New Orleans Republican., 1868-08-23
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
BOARD OF ALDERMEN.
Regular Session.
CRY HALL, New ORLEANS, J
August IL 1893

Present President Markey, and Messrs.
Brady, Kaiser, OBrien, and Prados-5.
The minutes were read and approved.
The following message from the Mayor
was read and received:
MaYoRAIIY OF NEW ORLEANS )
CIty hall, July y 1868.
To the Honorable Common Council:
GENTLEMEN The following resolution,
passed by the Boards of Aldermen aud As
slstaDt Aldermen, has been laid before me
ResOlUed, That the Controller shall, after
the passage of this resolution and approved
by the Mayor, adjudicate, afe ten days no
tice in the official jOurnfl, to the highest
bidder, and ia accordance with the market
ordinance, the revenue of the Dryades mar
ket, for one month, or to the thlrty-first of
December, 1865, the city reserving The right
to annul the lease in one days notice, with
out damages.
When inducted into office, by authority of
article 604, Leovy's Digest, page 259, | ap-
pointed a collector for Dryades market, He
gave bond with good aud solvent securities,
and was duly commissioned. Since his
entrance upon the duties of oolleciorship,
the market has yielded its accustomed rev
enue at this season, and the interests of the
city Fare vigilantly watched and fully pro
teCted.
The collector receives from the occupants
of stalls, stands ETC., the dues usually paid
to farmer, in city notes, which are rtgul-
arly deposited in the treasury. tbs obvious
that if the market was farmed out according
to the above resolution the farmer would
pay the purchase money in city notes, and
the occupants of stalls, stands, etc, be com.
PEELED to pay their dues in greenbacks.
Whilst this would rebound to the interest of
one man, the said occupants would suffer. l
see no reason why this privilege should be
given to one person at the expense OF butch.
ers, vegetable and fruit venders, especially
when some of them receive city notes at less
than the ruling rates of discount from pur-
chasers OF the necessaries Of life.
By reference to article 507, Leovy's Digest,
page 2S1, 1t will be seen that the resolution
is a violation of the letter and spirit of the
law. The article makes it the imperative
duty OF the Controller to adjudicate, or cause
to be adiadicated at his office, after ten DAYS
otnclal notice, on the first Monday of Decem-
Der OF each year, the collection of the
revenues OF the markets, separately, for one
year. The article followil declares that
the farmers or lessees shall pay one-twelfth
in cash, and the balance from the first of
January at l, 2, 3, 1, 5, 6, T. s, 8, 10 and IL
months. Should any farmer or lessee fail to
comply with the stipulations of SAID article
the Controller must cause q new adjudication
to be made forthwith, t" that is to say, in the
month of December.
The object is plain, 1t is to compel farm
ers or lessees to pay one-twelfth cash the
trst lnstallment in December, so that the
second 1nstallment due on the first of Janu-
airy and instalments following should come
regularly into tho city treasury,
Otherwise the Controller would be en-
gagged at uncertain intervals in the work of
adjudication, and this irregularity would
seriously inconvenience public officers and
MAKO the f4rDniuu
nuisance. Again, such adjudications were
ordered to be made in mid winter, because
that Is the business season, and the compe-
tition among bidders would be much greater
and the privileges and benefits of lesseeship
command larger sum than in the dull
summer months.
EXpediency does not shape my action. The
law is imperative. Granting, for the sake
of argument, that the revenues of this mar
ket could be sold at SO unpropitious a time
as the present. What then? The resolu-
ton provides that the sale shall be for one
month, or to the thirty first December next,
when the law expressly declares that ali
adJudlcatlons shall be for the term Of one
gear.
This resolution, for the reasons assigned,
being in my judgment iuopportune, and
certainly in violation of the law regulating
markets, am compelled to return 1t to the
Board in which it originated without my ap-
proval.
Very respectfully,
JOHN r. CONWAY, Mayor.
The following communication was re-
ceivcd:
CoNrRoLLEE's OFFICE,
City Hall, New Orleans, August II, 1868.
To the Honorable Board of Aldermen, City Of New
Orleans:
GENTLENEN-I have the honor to report
to your honorable body that / have made
the following appointments in this Office
viz: Pascalis Labarre, Deputy Controller;
f. Turead, Book keeper; II. Castarede, As,
sistaut BoOk-keeper: G. H. Case, Chief
Tax Clerk, temporarily II. Dudlho, Mes
senger.
will also state that am now ready to
publish the semi.annual statement OF re-
Ceiots and expenditures for the six months
ending June 30, 1865, and respectfully re.
quest you to fix the number of copies to be
printed. 1t has been customary to print
from 200 to 400 copies, according to the
wants Of the community. l respectfully
suggest that 200 copies be printed in book
form, and 200 in pamphlet form, for the use
of the public
On the sixth instant Cancelled tax bill
No. 1919, in the name of Beraud d Gilbert,
for the sum Of ninety dollars upon the GER
ti1cate OF the Secretary of the Board OF
AsscsSors.
Respectfully, your obedient servant,
j. o. LANDRY,
Controller.
The nominations were laid on the table
subject to call, and the remainder of the
communication was referred TO the Com
mittee on Finance.
The following resolution, vetoed by the
Mayor, was adhered to by the following
two third vote:
Yeas; President Markey, and Messrs
Brady, Kaiser, 0'Brien, Poynot, Prados, and
Shields.
Nays: None.
ResolUed, That the Controller shall, after
the passage of this resolution aud approval
by the Mayor, adjudicate, after ten days
notice in the official journal, to the highest
bidder and in accordance with the market
ordinances, the revenues of the Dryades
Market for one month. or to the thirty first
of December, 1865, the city reserving the
right to aunul the lease in one days notice,
without damages.
The following resolution from the other
Board was eoncurred in, and the rule being
waived, read second time and concurred
in by the following vote:
Yeas; President Matkey, and Messrs.
Brady, Kaiser, o'Brien, Pessou, Poynot,
Prados, and Shields-s.
Nays: None.
Resolred, That the Controller be and he is
hereby authorized to warrant on the Treas
urer in favor of James Buckley for the sum
of eighty eight dollars and twenty cents
1883 20), amount due him for repairs to
paved streets of the Ninth Ward, Third Dis