New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-04-03
CITY couNcSL--oFFiCiAL.
BOARD OF ASSISTANT ALDERME


Extra session.
Cry HALL, EEw CaLrANs. I
April l, 1910.
The board met pursuant to adjournment,
President Fish and the following members
present: Messrs. Walker, Walsh. Pember-
ton, Casansve, Grandpre, Ssses, Reggie,
Wynne and Carter-l0.
The reading of the minutes was inter
rup.ed by motion Of Mr.. Walsh to dispense
with the same,
The following veto message of the Mayor
was received: ..
Mayorsty OF New Orleans. I
City Hall, April I. 1870. y
~, TN. H,nor,b., Presidents and Members of the
I Common Oolncil:
/ GENrLRMEN--I return herewith to the
board in which it originated without my
approval, the following resolution, viz:
aResolred, That the bill of the Recorder OF
! Mortgages for work done in his Office, &C
| cordng to act los of 1869 OF the laws OF
| Louisiana, be referred to the City Attorney,
! and If the city is liable for the amount, tue
chairmen of the Finance Committees are
| directed to approve the bill. AID the Con
| froIIer to issue a certificate OF Indebtedness
| therefor"
Through unofficial information, ] learn
| that the amount at present clslrned oV the
Recorder of Mortgages is tS5! 500, thirty
| seyen Thousand five hundred dollars.
| Modesty, at iaast, should have suggested
| to the author Of this resolution. even If ell
considerations of public interest were set
| aside. that some definite amount should have
| been inserted so that the finance Commit
| tee could have acted understaldIng!y IN so
| important matter as the settie1ent OF this
| claim.
see at glance that, should this resolution
become q law, the bill could be easily
amended and Increased beyond the amount
now unofH ciaI.y understand 1t 10 be. II
could be made fifty or ono hundred thousand
dollars, there being 40 amount sreeIIed III
the resolution.
Even if this unfortunate and extraordinary
omission did not exist. am Lot prepared
TO approve any other than II reasonable Dill
for the work alleged to have been performed.
There can be no doubt that the work n
the hands Of experts, each receiving 8 salary
of three thousand dollars (S3000) per AL
mum, materials included, could never have
exceeded the sum Of ten thousand dollars,
If the Council will appoint competent
| committee TO investigate the details o. the
work, / have no hesitation in saying&a
they will find my estimate correct. Here Is
| a reduction at once of tgenty-seven thou
sand five hundred dollars, which IN the
present impoverished condition OF the city
can be more usetully employed IN the pay
ment Of Just and pressing liabilities, than
in donation to the Recorder of Mortgages.
The Recorder of Mortgages was engaged
on the work contemplated by the act OF the
Legislature. approved the ninth of March,
1869 less than twelve months. Ten thou.
sand dollars for his services 10 ample com
pensation, and trust that the Council, con
sulting the interest of the city'as well as the
interest Of the Recorder, will reconsider the
resolution returned and fix the amount at
that sum.
The resolution as it stands is illegal and
| nprecedented The omission to which
have alluded is fatal to its legality, and must
have passed 10 the midst of such Legislative
duties and confusion as to escape the notice
of thoughtful and sagaeious members.
sense of duty to myself and TO the ta2-
payers of the city Constralns me to seno ii
back for careful investigation apd mature
deiiberation.
| Very pecfnlly, etc.
JOHN r. CONWAY, Mayor.
Mr. Carter rose to a personal explanation
and stated that as tbs author of the resoiu-
ton returned by The Mayor without his sig
nature, he desired to contr 5dict SO much
the message as charged him with omittlns
to fix the amount to be p id the Recorder
Mortgages: when the resolution was befor
this board the bill Of the Recorder, with tn
various items charged, was presented stimuli
taneously with the resolution, and the read
ing of it called fer, but overruled. That POI
ton Of the message which spoke of the moe
, esty of the author Of the resolution he Woui
mass over IS q piece of gratuitous iEnperh
nence.
After some debate the veto message 9th
Mavor was, on motion of Mr.. Staes, ordere
TO lie on the table subject TO call.
The following jrjunctionsr served upo
. President Fish, of this board, were read:
E;gbtb District Court for the parish of Or
Ieans. the State of Louisiaua-J. Il. Hoyl
e VS.. CITY of New Orleans, John Il. Conwa
ct ais, No. IL.
| ToWR Fieh, President Board Assistao5 AIDE
, men. greeting:
1t You are hereby commanded. enJolned an
P restrained in the name ofthe state OF Louis
lana. and of the Eighth District Court Il
@ TIE parish of Orleans, rom IN sny 1nahh'
selling or disposipg of, or Offering Tor sal
= or Offering to dispose of any shares OF I'll
stock of the New Orleans. Jackson and Gre
Northern Railroad Company, or any IateTe
VI which the city Of New Orleans may hay
in said railroad company. to person or PEI
le sons whatsoever, also from leasing, seilih
is or in any manner disposing of the mi a,
Q. chinery, pipes, materials or property o. u
:. cjty of New Orleans in or to the waite
10 works, by means of which the city OF Ne
Orleans is supplied with water, and fro
r leasing or in any manner disposing, OF t!
l. completed property and control of the ,ci
u of New Ore ans in and over all or any OF u
If public wharves, landings or levees with
II the limits of New Orleans either to the "a
,e Frank Wheaton or to any other person
"a persons, corporation or corporations VIVA
- soeyer. and from adopting, offering or pr
= mitigating or executing any ordinance
N resolution, contract or contracts OF 81
a. character whatsoever, intending to bril-
it ah0ut or effect any of said objects, 81