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OFFICE OF TIE HIDDEN rRrAs-

ltEItE Of TIT HIUDFN TREAS-
- lhk Cons itdatsd Mining c ampany. Room
No .. Hsywsrd's naildine. No 40 california
sirfef. san Francisco. Callfuruia-The annual
meeting q the sinekhol1.r Of thu Hidden Tnsas.
nre Consolidated Minius Company VIII h. held
At TIE aihcs ct she company. IN this CITY. on
MONDAY. the TWENTIETH DAY OF JfNF
u $50 - ! o'elock p ~. II said dsy. fut the
purpose q rlafiug rru-faes 20 serve fr tho N.
snins y AZ. and far the transaction n any other
hisiaess that my prenrriy eeme b FRI the
meeting. Transfer hooks will b clnsed on june
18Th. 10Th and 20th ls7a
jeaid JOS. 7. KISG. SECRETARY.
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Ordinance No.

An Ordinance abalishius he offices N c5.x Al.
torn.y and city Surveyor.
The ard u Trustees of Treasure CITY do or.
dsfn Is follows:
sNcIoSL The ohicss II City Attorney and
Cly SURVEYOR ar her Is nholished.
SncttaS p All ouiinancss and narss II nrii
naners NV IN farcf pr prescribing q ampensstinn
tr sid Tigers and rrguiauns aid pr scahfpe
thstr duties As a 50 AL Ordinances or psrts IL
Oniihsnees IN an way IN conflict with this
outinancr, are herrby nspsaled.
SEcuoS 3. This QriiuAnr, shslI ,aka arse,
Shi o. u tores from and after the 9Th dsy Of
jun. A p. is5A-
Approved June >, 1870.
NJ. C. HTLIYFR.
President Board Of Trustees.
AhA0hfh. Nty Stsrk. les
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FOREIGN NEWS.

LcNpoS. June 2.
kirgscraft Won the Derby.
The sculling ristch between Kelly and
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n unjust
1 fnvalf.
sd nnyafnizhcd stztement

a=aA AAf - NJ
4..ey was sans me fram cd nm in this
stat t. iuyesf TIA Town hos iu Treasure CIV. /
b1ught one-haif u the MrDuuald 1T On InI1n
sfrssf. bid the dred mzie ont ia ny nana Tor
the purpose Of hopping inmrsrs ~. / had
orders tn si1 the lut IT was one 81 tie frv
piaees that ground eunid b. gH=Hai without
blasting. The logs IN fhe IA 1H.ug tafu down
o. mate WY fr the Bank % calf RMS Weru
r0lled 20 The 1T a~dja.ulns the enc iu question
We wanted ihase l1a< fHr huIldEnu catah5ose
and nfttrwards bought them The Beard 81
Tru=fe6s mazH = proposition O. III for The lot
asrHd % aall| rrcans deul The matter sud
refused go lt thgm have IL. We advertised fr
two T. for proposals = furaish fhc city a lut
for ealabnn-e. fhrgg ~ four tatz wtre aaand.
ana al uJeciad. The ulns mYar bic One could
not b Erndcd TT ss0Ht tn = Aar= a~kszl WCra
from $50 10 sIHe. All Int one = r iHeaHs4F T.
hutlF Aeaied. The nesnd 20 Trustee telling
fhe neesssity 4 blilduH D. cal b ssse withaut de-
lay. proposed g. me aealH FIR the McDuuHlH lHt.
feeling - theY ezEresed i At TIE time. that that
lot add the EfafIIng was ehaarHr fhau any Other
lut aasred cnnla b. grsdad al ne r.
CItz a says / Vas made a pr iefred creditor
This i simply a ptFysrslau II fsess. a=natd
90 waIt with the toNH until thu fr-t mHn.y
came IN from taxes. vhefa a. I should ufhar4isa
have b.en entitled o. thaf manHY raid ii fBr
hcensss. snd b lore taxes wtrr collected. But
Citizen e. HI zsal haS usfIlo kaH another i'm
port n itrm IhF hrsf warrant drawn IN The
Treasury was in NY favHr-s3iea. As HHag D.
M - ""AAA ~ asa NlAAH HAN uHHtafN4HAt
campaign is oYfr. VII state that Iadsaneed
the amount, c o D. far TIT town seal 10 Nals.
F1rEo Go.
Ctfi1en saYs TIL celshease. lot and al would
b. 4 AZ 1t s1a. Suppose that q 80. whaf ihra;
CITIZEN would NJ have sid hts IL IN ff.asnro
Cry a. tn time fhe MenaHaldlat Was purrhssr
! 2 5000, and today they are not worth 90
cents
Had his foresight hen equal 70 his hind
sight IT asure city waall n Z hid him now.
II l. VERY easy O. IHsk h=Hk and zav Ia va COLI
f0r mare than j. value. bat who ANEW il fhens
frnsnn City j. my b me. and Nhiis I wish no
ctaee, | viii without fsar or favor support those
measures that =. inny opinion. FIR the best In
tercst q the town.
w. II DOLNIAS.
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AGENCIES.

