New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-04-28
The first section was amended to read as


follows:
An ordinance defining the duties OF the
Department Of Commerce, and providing
for its organization.
SECTION l. Be it ordained by the Council
of the city of New Orleans, That the Depart
ment Of Commerce shall be and is hereDy
charged with the general superlnteno-
ence of all matters relating TO markets,
railroads. canals. weights and measures: the
Fire Department, manufactures, aud OF
laws and ordinances relating TO the trade
and commerce Of the city, the improvement
of it's commerce, and of all duties and re-
gulatious concerning the same, and to see
that all city ordinances and laws relative
thereto are obeyed and enforced. To this
end and for the more etfeCtual attainment
thereof. the Administrator or the Depart.
ment of Commerce shall, from time to time,
prepare and submit to the Council, for It's
action and approval, all such ordinances as
may be necessary to prescribe and collect
rates of levee dues and wharfage; to
fix and determine the place or places
for anchOrlng and m0Orlng ships,
steambo and all other vessels or water
crafts that may arrive or remain within the
limits of the city of New Orleans ana Of ali
docks for ships, steam boats or other vessels;
TO fix the mode Of inspecting all comestbles
and articles of produce Or commerce that
may be sold or offered for sale in the city Of
New Orleans, either in the markets or in any
public or private places, not inconsistent
with any BIate laws relative thereto; to reg
ulate the proper government OF carts. drays,
carriages, omnibuses, and other vehicles OF
every description; freight locomotives, pas
sepger and street cars, which run IN the
streets and within the limits OF the city, and
to fix and determine the charges and tariffs
to be paid by the same; to determine the
dimensions OF carts or other vehicles EN-
ployed in carrying frewood, coal Or coke
10 the city; to fix the places where frewood,
coal, coke. charcoal, lumber, or other artl-
ce5 of trade or commerce may De deposited
or stored or exposed for sale, and where and
in what quantities the same may be kept
and sold; to establish and regulate ferries
and market places. and provide for the
farming Of the same; TO impose and collect
fines against ali persons transgressing any
and ali city ordinances and regulations or
laws relative thereto; to fix the number of
officers and their duties, and to appoint all
such officers, with the approval OF the Coun.
Gil. as mar be found necessary to carry out
and enforce the provisions of all ordinances
or laws relating 10 any or all OF the matters
aforesaid.
Mr. Em!ey moved the adoption Of the
first section. as amended.
Mr.. Shaw seconded the motion, which
was adopted.
SEC. 2. Be ii further ordained. That
at the first regular meeting Of the
Council in the month OF October
of each and every year, the Ad-
ministrator of the Department of Commerce
shall have prepared and submit to said
Council all such ordinances or regulations
as he may deem necessary and proper for
the farming leasing or hiring out of the
public markets for the ensuing year; and
shall moreover prepare and submit, when
ever deemed necessary, any and all ordi-
nances that may be requisite for the
or contracts for the exiting uishment
OF fires in the city, as well as for such
other contracts pertaining to the matters
aforesaid as the Council may consider to
the interest Of the city % sell, ease, farm or
hire OUT.
Adopted.
Section three was amended by the filing
up Of blanks and adopted. as follows:
SEC. $. Be It further ordained, That the
said Department Of Commerce shall be en-
titled to and have such clerks or employees
as the Administrator and the Council may
deem necessary to assist the Administrator
thereof h the discharge OF the duties and
functions pertaining thereto, which clerks
shall each have and receive such monthly
salary as the Council may prescribe, |
and the same, as well as the salaries OF al
other officers appointed TO duties within |
said department, shall be paid upon monthly |
pay-rolls to be prepared by said department,
and approved by the Administrator thereof. |
SEC. 4, Be il further ordained, That this
ordinance shall take effect from ana after |
its passage.
Adopted
Mr.. Emley moved the adoption Of the or
dince as a whole.
Mr. West seconded the motion.
Mr.. Pierce thought the ordinance CON
iicted with the ordinance organizing the |
Department Of Improvements, which had |
just passed.
Mr.. West explained that i. did not.
The ordinance was then adopted.
Mr. Shaw called up the resolution appro- |
priating five thousand dollars foz the engrav- |
ing OF the bonds, which was read first and |
second time and laid over until the next |
regular meeting under the rules.
The resolution with reference TO the hour |
of opening the Recorders courts was laid |
over subject to call.
Mr.. Delassize submitted the weekly state |
ment Of the Wa.erworkS, as follows:
OFFICE CITY WATFRwoRKsl |
lew Orleans, April %, 1870. !
wEEKLK STATEMENT OF CASH.
Balance Oh the sixtee nth instant. SIS, 426 u
Received for water rent this
week. 226 So |
Total. Observation-Disclosures. S1S,653 OF
DISBURSEMENTS.
Paid one months gas burning 20
thirty-irst March last. IS 90
Balance this day. SIS, Gas OF
Deposited in Citizens
Bank .............. SIS, 377 %
On hand. ............ 267 IS
SIS, CAS- OF
S. E. PERCY,
Secretary and Treasurer.
The Council then adjourned.
H. CONQUEST CLARKE,
Secretary pro TEN.
MEDICAL.
A CARD. ................-.....-.A CAAAs
Strangers visiting the City and wishing medical OF
surgical aid, will call the Southern Dispensars
No. go CaroEdelet street, the corner OF 1T
Joseph, where medicines are compounded to cure
ell chronic thst call if within the reach u
medicine or surgery. Consultations are gwen q
males females. The poor will be prescribed foI