New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-10-21

creating Metropolitan Police Board ant
the act compelling the city to have its print
| ing done by the State Printer, who was
member of the Legislature at the time ht
was appointed State Printer, and when the
law was passed, were both unconstitu
| tional.
| MIR. Shields offered resolution authoriz
ing and instructing the City Attorney to i'm
| mediately take legal steps to have the con
| stitutionality of these two acts before the
| courts, and that payment to any person OIL
account of these acts be prohibited.
Adopted and sent down for concurrence
Mr.. Prados offered resolution allowing
persons to take out licenses quarterly fol
the balance of the year, provided they have
commenced business after October first.
Adopted and sent down for concurrence.
The petition of Mr.. Llambias, contestine
| the seats of Messrs. Poynot and Pessou,
ELECTED considerable discussion. Mr.
0'Brien was disposed to be severe on Mr..
Llambias for pressing this petition, It was
pointed sometime since.
Mr.. shields offered an ordinance provid.
ing for the issue OF bonds to the amount of
three millions, bearing six per cent interest
per annum. This issue to be used exclu.
sively for the absorbing of the present out.
standing city notes, aud the bonds to be
sold at par. These bonds to be exempt
cent to be levied to provide for their re-
demption.
Further, all the city notes to be taxed five
per cent after January /, 1863, and all city
notes received by the city in exchange for
these bonds shall, whenever the amount on
hand reaches 100000, be publicly de-
stroyed.
In offering the ordinance, Mr.. Shields
said he knew that the question of consul.
tionality might be raised, and he therefore
desired it referred SO as to have the
points in law decided. The ordinance was
referred to the Finance Committee.
The Finance Committee submitted a
lengthy report about the. embarrassed state
of the treasury. and recommended the sale
of the waterwCrks, and that they be adver
tised for sale at $4,000, 900 in Boston, ST.
Louis and New York. A resolution to this
effect was referred to the lWaterworks Com
mittee. Adjourned.
Board Of Resistant Alde,men.--At the
regular session last evening, President
Kearny in the chair, the weekly treasury
report showed receipts during the week to
be S1SS Ala 70; expenditures $l57, 953 81;
balance on hand and in the treasury
$780, $50 70.
The following message was received from
the Mayor:
81 herewith transmit the enclosed docu.
ments, emanating from the Metropolitan
Police Board. The apportionment for main
tanning the police of the entire district.
comprising the cities of New Orleans, JEFF
ferson, Carrollton, the towns of Algiers and
Gretna, and the parishes of Jefferson and
st. Bernard, amounts to 1926, 425 for the
year ding September 30 Is 3,
"Your attention is particularly called to
the apportionmt mt of the expense proposed
to be met by the city of New Orleans for the
above mentioned time, amounting to $780,
635, as follows:
Salaries. .....-...........S $3.50, 524 90
Funeral expense account. ... 35,ll2 90
Purchase of horses and equip
ments. Observation-Disclosures. 15,04S 90
Extending and operating Police
Telegraph. observation-disclosures. 42,576 90
secret service. .....--.-..-.-.,.. 26,S42 90
Counsel fees and contingent ex-
penses. Observation-Disclosures. 3O,723 90
1Oldls - oUJ, 900 w
1.-THE above apportionment is respectfully
submitted tor such action as your honorable
Board may, in your wisdom, determine to
be just and proper"
On motion of Mr.. Fisher the resolution
was received, and with the accompanying
DOCUMENTS, ordered to be published.
The following preamble and resolutions
were offered by Mr.. Farrell:
WHEREAS, Application has been submitted
W LuC luduNO tDlllulItB6 VI Tile
Council for payment of salaries alleged to be
due members of q body styled 1.-THE Board
of Police Commissioners" and as grave
doubts exist as to the legality of the enact
ment creating said Board of Police Com.
missioners," as well as the appointments
made by them; and
Whereas, 1t is the duty of this body to
protect citizens and the taxpayers as far as
possible against all usurpatlons of power or
increase of the already ouerous taxation
under which our people are suffering; be it
Resolued, That the Controller and Treasu-
rer are hereby ordered not TO audit or pay
any Of the payrolls of the Metropolitan
Police, the officers and large portion of the
force having been placed on duty by an au-
thority considered unconstitutional, illegal,
oppressive and odtous to the taxpayers and
property holders of the city.
Res0lued, That his Honor the Mayor be
requested to resist the further payment of
any police force, except such as may be or
ganized under the charter of the city and
placed on duty by the proper municipal
authorities of the city.
Resolued further, That the Controller be
and he is hereby instructed to reject all ap.
plications for supplies made on him by the
Chief of Police, Board of Police Commits
sioners, or any of the Police Department,
known as the Metropolitan police force.
Res0lUed, That the chairmen of the stand
ing committees and all officers and en-
plOyes of the city of New Orleans, be and
they hereby instructed to abstain from &C.
knowledging, or in any way recognizing the
legal right Of the so-called Board of Police
Commissioners and the positions they as
sumo to hold; and that the Common Coun-
Gil respectfully request his Honor the Mayor
to conform TO the spirit of the foregoing re-
solution.
Resolued, That the attention of the CITY
AftnpOau no snaciallu 0allad m tho fnraoo-
ing, and that he be Instructed to take such
steps for the protection of the interests of
the city in this matter as may be necessary,
the Common Council hereby pledging itself
to sustain him in any efforts to prevent
what is believed to be a violation of the
rights of the whole community.
The resolutions were adopted on the first
reading, and similar series from the upper
Board were coneurred in finally.
The Board adjourned.
SEND HIM TO HIS HoME.-Ace,oredw woman