New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-02-05

markets, until the markets are rented. The
appointments were approved.
FROM BOARD OF ASSISTANT ALDERMEN.
Resolution in reference to Joint session
for the election of recorder Of the second
district. Concufred in.
Resolutions estimating the receipts and
expenditures Of the city of New Orleans
for the year 1868. Total receipts, So.
051 So; total expenditures, S2,63S,942 Ii
Adopted unanimously on its second read
ing.
Resolution authorizing contracts for
cleaning the draining canals. Concurred
in.
Resolution to authorize city surveyor to
employ machinery ard men to repair
levees and bulkheads in third district.
Adopted on second reading unanimously.
Resolution authorizing controller to sell
contracts for brick sidewalks and wooden
curbing on Dorgenois street, near Broad.
Concurred in.
Resolution authorizing the mayor to
contract for repairing shell roads in first
and fourth districts. Referred.
Resolution authorizing the may or 10
compromise with the contractor for buil6
ing the Girod asylum by paying hin.
$4,000. Postponed for one week.
Resolution authorizing the lease by the
city of the property occupied as the insane
asylum, at $500 per month for one year.
Resolution allowing porters of the first
and third district stations $45 per month
instead of $35. Concurred in.
Resolution authorizing the city surveyor
to employ men and machinery to repair
the nuisance wharves. Referred to COM
mittee on streets and landings.
Resolution authorizing the controller to
advertise for proposals for cleaning sinks
Of public buildings. Adopted on second
reading.
Ordinance to reduce the expenses Of the
city government, and the salaries of city
officers, from mayor down, and to reduce
the number of city officers. On the motion
to adopt the ordinance Messrs. Burbank
and Devices voted in the affirmative, and
Messrs. Clay, Dumas, and StapletOn voted
in the negative. Alderman Carriere and
President Graham did not vete. The mo-
ten to adopt the ordinance was lost.
This closed the business from the lower
board.
A petition from Felix Labatut, president
of the Commercial Waterworlls company,
in reference to the purchase of the Ave
thousand shares of the city in the water
works at $50 share, was referred to joint
session of the council.
At $40 z. NJ. motion by Alderman
Clay to go into joint session with the board
of assistant aldermen for the election Of a
recorder in the second district.
Aldermen Burbank and Stapletsn came
up to the chamber of the upper board be-
fore the joint session was concluded, and
the council was left without quorum Of
the board of aldermen.
President Graham and Aldermen Devices
and Clay returned, Alderman Stapleton
having previously retired, Alderman
Devices alluded to the want of a quorum to
transact important business before the
board, and suggested that the president
should remind the members of their duties.
The president then said thai members broke
the quorum occasionally, which he did not
consider right.
Aldermen Burbank said he thought it was
better to break quorum than to break a
military order.
The president responded that he
did not intend to break military order,
Alderman Devices said he met the Iswer
board in joint session out OF respect to
/ them, and not because he, was Inclined to
agree with them on this subject of the re-
eOrdership.
An alderman alluded to the resignation
of member supposed to be Mr., Staple
toni now ON the presidents desk.
The board adjourned.
| Board of Assistant Aldermea.
This board met last evening in regular
weekly session, Mr. Sauvinet presiding,
and Messrs. Dunn, Mary, Perkins, Davis
Sterry, Sampson, Straight, Thezan, Jou.
bert.
The following from the mayor, referred
to committee of streets and landings;
Numerous complaints have been made
by shipmasters of the first and fourth dis
tricts of damages caused to their shipping
by steamboats, running SO close as to breaE
their fasts,' and disarrange their staging
besides doing serious injury to the wharyes
| therefore recommend the passage OF an
ordinance prohibiting steamboats, from pass
ing within one hundred yards of the ship
ping, under penalty of not less than ont
hundred dollars for each otfeuse.h
Another communication from MS hcnoi
conveyed to the board the orders from
headquarters (already published by us)
relative to the recordership Of the second
district The Communication was re
ceived.
/ The treasurer reports receipts for the
week $376,547 so; expenditures 1892,
1852 So; balance on hand S5l9,0f7.
The controller announced that be in M
manner would be controlled by the finance
committees, and asks that the council
should take some decided action in ordel
that no further collision might occur
Tabled.
1t was resolved, on second reading, tina
grocery keepers who sell liquors by retail
shalt have the sum reduced to $3.50 pei
annum.
The timefor collecting licenses was ex
tended to the first Of March. Adopted on
| second reading, and sent to the other board
A report from the streets and landings
| committee asserted that several OF the
streets under contract of I. Marigny were
still in bad order, and that the surveyor
had refused to grant his approval. The
matter was continued, but the committees
report was received.
At post %, first district, $50 feet are to
be set aside tor coal boat landing.
The beard Of aldermen was announced
for the purpose Of holding joint session.
Mr.. Joubert announced that the session
had been called for the purpose Of choosing
a recorder for the second municipal dis
trict, and read the Judgment of the supreme
court, declaring that Arthur Gastinel was
not entitled to the seat be has been occupy
ing for nearly two years, and moved thai
an election be at once entered into.
Alderman Devices asked that, for infor
nation, the lengthy Communication from
military headquarters be read, and for the
purpose Of determining its import
Mr. Perkins opposed an election.
Alderman Burbank preferred postponine