New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-04-02

leans has made an order in the case of 1.-THE
Canal CarondeIet Navigation company We:
the City of New Orleans that the city shall
appoint an expert on or before the thlr-
teenth of April, to meet two other experts,
one appointed by the plaintiff, and the
other appointed by the court, for the pur-
pose of estimating the amount of injury sus-
tanned by the Canal CarOndelet Navigation
company by the drainage of the city into
the Bayou st. John since the tenth March,
1864.
The law upon which this order of court
is based, is the third section of the act OF
the Legislature "relatlve to the Carondelet
Canal and Navigation company OF New Or
leans" approved March 10, 1858, which
reads as follows:
after the expiration of FIVE years from
the passage of this act, the city corporation
shall be prohibited from draining into
BAYOU st. John, and should said city con
tinue to drain into said bayou after the eX-
piration of the term aforesaid, then only
upon due indemnity being made for any in
jury which shall appear TO result there
from, said indemnity to be determined by
three experts to be appointed, one by the
city corporation, one by the company, and
one by any of the district judges of New
Orleans
will you be pleased to communicate this
order Of the Fourth District court of New
Orleans to the Common Council at its next
session, in order that they may appoint An
expert on behalf OF the city.
| inclose copy of the order of court re-
ferred to.
Yours respectfully,
A. NJ. BUCHANAN,
City Attorney.
A report of the Treasurer for the week
ending March IS, 1868, showing:
Receipts .................--.... .Sll6,s29 O2
Balance on hand. 6G,s46 IA
was referred to the Finance Committee.
The following communication and report
from the same officer was referred TO the
Finance Committee:
TREAsuRERs OFFIcE, CITY HALL, I
new Orleans. March 81, 1868. !
To the Honorable the President and Members of the
Board of Assistant Aldermen:
EMEN-Accompanying this letter
you will receive detailed statement OF the
entire issue of the notes of the city, with a
memorandum of the destruction of the por'
lions of the different issues up to the 26th
instant.
have been extremely careful in the com.
pilatiOn, both by comparison with Mr..
Schmidt's account, also the account fur.
nished by the American Bank Note COM
pany, New York, of the sheets of large
notes furnished. The books in this office
agree with the Controllers account of the
issues by the present administration. The
late Council consolidated the various issues,
and to get at the proper account | had to
refer to the Controllers receipt book, and
found all correct as reported.
You will observe the reduction OF the cir.
culation is ST., 95s made by the present gov
eminent. At the burning on the 10th Feb
ruary last the reduction was nearly $500, 800,
but the warrants drawn by the Controller
in payment of the old as well as the new
obligations of the city were of SO large an
amount that it was utterly impossible to
continue tle reduction.
The warrants drawn by the Controller for
the month of January were S42S, 053 05;
February, S299, 10 So; total, S727, 772 81.
These warrants have all been paid. The
receipts into the treasury up to the LIST Of
July will be far in excess of the eXpend
itures, and at all future burnings Of the
notes the circulation will be decreased.
! am glad to inform you that the copper
plates of the old issue so long missing were
found in the vault, in this office. For sew
eral years Mr.. Walton and myself searched
diligently for them. / found them by &C
cident several days ago carefully slowed
away under II heap of old papers.
Respectfully yours,
S. HOWELL, Treasurer.