New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-03-05
CITY coUNoIL--oFFIcIAL
BOARD OF ALDERMEN

BOARD OF ALDERMEN
Regular Session.
CRY HALL, New ORLEANS, [
March 3, 1868.
The Board met pursuant to adjournment
and was called to order by the President.
The following Aldermen were present:
President Graham; and Messrs. Burbank
Clay, Devices, and Stapleton-
The minutes of the preceding meeting
were read and approved.
The following order from military head
quarters, fifth military district, was read
and ordered to be spread upon the minutes
HEApoUARTERs FIFTH MILITARY DISTRICT, }
New orleans, La, tebruary27 1858
Special Orders No. "A.
Extract
4 By direction of General Grant, SO much
of paragraph 4, of special orders No. 70
current series from these headquarters, a:
removes the aldermen and assistant alder
men of the city of New Orleans, therein
named, "for contempt of orders from these
headquarters" and appoints others in theil
stead, is hereby revoked, and the members
| of the Boards of Aldermen and Assistant
Aldermen removed by it, are hereby rein
stated, and will resume their duties the
same as if the said orders had not been IS
sued.
So much of paragraph 2, special orders
No. Al, current series from these head
| quarters, as appoints certain persons mem
beers of the Boards of Aldermen and Assist
ant Aldermen of the city of New Orleans,
| in place of previous appointees who had
declined or failed to qualify, is, in conse-
| quence, also revoked.
By command of Major Gen. Hancock:
GEO. L. HARTSUFF,
Assistant Adjutant General.
NATHANIEL BURBANK,
Second Lieut., Thirty-Seventh Inf, Bvt.
First Lieut.. U. s. H., A. A. A. G.
MAYORS MESSAGE.
The following message from the Mayor and
accompanying documents were received;
MAYoRA1rY OF NEW ORLEANS,
City Hall, March 2 1868.
To the Honorable the Board of Aldermen;
GENrLEMEN-I herewith transmit to you
an act of the Legislature approved March
IS, 1867, "For the relief of the board Of di-
rectors of the Touro Almshouse," together
with the opinion of A. NJ. Buchanan, Esq,
CITY Attorney, in reference to the same,
accompanied by the form of resolution
accepting, on the part of the city, the real
estate and movable property and moneys on
hand belonging to the Touro Almshouse
under the aforesaid act.
also transmit to you the copy OF paper
duly certified, purporting to be the form OF
a donation to the said Touro Almshouss Of
a certain lot of ground in the city OF New
Orleans, by Rosin D. Shepherd, ESQ.,. ofVir-
ginia, duly executed May IL, A. D. 1855,
valued at the sum of fifty thousand dollars.
In addition to which donation the said
Shepherd binds himself, his heirs, and sue,
cessors to give the sum of fifty thousand
dollars, under certain conditions sPeclhed
in the paper referred to.
/ respectfully invite your attention to
these important documents, andrecommend
the abortion of such measures as may be
proper and necessary ipthe premises.
Very respectfully,
e. HEATH, Mayor.
CRY ATTORNEYS OFFICE,
New Orleans, February D. la6s >
gIR-I have examined the copy of the act
of the Legislature approved March %,
1867, for the relief of the Board Of Direct
ors of the Touro Almshouse,p which you
sent me Yesterday, and find that it author
ICES the city of New Orleans, through the
Mayor, to accept from the directors OF tho
Touro Almshouse transfer Of all the real
to be made by act passed before
the City Notary.
Annexed is the form of resolution &C
cepting said transfer.
viii add that under the nineteenth sec
ton of the charter the resolution ought to
be concurred in by a majority Of the mem
bers elected to each Board of the Common
Council.
remain respectfully,
A. NJ. BUCHANAN,
City Attorney.
RESOLVED That the city of New Orleans
accepts the transfer of the real estate and
property and moneys on hand be-
longing to the Touro Almshouse under the
act of the Legislature approved Esd March,
1857, entitled - An act for the relief of the
Board of Directors of the ,Touro Aims |
house,
Resolved, That the City Notary be author
lied to prepare an act Of transfer, in con- |
lOrmity with the net of the Legislature |
and the Mayor to sign the same
On behalf of the city.
Resolged, That the moneys on hand be-
longing to the said Touro AlmshOuse be
paid over to the City Treasurer, and that q
detailed statement of all moneys on hand,
zeal estate, and personal property Of the |
aid Touro AimshOuse, conveyed and trans. |
erred as aforesaid, be submitted 70 the |
common Council by the City Controller as |
Ioon as practicable after said conveyance |
md transfer are completed.
The foregoing resolution was adopted |
ipon its first reading unanimously.
FRoM THE BOARD OF ASSIST |
ANT ALDERMEN.
The following resolutions received for con.
were eOncurred in upon their first
reading -.
ResosUed, That permission be aud the same /
e hereby granted 70 John Doell TO erect a
Dakeoven on the premises No. IA Serapuru |
street, fourth district, provided the same be /
erected Ia accordance with city laws and |
and remain during the pleasure
Of the Common Council
Resolued, That the City Surveyor be and |
be Is hereby authorized to build q bridge /
across Claiborne canal at the foot OF Felic.
Ity road.
ResolUed, That the City Surveyor be and /
be Is hereby authorized to have Magnolia
street, between Poydras and Lafayette
streets, macadamized, using for that purpose
the round stone nov on hand and being
broken up In the wOrkhouse.
Resolved, That the resolution reported by.
the Finance Committee on the 18th Of Jan.
nary, lb6es IN compliance with section I2A
Of the city charter, estimating the probable |
receipts and expenditures Of the city of l
New Orleans for the year ending December
Il, 1858, be and the same Is hereby amended |
q the column OF 'ipTohable expendit uresu
inder the head OF public schools, white /
lad colored) BIZ striking out S7i0000. and i
asserting In lien thereof three hundred and Il
ixty thousand dollars CISCO, O00.)
EesCtEeG. That Judge Henry d. OGDEN be L