New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-06-30

several lots located in the same square, and
it occurring frequently that after the COM
pletion Of the assessment roll, property 90
assessed il divided by transfer,
Be it ordained, That npon application
Of any party to . tranefer or sale Of . por-
ton Of real estate on which the asses
ment was made in block. it shall be the
duty Of the Administrator of Assessments to
examine the facts and pass upou the appN-
cation, and, without any unnecessary delay,
assess separately the various portions Of the
property 60 divided. and to notify the Ad-
ministrat0r of Public Accounts Of such
division Of the assessment, VINO thereup0n
shall cause to be made new tax receipts, IN
accordance with such division, which shall
bear the same number as the originals: but
IN no case shall the divided assessments ex
| coed or be less than the assessment made in
block.
Be it further ordained, That the Admins
traitors OF Finance and of Public Accounts.
be and are hereby authorized, jointly, in
cases where property has not been assessed
in block, 70 divide any tax receipt into two
or more, ut the request Of any person in
terested; provided that each of the new re.
ceipts shah bear the same number as the
original; and provided further, that neither
| furniture nor income tax shall in any case
be separated from the tax bill Of the person
originally assessed, and where such person
| does not retain q sufficient portion of the
! property, no separation shall take place OF
such tax from the tax bill of any vendee or
| transferee.
Mr.. Shaw moved that the ordinance as
amended be adopted.
Mr.. Bonzano moved to lay over.
Mr.. Shaw said if the Administrator OF
Assessments would give his reasons for his
motion he would consider them.
The Acting Mayor thought the ordinance
a very important one. which would relieve
the Department of Finance from terrible
annoyance.
Mr.. Bonzano withdrew his motion and the
ordinance was passed.
Mr.. Shaw. called up the following ordi-
nance, offered at q previous meeting, with
amendments made thereto by the City At
torney and himself:
An ordinance providing for the recording of
judgments for city taxes.
Be 1t ordained by the Council of the city
of New Orleans, That the Recorder of Mort
cages of the parish of Orleans is hereby
authorized and empowered to obtain from
the District Courts certified transcripts of
all unprescribed tax judgments in favor of
the city of New Orleans, embracing descrip-
tiops of the property against which said
judgments are rendered, and to record the
same in the Mortgage office. according to
law; provided, that he shall obtain the
aforesaid transcripts Of judgments at his
own expense, and the whole cost to the
city shall not be greater than fifty (50)
cents for each judgment, no charge to be
made for any judgment. the principal OF
which shall prove to have been paid; and
where any such charge shall have been
uno60 o11n~oA nr mid tho co choI no
RENTED; and provided furthermore, that no
such judgment shall be recorded without
the approval of the City Attorney.
In moving the passage of the ordinance,
as amended, Mr.. Shaw stated that it was the
opinion of many members of the bar that
the city incurred great loss by not record
ing its claims against property, and this
ordinance was designed to prevent such
losses in future.
Mr.. Delsssize presented the following,
which was read twice by title, and laid
over:
Ordinance to appropriate money for the
payment of the salaries of the employees
Of the Department OF Water Works and
Public Buildings:
Be it ordained by the Council of the city
of New Orleans, That the Administrator Of
Public Accounts warrant on the Depart
ment of Finance for the following amounts,
for the payment of the salaries of the en-
ployes OF Department of Water Works and
Public Buildings, for the month of June,
1870.
General Office. 1888 SO
Water Works Office. 1921 IS
Water Works proper. ........... ], 565 90
Insane Asylum. 40 90
Keeper OF ~courthouses. ........... 200 OO
1Otdi. y
Mr. Delassize presented the following re-
port:
DEPARTMENT OF THE WATERWoRKs AND