New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-04-05

leans hasnlade an order In She case of 1.-THE
Canal Carondelet Navigation company vs..
the City Of New Orleans,n that the city shall
appoint an expert on or before the thir-
teenth OF April, to meet two other experts,
one appointed by the plaintiff, and the
other appointed by the court, for the pur.
pose OF estimating the amount of injury sus-
famed by the Canal Carondelet Navigation
company by the drainage of the city into
the Bayou St. John since the tenth March,
1864.
TheI law upon which this order of court
is based, is the third section of the act of
the Legislature "relative to the Carondelet
Canal and Navigation company of New Or.
leans" approved March 10, 1858, which
reads as follows:
After the expiration of five years from
the passage Of this act, the city corporation
shall be prohibited from draining into
Bayou st. John, and should said city con.
tlnue to drain into said bayou after the ex-
piration of the term aforesaid, then only
upon due indemnity being made for any in
jury which shall appear to result there
from, said indemnity to be determined by
three experts to be appointed, one by the
city corporation, one by the company, and
one by any of the district judges Of New
Orleans"
win you be pleased to communicate this
order of the Fourth District court of New
Orleans to the Common Council at its next
session, in order that they may appoint an
expert on behalf of the city.
inclose copy of the order of court re-
ferred to.
Yours respectfully,
A. M. BUCHANAN,
City Attorney.
A report of the Treasurer for the week
ending March %, 1868, showing:
RccniD+s S11e 600 no
EXpenditures":-,,,,,,,,,,',',,,2O O,69S 50
Balance on hand. ............... 66,S4G "a
was referred to the Finance Committee.
The following communication and report
from the same officer was referred to the
Finance Committee:
TREAsURER's OFFICE, CITY HALL, /
New Orleans. March 81, 1863.
To the Honorable the President and Members of the
Board of Assistant Aldermen:
MEN-Accompanying this letter
you will receive detailed statement of the
entire issue of the notes of the city, with a
memorandum of the destruction of the por
tions of the different issues up to the 26th
| instant.
have been extremely careful in the com
| pilation, both by comparison with Mr..
| Schmidt's account, also the account fur.
nished by the American Bank Note com
pany, New York, Of the sheets of large
notes furnished. The books in this office
agree with the Controllers account of the
issues by the present administration. The
! late Council consolidated the various issues,
and to get at the proper account had to
refer to the Controllers receipt book, and
found all correct as reported.
You will observe the reduction of the cir.
culation is SCI, 1858, made by the present gov.
eminent At the burning on the 18th Feb
ruary last the reduction was nearly $500, 600,
but the warrants drawn by the Controller
| in payment of the old as well as the new
obligations of the city were of so large an
amount that it was utterly impossible to
continue tne reduction.
The warrants drawn by the Controller fol-
| the month of January were S42S, O53 05;
| February, 1929, 7l9 81; total, 1927, 772 81.
These warrants have all been paid. The
receipts into the treasury up to the LIST Of
/ July will be far in excess of the expend
| itures, and at all future burnings Of the
notes the circulation will be decreased.
| l am glad to inform you that the copper
plates Of the old issue SO long missing wert
| found in the vault, in this office. For sew
eral years Mr.. Walton and myself searched
| diligently for them. / found them by &C
cident several days ago carefully stoweC
away under heap of old papers.
Respectfully yours,
s. HOWELL, Treasurer.