New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-07-06
THE CITY COUNCIL.


2 The board met at the usual hour, AL the
members present and the Mayor presiding.
q nsmoti0n of Mr.. Walton, the reading 81
the minutes iwas dispensed with hE u
e Mr.. Shaw reported that fifty notes OF 500,
payable annually. from one to fifty. years,
we're turned over to. the city from the late
City Of jefferson, payable by the Magazine
Street Railroad Company. He Thought q
note scarcely valuable which was to be paid
fifty years hence. he suggested that reso-
luton be adopted authorizing the Mayor to
take such steps as were necessary to contest
the late sale Of certain rights of way to
James H. Young, by the City of Jefferson,
and that the proceedings OF the Jefferson
: Council ON the subject, be printed. The
resolution was adopted. 3 eies 80.
= The report of the Administrator OF FL
nance was ordered printed, and, on motion,
its reading was dispensed with. I, ~
Mr.. West asked the balance on hand. he
was informed that there were several bal.
ances making total Of $4eS,OO0. Many Of
these balances were not available.
Reports from Mr.. BonzanO were laid over
and ordered printed.
b Mr.. Pierce offered q resolution a?prOpri-
atine money for repairing the fence around
Coliseum Square. Adopted. .a5s
.. Mr.. Pierce offered a resolution amending
ordinance N7, regarding goats, and allow
ing the sale Of goats impOunded, after they
have remained unclaimed for fOrty-eight
hours. The sale to take place without any
advertisements. Mr.. Pierce stated he offered
the ordinance as the expense OF advertising
has heretofore been SO great. Adopted.
Mr. Emley offered a resolution authorlz-
ing the Mayor, to relieve from city license
such small shopkeepers, dealers in liquors
excepted, whose capital invested in bust
ness is less than 500. Amended SO as to
make the amount fifty dollars, and adopted
as amended. SoS sf-E f#
q Mr.. Emley offered an ordinance making it
unlawful to kill birds or destroy their eggs,
under penalty of from five to twenty-five
| dollars fine. Laid oyer.
Several resolutions offered by Mr.. Emley
were ordered printed and laid over.
The council adopted an ordinanc ordering
certificates to be drawn for the payment 81
| costs and fees in certain justices courts, and
for amounts due to charitable institutions.
The Administrator of Accounts was au
thorized to warrant on the finance depart
ment for the regular quarterly payments
due the orphan asylumns.
Ordinances offered by Mr.. West, of the
DEPARTMENT of Improvements, were ordered
| to be printed and lie over. sssss.
Two ordinances were adoptad authorizing
| the Mayor to contract with cerenin parties
| for certain work on st. Charles avenue.
Mr. WGeL TcpOIttu CcAtstAl ASAoAi' W
| employees in the. Department OF Improve
ments. The parties were removed iron
office. -. ,.-....-.t
| Recorder Campbell was granted a sixty
| days' leave Of absence from the fifteenth %
July. The permission was granted under
the restrictions of that section Of the char
ter granting the pay of the Recorder to thu
1 Assistant. Recorder during the absence O1
| the former. .-gt.. s... -. H. Gil
A contract for supplying the Insane
| ASYLUM with meat, at six cents pound
4 was authorized to be made by Louis Ruch
| "A petition was received asking the COun
! ell to compromise certain claims OF Mrs
| Mvra Clark Gaines. Ordered prinetd, ant
referred to the Mayor. -. $50
A number of petitions Of no public interes
were referred to the proper departments.
A petition was received from the Irish Ike
| publican Club, asking that the pay of cit.
| iabOrers he raised from 81 80 to - day.
| The June pay rolls for the Department
| improvements. total of $E ,999 %, wa
passed to payment.
The pay roll for the Surveyors Depart
ment and the pay rolls for June, whiel
came up for final action, were passed to pay
| ment.
An ordinance compelling the Canal am
! Claiborne Street Railroad Company to ex
| tend their track down Canal street, wa
adopted. S-N
An ordinance was adopted'organizing tn
Department of WaterwOrks. ~
After some further business the Boar
adjourned. -