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

| ther legislation on the subject Is not only
unnecessary but injudicious.
F. w. PERKINS,
Chairman;
G.. S. SAUvINET,
S. STRAIGHT,
j. l.. STERRY.
OnImotion 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.. ]. P.
Sullivan, chairman ofthe 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 Q. 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 inan-
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. 8. 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 currenc
which can be applied to the redemption of
such certificates, and that he is ready TO pay
the same, beginning with No. 1, and in
Guiding as many as the fund SO reported
will cover, taking them in the order. in
which they are issued, and from and after
such notifcation the interest on such certih
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 to be reported according to law.
SEC. 6. Resolved, That the City Treas
U-c-, Controller and Finance Committees
are hereby instructed to destroy al
city notes paid into the treasury
from any source whatever, from time
to time, whenever the amount may nav!
accumulated in sufficient quantity, and
: report the same to the Common Council
SEC. I. The Treasurer is hereby authorized
to procure suitable blank certificates for th'
purpose of carrying out the provisions O.
this ordinance.
SIC. 8. That AL ordinances and parts o.
: ordinances in conflict with the foregoing bC
: and the same are hereby repealed.
The following by Mr.. Perkins underwent
!. its several readings under . suspension 0
! the rules, and was adopted BY unanimoul
vote; an rH
: Resoloed, That the City Surveyor be ant
he Is hereby authorized 70 protect the leVe'
and repair and build the bulkhead which
has become rotten, broken down, and use
a less from point on the river bank 0pp0
site Elysian Fields street, for three squares
downward, the work to be done under this
!, supervision ofthe Committee on Streets anS
Landings Of the Common Council.
The following ordinance by Mr.. Davies wa
referred to the Committee on Streets AMI
Z Landings: 8Se
! An Ordinance providing for the sale of thu
/ right Of way 70 establish railroads on La
J. Gust, Freret, Jackson, Claiborne, and othe
# streets, for passengers only. iE0'u
s. SECTION !. Be it ordained, That the Cor
) tr0ller be and be Is hereby authorized :
' sell 10 the highest bidder, after twenty day
y notice in the official journal, the coRtraC
4 for the right Of way for twenty years for tn
). construction and working OF the following
E railroads on the terms and conditions here
i Il mater set forth; said adjudication to
e subject TO the approval or rejection Of tn
e Common Council. ~ 1
p SIC. 3. A single track railroad commenl
AL ing at the intersection Of Canal and Ma
:. azine Streets and running up Canal 10 FroE
q street: thence down Front 70 Girod street
d thence down Girod street TO Liberty street
l. thence down Liberty street TO South POydre
r street. thence down South PbFdras street |
u Magnolia street; up Magn1lia street, an
% ecrosa the New canal 70 Bel0rd street; Il
i DalOfd to FKeret street; up Frenet ta daekeo
o. street; down Jackson street to the eeut
al side OF Claiborne street; up the south side
Claiborne street to Sixth street fetur1in
. across Claiborne street 20 the north side I
Claiborne street; up the north side Of Ola
borne street 70 Felicity road up Felicity roa
20 Locust street. up Locust street 20 pelol
street, down Del6rd street to Magnoll
% street, acrQss the New canal 70 North 10
d. dras street. up North P0ydEas street TO lii
3. erty street, down Liberty stree6 10 Perdid
= street., up pefdid0 street to Carroll stree
~ up Carroll 70 Poydrae street. up Poydras
Fulton street. down Fulton TO the etartln
. point, At the tntarsection af Canal and Ms
azlne streets The purchaser to relmburl
NJ to the Canal and Claiborne streets 1atlfoa
Is company fair and reasonable propQrtio
dg Of the value OF the portions Of theif railroa(
used. t t ~ 4l I1
q, $50. 3. The reads, cars, ETC.. "a be COZ