN
Joint session to elect three Directors on the
part OF the city for the Great Northern and
Jackson Railroad Company.
Sent Up to the Board of Aldermen for
concurrence.
FOR CQEGVRRENGEf
On motion Of Mr.. Joubert the following
ordinante from the Board of Aldermen was
taken up and adopted under suspension of
the rules on its several readings by unani
nous vote:
Reso!1ed, That from and after the passage
OF this ordinance the City Treasurer be and
ne Is Hereby prohibited from issuing or
paying out any more city notes of any de
nomination whatever.
SECTION 2. That for the payment of the
current expenses of the city until such time
as the Treasury is relieved from its present
embarrassment, the Controller be and he is
hereby authorized to issue his warrants
payable in certificates of indebtedness,
bearing eight per cent interest per annum,
payablein United States currency, to be re.
deemed whenever the City Treasury has
| thirty thousand dollars; due notice of which
shall be given to thepublic blythe Treasurer
| through the Common Council, said certif-
Gates to be countersigned by the Mayor. and
| to be numbered and registered in a suitable
ooGE Kept. for that purpose in the Con.
! troller'4 office.
SEC, >. That city employees and persons
hereafter contracting with the city, shall be
| required as q condition precedent to further
| employment, and to the entering into of
| such contracts, to agree to receive such Ger.
! tihcate OF Indebtedness in payment of their
| claims against the city.
SEC. I. That it shall be the duty of the
| City Treasurer to notify the public through
| his weekly report to the Council of the
| al in NIT aA
which can be applied to the redemption Of
such certificates, and that he is ready to paw
| the same, beginning with No. 1, and in.
| GLIDING as many as the fund so reported will
| cover, taking them in the order in which
they are issued; and from and after such no.
tihC9tlon the interest on such certificate
| shall cease.
SEC. 5. That all blank sheets of city cur
rency on hand and not sigLed be destroyed
at the next burning of the city money, the
same ia be reported according to law.
SEC. :. That the City Treasurer, Control.
| Ier and Finance Committees are hereby in
| structed to destroy all city notes paid into
the treasury from any source whatever
from time to time, whenever the amount
| may have accumulated in sufficient uuan-
| tlty, and report the same to the Common
Council.
SIC. I. The Treasurer is hereby authorized
to procure suitable blank certificates for the
J
this ordinance.
SEC. 3. That all ordinances and parts of
ordinances in conflict with the foregoing be
and the same are hereby repealed.
The following was concurred in on its sew.
eral readings, unanimously;
Res olUed, That gas lamp be placed in
the centre OF the square on Foucher street,
| between Poydras and Lafayette streets.
The following, on motion of Mr.. Dunn,
was amended by striking out the words
city currency" and adopted on its several
readings, in form and substance as follows,
by unanimous vote:
EeSoleed, That the Controller be author
ICED to draw upon the Treasurer, in favor OF
Mr.. Bernard Soulie, for nine hundred dol.
lars city currency, in full settlement of his
claims.
On motion of Mr.. Joubert the Board pro.
ceeded to the election Of a President, vice
Mr.. W. 7. Hepp resigned.
The vote was taken by ballot.
Messts. Sauvinet and Chadwick were
nominated.
Mr. Sauyinet received five votes; Mr..
Chadwick seven, and Mr.. Flood one.
The President declared Mr.. Chadwick
elected President of the Board.
Mr.. Thezan moved to proceed to the cleo.
ton OF permanent chairman ofthe Finance |
Committee, vice Honorable John Gauche !
deceased. Pending the discussion of which |
motion to adjourn was made and lost.
The original motion to proceed to the |
election of chairman was then put to the |
vote and carried by vote of to4
Messls. Sullivan and Joubert were nomin.
mated. ...-
The President took the floor and stated |
that being new member he was not en-.
tirely satisfied whether the chairmen of
committees should be appointed by the
Chair Dr elected by the Board, and asked
further time for consideration, whereupon
a motion to adjourn was made and pre-.
vailed.
ALFRED B0URGES,
Secretary.