SAY FRANCISCO
MYRoS ANGEL. Room No. 9. "a Cal. st.
THOMAS BoYCE. 81. Merchants Exchange.
L p. FISHER. Il and p. Aerchfs Exch sc.
=. W LARTNoRE / CO.. Ropes Block, 1t
East Madison s..-Room is.
COOK. COBURN L CO, 81 Dearborn street.
NEW YORK
HUDSON K NESET. Times bufding-
VIRGINIA JANIS AcDoSALn.
ELKO-R. T. BEooks. News Depot.
xrSTTy-A. NJ. HaRS. Main st.
PFOCHE ~CTTY-Chsrles Weiderhold.
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3f8 CALIFORNIA ST.,
San Francisco, California.
Tickets for Sale June Isl, 1870,
ONLY AT THE OFFICE.

Alibersl discount viii BE- allowed where 100,
500. or loo Tickets are bought in one lot.
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Notice to Mechanics.

APREMIuM OF $500
Will DC given for the best Model Oh wv
Of glass and iron. for this Distribution.
The Trustees reserve the right to rs'ee.
and ali nsa-is
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Strength u9nh"
tsfeas
ag.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-12-23

The annual interest of the debt amounts to
nearly a million and half of dollars, and
the money to pay this interest must be pro-
vided before an honest dollar can be ex
pended for any other purpose.
THE BUDGET.
This brings me to consideration Of the
items Of liability in the budget.
The law requires that $650,OO0 shall be
raised by tax every year to meet capital and
first item of liability in the budget; the
other items of interest in the budget amount
to $685. AZ, making a total of 800, As.
1t ia to be observed that only 23,eOO of
the $3.50 900, are required for interest of the
consolidated debt; the balance goes to pur
chase the bonds, which will at their present
market value redeem about $450,Oo0 OF
them, and reduce the city debt by. that
amount. This effect is the one silver lining to
that cloud The $l,556,7iS must, how
ever, be raised and paid. No measure
Of retrenchment or economy can be de-
yised to diminish the amount, and it
must be paid in cash. $3O6,35o of the
ten per cent bonds of the one million
loan, matured or maturing in next year;
$4,000 of Jefferson City bonds, due also
next year; 5000, 900 OF certificates of the
floating debt, constitute, with 500, COO re-
Quired for the paving OF st. Charles street.
the balance Of the estimated liabilities.
The bonds must be paid in cash; the GER
titoates of indebtedness and for paving
may be funded, and that is the best mode
of providing for them.
1t was intended to place all city liabilities
in the budget, and to conceal none that
we're known to exist. l regret to say that
some have been omitted. There are iudg-
ments, amounting to about S2OO, GOO,
obtained by the Drainage Commissioners
against the city, which are not there.
To obtain possession of the amounts
awarded in these judgments, is one Of the
objects of the Ship Island Canal Company.
There are also many suits for claims against
the city, amounting, in the aggregate, to
upward Of half a million dollars, most Of
which are believed to be mainly groundless,
or like the four million claim of Mrs.
Gaines, preposterous; but if the city's luck,
heretofore in the courts be continued, they
may be sustained to a considerable amount
beyond the sum estimated for Judgments
These facts are mentioned to Obviate the
necessity for explanations hereafter.
AS retrenchment can not be made in the
liabilities, it must be made in the es-
timated expenditures and in the cost Of the
Metropolitan Police
THE METROPOLITAN POLICE.
The expenditures for the police are ont Of
all reason; and as the Council have to levy
and collect the tax to support them, it is
proper for the Council to consider and de
wise means to reduce the burden. The
Council have no control over the police,
and can have none without the action
Of the Legislature. 1t is suggested, there
fore, that the Legislature be asked to re-
store to the city government the control OF
the police at least SO far as to enable us to
limit it's cost.
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per cent more upon the assessed value of
real and personal property; and still further,
does not include the taxes, which, if the
have to be levied for that purpose.
need not say that this amount OF taxa
ton in the present deprecated condition of
city properly is very serious matter. do
not propose to oppose the levy of the taxes
now before the Council. ! have simply en-
deavored to call the attention of the Admins
traitors to all the facts of the case. If, as be-
Tab
Abstract Showing the Valuation of Pro-
SI60, the Amount Of r,
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MAYORALrY CT NEW ORLEANS, I
City Hall, December %. 1870.

