New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-08-25

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Resolred, That the Administrator of Pub
| lie Accounts warrant on the Administrator
of Finance, in favor of John T. Hamlin, FOL
| the sum Of four hundred and eighty-h I've
dollars, for repairing the Girls House o.
Refuge.
Adopted.
BY Mr.. Delassize
Resolced. That the Administrator of Pub
| lie Accounts warrant on the Department OF
| Finance, in favor of John T. Hamlin, fol
the sum of three hundred and seventy-tivt
dollars, for repairing and partially painting
the SOraparu Market.
| Adopted.
By Mr.. Delassize:
| Resolped, That the sum of two hundred
| and eighty.two dollars be and is hereby
appropriated for the payment of the pay
roll of laborers of the Department Of Water
| works and Public Buildings, discharged
during the month Of August, 1870.
| Adopted.
BY Mr.. Shaw:
! An ordinance to provide for the settlement
| Of accounts therein named.
| Be it ordained, that the Administrator OF
| Public Accounts be and is hereby authorized
| to settle with the holders of the following
| claims, at the option of said holders, by the
| issue of certificates under ordinance No. l97
| Administration series:
| T. Marquee, for percentage retained as
| security for the performance of contract
| for grading and Smelling Craps now Dur
| gundy st2eet, approved by Administrator OF
improvements, 1914 06.
John Clark, for iron work for draining
machines, BRIDGES, etc., approved a by Ad'
| minis,rator of Improvements, $3.50 80.
Peter Ross, for repairs of doors and sashes,
! locks, etc., and labor and materials on pub
| lie buildings in the Sixth District, late Jef-
terson City, $l07 50.
Thomas Cavanaugh, for jury certificate
District Court, $45.
A. Gastinel, late Recorder Second Dis
trict, for balance due on pay rolls, $77 II
The ordinance was read item by item.
On the second item Mr.. West desired to
say that though the claim was said to be mp,
proved by the Administrator of Improve
ments, he had had no opportunity of exam
lining these accounts except to see that they
had been approved by the officers of the pre-
ceding Council He thought it necessary to
make this remark, because the ordinance as
read by the Secretary made him the Auditor
of Accounts. Whether the goods we're deliv-
cred or not he did not know; he only knew
the bills were approved.
Mr.. Bonzano objected to the payment IN
Jess the Council knew the goods were deliv-
cred. He should not vote to pay one cent
unless the Administrator of Improvements
or the Administrator of Public Accounts
was satisfied that the goods had been de-
Gvered.
The Mayor remarked that all the bills
put in the floating debt were exactly in
in the category of these accounts, now OBJ
jected to. The officers entrusted with the
preparation of the floating debt statement
had, very frequently, grave doubts whether
the articles charged for h I'd been received
by the city or not, but as the receipts and
certificates of the proper officers were ap-
pended to the bills, they had been obliged
to pass them.
Mr. Walton said it seemed to him unneces-
sary to bring these seven-thirty bills before
the Council. They were really part Of the
floating debt, although technically ruled
out. He did not know why these bills
should be subjected to more rigid exa1nin-
alton than the bills of the floating debt.
Mr. Shaw did not think the Administra
tor of improvements saw the full force Of
the references made to him. If it was only
to ascertain if the requisite signatures were
on the papers, the Administrator of Ac
counts could do that himself. But the Ad-
ministrator Of Improvements had within
his department opportunities to learn
whether lumber had been delivered for GER
references to him was, that he should use
this means of inquiry. He (Mr. Shaw did
not mean to say the Administrator of I'M
provements could probe everything, but he
could probe a great deal. Whenever the
Department of Accounts had not on hand
the proper means of inquiry, he referred
the matter to the department that had.
For instance, if any claim was presented
for work done to public squares, he would
refer it to the Department of Police-not to
see if the signature was there, but to see if
any such work was done.
The ordinance was passed.
BY Mr. Shaw:
An ordinance providing for the payment Of
the several accounts therein named.
Be it ordained, That the following appro-
priations be and are hereby made, and that
the Administrator of Public Accounts war
rant on the Administrator of FINANCE in
payment of the same:
To Thomas Mccormack, Parish Recorder
of Jefferson, for copy Of the original lease of
Stock Landing furnished City Attorney, s..
Charles Lauer, p. Irwin and G. w. Roper,
three months rent of building, First Dis
trict lookup, from May IA to August IA,
1870, $1,000.
New Orleans Republican Printing Com
pany, publishing tax list from August l6 to
Read first and second time, and laid
over under the charter.
By Mr.. Shaw:
An ordinance to provide for the settlement
of a claim of S. D. Moody.
Be it ordained, That the Administrator of
Public Accounts be and is hereby author
lied to settle with S. D. Moody for the fol-
lowing warrants of the late City of Jeffer-
son, held by said Moody, by the issue of a
certificate under ordinance No. 1877, Admin
istration series, viz: One for one hundred
dollars, one for two hundred dollars, and
one for two hundred and eight dollars and
thirty-three cents; total, five hundred and
eight dollars and thirty -three cents.
Read first and second time and referred
to the Mayor
By Mr.. West:
Resolred, That the Administrator of I'm
provements be and he is hereby authorized
to advertise for proposals for eight thou
sand $4,000 feet of North river curb stones,
to be delivered on St. Charles avenue, be-
tween TivOi Circle and Toledano street.