New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-04-14
together with the services of his immediate

together With the services OF nls imueuiato
subOrdinates.
drawing Day from the city in this depart
ment since the latter part of May last one
through the Board of Metropolitan Police,
and the other through the late Common
Council.
T7he animal salaries of each of these sets
of operators amounted TO Elk thousand nine
hundred dollars (S69OO),
During all this time the control or the
Fire Alarm and Police Telegraph has been
in litigation, and the shortest way TO ter
nitrate this expensive double adminlstra-
ton was to displace the set of operators EN-
ployed by the late Common Council, as
under the law we had no control over the
appointees of the Board OF Metropolitan
Police.
am. gentlemen.
Yours very respecHuu0,
BENZ. T. FLANDERS, Mayor.
Mr. West moved that the report be re-
ceiyed. and that the action of the Mayor be
approved and sanctioned.
Mr.. Emley seconded The motion, which
was carried.
communication from Mr.. 7. W.
Conway, State Superintendent Of Edu-
cation, was referred to the Admin.
istrator of Finance, on motion Of Mr.. Shaw,
with instructions TO report at once upon 1t.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS.
Mr. Shaw called up his report relating to
the Jefferson contracts, and moved shat the
report be referred to the Mayor and City A.
torney, with power to take such measures at
law, or otherwise, as they may deem
necessary.
Adopted.
Mr.. Delassize called up his report on the
condition of the Waterworks, aud moved
the following resolution:
ReS0,ued, That the Administrator of Water
works and Public Buildings be and is hereby
Instructed to adiudicate, after ten days
notice in the official journal, Il contract to
the lowest bidder or bidders for putting IN
new boilers to the City Waterworks.
Seconded and carried.
Mr.. Delassize presented petition from
the clerk of the Eighth District Court, ask
ing for courtroom to be provided.
Referred to the Administrator of Public
Buildings.
ence to Peter uarkey's contract. and offered
in relation thereto the following resolution:
Moved, that the security offered by Mr..
Peter Marley, in the sum of $500, to con-
tract for lumber, authorized by resolution
No. 5, administration series, as per report
of the Administrator OF Improvements, is
accepted.
Mr.. West stated that as, under the resolu.
ton passed at the first meeting OF the
Council, acting appointments had been
made in most of the departments, some OF
which appointments were of a fduciary
character, he moved the following resolu-
ton:
RESOLVED, That whenever it shall become
necessary to require officers to furnish
bonds to the City of New Orleans for the
faithful discharge of their duties. pending
the permanent organization of the various
Departments, said bonds shall be given in
the amounts prescribed by ordinances now
in force and shall be approved BY the
Mayor and the Administrator of the De-
partment to which such officers are subordi-
nate.
The resolution was adopted.
An account from Mr.. Alexander Walker.
for professional services rendered, was re-
ferred to the Administrator of Accounts.
The Council then adjourned until Thurs
day evening, the fourteenth instant, unless
sooner convened by the Mayor.
H. CONQUEST CLARKE,
Secretary pro tenn.