MAYoRALrY OF NEw ORLEANS,
City Hall, December %, 1910. )
ne. f3G-AdmiuistratiOn Series.l
An ordinance providing for tho payment of the
several accounts therein named,
Be it ordained, That the following appropriations
be- and hereby made, and that the AdIninistri.
tor of Public Accounts warrant on the Administra
tor of Finance in payment of the same:
Picayune office for advertising blue Metropolitan
warrants, SO.
German Gazette for advertising, + ll9 IS.
John Kelliher, for furniture for Department of
Public Accounts. $50.
w. J. Castel, for copy Of contract for use in the
case of Monasterio VS.. the city of New Orleans S.
Adopted by the Council Of the city of New Or
leans, December 20, 1870.
BENZ. F. FLANDERS, Mayor.
A true copy:
II. CON0UEsT CLARKE. Secretary. de23 1t
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MAYoRALrY OF NEW ORLEANS,
City Hall, December %, 1870.
mo. Observation-Disclosures Series.

Resolved That payment into the city
treasury by the New Orleans, Jackson and Great
Northern Railroad of the sum Of ten thousand
dollars in. current funds, the Mayor is hereby au-
thorized to sign notarial act for the sale and
measuring fifty feet FIVE inches one line on Water
street. eighty five feet inch Delta street one
hundred and twenty four feet eleven inches two
lines on st. Joseph street, and one hundred and
twenty feet the rear line; and certain piece of
vacant ground measuring one hundred and two
feet four inches and three lines on Delta by one
hundred and twenty feet nine inches Eve lines on
Front street, one hundred and twenty-four feet
eleven inches two lines st. Joseph by an irregu
lar rear line OF say one hundred and twenty-five
feet.
Adopted by the Council Of the city Of New Orleans
December 20, 1870
Yeas: West, Shaw Delassize EYnIev Lewis Wal.
ton, Bonzsn0.
BENZ. p. FLANDERS, Mayor
true copy: =
q. CeNscRsr C1AAxl, Secretary. DEAL
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OFFICIAL NOTICES.
NAYoRALTY OF NEW ORLEANS,
City Hall, December %, 1870.
no. s3i-Administratiou Series

10 D1i-!lOlliIlSIId DtiiSs.l
Resolved, That the Sheriff of the parish Of Or
leans is hereby empowered and directed 10 receive
from William E. McDermott, One-ffth OF the amount
of tax, interest and costs due ny FRANCOIS Lacrox
dollars $4,000 for the year 1885, on account OF q
Judgment rendered by the Fourth District Court
FRANCOIS Lacroix, and that the Sheriff shall give
said McDermstt receipt which shall be for the
tax of 1866, against the following described prop
erty in square 600, fourth assessment district, VIZ
lots one. two, three ard four, measuring 1913 feet
front Ppydras street, by l2o feet in depth, and
lots tOrtyOne and forty-two measuring 90 feet and
inches front on Broad street by 255 feet in depth
Adopted by the Council Of the City OF New Or
leans, December 20, 1870.
BENZ. F. FLANDERS, Mayor.
4 true copy:
II. CONQUEST CLARKR, Secretary. de23 1t
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MAYoRALrY OF NHw ORLEANS, I
City Hall, December %, 1870.
No. Standardization Series.

MAYORALrY OF INV ORLEANS,
City Hail. December e. 1870.
No. Standardization Series.
Re solution by the Administrator of Assessments
upon the application Of Mrs. NJ f. FellOwes, for
the correction of her tax bill for 1869, upon real
estate i'll square No. 800, fourteenth assessment
district.
Resolved, That the administrator of Public Ac-
counts be and is hereby authorized to cancel tax
bill No. 1861, against L. Milaudon on real estate in
square No. $50, fourteenth assessment district,
$780, for the year 1868, as the property was
enormously valued and assessed in the name of l..
Millaudon and furnish the Administrator of FL
nance with corrected tax bills as follows, viz: John
NJ. Carr lots Nos. and 4, three thousand dollars
ts3OOO), and Mrs. NJ e. Feliowes, lots Nos l. to 20
two thousand dollars ($2o00).
The assessment of the property should have been
five thousand dollars t$5O00) instead OF six thou
sand eight hundred dollars (S6oOoE
Adopted by the Council of the city OF New Or
leans, December 20, 1870
BENZ. p FLANDERS, Mayor
4 true copy
II. CoSauEsT CLARKE. Secretary. de231
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fore remarked, strict and rigid economy and
retrenchment are exercised in every depart
ment, and the taxpayers see that the money
which they pay is honestly and wisely ex-
pended, the taxes may be collected without
serious opposition. It beho6ves the
Council to see to it for the future
that there shall not be one dollar expended
which is not absolutely necessary, and that
there be an equivalent advantage derived
for each expenditure.
BENZ. +. FLANDERS, Mayor.
E A.
erty and Ratio Of Taxation upon Every
X and Amount Collected.
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MAYoRALTY OF NEW ORLEANs,
City Hall, December 20, 1870.

