New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-06-16
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Report from Mr.. Delasslze:

Report from M. Oela0elze:
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A'-s1's ri-eg b@e New Orleans, june Z. ls7o
10 the uoa,ca Of sAs city q. New Orleans; ~,
! On the bill OF G. Lansr, p. Irwin andG.
". Roper, for seven month"; rent Of house
occupied BY First District Recorders Court
and lookup, amounting 70 $500, the under.
Mssed begs leave 70 report Avoratly, the
said parties being entitled to receive the
price per month charged In said bill sntil
the ely makes other arrangements. Iwould
state that the rental of said building ID, In
NY estimation, excessive, and that the city
skouid ct the earliest period possible end
the existing arrangement.
Respectfully I. T. DELASSlZG.
rc1-e vE'e AdministratoE.
Received and adopted. -
Mr.. Shaw presented the following report,
to be printed without reading:
4,fs DxnAnxaxH1 or PUBIC AccouNss,
NOV Orleans. Juns-. 1879.
70 ths Council OF the city It Nsw Orleans:
have the honor TO submit reports on the
several subjects named. which seem to re-
quire sction Of the Council: stri
coHeNxais BILLS. 80
The Coroner's bills for the month Of Nay
have been presented, and ] shall need the
act upon them. unless the Council will make
another reference. s-s,,5 ~ --slsl., "a
: The reports Of the Coroners are more full
and detailed than those heretofore presented,
and have found every disposition on their
part TO furnish any Information required.
Bat the same objections exist ~ formerly IN
the number of inQuests held and the pro-
portion they bear 70 the views without in
quests. - '7'ffH ~
: che law requires in case of violent desth.
that the Coroner Ahall repair to the place
and "viewn the body. This costs five dol.
lars and the Coroner is justified in going
in I'll cases of death by accident and euieide,
% we'll as suspicion Of violence. But only.
when after due inquiry BY himself. he has
good reason to suspect death by foul means.
"a he justified in putting the city 10 the ex.
pense Of an inquest, for holding which he
draws $2s, and for summOniDg and impan.
each, making the expense OF each fnauest
forty dollars. &c EEENo'&02.
/, The return of the Second and Third Dis
trScts for April shows thirty.nine inouests,
costing forty dollars each, two views ut five
dollars each, and 1--WE burials at twelve dol.
lars each. 81 isfSaj Z Is sts..alb 81 2. a.
! For Nay forty-ave inquests. nine views.
twelve bufials. s9s.-
/. The .verdicts ia the eighty.four inquests
show bot three cases Of supposed homicide.
According to the meaning Of the Law, the
Coroner is supposed, after his own examine
ton, to have suspected .eighty-o cases of
murder; and it required the verdicts of these
juries of unprofessionl men to remove his
suspicious or doubts. ..ag-q - .6r7l.-
Henry Long, Deputy Coroner First and
Fourth Districts, served ss juror intwenty
i've inQuests held by Coroner Roche during
the month of April, and on twenty-one in
quests held during month of May. ~ -
J. D. Cole appears as juror in forty
inquests in April and thirty in May. :,
. The returns Of the Second and Third Dis.
tricts show the name of J. Reys figuring "a q
juror twenty -four times in April; L. j. Allsin
thirty times in Nav and twelve times
in April; G. Reneaud twelve times in April.
, As sample of ''crowner's quest law" the
case IT Still bOrn n11le child Is thus fntelli-
gently disposed Of }W q
1--WE the jurors, etc, after a careful ex-
animation of the body. find that the
deceased came to death from 6being still