New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-07-12

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To-. .s,,.-.it,'',N Nv e,.IxAss July 8. 1870.
Board met pursusnt TO cail by the Presi
dent, sseven members present. Presiden
Hahn in the chair. 80
Mr. T.sG Trncy having been appointe6
a member Of the Bodryl. vice Mr.. Stockdale
resianed. presented his credentials, and on
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0Ametion, the reading OF the journal was
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damus, assoea " the rag hthAnstract Court
ON pctiti0ns' Of =. H. isabelle, third ward,
and Francis Garrett, ct ais, fourth ward, for
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M. Staes stated, that having learned that
he had l,eep represented in this matter BE.
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it understood that no one was authorized, to
do 60 that he has always been in favor OF
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requested that his remarks be placed on the
minutes Of this meeting. e ea.ls 70
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report which was adopted: .r 4q9
yo,r Co,rmiffee nm Jihrsrv Text Rocks
etc to wh% were referred the re,,ort ~
the Iibrarian On condition Of the Tdl,rarv,s
cash account. and ruIes and regulations for
the vsverrment Of Iihrarv r,ssres.tf,,jiv va.
cnm,nend the nuh,;cst;or cf the r,nort in IN
off;cial journaf. fhe annroyal of bis cash
account. and the adoption nv the board sof
the rnles and reeulations s,li,mitted for the
governments Of, the Library. - -
- TRespectfullv- submitted. - s,.e .r.
qs4v. -. EUGENE STAES. Chairman
.g.a. II. NICK. OHM. 'r,ST : : "a
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NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, june A, 1870. 8,
To the Board OF Directors of Public Schools of the
City Of New Orleans; >, ,,.,r.sl -ai-z 3
GENTLEMEN-At this, your first monthly
assemblage since honoring me with the trust
of the public library III, New Orleans beg
to thank You for placing your choice upon
me-. and / shall bring all.the industry, IN
tegrity and education in my power to SO
manage, the trust imposed that Won NAV
not regret your choice. ssfts,-,r- ,.5.,8i
When shall have dipped little deeper
into the character of this library, and
familiarized myself more with its character
Of what Is going on IN the world U Of letters s
/ trust to he able to make shorter and bet,
ter report to YOU. At present, after but
scrutinizing the mass of Heterogeneous mat
ter in the public library, without feeling
yery decidedly elevated by the Operation, 4
submit the following report and suggee-
tions: ~ = IT 90 = /.
On receiving the commission, dated April
%, at the hands Of your SECRETARY. / called
on the Mayor IN order to he installed nv tbe
head Of the city Government. That Officer
advised me of n Conflict of jurisdiction in
the matter Of MANAGEMENT Of the library.
and claimed the aufhOrity Of annointino p
Librarian to be with him. NeyNrtheIess. ON
me to take charge b1ry and G;d
Such as it is, turned over to me without
fOrmality or Inventory BY my predecessor. /
received it. AS to the mere number. of vol
nmes, a calculation from the number ami
size of cases. shows some ten thousand vol
umes, exclusive of several cases Of old and
useless magazines, and a half dozen cases of
books claimed by Professor Alexander Dimi
try, confiscated and sold during the war.
bought by that geRtleman's friends for a
small sunl,and placed for store, but not for
general use, in the eases Of this library
Your desire a. to the future disposition of
these six cases OF hooks is respectfully
called for. ,..s,fts rant go ,.-.-,,..'
To say that these ten thousand volumes,
more or less, still remaining in the public
library are incomplete, defective, mutila-
ted.is 70 tell but half OF the story.
This library was founded by an ordinance
Of the City Council IN 1874 and as may be
read rom an engraved resolution OF the
Board OF School Directors Of the First Dis
'tricf, eonspsc1onsiy paced contiguous to a
valuable marble bust OF the late samuel
Jarvis Peters, New orleans owes much to
that citizens efforts Tor the establishments OF