New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-10-06

items 90 small that it was impracticable t,
issue seven-thirty certificates for them. H,
proposed in future to pay all amounts unde,
thirty dollars ia cash.
ResolRtisss and New Ordiasnces.
Mr.. Walton presented the following ordi
nance, which was laid over:
Be it ordained BY the Council Of the city
of New Orleans, That the ordinance re.
ported in article 203, page IS, of LeOvy and
Luzenburg's Digest Of City Laws and Ordi.
nances, be and the same is hereby amended
and re-enacted % that section one shall
read as follows:
The chimnoys Of all furnaces connected
with steam engines used in factories of every
description. and other establishments, shall
be carried up ut least twenty feet above the
highest building within an are0 of one hun
dred UOOl feet from the said factory, ETC.,
and shall have caps Oh them so constructed
as to prevent cinders and SCOT from falling
anon the neighboring houses.
Be it further ordained. etc., That the
owners or lessees Of said factories, etc.
shall take all proper precautions to prevent
the noise of their machinery from becoming
. nuisance to the neighbors.
By Mr.. BOnzauo:
Iiesolred That the Administrator of Pub
lie Accounts be and is hereby authorized to
warrant on the Administrators OF Finance in
favor of Samuel Bell, ESQ.,, for eighty-three
dollars and twelve cents 1888 l2l, said
amount having been paid into the treasury
in consequence of an erroneous assess
ment for the year 1869 on sixty-fve hundred
Bank of this city, in lieu of the actual
amount received by him OF three thousand
dollars.
Adopted.
By Mr.. Bonzano:
Report of tho Administrator of Assess
ments on tho petition of George S. Man
deville. 3f Magazine street, eleventh as
sesslnent district.
DKPARfnKHf o. AsssssMRyFs.
October 4, 1870
To the City Council of New Orleans:
Petitioner sets forth that for the past two
wears he has been in extremely bad health,
Sften confined to his bed. and some Of the
time absent from the city in pursuit of
health; that during that time he has not
been engaged in any business, or possessed
of any capital, nor owned any horses, but
notwithstanding this, he has been assessed
las per tax bill No. 1897 on both capital and
horses. and doubly assessed on furniture.
Tax bill No. 1915 sets forth the only correct
assessment on furniture by him possessed,
and that bill he is willing 70 pay.
recommend reliet, aud offer the annexed
resolution:
Resofred, That the Administrator of Pub
lie Accounts be and il hereby authorized to
cancel the tax bill of 1869 against George 5.
Vaudeville, number ten hundred and
ninety-seven llO97), the assessment being
erroneous and unjust, as his tax BILL
number fOrty-two hundred and seventy-nye
for the year 1870, represents all the property
upon which an assessment could be correct
ly made
H. BONZANO, Administrator.
A petition for the extension of Water
works in the Third District, was referred to
the Administrator of Waterworks.
A petition Of the Little Sisters Of the Poor
for assistance, was referred to the Admins
TRAITOR Of Public Buildings.
A petition of Mrs. G. w. Oliver, for relief
from assessment, was referred to the De-
partment of Assessments.
A petition of Milneburg Fire Company
No /, for assistance, was referred to the
Department Of Commerce.
A petition of Patrick Halpin, for relief
from assessment, was referred to the De-
partment of Assessments.
A complaint of DR.. j. L. Walker, about
cattle being driven through the streets eft
the Sixth District, was referred to the Adj
ministIatOr of Police.
A petition of property-holders OF Girod
street, for banquettes to be raised, was re-
ferred to the Administrator of Improve
ments. with power to act.
proposal of j. S. Clark to lay the How
patent foundation pavement on certain
portions of streets, was referred to the De-
partnent of Improvements.
A petition of property holders to have the
banqucttes on the north side OF St. Charles
avenue between Toledano and State streets,
paved with Byrne's concrete pavement,
was referred TO the Administrator OF I'm
provcmcnts, with power to act.
A petition to erect blacksmith shop on
Magnolia street, between Josephine and
Jackson streets. was referred to the De
partment of Commerce.
A petition Of Neptune Fire Company, OF
GENTLY, for five hundred dollars for a
secondhand engine, was referred to the Adj
ministrator of Commerce.
A supplemental petition for Smelling
Frenchmen street to the Lake. Referred
to the Administrator of Improvements.
The, Mayor presented petition of j. j. E.
Plonchard, as counsel for j. N. B. Deponil-
ally, claiming payment for alleged services
as assistant city surveyor, and called the
especial attention of the Council to the con-
sluding portion of the petition, which reads:
Confident that your distinguished City
Attorney will concur with me, kindly ask
YOU to refer this to him."
a.. The petition was referred to the Mayor
Deferred Business.
Mr.. West moved the acceptance of the
proposition of w. w. Handlin and I. o.
Stark to donate certain streets, stating that
the cost to the city would be much less than
by the ordinary course.
Adopted.
Mr.. West made the following consolidated
report ON various Smelling petitions:
DEPARTMENT IMPRovEMESTs
October T. 1870 5
To the City Council of New Orleans;
have the honor to return herewith and
to report unfavorably upon the following
petitions:
/. For "a bridge over New Canal at Liber-
2. For Smelling valence street, from Maya
zine to Water street.
3. For shelling GOodchildren street TO
lower city limits
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