New Orleans Republican., 1868-10-02
CITY couNcIL--oFFIcIAL.
HOARD OF ALDERMEN.
Regular Session.
Cr1ry HATI
NIlN u LLi
New Orleans, September 20, 1868.

Ou motlOn, the reaQlng OF the minutes
was dispensed with.
CONCENTRATIONS FROM THE LOWER BOARD.
A reso. .ution amending ordinance No. s1S,
new series, was referred to Finance Com
mittee.
The following resolutions were concurred
in on first reading, and the rules being
waived, they were each read a second time
and concurred in by the vote annexed to
each:
Resolced, That the City Treasurer be and
he is hereby instructed to receive city
money in payment of all market notes
maturing from the first to the fourth Sep
tember, lS6S, and release the drawers of
said notes from payment of all notary's
fees for protest, said protests having been
unwarranted and unauthorized.
Yeas: President Dlarkev, and Messrs.
Boguille, Brady, Kaiser, Pessou, Poynot
and Shields.
Nays: None.
Resolced, That the Controller warrant on
the Treasurer in favor of DR.. C. J. Bick.
ham for his salary as Health Officer from
july II to August %, 1867, amounting to
Sl71 20.
Yeas: President Markey, and Messrs.
Boguille, Brady, Kaiser, Pessou, Poynot
and Shields.
Nays: None.
ResoIUed, That the Surveyor be and he is
hereby authorized and instructed to have
tagged crossing made at the intersection of
Customhouse street and Exchange Alley.
Yeas: President Markey, and Messrs.
Boguille, Brady, Kaiser, Pessou, Poynot
and Shields-7.
Nays: None.
Reso'red, That the Surveyor be and he is
hereby authorized and instructed to have
Livaudais street, Fourth District, graded,
and the bitches dug.
Yeas President Markey, and Messrs.
Boguille, Brady, Kaiser, Pessou, Poynot
and Shields.
Nays: None.
Resolred, That the Surveyor be and he is
hereby authorized and instructed to have
placed at the corner of Girod aud Delta
streets, in some convenient position, a
watering trough for the accumulation of
the stock OF draymen.
Yeas: President Markey, and Messrs. Bo.
guile, Brady, Kaiser, Pessou, Poynot and
Shields.
Nays: None.
WHEREAS, The want Of proper crossings
and the decaved condition OF bridges rem
der passage unsafe at the intersection of
St. Claude, IRENE and Marais streets with
the Bayou road;
EeSOlred, That the Surveyor be and he is
hereby instructed to construct stone cross.
ing at each of the above named streets.
Yeas; President Markey, and Messrs. Bo-
guile, Brady, Kaiser, Pessou, Poynot and
Shields.
Nays: None.
ReS0lred, That the Surveyor be and he is
hereby authorized to construct wooden
sidewalks on Dorgenois street, between La
Harpe and st. Bernard avenues, provided
| the cCst Of the same does not exceed the
amount of five hundred dollars $500.
Yeas; President Markey, and Messrs. Bo-
| guile, Kaiser, Pessou and Shields.
Nays; None.
/ Two resolutioIs-onef for a bridge at Louisa
and Girod streets, Third District, and one
for fitting up the Seventh District Court room
were referred to the Committee on
Streets and Landings.
PETITIONS.
A petition of John and Joseph Brisolal a
and Rafael Sancho, and
One from F. Dumontei asking remuner-
, alton for damages sustained from the mob
on the twenty.seeond instant, the former to
the amount of four hundred and sixty.six
dollars, and the latter for one thousand dol
lars, were referred to the Fina2ce Com
mittee.
RESOLUTIONS.
On motion, ordered that the Secretary
20 n, 1.a rVin+a5 Rftv nF 1n r,,1, no,
and bylaws of this Board.
On motion, resolved that said rules, etc.,
be SO amended as to authorize the appoint
ment OF a committee of three to supervise
the affairs of the Waterworks.
On motion, the chair was authorized to
appoint said committee.
Whereupon the President named Messrs.
tee.
Mr.. Shields offered the following resolu-
ticn:
Resolued That city employees whose sala-
| ries do not exceed $50 per month be paid
| on all back salaries, not hitherto paid,
twenty-five per cent additional up to Oc-
tober l., 1865, provided that the same salary
and increase be received in city money be-
fore the fifteen of October, 1865.
Which was adopted on its first reading.
A motion to waive the rules for a second
reading was lost by the following vote,
there not being two-thirds in favor of the
motion:
Yeas: President Markey and Messrs. 30.
guile, Brady, Pessou and shields-5.
Nays; Messrs. Kaiser, O'Brien and Prados
3,
The resolution made the special order of
the day for seven o'clock this evening" was
laid over till next meeting.
The following resolution from the Lower
Board:
Resolced, That the action of the Mayor in
entering into contract by notarial act with
certain parties, to wit: James OHara, G.
Correjolles, William Henry and j. Antiques,
for cleaning the streets Of the First Second,
Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Tenth, and
Eleventh Wards, without having obtained
the consent of the Common Council, is
hereby disapproved, aud that the Street
Commissioner is hereby instructed to cause
to be discontinued all work being done by
virtue of said act of the Mayor by the par
| ties hereinbefore enumerated.
With report from the City Attorney ia
vorabIe thereto, was referred to the Com.
mittee of Streets and Landings.
The following resolution from the Lower
Board:
Resolved, That permission be and is
hereby granted to L. Hart to remove his
livery stable to No. Isl Magazine street,
provided the same be continued in confor-
nifty with existing laws and ordinances,
and remain during The pleasure Of the Com
mon Council