New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-05-05
time bv title and ordered to be printed.

Oh HlNeT AtuUluSS, duu AShhAh6 sAC NU
thereof.
Section I. Be it ordained by the Council
of the city of New Orleans, That In the
month of May, in the year eighteen nun
dred ard seventy, and annually thereafter.
there shall be recommended for appointment
by the Administrator of the Department
of Commerce, and shall be appointed Dy
the Council, one Superintendent and SIX
Assistant Superintenhents OF River Land
ings. The Superintendent shall have an an
nual salary of tWenty-one hundred dollars,
payable monthly, and two of the Assistant
superintendent shall each have an annua!
salary of fifteen hundred dollars, and four
of the Assistant Superintendents shall each
have an annual salary OF twelve hundred
dollars. payable monthly.
SEC. 2. Be it further ordained, ETC., That
the Superintendent shall keep his office at a
central and convenient loca ity On the levee,
shall keep it open. from sunrise to sunset,
Sundays excepted; and the Assistant Super
lntendents shall be in daily communication
with the Superintendent, and be under his
direction. The Superintendent shall give
bond, with. sufficient security, in the sum
of five thousand dollars, and each Assistant
superintendent in the sum OF two thousand
dollars for the faithful performance OF their
duties.
Sec. 8. Be it further ordained, That
it shall be the duty Of the superintendent to
enter or cause to be entered in proper books
daily, the arrival OF all vessels within the
limits Of the city; to direct the mooring and
landing of steamboats,, f1atboatS and other
water craft; to keep or cause to be kept a
regular account Of the general transactions
in the narbor; and for that purpose he shall
have well bound books, one tor ships aGd
other seagoing vessels; one for steamboats,
and barges, and one for flatboats and other
craft, in which shall be kept a journal Of the
arrivals, arranged in such a manner as to
present in one line the name Of the vessel,
her master or consignee, the tonnage or
capacity, the amount of duty to which said
vessel is subject. as we'll as the arrival and
departure thereof.
SEC. 4. Be it further ordained, That
the superintendent shall make a weekly
report to the Administrator of Public Ac-
counts, and a duplicate report to the Admin
~istrator OF Commerce of all and every de.
scription of vessels, their tonnage, ETC.,
which may each day enter and moor within
the limits of the city, which. weekly reports
shall be filed for reference and examination
10 re gular rotation and dates.
SEC. 5. Be it further ordained, ETC., That
the Superintendent and Assistant Superln-
tendent shall point out the place and posi-
ton any steamboat, f1atboat, barge or other
craft shall take at the levee, and shallthave
power to enforce their orders; and more
over, said Superintendent and Assistant Su-
pe~rintendents shall have the right of deter.
mining on what occasions and how far
captains, and others having charge of steam
boats, tlatboats, barges and other water craft,
must accommodate one another in their
respective positions at the wharves, as
assigned them by the said Superintendent;
and also in arranging of freight on the
%levees, discharged and to be hauled away,
or conveyed thlther for the purpose of being
shipped, in the arranging of all matters OF
dispute arising from differences of opinion
regarding individual rights to the use of the
wharves and ~leVees, by parties doing bust
ness thereon, IN connection with the ship.
ping and landing of freight, and also of the
mooring and landing of the different vessels
above enumerated. The Superintendent
and Assistant Superintendent thus having
! full power to decide upon all such matters
, appertai ming to the wharve5 and levees. and
t. d termlne the same; in case any captain
Or other person r%esists, opposes CT refuses to
obey the order of the said Superintendent
aud Assistant Superintendent in thus dis
charging the duties of their Office, such cap.
tain or ether person so offending, shall, for
every such %otfense, incur a penalty OF not
less than twenty-five dollars, nor more than
one hundred dollars. recoverable before any
court OF Competent jurisdiction for the use OF
the city, and a further penalty of ten dollars
per day for every day he or they shall con-
tinue to neglect, refuse or fall to obey the
orders of said Superintendent.
Sec. 6. Be il further ordained, ETC.. That
Il shall also be the duty Of the superiDten-
dents to see that all produce, goods, wares,
and other articles, landed on the levee from
any vessel or water craft be laid as near as
possible to the paved part OF the levee, ap-
preaching the street, and that the bans of
the river and Wharves be neither obstruc+ed
nor ncumbered unnecessarily and the said
superintendent are authorized to give the
necessary orders to all persons whom it may
concern to remove all produce, goods,
wares or other articles landed upon the said
wharves and levees upon the expiration of
forty-eight hours after the landing thereof,
and. upOn the neglect, refusal or failure by
the owners or agents OF said produce, goods,
wares. or other articles, to remove the same,
after being duly notified by the superinteDd
ent, the said superintendent shall take pos
session OF said produce, goods, wares, or
other articles, and store the same a: the ex.
pense and risk of the said owners or agents
thereof; and said superintendent shall have
further authority to remove all distractions
and membranes, as provided in ordinance
relative to pounds.
SEC. Z. Be it further ordained, That it
shall be the duty of the said superintend-
ents to see that all ships. steamships,
steamboats,, n other vessels, excepting
tiatboats, ETC., are sufficiently provided with
spars, timbers and stage planks, for the
purpose of erecting the necessary staging
for the discharge and taking in of cargo;
and also, that the said spars, timbers, or
planks shall not be used by any other per
son or PERSONS. except for the purposes
above mentioned; and any person or per-
sons acting in contraventiOn of this section
shall incur a penalty of five dollars for each
and every ~Otfense; and thai any steamboat,
vessel, or other craft, or person, carrying off
and taEJpu wifhnOt tho Ipitc oP TIM oifu
any OF said spars, timbers, or planks afore.
said, shall be liable to a fine of ten dollars
for each of the same so carried off; and it
shall be the duty of the superintendent and
assistant superintendent, or any officer of
the city, to arrest all parties contravening
this%s section; that said penalties may be en-
forced before a court of competent jurisdic-
ton, or any OF the Recorders of the city. for
the use of the city.
Sec. 8. Be it further ordained, That in the
event that the owners or consignees of
goods, wares and merchandise can not be
found, the superintendent are authorized
to dispense with notification.
SEC. 9. Be it further ordained, That the
superintendent are hereby authorized to
stop the loading and unloading OF mer-
chandlse or other articles from any ship,
steamboat Or other vessel, provided they
consider the safety of the wharves endan-
gered thereby.
Sec. TO-. Be it further ordained, That
cabs, drays and other vehicles be, and they
are hereby permitted to be driven on said
wood work, to a point fifty feet from the
line OF incline on said wharves, and that
the City Surveyor be and he is hereby au-
thorized and instructed to place, at such
distances as he may deem best, posts to
guide the superintendent in carrying out
this permission.
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