MAYORALTY OF NEw ORLEASs,
City Hall, December %, 1870. )
No. e40-Administration Series1
An ordinance fixing and assessing the rate Of taxa
uOu ON the assessment rolls of 1870
Be it ordained by the Council Of the city of New
Orleans, That in virtue of paragraph twelve OF
section twelve and of section nineteen of the char
ter, the rate of taxation the assessment rolls
of 1870 payable III 1871, be and is hereby fixed and
assessed as follows:
For the capital and interest of the consolidated
loan W the rate OF sixty (6O) cents ON every one
hundred dollars of the assessed value of real prop
erty.
FOR the interest the bonds issued for subscrip-
ton to the stock Of the New Orleans, jackson and
Great Mort hern, the New Orleans, Opeiousas and
Great Western and the POntchartrain railroads, at
the rate of twenty coy cents on every one hun
drcd dollars of the assessed value of real property
and one ~ cent on every one hundred collars of
the assessed value of personal property.
For the capital and interest of the bonds OF the
one million loan. now over due and falling due in
the year 1871, at the rate of twenty-five (25l cents
every one hundred dollars of the assessed value
of the real and personal property.
For the other liabilities and expenditures of the
city at the rate OF seventy (10) cents every
hundred dollars OF the assessed value of read prop
erty and one hundred and forty mine (49) cents
every one hundred dollars of the assessed alue OF
the personal property.
Adopted by the Council of the city of New Or
leans December 20, 1870.
Yeas: West, Shaw, Delassize, Emley, walton
BonzanO.
BENZ. F. FLANDERS, Mayor
true copy:
II. Conquest CLARKE Secretary. de23 1t
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-12-23
Table + shows the cost Of the police from
$50 to have been as follows:

The highest cost in any one year before
the organization of the Metropolitan Police
Board was S56l $50 for the year 1867. In
der the Metropolitan system the cost has
been eight hundred thousand dollars a
year.
! have ascertained the cost of the police
of St. Louis, Cincinnati, Chicago and Balti-
mere for purposes OF comparison. For
lnc ynnr II Vas Is tnllOWs.
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MAyORALTY OF NEW ORLEANS I
City Hall, December ~, 1870.
Gao Adm; N (; 90 m tiou Cor;oe I

MAyORALTY OF NEW ORLEANS I
City Hall, December ~, 1870.
No. 643-AdmnistratiOn Series.
An ordinance to impose and levy an annual tax to
establish the New Orleans Park"
WHEREAS, By section seven of an act OF the I.e-
gisature, entitled IAN act to establish pubic
me ans therefor" approved March lG, 1870, it is
made obligatory, under penalty. OH the city Oh
New Orleans, to impose aud levy, for the purposes
of said act an annual tax of One-eghth of one per
cent on the assessed value Of all the real PERSONAL
and mixed property taxed by the city for any DINER
purpose; therefore
Be it ordained BY the Council of the city Of New
Orleans, That the said tax of e-eghth o. one per
cent be and ia hereby imposed and levied, In Que
dience to the requirements Of said act.
Adopted by the Council Of the city Of New Or
leans, December 20. 1870.
Yeas: West, Shaw, Delassize Enley, Lewis. Wal
w. BENZ. F. FLANDERS, Mayor.
A true copy:
b. CcxSsRar CLARKE, Secretary. ie23 1t
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-12-23

