New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-01-12

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lease his or their right, title, or interest il
the same to any person or persons Whatsc
ever and that in case of any sale, transfer
assignment, subrogation, or suitcase mad,
oy any person or persons of the rights O.
interests acquired under and by virtue o
tnls ordnance, such sale, transfer, assign
ment, suorogatiOn, or suitcase shall work ,
forfeiture of said rights and interests, SO ac
qulred as aforesaid, aud the same shall re
vert TO the city of New Orleans
SIC 3. That the city of New Orleans re
serves to herself, and excerpts from said gale
each and every ferry landing and ferry wharf
now existing, and each and every nuisance
arising from the same.
SkC. Z. That each and every person to
whom shall be adiudicated and sold as
aforesaid the revenues collectable as afore-
said within the various sections set forth in
section second of this ordinance shall give
pond with good and sufficient security, to be
| approved by the Common Council, in an
amount equal to one-fourth part of the price
OF said adjudication and sale, and condi-
uoped Tor the true aid faithful performance
| ana Iulnllment on the part of said person or
persons Of the duties imposed by this ordi.
| nance.
| SEC. g. That each and every person to
| Whom shall be adjudicated and sold as
| aforesaid the revenues collectable as afore-
4 ooiu Nlttlu lllG VARIOUS SECTIONS SeS IOfTn III
section second of this ordinance, shall give
therefor his or their promissory notes, in
| dorsed to the satisfaction of the Common
| Council,in an amount equal to the purchase
price OF the revenues so adjGdicated and
| sold as aforesaid.
SEC. 8. That the notes required to be
given by section seventh of this ordinance
shall be divided into a series of twenty.four
| IN number, payable in fifteen days,
one, two, three, four, five, six seven, eight,
nine, TEN eleven, twelve, thirteen, four
teen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen,
nineteen, twenty, twenty-one, twenty two,
twenty-three, and twenty-four months after
date, and that such of said notes as shall
be made payable in the months of January
February, March, April, May, and June OF
each year shall be drawn payable each in
an amount equal to one.sixteenth part of
the purchase price of the revenues SO ad-
Indicated and sold as aforesaid; and that
such notes as shall be made payable in the
months of July, August, September, Octo-
Der, November, and December of each year
sGall be drawn payable each in an amount
equal to one Ivlty-eighth part of the pur-
chase price of the revenues SC All dictated
and sold as aforesaid.
Sec 10. That each and every person to
whom shall be adjudicated and sold as
aforesaid the revenues collectable as afore-
said within the various limits set forth in
cept and take possession of the wharves,
levees, and landings contained within the
section or sections whose revenues are to
be adjudicated and sold in conformity with
this ordinance. The said wharves, landings,
and levees shall be accepted in what condi-
ton they may be in on the 18th day of Feb.
ruary, 1868; and that said person or persons
so accepting and taking possession of said
wharves, levees, and landings shall
repair the same and keep them in
good order and condition during the
whole term of (2) two years, commencing
the first day OF February, 1868, and ending
on the last day of January, 1870 and de.
liver the same to the city at the expiration
of the lease in the same good condition AS
when received; provided, that the lessees
shall have no right to build any shed, ware
house, or platform on said wharves, levees,
and landi lgs without the permission of the
Common Council.
SEC. IL. That the levees named in section
ten of this ordinance shall extend back to
the line of the street or streets fronting the
river; that is to say, that the levee com.
prised in section number one shall extend
back to the water, from the upper line of
the fourth district 10 Adele street, and to
Tchoupitoulas street and New Levee s treet
from Adele street to Felicity road. The
levee comprised in section two shall extend
back to the line of New Levee street, from
Felicity road to Race street, and to Front
Levee from Race to North Market street.
except that portion in rear of wharf NJ.
Is. The levee comprised in section four
shall extend back to the line of Front
street, from Canal to Customhouse street,
and to New Levee street from Customhouse
to Toulouse street.
The eVee comprised in section number
five shall extend back to Old Levee street.
The levee comprised in section number six
shall extend back to the public road on
New Levee street; and it is hereby well
understood that the city claims and reserves
to herself the right to appropriate, sell.
lease, and use, or III any manner dispose of
(as may be deemed expedient by the Com.
mon CounciD any portion of the levees
comprised within any of the sections set
forth in section second of this ordinance,
whenever any of said levees shall become,
in the opinion Of the Common Council, un.
productive, imperative, or useless to and
for the great purposes of commerce OF pub
lie use.
SEC. II. That the repairs of the leVees
required to be made in section tenth of this
ordinance shall consist in grading the same
according to the grades already establishes;
in covering the same with some hard sub.
stance such as lake or oyster shells and
gravei in keeping the same always in good
order by filing Ep all holes upon their first
appearance with some hard substance as
sand all parts of the same which may cave
in or sink below tAe grades aforesaid, and
in keeping the bulkheads on the outside of
the same always in good order and Condi-
ton; and whenever the batture shall form
so as to require the levee to be extended
the lessee shall, on the order of the Common
Council, fill up such parts of the batture
and build such levees as said Common
Council may deem necessary, as well as new
bulkheads
SEC. IS. That the repairs of wfarves re-
quired to be made under section Pine of this
ordinance shall consist in repairing all holes
in the flooring of the whalves end inclined
planes Immediately upon theii first appear.
ance;' lin raising all portions Of the wharves
which may have sunk, or which may sink,
below the levels now established; in taking |
out and renewing caps, stringers, piles, |
fender piles, flooring, etc, which may be |
found rotten or decayed; in building anew |
all wharves which from general decay may |
require the same; and extending into the |
river all wharves which may require ex- |
tending so as to have at all times a depth of |
water of twenty feet at the water line of |
each and every wharf used for the landing |
and discharging of steamboats,.
Sec. IA. That the repairs required in Sec |
ton twelfth of this ordinance snail be made |
in accordance with plans and specifications |
to be given by the City Surveyor.
SEC. Is. That each of the lessees shall be |
bound, whenever ordered by the Common |
Council, to build all additional new wharves |
that may be necessary.
SEC. lG. That all works and repairs done |
by this ordinance shall be done under the |
supervision of the Surveyor and Chairmen
ofthe Committees on Streets and Landings |
of the two Boards of the Common Council; |
and in case of refusal ON the part of said |
lessees to make said repairs ard works, it /