New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-03-22

luz III Il tlGhI CDUQlAAHus tl1D VIC interior oil
the building to be arranged and improved
by the lessee at his own expense.
The tagging Of the banQuette around the
iron building to be made BIZ the city of New
Orleans.
Yeasi President Graham, and Messrs.
Carriere, Clay, Dumas, Kellogg, and Wool
fey.
Nay: Mr.. stapeton.
The following were laid on the table sub.
ject to call:
Resoloed, That the City, Surveyor be
and he is hereby authorized to employ a
| sufficient force of men, not to exceed three
hundred, to clean the draining canals of the
city, the men to be hired upon the most
| economical terms.
Resoloed, That the City Controller be and
he Is hereby authorized to sell, after ten
days notice in the official Journal, to the
lowest bidder, q contract for furnishing
the city OF New Orleans with 100 900 barrels
lake shells; 10, 900 barrels to be delivered
per month, at such places upon the river
bank as the City Surveyor may direct.
The following were concurred in upon
their first reading:
ResOiUed That the Controller be and he is
hereby authorized, after five Gays notice in
the official journal, to receive sealed pro-
posals for furnishing fresh beef to the diff
ferent institutions OF the city from the date
of the award and approval of the contract
by the Common Council to the thirty-irst
day of December, 1865 in accordance with
specifications by the City Surveyor, and
subject to the approval of the Council.
Resoioed, That the City Treasurer be and
he is hereby requested to state IN his future
reports the items. separately, composing
his weekly balance.
The following was referred to the Com
nlittee on Streets and Lapdings:
Be i resoioed, That the Street Commits
sioner be and he Is hereby authorized to
order the cont actor Tor lighting the citv
with oil TO ereoi lamps and Light the same
at the following designated places viz
One on Jackson street one on First street.
one on Second street, one on Third street,
one or Fourth street, one on Washington
street, one on Melpomene street, and one
on Josephine street, all at the intersection
otthose streets with the north side OF Clai.
borne street
PETITIONS.
l. Of Charles Laeges, Lewis Meg and
Heer and Louis Meg, complaining of house
No. 23S Customhouse street, as dtsorderly,
Of illfame, and nuisance, was referred to
the Mayor.
Q ofT1omas Bromley, policeman, asking
for pay during his illness, was referred to
tac Finance Committee.
8. Of Bernard Dusasse and fourteen
others, asking for the suppression Of the
leaves or flaps attached to certain market
stalls aud
4. OF S. D. Maxwell, asking permission to
keep ballast on the levee, were referred to
, the Committee Of Streets and Landings.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS.
The following resolutions came up in regu
lar order upon their second reading, and
were adopted by the following votes:
"a Rescued, That the City Surveyor be and
he is hereby authorized to level the pro
lection levee, put the ditch in order in the
b vicinity OF Harmony and st. Denis streets
and properly grade and ditch the roads
D where this levee has been built.
Yeas: President Graham: 1Iessrs. Car
r;ere, Clay, Devices, Stapleton, and Woolaey
3 Nays None.
, Reso-ued, That section Eve o. ordinance
. Ne. SIS, new series, to establish uni
form rate of taxes and licenses on pro
VI fessions Callings, and other business
- etc for the year 1865, approved De
U CembeT ~ 1867, be anu the same
is hereby amended so as to read a;
4 follows, viz Every theatre, amphitheatre
+, opera house, or place used for public
theatrical amusement, seven hundred anG
fifty dollars.
Yeas President Graham, and lIessrs
Carrtere, Clay, Devices, stapleton, aut
e Woolfey.
e Reso'oed, That Judge Henry D. Ogden b.
appointed and employed to represent thu
. city OF New Orleans In the suits now pend
q Law
y titled, The city praying for the opening o
U" Cusaealv0 aud Moreau, otherwise called
n Royal and Chartres streets, and seCOu(
v The city praying for the making of a new
If levee at the tobacco warehouse, in the JhirC
!" district
BE Il fur er TeSo7oed, That the Mayor o
the city OF New Orleans be and is hereby
authorized and solicited to contract Will
Judge H. D. Ogden for his services in tn
above suits, provided that the fees do no
g exceed $500 for the first named suit, AM
"a $3.50 for the second named suit.
IS Yeas President Graham, and Messrs
Carriere. Clay, Devices, stapleton, AM
!, Woolfey.
- Nays None.
4. Resolved, That permission be and tn,
n same is hereby granted to the Canal ant
IT Claiborne streets railroad company. t
1t repair and strengthen the bridge acros;
le Canal Carondelet at Claiborne street, undeI
n. the direction of the City Surveyor, and Il
is use the same Tor It's railroad during tn
pleasure of the Common Council, the city
If reserving the right to require at any tint
1t the Common Council may direct the build
n inc OF a new bridge at this point at the eX
ID pense of the Canal and Claiborne street
d. railroad company, as required by tn
terms of the contract made between til
IS city of New Orleans and said railroad com
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