The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-08-12

the above contract. :. =. 1850
Pas. LABAKxE, Deputy Controller.
/ STREET CoMxIssIoSER's OFFIcE.l
City Hall, Room No. z Basement Floor,
! New Orleans, July 80, 1868.
SPECIFICATIONS OF A CONTRACT FOR BURYING THE
MDlGENT DEAD AND CONVEYING THE INDECENT
SICK TO HOSPITAL WITHIN TIE CITY OF NEW
ORLEANS FoR ONE YEAR.
| ......o 80. FIRST.
The contractor or contractors shall be bound
10 furnish the necessary number of horses and
unyeIs REQUISITE for the faithful performance of
The four charity wagons, the property Of the
| city, and now used for the above purpose TO be
| delivered TO said contractor or Contractors 10
Whatever condition they may be in, to be returned
10 the said city upon expiration Of contract 10 the
same order and coudiion as received usual wear
and tear excepted the said contractor or con.
tractors hereby binding himself or themselves to
Keep the said wagons in good order at his or their
expense during the continuance OF the said con-
tract, and also to furnish at his their expense
any addl'lonal number OF wagons, horses and
drivers as the emergency may at any time require.
s SECOND.
1t shall be incumbent on the contractor or con.
tractors TO have a wagon and driver at the police
stations OF the First and Second Districts during
all hours of the day and night.
THIRD. rg
The city OF New Orleans is hereby bound to
necessary
lnterment of the INDECENT dead deliverable at the
City Workhouse. and the contractor or contract
ors viii be held strictly res ponsfbe for the num-
Der Of collins delivered to him or them for the
said purpose
The city of New Orleans also being bound for
the amount of all sections fees, according to ex-
listing ordinances, and also to furnish the ground
requisite for said burial.
FOURTH. OAK
The said contractor or contractors are also
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petent person at the Office of the street commits
sloner. City Hall, and one at the branch street
commissioners Office, No. 50 st. Peter street
whose duty shah be to issue the necessary Ger.
tlfcstes of death and orders for hospital under
the direction of said street commissioner, and to |
attend to all details in connection with said CON
tract. --. rrt
..E ...l FIFTH. -
The city Of New Orleans reserves the right of /
disseminating the different cemeteries in which the
bodies OF said INDECENT dead shall be inferred, and
also the hospitals to which said INDECENT sick shall
be conveyed by said contractor or Contractors.
SIXTH.
The said contractor or contractors shall com.
ply Immediately with all certificates or orders
relative to the interment of said INDECENT dad or
conveyance Of said INDECENT sick to the various
hospitals, under penalty of ten dollars for each
and every neglect, and Q further penalty of the
amount of doing the work so neglected by the
contractor or contractors which, in sll cases, the
to be done. at whatever cost he may be able to
smSGe Of fnP eass r., vehicles 81 and shoE The
cost OF vehicles to be deducted out of any of the
monthly payments 20 be made to said Contractors.
SEVENTH.
Inc contractor or contractors shall furnish rood |
and solvent security, to an amount equal 10 the
AMOUNT OF contract, conditioned to guarantee the
ai'niui performance OF his or their contract.
tI EIGHTH.
PaVmnnfo mi ha A. |
lncate OF the street commissioner and the sum
u zen per cent. shall be retained for each Ger.
lncate IN guarantee until the expiration of said
onusct, winch ten per cent. shall then be paid,
nouio the said contractor or contractors be found
0 have faithfully complied with the terms of his 4
= uer contract, by the said street commissioner
ointly with the chairman of the committee nj |
ueets and landings; otherwise to be forfeited for
ne use Of the city. ~ 'O'
The contract shall take effect and 90 into ons,o.
Oh immediately after the adjudications are an ,
roved oy the city authorities, and from the date
signing the same before the city notary. j.
80 TENTH. 7
II Is wen understood that in case of failure by
70 contractor or contractors to begin or perfor1 | N
e ABOVE work. or in case the city authorities he
sssusneo with the manner in which the work ia |
smg performed or executed, the said CITY antbo'
,ss snali have the right to annul the contract AZ
lthout putting the contractor or contrae;ors in A
fsut, az required by article 1905 OF the Civil Of
'de, and without applying to a court of Justice
snnul the same, and without indemnity: and Il -
aso wen understood that in case the contractor L
contractors shall at any time abandon the work L
NOT perform the same in conformity with his
tneir contract, the said contractor or coutract.
snail forfeit all claim they may have for auy
rtlon OF the work performed up to the date az
sosnoonment and that the city shall thereby
discharged and released from any and ali LA. Pm
ity therefor, and II Is also well understood that
case the contract be resold the contractor or 10
5uactofs and bis or their security, shall be held
Doond IN sotldo, TO pay unto the city all loss
olnerence between the prices at which the con. ]
ctor or contractors originally contracted TO Sc,
riefm me work and the price at which it may rat
, s9Je !. ga a. resale or resdjudcation.
hccontract shall be adjodicated to the lowest
der, at the Office of the city controller. on
gust 18th, 1868, Saturday noon
(Signed) JOSEPH MrRpuv J..
Street Commissioner.
4. approved: T. H. SHIELDS, y,
'rman streets and Landings Board Aldermen.
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