New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-04-02

fcient to meet this case, and that any fur
Their legislation on the subject is not only
unnecessary but iDiudicious.
F. w. PERKINS,
Chairman;
C. S. SAUVINET,
5. STRAIGHT,
J. L. STERRY.
On,motion of Mr.. Sauvinet the Secretary
was requested to inform the Street Commits
sioner that the bridges in the second and
fourth districts are in bad condition, and
that he notify the contractor thereof to at
tend to his duties.
ORIGINAL RESOLUTIONS.
The following ordinance from Mr.. J. P.
Sullivan, chairman Of the Committee of the
Whole, to whom was submitted the message
and resolutions of the Mayor relative to the
finances of the city, was adopted on its first
reading:
Resolued, That from and after the passage
of this ordinance the City Treasurer be and
he is hereby prohibited from issuing or pay
ing out any more city notes OF any demon
ination whatever, except for amounts due
to parties whose claim is less than one humid
red dollars, and who may receive said
notes or certificates of Indebtedness as here
matter provided at their option.
SEC. 2. That for the payment OF the cur
rent expenses of the city, subject to the
above exception, until such time as the
treasury is released from its present fnan-
Cial embarrassment the Controller be and
he is hereby authorized to issue his warrants
payable in certificates of Indebtedness, bear
ing eight per cent interest per annum,
payable in United States currency, to be re-
deemed whenever the city treasury has
thirty thousand dollars, due notice Of which
shall be given to the public by the Treasur
er through the Common Council; said
certificates to be countersigned by the
Mayor, and to be numbered and registered
in suitable book kept for that purpose in
the Controllers office.
SEC B. That city employees, and persons
hereafter contracting with the city, shall
be required, as a condition precedent to
further employment and to the entering in
to of such contracts, to agree to receive such
certificates of Indebtedness in payment Of
their claims against the city.
SEC. 4. That it shall be the duty of the
City Treasurer to notify the public through
his weekly report to the Council of the
amount on hand in United States currency
which can be applied to the redemption Of
such certificates, and that he is ready to pay
the same, beginning with No. |, and in.
Guiding as many as the fund so reported
will cover, taking them in the order in
WHICH thG1 hIG lSSuChI anu AAOih HhN nAtSA
such notification the interest ON such certlh-
cate shall cease.
SEC. S. That all blank sheets of city cur
rency on hand and not signed be destroyed
at the next burning of the city money, the
! same 70 ha rannrted according to law.
SEC. C. Resoleed. That the City Treas
urer, Controller, and Finance Committees
are hereby instructed to destroy all
city notes paid into the treasury
from any source whatever, from time
to time, whenever the amount may have
accumulated in sufficient quantity, and
report the same to the Common Council
SEC. Z. The Treasurer is hereby authorized
TO procure suitable blank certificates for tbs
| purpose of carrying out the provisions Of
this ordinance.
SEC. 8. That all ordinances and parts o.
ordinances in conflict with the foregoing b
and the same are hereby repealed.
The following by Mr.. Perkins underwent
its several readings under suspension o
the rules, and was adopted by unanimous
vote:
Resolued, That the City Surveyor be anS
he is hereby authorized to protect the Level
and repair and build the bulkhead which
has become rotten, broken down. and use
less from a point on the river bank oppo
site Eiysian Fields street, for three squares
downward, the work to be done under th'
supervision ofthe Committee on Streets AM
Landings Of the Common Council
The following ordinance by Mr.. Davies wa
referred to the Committee on Streets AM
Landings;
An Ordinance providing for the sale of thu
right Of way to establish railroads on LC
elist Freret, jackson, Claiborne, and ethe
streets. for passengers only,
SECTION /. BE 1t ordained, That the Con
troller be ana he is hereby authorized d
seIl 10 the highest bidder, after twenty day
notice in the oiticial journal, tae eontrac
forthe right ofway for twenty years for tn
construction aud working Of the following
railroads on the terms and conditions here
mater set forth; said adjudication to b
subject to the approval or rejection Of tn
Common Council.
Sc. 2. a single track railroad commend
ing at the intersection Of Canal and Mas
azine streets, and running up Canal to From
street; thence down Front to Girod street
thence down Girod street to Liberty street
thence down Liberty street to South Poydra
street; thence down South POydras street
/, | Magnolia street; up Magnolia street, an
across the New canal TO Delord street; u
Delord to Freret street; up Freret TO 5ackso
street; down jackson street to the seut
side OF Claiborne street; up the south SIDE
Claiborne street to Sixth street returnin
across Claiborne street 70 the north side
Claiborne street; up the north side Of Ola
borne street to Felicity road, up Felicity roa
70 Locust street. up Locust street to DeioI
Q street, down Del0Fd street TO Magn0il
. stree, across the New canal 10 North 70
dras street, up North PDydras street to ~
erty street, down Liberty street 70 Fefuic
/. atriet 40 Perdido street TO Carroll stree
up Carroll 70 Peydras street, up Poydraa
/ Fulton street, down Fulton to the startiH
point, At the Intersection Of Canal and Ma
i azina streets. The purchaser 70 xeimburl
4 70 the Canal ard Claiborne streets raiirof
3 company a f4ir and reasonable proportlc
Of the value Of the portions Of their railroad