MAYORALTY New ORLRAEs,
City Hall December %, 1870. )
NO. Standardization Series.l
Resolved, That the Administrator Of Improve
ments be and he is hereby authorized and directed
TO advertise for proposals to furnish coal for the
draining machines for the term Of one year com
mencinS on the first day of january, 1871.
Adopted by the Council OF the city of New Or
leans, December 20, 1870
BENZ. F. FLANDERS, Mayor.
true copy:
II. CONQUEST CLARKE, Secretary. de23 Ii
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TABLE d.
Abstract Of the Principal Revenues Of the
City of New Orleans, except Taxes
from April IL, 1852. until December
81, 1869.
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Thus it is seen that New Orleans, with a
smaller population than the cities quoted
pays two hundred and fifty thousand dol
cinnati pays, with hundred thousand
greater population.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-12-23

Showing the Of Property and Ratio of Taxa
$780, the Amount OF Tax and Amount Collected.
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PerlOO.
Table C, the total amount of receipts of
every name and nature, including loans,
proceeds of city notes, bills payable, etc,
during the same period, each year.
Table D shows the receipts OF each class
of ordinary revenue in each year during the
same period.
Table shows the expenditures Of each
class in each year. The years 1867, 1863,
1869 and 1870 are Incomplete; most of the
obligations which composed the floating
debt were incurred in these years, and they
have not yet been posted to their appro-
pirate accounts. This is regretted, because
comparison of the estimated expenses for
next year with the expenses of these years
isespecially desirable.
Upon examining table A, it is seen that
the rate of taxation differed in the different
districts Of the city during the first four
years Of the consolidation, and that the rate
in all Of them was very high for two OF
those years. The high rate for these two
years, was caused mostly by the neces-
sity of paying the large floating debts
created by the municipalities, and the diff
ference of rate was due to the fact that un.
til 1855 each district paid the interest Oh the
bonded debt which it had incurred while a
separate municipality. In 1856 the city as
thereafter was the same for the whole city
and since then it has not been higher than
one dollar and fifty cents per hundred, and
for two years it was only one dollar per hun
dred. But though the rate of taxation did moi
iucreaee from 1856 to 1870, the city debt
did.
Table B shows that the debts of the foul
districts in 1852 were S., 736, 23S; in 1856 the
aggregate debt was, in round numbers, 81,
e66'05O: in 1868, $l5, OOO, 900; in 1870, upward
Of 1lS,OO0OO0. This is an enormoI ~,
debt for city Of less than W0,OO'
inhabitants; far greater. debt in pro
portion to population than that that o. rh any
other city in the United States: lners
skouId be NO further increase without
tangible equivalent in value to shO for it
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trenchment should be exercised. n charge
or intimation of delinquency i'll these
respects Is intended against any department
Of the city government. 1t was, of course,
expected when this new charter went into eff
feet that the result would not only be greater
vigOr OF administration, but greater economy
also. The new plan of city government
has Enthusiastically many advantages. 1t
has also many defects. Among the latter
may be pointed out the fact that there is q
natural tendency to have seven city coun-
ellis, acting independently, or nearly so, OF
each other. instead of one, each admins
traitor expecting and assuming to control
affairs within his own department, and only
reluctantly interfering with the jurisdiction
of others; and if the administrators should
ever be less Jealous in the performance OF
their duties than al present, or subject to
less pressure OF municipal difficulties, it Is
possible the expenditure Of the city viii be
much greater under the new charter than
under the old form of government.
1t is true the charter says all these de-
partInents shall be subordinate TO the
Mayor, but, in effect, there is no means OF
enforcing such subordination, il the adj
mnistrators are indisposed to submit to IT,
The Mayor may direct, and they may obey
or rot, at their will. They have each II vote,
and he has none, and has no power OF
means 10 make his supervision etectual in
the management Va cAty dudiiS- AHu as uc
has not the control of any department. in
which these expenditures arise, tie only
way that he can be made Or held RESPONSE
Bile for the disbursements of the Council Is
to give him Il veto of the expenditures, or,
at least, a vote in the Council.
1t is made the duty of the Mayor by
the charter to see that the laws and ordi-
nances of the city be strictly enforced but
he has no control whatever over the police
the only power by which this duty could be
accomplished. The sole force placed at his
disposal by the charter is a private secre-
tary If, with this assistance, he should
attempt to compel the strict enforcement OF
city ordinances, it is doubtful whether he
might not subject himself to arrest by the
Metropolitan police for interfering with a
duty which they claim is also conferred upon
them.
The proposed one per cent special city tax,
and the other taxes which the Council this
evening will probably pass, make the taxa
| ton for city purposes including the com
pulsory Metropolitan Police and City Park
| taxes, three and five-eighths per cent. Add
to tins one per cent for State taxes, and we
have upon real and personal property of
this city a taxation of four and five-eighths
per cent. This does not include the licenses,
| city and State, which are equivalent to one