New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-05-19
| W. 81. McCrackin, for office fur
niture for Department Public


| A. C. Hearing, for furniture IN
| offices occupied by twenty-five
| persons. employed in making
out Metropolitan Police tax am M
bills and Park tax bills 3oo w
Catherine Lynch, for painting
and vanishing in Controllers ~
| CuCe -.-.-.'''
Consolidated pay rolls OF jefferson
| City District for Novem Der and
| December, 1869. and February
and March, 1870. ............... TO- Io4 Al
James Gleason, for breaking open
doors, etc, of Mayors office, m
| April /, 1870. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS w
J. w. Madden, for books and
stationery for Mayors office. 81 70
| Republican Printing Company, for
blanks for Mayors office. Il 00
w. H. Burroughs, for per centage
retained IN guarantee Tor one
| year in repairs done to house OF
Hook aud Ladder Company
| No Observation-Disclosures. fo w
John Fitzpatrick, fIr per centage
retained in guarantee tor re-
pairs doae TO the house OF Vol.
unteer Fire Company NO. /, and
/ TO engine house of Mississippi
Fire Company No. O.. ...-.-.- % w
| Pay rolls Of C0mmissaries OF The
the markets, April, 1870. ....... oio 90
Pay roll of the officers of the Fire
Alarm Telegraph, April, 1870. 2oO oo
| The Republican Printing Company
| tor publication Of suudry reso!u.
lions and ordinaAces, as per Dill 1900 -.
| rendered 100 w
The same, for publication OF sun
| dry advertisements and the pro-
ceedings of the Council, as per
bill rendered.. ............... Ibis W
| The same. tor printing slips OF
minutes OF the proceedings OF
the Council, as per bill % w
| Casimir Rouyer, for repairing
| public WORKS, as per bills. ~ W
Mr.. Shaw also offered the subjoined reso-
luton, which was read a first and second
time, and laid over:
A resolution approving certain accounts ana
| nav rolls for the month OF March, 1871.
and the quarter ending March 81, 1870,
and allowing in crest thereon.
ResOiUed, That the following accounts ana
pay rolls for the month OF March 1910, ana
| the quarter ending March 81, 1870, De APP
| proved. and that the same shall bear interest
at the rate Oh seven per cent per annum
until payment:
March, 1870, $40, 535 so.
Street Commissioner for month OF March,
| 1870, SIT, $40 %.
Salaries of teachers, porters, rents and eI-
penses upon pubic schoo! pay roll Tor
| March. 1870 with salaries Of officers of the
board to sixteenth March, 1870, inclusive,
SOS 9l6 30.
Pay rolls of Surveyor department, March,
1870, Sl5005.
Pay roll of Criminal Sheriff, expenses OF
Parish Prison, month of March, 1870
$500 10.
Expense of criminal prosecutions, fees o.
First District Court for quarter ending
March 81, 1870, S5l3l 30.
Pay roll of special officers to Mayor
March, 1870, $3.50. oo
Paw roll Commissaries Of Markets, $3.50
Paw roll City Workhouse, 1913 20.
Pay roll, salaries Boys House OF Refuge
si20.
Paw roll salaries Girls House of Refuge
, sos So.
Paw roll Wharfnger's laborers secon'
, and Third Districts, $780,
; Pay rol. Wharingers laborers First an
Fourth Districts $3.50.
Pay roll eXmployes Insane Asylum, Sz-U
f Refersed Bus,ness
On motion of NJ. West, the rules wer
, SUSPENDED, in order to take up the reierre
: business on the calendar.
= The first question was the Jefferson Git
contracts referred to the Mayor and Cit
Attorney.
e ne Mayor presented the following repor
To the honoIaoie AdnllhAS'ia'0i u 'i' VIZ o'~-
GrIrrrvry-In the matter of the cor
y tracts alleged to have been entered into b
s the late Cornell of Jefferson City, whlc
i was referred to the Mayor and City Attorne,
|: l have tie honor to make the following re
8 port: c:.- ...,
: Lacey refused himself on the ground OF d
t having been engaged OF counsel in thes
cases pre- vious TO lis appointment as vi
Attorney, and suggested that the question
II of law should be referred TO the Assis.al
d Attorney, Mr.. Rufus NAPLES.
The case of George Mcneil was so referret
y and Mr. NAPLES opinion is inclosed herewith
d As that opinion covers the whole groun'
I respectfully ask that this report be II
,. ceiyed and be acted upon, and that the pa
ties be notified accordingly.
lam, gentlemen,
t, Yours very obediently.
a BENZ. +. FLANDERS, Mayor.
!. Mr.. Assistant Attorney NAPLES opinit
was as follows: -o
% CRY HALL, May T., 1870.
r. Hon. LOUIS T. Delassize. Administrator:
l sIR-George s: Lacey, Esq. City A.to
| George Mcneil with members of the Count
fthe late city of Jefferson. for my oplnl'
~ neither or not the contract is valid.
w. ordinance 10, new series, Of the late CT
~ Jefferson, purported to authori
o M contract as this, as,
c CONT ined the provision that "a
tbraa, of nine persons named, might co
.nIee n s.any public Improvement which
.Hn;i, dgment they may deem proper or I
.neil "a cor the said city" The contra
UssIa NJ, Veil was for painting the City Hall
MI Improvement.
aP4uai1 10 City Council the rightto delega
HaN ~, ~ ;rn )rity of their number, genel
w " ~ ~, \ bind the city to all contracts tn
lo"eIs Y. 'e on the subjects OF pubic Il
might ken think not; for this Wot
provements delegation OF the leglslat
be virtually mel. 1t is very dltfert
| power OF the Co III the Council, after ha
| rem case IN 'Fhl> a particular public i
lng resolved to have made, appoint co
D. -ovement OF the city make a contr
mite OF their body the terms bet
therefor and either fix it has been {
hand or !. stify Lie SGT aftel
tered into. Ween McN
think the ira nsachon bet City Co
and the minori,y 1.-THE Jefferson he CITY
Gil. is not valid &C ntract WIN ofle'
Jefferson, and that VIC Guy Oh N0"
Is not bound to carry tout. .,o, G..
Mr.. Lacey also refer 7ec W ~. NJ, co,4a->
spondence on the subj 'os u Me Ne to Co
consisting OF letter fl VI. 49, - ~ Wr. Lace
eral West, two from you. %rrnIf
one from Mr.: Lacey to 20 ~
RUFUS " !, New Orlea
Attorney for city ,aon+ed. 3
The report was received aud ooncs
the Mayor and City Attorney W n contra
| to take Such action on the 9th u