New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-08-11
es was not bound to furnish his own

back The bill was very reasonable and
ought to have been paid in cash. He moved
that it be paid in seven-t thirty certificates.
Roll called and resolution adopted.
Mr.. Shaw. called up the ordinance for the
settlement of numerous accounts by seven
thirty certificates, under ordinance 1877,
passed to a second reading last week.
The following items were Laid over:
Robert c. ShOrtridge, transferee Of John
Mcdonald. for services as Juror IN Jefferson
City. in December and January term OF
1870. eleven days, at two dollars. S22
A. A. Grandpre, for services as expert in
March 1870, $780,
II. NJ O'Meallie, for refreshments and
supplies furnished at the last Presidential
election, S33 Co.
(Approvcd by john Il. Conway Mayor
H. C. Andrews for books. stationery. etc,
furnished City of Jefferson Public Schools,
$l4: %.
The following items were referred:
W. H. McChesney, for removing nl,isan ce
boat, 1852 So
Referred to Department Of Improve
ments.
Benjamin Campbell. for services as Secre-
tary Of the Recorder of Jefferson City from
September l, 1869, to March |, 1870. S6i9 30.
Referred to Mayor.
+. F. Keller, promissory note of the city
of Jefferson, due September 8, 1859. and in
terest. 1860.
W. j. Kelly. for drugs furnished to City
Workhouse, $9l 60.
W. j. Kelly, for drugs furnished to Boys
House OF Refuge, ST. as.
W. j. Kelly, for drugs furnished to Girls
House OF Refuge, So 30.
W. j. Kelly, for drugs furnished to City
WorkhOuse, SIS 75
w. j. Kelly, for drugs furnished TO Boys
House of Refuge, s. So
Referred to Administrator of Police.
E. H. Levy (transferee of Lagan & Mack
ison), for hardware, etc, furnished, $96 50.
Referred to Administrator of Improve
ments
A. P Dumas (transferce of James Angus
TIM, for painting iron railing of "Place
D'Armes," $40.
Referred to Administrator of Police.
E. j. Rigney, for ditching in the City OF
Jefferson. as per contract Slo,l9i.
Referred to the Mayor.
d. H. Holiness for sundry dry goods. etc..
furnished insane Asylum, Sll6S %.
Referred to Administrator of Public
Buildings.
New Orleans Commercial Bulletin. adver-
Using city suits, $i65.
Referred to the Mayor.
The accounts of Charles Boyle 1916 So.
H. Gallagher 1925, Christian & Hyatt
($l42 ~. and Peter O'Donneu 1920 2O)
were stricken out, having been otherwise
provided for.
The remaining items of the ordinance
were'ordered to be settled by the issue of
seven-thirty certificates.
DIR. Southworth's Claim.
Mr.. Bonzano presented the following re-
port from the experts appointed TO examine
the claim of DR.. SouthwOrth of 50, sol.
New ORLEANS, August 9, 1870.
H Bonzano Esq, Administrator. of Assessments.
SIR-The undersigned have the honor to
report that they have examined the account
of DR.. NJ. A. SOuthwOrth, Recorder of Mort
cages for the parish of Orleans. for work
done in conformity with act No. l03 OF the
legislative session of 1869.
In considering the said account they
have divided the same into two parts. to
wit The one embracing items first. second
and third. forming an aggregate amount OF
tweuty-seven thousand five hundred tS27.-
50Oj and the other embracing items fourth.
fifth and sixth. forming an aggregate
of ten thousand and one dollars (Sl0.O0l.
This latter part your committee have had
no difficulty in approving, the services
being specified in detail, and charged for.
in the main, at rates for which there were
legislative precedents, to wit: AT the rate
of one dollar and fifty cents for the trans
criDtion of each mortgage from the original
into the new records, as. prescribed by sad
act No. 105, of the session of 1863. and OF
one dollar for the transcription, in the same
manner. of number of releases. Refer to
act No. IOl. of 1854, and act No. AZ, of 1870,
concerning the transcription of records from
jefferson parish to Orleansl.
In estimating the value OF the services
charged for in the first part, your committee
had not the advantage of being guided by
settled rule-the making Of all index to
each book of record having always been
considered an incidental duty OF the office,
and no fee having ever been specially pro-
vided therefor by law. The undersigned
have. in consequence, had to consider the
compiling or making Of the general indexes
REQUIRED to be made by said act No. lO5 in
the light of work undertaken and per-
formed without any stipulation or agree
ment as to the cost, and to be paid tor ac-
cording to its value, to be- determined aiter
completion by the rules of usage or equity.
Analysing the work performed, your COM
mittee find, that there were 80 books OF re-
cords of conventional mortgages, contain
ing on an average $50 folios, each, making
a total of 81 $50 pages Tor folios), and each
folio having an average Of 315 mortgages,
making a total of 202, AIS entries, which,
taking each entry to contain but one name
of mortgagOr, would give like number OF
names to be indexed, say 2O2, 40. Thirteen
books of judicial mortgages, averaging |oo
folios, each, and seven names to page. say
$3.50 pages, by seven, $3.50. Eight books
of donations, averaging 600 fOlios, each, ana
five names to folio, say 4oOC 10llos, ny
five. $4,000 Making a total OF 294 70 names.
But in the matter of judicial and conVen-
tional mortgages, it sometimes, and perhaps
often happens that more than one name
had to be indexed, flor instance, when sew
eral Joint owners mortgage the same prop
erty. or the judgment is against the hrml,
making due allowance for which we nave
comnllfed by this rule, the number of names
indexed at 100000.
Not satisfied with this, we have examined
the induces themselves, of which there are hve
sets of twenty-seven each, (being the num-
Der of letters in the alpha bet, and an extra
one for names beginning with Mc), making
of conventional mortgages, 80 DOCKS OF
index. ~
One set of judicial mortgages, =. one
set of. donations, 81 Say lo9 malces' Ia
which. about 6736 pages OF names are
written at forty-fve lines TOT page, giving
total of 1903 100 names. which verlneo our
previous computation.
Now. taking into consideration the nature
of the work to be performed, the partlcuiiaar
care and attention which it required, the
frequent revisions tests and comparison
which it necessitated, both before as wen
as after being entered in the several DOCKS