The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-08-27

Ter piece OF ground al the intersection % Auouue
and Claiborne streets. unfavorsby. Your com
mittee on examination find that this piece Il
ground comprises q part of Adene street, which
the city has no right 10 sell.
A. ON the bill OF Rsnde Hunt for professional
services rendered TO Hon. J. r. Conway, mayor,
amounting To- $500, favOraoly by resolution.
8. On The petition OF NJ Condor. asking payment
for sixty tons Of ballast and fifteen hundred bar
rels OF oyster shells used by the late street com
missioner, Geo. ID. Field, and certified to by him,
fsvorsbly by resolution.
g. On The several petitions complaining Of eX.
tortions and annOysnces by the pound keepers
and their employees, your committee report q re-
solution for your consideration appointing joint
committee OF six 10 examine the pound ordinance
and report 10 the council what changes are neces-
ssry to remedy the evil. Respectfully submitted.
THOs. f. FISHER,
Chairman Finance Committee.
ALFRED kEARSY
JOHN BREEN.
The following resolutions accompanying the re-
port of the finance committee were adopted on
their fret reading:
Resolred That the city attorney be and he is
hereby authorized to employ additional counsel TO
assist him in defending the suits OF Aseott vs.
city of New Orleans, aud Arr 4wsmlth vs.. city o.
New Orleans, provided the fees to be paid to said
additional counsel shall not exceed one thousand
Eve hundred dollars.
ResOlUed, That the controller warrant on the
treasurer in favor OF +. hOuuey, for SIX cen nun
dred and sxty.two dollars and seyenty-hve cents,
for shorts of the clerks in the treasurers depart
ment.
Resolued, That the controller warrant on the
treasurer in favor of Randell Hunt for the sum Of
| $500 for professional services rendered to the
| Hon. John r. Conway, mayor.
| WHEREAS, the different pounds as now conduct
ed and the ordinance creating and governing the
same, are a constant source of annoyance aud op-
preston to the people, and heavy burden on the
finances of the city; be it therefore
ResolUed That q committee Of six members,
Il l. nNa1N go nfua
into the pound ordinances, and report as to the
| expediency of their revision or repeal.
Resolred That the controller be End he Is here
by authorized to warrant on the treasurer In favor
| Of NJ. Condor, for the sum OF $685. In payment OF
20 tons of ballast at So per ton and 1900 barrels OF
oyster shells at % cents per barrel
| ReSOlUed, Thst the street commissioner be and
he is hereby authorized and directed to erect or
cause to he erected gas lamp on IRENE street,
| between Bienvllle and Cont streets.
| Mr.. Sturcken here entered and took his seat.
Mr.. Breen offered the following resolution which
was referred to the committee on streets and land
ings.
Resolred, That the surveyor he hereby autho-
rzed to construct culvert on Felicity street, at
| the head of the Camp street canal, In order to
drain off the great body of water coming down
on the upper side Of said street
Mr.. Pandely offered the following resolution
which was adopted:
WHEREAS, The Board of Aldermen did on the
25th of June, 1867, pass by unanimous vote a
resolution approving the adjudication to I. O'COR
nell of q certain contract for repairing and keep
ing in repair the paved streets of tue Seventh,
Eighth and Ninth Wards; and
WHEREAS, The said resolution, when sent tc
the Board Of Assistant Aldermen for their cOu
currence, was by them referred to the COMMITTEES
on streets and landings; and
| WHEREAS, Fourteen months have elapsed with
ont that committee, or the one succeeding il
making any report upon the subject In after
therefore, be IL
ResoIued. That the committee on streets and
landings of this board be and they are hereby re
spectfully requested TO report, at Their esres
convenience, upon the expediency or prOpriety
of coDcuTring or non cOncurrng in the resolution
aforesaid.
The following resolution was, on q suspensisr
OF the rules, unanimously adopted on its sewers
readings, and, on motion, transmitted to the uppe
board for concurrence
ReSoired, That the surveyor be and he is here
| by authorized TO cause twenty (20) new tops
be made to the butcher stalls OF the Dryade
Market provided the cost Of the same does no
exceed five hundred dollars.
Mr.. Walker submitted the following resolution
which was read and referred to the finance com
mittee:
WHEREAS, By virtue OF an ordinance, No. 952
approved July 81. 1868, the city of New Orean
has assumed the control Of the CRY Water Works
|
siouere; and
WHEREAS, In order to more thorough manage
ment and government of said works, and meet
ing such expenditures as may be necessary in tn
Judgment of said commissioners, be it, there
fore,
RESOLVED, That the mayor and president of tn
board Of commissioners be and are hereb
authorized, jointly, TO negotiate for the SUN O
twenty thousand dollars $3.50 OOO) for the pur
poses set forth in the above preamble to thi
resolution.
Mr.. Breen offered the following resolution
-hich was referred to the committee on street
J and landings:
Resolued. That the controller be and he is here
BY authorized TO sell, after five days notice 10 tn
| official Journal the contract for cleaning out o.
the draining canals according to specific Itions Il
the surveyor department.
: Mr.. Breen offered the following resolution
, which was read:
ResolUed. That the controller be and is here
| by authorized. to adjudicste, after 1--WE days nc
tice in the official Journal the contract for nttnl
| I'D the Seventh District Court and jury rooms
according TO plans and specifications now on fl
in the surveyors department.
! Mr.. Pandely moved a reconsideration Of th
: vote by which that portion ef the controller
report referring to the adjudication OF contrac
for fitting up the Seventh District Court room
was referred to the committee on improvement
and buildings. The motion to reconsider wa
I adopted.
Mr.. Psndely than moved that the adjudicstiO
! be rejected. Adopted.
Mr.. Breen's resolution directing the controllS
D TO resell the contract was then put upon i
severalreadings and unanimously adopted.
The following resolution was adopted on i
several readings and transmitted to the uppe
!. board for concurrence.
Ayes-Messrs. Kesrny, Rose, Walker. sturcke
= Fisher. Horphy, Pandsly, Farrell and Breen.
= Nsys-Nessrs Pemberton and Camp.
l. Resolred That the mayer be and he 10 heret
authorized to enter into contract with Louis @ A
net, lessee Of Carondelet Canal and Navigate
Company for the exclusive privilege of using Il
the draining OF the city all that portion Of the be
| Of Bayou st. John extending from the mouth