The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-10-15

eontrectors shall regularly and daily, 4 50 r.
quire4 takes scrspe, sweep and collect 81 dre
dust or other substances Of any nature Whatever
paved streets within tbe limits Of their respee7e
ward or section, and Immediately upon lie being
made into piles shall carry OF the same within
four hours sitter they shall have been scrsped or
gathered into pilea, and shal dspoeit than 10 suoh
that may require filing under orders nom the
street commissioner or his deputies The con-
tractors being forbidden to take, permit or cause
to be taken, to sny other places than those desg-
mated by ne street commissioner or his deputies
any dust, dirt or substances whatsoever, under .
penalty Of fifty dollars for each and every ofsnse,
which tine shall be deducted from any monthly
payment TO be made 70 the said contractors.
The contractors shall be bound to sweep three
times week all the streets within the limits Of
their respective ward or section. which are now
or may be hereafter paved with square block
stone. which said sweeping shall be performed
within the hours OF 10 O'Clock P. u. and o'clock
AN. An Of the above work shall be performed
under the direction Of the street commissioner or
his deputies, and to their entire satisfaction.
Payments will be made monthly on the certih
Gates of the street commissioner with the approval
of the chairman OF the committees on streets and
certificate wiz be retained in guarantee until the
expiration Of each and every year Of the contract,
which 10 per cent. shall then be paid, should the
streets be found IN good order and condition by
the street commissioners Jointly with the chairman
Of the committees on streets and landings, other
wise to be forfeited to the city. -.
The contractors for the cleaning Of all the
paved streets and unpaved streets shall comply
within tventy-four hours with all the verbal or
written orders nom the street commissioner. his
deputies or assistant deputies. relative to the
work TO be done by them under these specidca-
tons. In the event Of the failure on the part OF
said contractors TO comply within the time and as
90, s.sed sney snsn rosiei sIy oonsrs .or me
ond, IN addition to further penalty Of the amount
Of doing the work so neglected BY the said con-
tractors, which IN all cases the street commits
sioner will be bound to do, or cause to be done,
necessary materials and labor. The amount Of
the fines, the wages Of the workmen and the cost
of materials TO be deducted out Of the monthly
payments TO be made them; and for the third
oiense they shall be placed IN default, and forfeit
al claim to any portion of the moneys which
might be due to them in the month in which the
said third onense may have been committed.
To guarantee the faithful performance Of this
contract, good and solvent security to the salts
faction Of the Common Council shall be fur.
nished by the said contractors to the amount Of
one-tbrd of his or their contract. The contract
to take effect from and after its acceptance by the
Common Council, the approval Of the securities,
and its execution before the city notary.
The streets shall be delivered to the contractors
in whstever condition they may be on the day
they begin to work. The contractors shall imme.
diately thereafter. and during the whole time of
the continuance Of their contracts, clean and
make all the necessary repairs as hereinbefore
specified and they shall deliver the streets at the
expiration of their contracts in good order, and
10 default Of which they shall not only forfeit the
amount Of the ten per cent retained 10 guar antee,
but also the whole amount of the last certificate
II is well understood that In case of failure by
any of the contractors TO begin or finish the work,
or any part thereof, within the period fixed, or IN
case the Common Council be Dissatisfied with the
Common Council shall have the right to annul the
contract without putting the contractors in de-
fault as required by article 1905 of the Civil Code,
and without applying to court of justice to annul
the fame, and without indemnity; and II is also
we'll understood that in case any Of the contrac-
tors shall, at any time, abandon the work or not
finish and complete the same in conformity with
their contracts, the ead contractors shall forfeit
ali claims he may have for any part OF the work
done by him up to the date of his abandonment,
and that the city shall be thereby discharged and
released from any and all liabilities therefor and
1t is also well understood that in case the con-
tracts be re-sod the contractors and their securi-
ties shall be held and bound, In soldo, 10 pay unto
the city all loss or difference between the price at
which the contractor originally contracted to per-
form the work and the price at which 1t may be
adjudicated at resale or adjudication.
Bids to be 90 much per year for the whole in-
cluded in the contract complete.
Jos. MURPHY, Street Commissioner.
Approved Oct-7, 1s6s. by the committee on
sire cts and landings of both boards.
GERALD FARRELL, Chairman.
TH0s. II. SHIELDS.
Registered Oct 8. 1868. ~
PAS. LABARRE, Deputy Controller.