New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-07-10
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mo. o53-AdministratiOn Series.
An ordinance organizing the Department OF
Waterworks and Public Buildings.
SECTION l. Be it ordained by the Council
of the city Of New Orleans, that the Depart
ment of Warterworks and Public Buildings
is hereby permanently organized, the scope
of the powers of the Administrator thereof
to be as follows:
4. He shall have the entire management
and control of the WaterwOrks, embracing
the renewal and repair of buildings, ma
ehinery, pipes, etc, and he shall have the
SUPERINTENDENT of all improvements that
may hereafter be made in connection with
said works. .' - p.
2. He shall have general superintendent
of court. school, engine and market houses,
and all other public buildings, and shall adj
Indicate all contracts for the erection, ex-
tension, and repair of the same, and no ap-
preparation therefor shall be considered, I'M
less accompanied by his certificate that the
specified work has been executed in keeping
with the plan and specifications, and to his
entire satisfaction, the foregoing being sub
iect to modification by section twenty-eight,
ordinance No. 346, new series contract with
Firemens Charitable AssOciati0n), and the
control and possession of the public school
houses assumed by the State Board Of Edu-
cation.
3. He shall have under his direction all
matters concerning the arrangement Of the
court-rOOms, clerks Offices, ETC., located In
the, municipal buildings, or in buildings
rented by the city, their repair and fitting
No. and shall cause the same to be kept
cieanlv and orderly, in accordance with the
provisions of ordinance No. 49,
H. He shall have the control and direction
of the Insane Asylum and Home Of the
Aged and Infirnl, with power to make such
regulations for their government as may be
deemed necessary and proper.
| 5. He shall have the supervision OF all hos
pitfalls, pest-houses, etc, and persons whose
care and treatment are chargeable to the
city shall be received therein on his
written order; the said order, to be re-
turned to his Department., rs q voucher, on
the presentation Of bills; q report to accom-
pany each bill, in which shall be embraced
all the main facts connected with each case
charged for therein, from commencement
to termination of treatment; the form Of
said report to he prescribed by the Admin
istratOr.
! g. He shall present from time to time or.
dinances or resolutions in relation to the
aid received from the city by the various
orphan asylums, the data for the same to be
furnished to the Administrator by those
having said institutions under their control
SEC. 9 Be it further ordained, That fol
| the proper discharge Of the duties of his po-
sitiOn, as set forth in the fore going sections,
| the Administrator shall have the appoint
me1it Of the following officers, and such
| others as from time to time the Council may
deem necessary. .e-r.5 .t, h-
/ .. GENERAL OFFICE. r.
For the discharge Of the duties appertain
| ing to the general Office.
One general c1erk-at the rate OF $2oOt
| per annuln.
One assistant clerk-at the rate OF $l50t
| per annum. 20 1
One messenger-at the rate Of 5000 pei
| annum. 5..,l . .-.
| WATERwORKS.
! For the discharge of the duties connected
| with the WaterwOrks, he shall appoint
One assistant superintendent at the rate
! of $4,000 per annum.
! One hydrant book-keeper-at the rate O
E$25O0 per annum. "f
One clerk-at the rate of $4,000 per annum
! Two collectors and assessOrs-at the ratt
of $500 per annum. ,.4
| One assistant collector and assessOr-a
the rate of $500 per annun.
| One pOrter-at the rate OF 500per annum
| Five spannermen-at the rate OF SS4'
| each, per per annum.
/ One plumber-at the rate of $1,000 pc
| annum.
| One carpenter-at the rate of $1,000 PEE
per annum.
| One blacksmith-at the rate of $1,000 PEI
! annum.
One engineer at pumps-at the rate
$500 per annum.
Two firemen-at the rate of $500 each, pc
| annum.
Two helpers-at the rate of $500 each pc
annum.
One coal wheeler-at the rate of $720 pc
annum.
The hydrant book-keeper, and assessor
and collectors, shall each furnish securit
in the sum Of 5000 for the faithful dis
charge of their respective duties.
INSANE ASYLUM.
For the discharge Of the duties inciden
to the management Of the Insane Asylum
he shall appoint