New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-12-10
CITY coUNcIL--oFFIcIAL /.
BOARD OF ASSISTANT ALDERMEN
Regular session.
CITY HALL, NEW ORLEANS, [
December 8, 1868. (

December s. 1868.
The Board met pursuant to adjournment.
Present: President KearIY and lMessrs.
Rose, Aitkens, Walker, Pemberton. Camp,
Montgomery Grandpre, Fisher and Pandely.
The reading of the minutes of last meet
ing was dispensed with, on motion of Mr..
Aitkens.
The following message from the Mayor
was read and. on motion, action thereon de-
ferred to a future meeting:
MAYoRALrY or NEW ORLEANS,
City Hail, December 2. 1858.
To the Honorable the Common Council; -
GENTLEMEN-Herewith is respectfully re-
turned TO the Board in which 1t originated,
without nay approval IAN ordinance con-
corning the markets of the city of New Or
leans, and providing for the revenues
thereof
1t will be seen that the first section of
this ordinance contains singular and fatal
anachronism. 1t provides that on the first
Monday of each year the Controller shall
adjudicate, or cause to be adjudicated, to
the highest bidder, the collection of the re-
venues of the public markets, separately,
for one year from the first of January fol-
lowing AS the first Monday in January,
1863, would be the fifth of that month, the
adjudication of the markets for one year
from first of January following would ne
cessarily take effect on the first Monday Of
January, 1870 And yet section 80 provides
that the ordinance shall go into effect from
and after the first OF January, 1859. indie
pendent of this serious objection, | may add
that the contract of the present farmers ex-
pires on the first of January next, and there
lore i've days would eiGpse before the new
farmers could possibly enter upon the dis.
charge of their several duties, thus necessi-
fafi tho IF fOra tort ba
time being.
Section is very objectionable for the
reason that the tariff Of charges collected
by the farmer is not recited. but is the sub
1ect of buta simple Inference. .
1t is highly important that all bidders
should have before them complete ordi-
nance. 1t may be said that abare reference
to article 500 OF Leovys I'd Digest city laws
ana ordinances to the tariff OF daily charges
is ample evidence that the tariff is INTENDED
to be maintained. Certainly this Was the OBJ
ject in drafting the section. But then an all.
important section OF the ordinance is thus
rendered obscure and unsatisfactory 10
bidders. Besides article 500 is repealed by
the market ordinance Adopted December
IL, 1867. l shall refer to this subject
again.
Section fourteen is Objectionable on the
score OF giving extraordinary privileges to
carts and other vehicles selling tish, fowls,
Edults liulty Aiihy RQttcfr CuCCoc AuQ NGEe-
tables within three squares of the public
markets.
Il would be a source of Inconvenience
and annoyance 10 property owners and
tenants to have lines of carts and vehicles
backed up against the curbstones in front of
their dwellings, or places of business, and
the banquettes made common huckstering
ground. That this would depreciate the
value Of property in the streets set apart for
this extension of the. public markets is un-
Questionable and surely no one can doubt,
as It ie left 10 the Surveyor by the ordinance
TO desigaate the streets whore these carts
shall all stand, that the Mayor would be sub
jected 20 the annoyance OF daily complaints
ana pepblonS tol removal OF the obnoxious
hucksters. little reflection would teach
any one conyerqant with market affairs,
that such would Be the gradual enereach-
ments of hncksters upon the banquettes
that strong police force would be required
to clear away Distractions This extension
of the public markets along common thor
ouqhfares would greatly cnftalf the Useful
meas Of commissafies. Any commiss Try
who performs his duty finds ell his time,
during market hours, employed within the
precincts ef she maEket itself Supervision
OF three aquerea Of carts, with the attendant
trouble and annoyance, even with deputies,
would impair his usefulness In the quarter
where fhe collection Of revenues chiefly Ke.
pay farmer for the responsibility incurred
IN the lessorship Of . markethouse.
I|cail special attention 10 the remarkable
phTdseol0ey Of section thirfy-eight Of the
Ordnance now before me, which expressly
repeats lhc tariff Of charges il both the
market ordinahce In LeoVyb compilation Of
laws. and also The tariff d chargoa In the
oEdinanrs 81 December II, 1857. Here il
che fepttl|hE Clause. - Be u further or
daineh Ehal al precious ordinances and
TesQ' QsAqng Of parts Of 1FdtuanraA zna IeEO.
lull1N1 referring 70 markets be aud the SAME
are hereby sepeded It Wll be seen that
Il does ~. rneal lswa OF parts Of Laws con.
trhrg 70 % e14flclinq With the provisions
81 this ord|ealtf. bit 81 laws or paftt Of
laNa reJtsxiaq l5sanYks6s.r This iisweer'
1saR. and weul1 ieAdef th4 public nlaftets
81 no value 70 tnA eIt4, because no saDe man
s1aId purchase where IH4 ordinance under
#kieb 10 purchases reEeAls ne tsfin cf