The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-03-12

reserved as a vegetable market TO the exclusion
| of meat stalls almost immemorially. The stalls
| are not constructed for the sale Of meat. The
lease was sold of the Vegetable Market, the lessee
knew from the specifications, knew from the sdju.
dicaton of the lease, from his act of contract and
from custom and usage, that he bought the lease
| of the Vegetable" Market and that only. do
not think he has legal right to convert the mar.
ket into meat market. and the city or any other
party Interested can enjoin him from further pro-
ceedings in his illegal acts.
If the proper resolution instructng me to act, is
passed by the council, shall institute the necessa
~ proceedings; hsspecuuIiy.
HENRY j. LEovY, City Attorney.
The following resolution accompanying the FORE
| going report OF Mr.. Rose, was unanimously sdop-
ted on its several readings:
Resolued, That the city attorney be and he is
| hereby instructed and empowered to take all
| necessary legal steps to enjoin and restrain
| Joseph Bate, lessee of the Vegetable Market,
Second District. from selling meats or permitting
meats TO be sold. not authorized by existing ord
nsnces. in said market and to cause the removal
OF the work on the stalls in said market, made by
| said Bate. to- change the vegetable stalls into
meat or butcher stalls.
Upon motion, the above resolution was trans
mitted to the Board of Aldermen for concurrence.
The committee on workhouse and prisons sub
mitted the following report:
| COMMITTEE ON WoRKHoUsg AND PRISONS,
City Hall. New Orleans, March 8, 1869. !
To the Board of Assistant Aldermen:
| Gentlemen Your committee have the honor to
| report that they have made a thorough exsmina-
ton of the Workhouse, the Boys House of Refuge
| and the Parish Prison. They find the city proper
ty, in the hands Of the various persons in charge,
| in ss good condition as could be expected.
Workhouse-The receipts and expenditures Of
this establishment, from the LIST Of July, 1868. to
| the 3lst Of December, 1868, compared with the
| same period in '67 '6S, are herewith submitted.
Boys House of Refuge-Some of the buildings
and fences require repairs, especially the roof or
| the building used as shoe shop and refectory.
| Your committee offer the necessary resolution.
Your committee believe that the interests OF the
city would be subserved by farming out the Boys
| House Of Refuge to the lowest bidder, and they
| submit resolution TO that effect.
Parish Prson-Several of the floors of the cells
and galleries and all the sinks require immediate
repairs. and we offer the necessary resolution for
adjudicating contract for repairing the same.
Respectfully,
J. G. Rose, Chairman.
GERALD FARRELL,
G. CAMP.
THOs. F. FISHER,
The following resolution, accompanying the
| above report, was after being adopted on its
fret reading, referred to the committee on i'm
provements and buildings:
ReSOlred, That the controller be and he is here
by authorized to adjudicste. after five days notice
in the official journal, contract for repairing the
buildings and fences of the Boys House of Refuge;
| the work to be done in strict accordance with
specifications in the Office of the city surveyor.
The following resolution also from the committee
on workhouse and prisons was read and on motion
referred to the committee on improvements and
buildings:
ResolUed That the controller be and he Is here.
by authorized to sdjudicate, after five days
notice in the official journal, contract for repair
ing the sinks, and the floors of the cells and galleries
in the parish prison, according TO specifications Of
the city surveyor
The following resolution from the committee on
worBhoUse and prisons was on motion laid over
subject TO call:
ReSolUed That that the controller be and be ia
hereby authorized to adudcate after thirty days
notice in the official journal, the farming Of the
Boys House of Refuge to the lowest bidder for
the term of one year from adjudication. with
security in the sum of twenty thousand dollars
and that the same institution remain under the
superinteDdsnce OF the commissioners OF the
House of Refuge. Specifications 10 be provided
by the committees on finance and work houses
and prisons jointly.
The committee on Water Works reported as
follows:
COMMITTEE ON WATER WORKS.
City Hall, New Orleans. March 6th, 1869.
To the Honorable the Board Of Assistant Aldermen:
Gentlemep-Your committee have the honor
to report that they have not been able to examine
and deliberate upon the subjects before them
fully as they would wish. They desire to be 10.
formed upon the matter of the present manage.
meDt of the Water Works, but are unable to
acquire the necessary information for the reason
that though the present commissioners have had
charge of the works for several months. they
have never made any report of the management
of the same.
Very respectfully,
W. Il. PEMBEEroN, Chairman.
G. PANDELY.
G.. FARRELL.
Mr. Montgomery here moved reconsideration
of the vote by which the following resolution
had been defeated at the last meeting:
WHEREAS, The increasing demand in the popu.
lous portion of the First District, requires sddi-
tiona facilities for the transportation OF merchan-
disc of all descriptions; and
WHEREAs, That portion embraced in the section
bounded by Annnnciation, Delord, Caiope and
Magazine streets, being entirely destitute of such
facilities; therefore, be il
Resolred, that the controller be and he is here.
by authorized, after Eve days. notice in the official
journal, TO adjudicate contract to the lowest
bidder or bidders, for Smelling and grading Poy-
fare street, between Annunciaton and Magazine
streets. the work to be done in strict accordance
with specifications on file in the Office of the city
surveyor.
A motion to lay on the table the motion to re-
consider was defeated, when the motion to recon-
slider was put and declared adopted upon a call
of the yeas and nays-the vote standing to 6.
The resolution being now on its second reading,
a motion to amend by substituting the words, TO
pare 1eith ballast" instead of shelling made,
but on motion laid on the table by vote of
yeas TO nays.
Mr.. Camp here moved to amend by "pauing
toih square block" instead Of shells.
The amendment, on motion OF Mr.. Aitkens, was
laid on the table by vote of yeas to nays.
On motion of Mr.. Farrell further consideration
of the subject was postponed indefinitely.
Mr.. Rose submitted the following resolution,
which was adopted on its several readings unani-
mously:
Resolced. Thatthe surveyor be and he is hereby
authorized to cause to be made two stone cross.