New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-04-16
Legislature, entitled 'an act to extend
the limits of the parish OF Orleans" etc.,
approved March l6, 1870.

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seven per cent bonds to be issued under au
thority of the act of the Legislature 1T
| extend the limits of the parish OF Orleans,
etc, approved sixteenth March, 1870. ont
hundred and forty thousand dollar
! (S140, 000) be snd are hereby appropriated
out Of the revenues of the current year.
Mr.. Shaw, in the name of Administrator
| Walton and on behalf of the committee o
| three appointed to consider an ordinance
levying a special Metropolitan police tax
reported the ordinance amended as follows
Be it ordained by the Council of the
city of New Orleans
SECTION l. That in conformity to thu
provisions and requirements of an act o
the Legislature, approved March S, 1869
entitled Gan act to amend and re enact al
act entitled AN act to establish a Metropoli
tan Police District, and 20 provide for the
government thereof, approved September
IA, 1861" and in order to provide the
means to pay and discharge the annua
estimate ana appOrtonment, appOrtioneC
and estimated against the city of New Or
leans by the Board OF Metropolitan Police
convened as a board OF estimate and appor-
tlonment. as provided IN the twenty.
seventh section of said act, which appor-
tionment and estimate have been duly mott
fed to the city Of New Orleans wherein il
appears that the sum Of seven hundred and
seventy zine thousand one hundred and
thirteen dollars and ten cents is Apportioned
and estimated as the amount due and to be
paid on account of the Board of MetrOpoli.
tan Police for the year ending on the thir-
teenth day of September. A. d. 1870, by the
city OF New Orleans as it existed
on the first day of October, A. d.
1869, and to pay any deficiency that may
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tonment for the year 1869, that there be
ard hereby is assessed and levied a special
tsx Of three quarters of one per cent
upon the assessed value of all property
within the city of New Orleans, both real
personal, as valued and assessed in the as
sessment rolls of property III the city
last completed; provided that the special
tax provided for i'll this ordinance shall not
be- levied upon any property situate or as
sessed within the limits OF the late City of
Jefferson, or that portion of the parish OF
Orleans situated on the right bank of the
Mississippi river, or any portion of the ter
ritory included within the present city of
New Orleans upon which a special tax for
the same purpose has been levied during
and for the current year.
SEQ. 9. Be it further ordained, etc.,
That said special tax of three quarters
of one per cent levied by this ordi-
nance is hereby declared to be due and eX-
igible from and after the PRONUNCIATION of this
ordinance; and that the Administrator Of
Public Accounts be and is hereby instructed
to cause to be prepared and delivered to the
Administrator of Finance, with the least
possible delay, the special tax bills neces-
sary for the enforcement and collection ct
said special tax: and that the Administrator
of Public Accounts be and is hereby
authorized to employ such additional
clerical force as may be necessary 10 accom-
plish the object of this ordinance; and,
further, that such sum of money as may be
necessary therefor be and the same is here
by appropriated for that purpose, to be paid
from the fund set apart as contingent
fund.
SEC. 8. Be it further ordained etc, That
this ordinance take effect and be IN force
from and after the date of its passage and
Administrator West moved that the re-
port of the committee be accepted and
adopted. Carried.
The ordinance was laid over under the
rules until the next regular meeting of the
Council.
Administrator Emley (Commerce) offered
the following resolution, and moved its
adoption:
Resolued, That whenever it shall become
necessary to require officers 10 furnish
bonds to the city of New Orleans, for the
faithful discharge of their duties, pending
or after the permanent organization of the
various departments, said bonds shall be
given in the amounts prescri bed by ordi-
nanCes now in force or that may be hereafter
enacted, shall be prepared by and executed
before the City Notary. and be approved by
the Mayor and the Administrator of the de-
partment to which such officers are subor-
dlnate, and be filed and deposited with the
of Public Accounts.
The Mayor suggested that it was neces-
sary to require the various officers to pay
three or four dollars each to the City No.
Lary when the bonds could be given az here
Jofore in the Mayors Office without charge.
Every bond had to be brought to the Mayor
FOR his approval, and it seemed to him the
simplest as well as the best way to have
.he bonds filed in the department where
hey were approved,
Upon this suggestion Administrator West
moved that the resolution be laid over, and
West accepted the amend
nent.
Resolution laid over accordingly.
Administrator West CImprovementsJ pre-
,cnted report as follows:
DEPARTMENT OF APPROPRIATENESS,
City OF New Orleans. April Ia, 1870 !
70 the Honorable Council Of the City Of New
On behalf of the Mayor aud Admiuistra.
Tor OF Finance, acting conformity with the
Of improvements in the mat
ter of proposals for shells to repair roads to
Fair Grounds, as authorized by resolution
No. 4, Administration series, the under
signed respectfully reports that the follow
pg bids were received:
/. P. Murphy bids fifty cents per barrel,
provided two.thirds OF the quantity be taken
u oyster shells.
2. L. MARQUEE bids seventy cents per bar
-el for lake shells. but objects to time OF
delivery.
These propositions, not being deemed for
Ihe interest of the city, were rejected.
MIR. William Henry on the thirteenth in
slant, two days subsequent to the opening
Of public bids, offered to deliver at New and
Did Basins, two thousand (20O0) barrels
axe shells, at forty-two aud a halt cents
per barrel and submits Gerald Farrell as
security. III the sum of five hundred dollars
,45O0)
The need of this material, to repair roads
% the Fair Grounds, has been already ad-
nitted by the Council, and it is recon-
mended that the proposal of Mr.. Henry and
bis surety be accepted and approved.
Very respectfully,
j. r. WEST, Administrator.
The report was accepted.
Nix. West thereupon moved the following
which was carried:
RcSoired, That the proposition of William
u cnry 10 furnish two thousand barrels lake
'h els, deliverable at Old and New Basins, at
Lorty-two and one-half cents per barrel, and
lEmiDg Gerald Farrell as security, in the
sum OF $500, be accepted and approved.
In order that the city might have on hand