New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-06-02

Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
J. Il. WEST, Administrator
Adopted.
From Mr.. Pierce: !.
DEPARTMENT or P0LIc1
Administrators Omes.
New Orleans. May 81. l67a
To the Honorable Council. City of New Orleans:
Relating to the petition of patrolmau
james Coughlin, Metropolitan Police, for re-
Endorsement of amount paid under judg-
ment of Justice Sadler, have the honor to
report that have this day requested JUS
tice Sadler to grant new trial. which re-
quest I have reason to believe will be-
granted.
Very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
E. W. PIERCE.
Administrator.
Adopted. $50
From Mr.. Pierce:
DEPARTMENT OF POLICE,
New Orleans, May 81, $50
To the Honorable Council. City of New Orleans:
Drs. J. B. Cooper and H. Mackay petition
the Council for an appropriation sufnc1ent
to furnish them with means Of conveyance
to assist them in the discharge of their
duties as Surgeons Of Police and City Ply.
sicians.
The reasons alleged by the petitioners
why their request should be granted are the
extent of territory under their charge and
the variety of their duties. They further
state that an appropriation OF seven hum
dred and fifty dollars each would enable
them tt, provide their own horses and bug
gies. and pay all incidental expenses.
Section fifty two (52) Of Metropolitan P0-
lice act authorizes the Board of Police Com
mssioners to appoint two surgeons, who sahl
perform the duties now performed by tina
City Physicians, and such other duties a.
the Commissioners may from time to time
prescribe, and fixes the salaries OF thes0
surgeons at two thousand dollars (S2000) per
annum.
Their duties as police surgeons are laid
down in rules forty eight to sixty.one in-
elusive of the manual of the Metropolitan 20.
lice force. The most onerous of these is that
requiring each surgeon to visit daily, treat,
attend and prescribe for all sick or disabled
members OF the police force OF his dis
required in private practice, and the visits
shall be made whether the patient hsA
another physician or not. The territory
over which they may be required to travel
is coextensive with the Metropolitan Police
District. They are also required to examine
and pass upon the physical qualifications OF
all candidates for patromen. and to issue
certificates to all policemen who are UNFIT
for service. They have, furthermore.
charge of the sanitary condition OF all
| buildings connected with the police force,
and are required to make reports on va
| riety OF subjects to the Metropolitan Board.
The clause of section 81 Of Metropolitan
act, requiring them to perform the duties of
| city hysiCans, was not recognized by the
late City government. On the organization
| of the present administration there were
| two city physicians, with an annual salary
| of twenty five hundred dollars. After some
| investigation it was concluded that they
were unnecessary, and that their duties
| should be performed by the police surgeons.
| The Mayor. therefore, on April Is, dismissed
Drs. 8. B. Hurd and 81. Bayon, who were
acting in that capacity (thus saving the
| city $4,000 per annum), and notified the
| Board accordingly.
The duties of city physicians are to visit,
at least once every day. all the prisons,
sane asylum, to prescribe for any patients
therein, to act as experts for the coroner, to
visit the public schools once each week in
order to vaccinate the children, and, by q
resolution of the present Council, to visit
daily the smallpox hospital of DR.. Anfoux.
1t is evident to the committee that for an
efficient discharge Of the duties imposed,
they have asked.
The question now arises, should this as
sistance come from the Council or the
Metropolitan Board! It is true that the
latter alone have the appointment OF these
officials, and that they alone can remove OF
discipline them, and shou d therefore pro-
vide all compensation for services. But the
sCouncil, on the other hand, furnish all sup
plies used by the petitioners while acting
as CITY physicians, and the assistance asked
NAV be properly classified under that head.
In either case, the city has finally to pay
the bill.
The appropriation may be so granted that
IL. oil nrpico trnl nyn
as city physicians without interfering with
the rights Of the board.
| therefore recommend that the petition
be granted, and the Council authorize Dy
ordinance an allowance of $62 so per month
to each Police Surgeon, so long as they
perform their duties as city physicians to
the satisfaction of the Council.
Very respectfully,
Your obedient servant.
E. w. PIERCE,
| Administrator.
Be it ordained, etc., That the Police Sur
geons, in their capacity as city physicians
for the purpose of furnishing themselves
with means OF conveyance, De entitled 70 az
allowance OF sixty-two dollars and nifty
cents per month, so long rs they
shall perform said duties to the satisfaction
of the Council.
On motion of Mr.. Shaw, the report and
ordinance were laid over to be printed.
From Mr.. Pierce:
| DEPARTMENT OF POLICE, !
| Administrator OMce.
| New Orleans, May 81, l87o
To the Honorable Council, city of New Orleans:
Referring to the bill of Charles Prado
for the sum of eight dollars, and that o
John Calaghan for twenty dollars, fol
damage to the roofs of their dwellings
! caused by the Fire Alarm and Police Tele
! graph, and which, with communication o
Superintendent Samuel Weeks, were re
ferred to this department, have the homo
; to report favorably upon the same, ant
! recommend both bills to be paid.
Very respectfully, your most obedien
servant, +. w. PIERCE,
Administrator.
Res0lued, That the Administrator of Pub
lie Accounts be, and he is hereby authorized
J to warrant upon the Administrator o
Finance, in favor of Charles Prados for tn
t sum OF eight dollars, and in favor OF JONI
3 Callaghan for the sum OF twenty dollars, II
full payment of all damages sustained b.
l | them. occasioned to- the roofs OF Jhei
dwellings by the Fire Alarm and Polio
4 Telegraph.
2 Adopted.
From Mr.. Walton:
NEW ORLEANS, May 81, 1870.
The undersigned, to whom was referre'
the following bills against the City OF Je1
r | ferson, VIZ:
Fire Fly printing Office, $25; New Orlean
Manufacturing and Building Company, $3.50
G respectfully reports, that both bills wer
approved by the late Council OF the City q
o Je tferaOn, and are included in the sfatemen
of the liabilities of that city, furnished b.
I the late Controller, Mr.. S. d. Moody.