New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-03-29
c. A. MILTENBERGER,
ROBERT WATSON,
WILLIAMSON SMITH,
j. NJ. PATISON,
W. G. COYLE & CO.,
BOYD. WILMOTH X CO.,
CHAUNCEY TYLER.
ORIGINAL RESOLUTIONS.

OhlblN AL hESOlIN llOaNos
BY lIr. Wootey:
WHEREAS, Ordinance No, 7Os, new series,
OF the Common Council of the city of New
Orleans, has been finally decreed by the
Supreme Court to be legal and irrevocaole;
Whereas, Said ordinance, which intrusts
the collection of all unsatisfed judgments
rendered prior to the date thereof to E. Ber-
mudez, ESQ, does not invest him with the
power of revivlng such Judgments; and
Whereas, 1t is proper that he be given
that authority, with discretion to exercise
it in such cases only where, IN his OPINION,
the proceeding would inure to the Deneht
of the city;
ResolUed, That E. Bermudez, Esq, be and he
is hereby empowered to revive, on behalf Of
the city, such OF said judgments as in his
opinion would inure to the interest Of the
city.
Which was referred to the Finance Com
mittee.
By Mr.. Woolhey:
ResolUed by the Common Council of the
city of New Orleans, That section first OF
ordinance No. ST., new series, providing
for the sale for period Of ten years Of the
use and occupation of the tables, stands,
ETC., in the markets of the city, be aud it is
hereby amended to read as follows: by
c. L. Girardey ESQ, auCtioneer,0 instead
of "by the City Controller" The Compen-
sation of said auctioneer shall be the same
as that paid for the sale of batture and
other city property sold in January, 1865.
No action taken thereon.
PETITIONS.
!. OF Paul B. Waterman * Co., requesting
action to be taken upon petition present
ed June, 1867, asking certain privileges in
regard to the erection of floating baths in
front of the city, was referred to the Com
mittee on Streets and Landings.
?. Of Felix NJ. D'Aunay, asking the pas
sage of an ordinance requiring the street
railroad companies to use patent rubber
drum protector, was referred to the Com
mittee on Streets and Landings.
3. OF A. Kernaghan asking to be appoint
ed collector of levee dues, was referred to
the Finance Committee.
4. OF E. W, Huntington, proposing to sell
to the city certain property on Brainard,
Apollo, Josephine, and st. Andrew streets
for banquette purposes, was referred to the
Committee on Streets and Landings.
REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES.
The following report from the Committee
on Streets and Landings was received:
COMMITTEE OF sTREETs AND LANDINGS,
BOARD of Aldermen,
City Hall, March a. 1868
To the Honorable Board OF Aldermen
GENTLEMEN-Your committee have the
honor 10 report upon the following subjects
referred to them, viz:
Upon the petition of s. D. Maxwell, ask
ing permission to permit his ballast to re-
main on the leYee, where 1t does not inter
fere with the interests of commerce.; upon
the report of the wharfnger OF the second
and third districts that there is large
quantity of ballast on the levee, owned by
different parties, and a report Of the City
Surveyor stating that it is interfering with
public improvements, your committee
would report unfavOrably.
Upon the resolution sent from the Board
OF Assistant Aldermen for concurrence,
that the Mayor be authorized to enter into
contract with John F. Rust as principal,
and Q. crowley as security, for digging the
necessary draining canals and constructing
the necessary dams and levees so as to carry
the water from the Bienville street draining
machine TO the swamp on the other side of
the Metairie Ridge, your committee would
report favorably.
D. S. DEVICES
Chairman.
And the following resolution accompany
ing the same was concurred in upon its first
reading:
ResolUed, That the Mayor of the CITY be
and he is hereby authorized to enter into
contract by notarial act, in behalf of the
city of New Orleans, with John F. Rust as
principal, and G. Crowley as security, for
digging the necessary draining canals, and
constructing the necessary dams and levees,
so as to carry the water from the Bienville
street draining machine to the swamp on the
other side of the Metairie Ridge, for and in
consideration Of the sum Of nineteen humid
red dollars (Sl900) per running acre for
eighty (S0) feet canal, four hundred and fifty
dollars (s45O) per running acre for twenty
five feet canal, twenty-five dollars (S25)
per running acre for eight (S) feet ditch,
twenty dollars $500 per running foot for
dams and piling, and seventy. five cents per
running foot tor underground sewer, as Der
adjudication made BY the City Controller
April 8, 1867.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS.
The following resolutions came up in
their regular order upon their second read.
ing, and were concurred in BY the following
votes:
Resolved, That the Controller be and he is
hereby authorized, after five DAYS notice in
| the official journal, % receive sealed pro