New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-04-28

regular meeting. at which it had been read
| q first and second time. He moved rein
| PRODUCTION of the ordinance levying tax Of
one-eighth of one per cent for park purposes
| The ordinance was reintroduced accord
ingIy, read first and second time, and laid
over till the next regular meeting.
| Mr.. Shaw called up the resolution appro-
| priating fifty dollars month for rent OF
| City Notary's office, which was read a
second time and laid over under the rules.
Petitions
A petition from the Orleans Railroad
| Company, for alteration in their roads, was
| received and referred to the Department of
Improvements.
A communication from Thomas F. Fisher,
with regard to bridge contracts. was referred
to the Department of Improvements.
A petition of Thomas Schorr, asking per-
mission to erect steam engine, was re
| ferred to the Administrator of Commerce.
| An application from Postmaster C. w.
Lowell for permission TO put letter boxes on
the lamp-posts, in furtherance of the system
of free delivery, was referred to the Ad-
mInistrator of Police, reported favorably
upon, and granted by the Council.
petition of the st. Charles Street Rail-
rail asking permission to remove their
| track was referred to the Department Of
| Improvements.
Two communications with reference to
the smallpox hospital nuisance were re.
| ferred to the Administrator of Public Build
ings.
A communication from Mr.. Monaghan
was laid on the table.
petition from the Chattanooga Railroad
was referred to the Department OF I'm
provements.
Kesiguation of City Attorney.
The following communication was read:
OFFICE CITY ATTORNEY
New Orleans, April %, 1870
Hon. B. F. Flanders. Mayor. the Administrators
and Council of CRY of New Orleans:
GENTLEMEN-I have the honor to inform
you that l hereby resign the Office of City
Attorney of the city of New Orleans. The
law requires me to discharge the duties Of
the office until a successor is elected or ap-
pointed and qualified.
/ trust that the Council will act promptly,
as desire to turn over the records and du-
ties of the office to successor on Or before
the thirtieth instant.
/ have the honor to remain. etc.
J. 4. BECKWITE.
Administrator West moved that the CON-
munication be received.
Carried.
Administrator Bonzano said he should be
very reluctant to lose the services of Mr..
Beck with, and he moved that the matter be
referred to the Administrators of Commerce
and Waterworks.
Carried.
Organization.
Administrator West, moved TO take up the
ordinance laid over from the last regular
meeting (after being read once by ttle), or
eaniziny the Department of Improvements.
He said he did not propose that The city OF
New Orleans should be called upon to pay
anything they could not afford TO pay, and
he proposed that whatever they paid for they
should get. He found by reference to the re-
cords that in the month of February, 1869,
SIT 600 was spent in the Street Commission
er's office; in March SIS 442; ip April SIS, $40:
in May s24, 600, and in February, of this year,
over $4,000, in March SIG, $40, and his total
expenses, including exraordioary e1-
penses in putting the grades 70
the Fair Grounds in order dig
ging out the canal and making small
Improvements generally, to- prepare for the
coming sickly season, would amount, for the
month of April, to the sum Of sl2, 500, or
birtp I'd
per cent less than was spent in the month
preceding without go much to show tor it.
The total labor expense II the entire de-
partment would be $4,000 against ST., 900
spent in one department alone unler the
old regime. In the department of streets
there was saving Of So 0A0 upon the cost
a month ago. In the department of
wharves and landings a saving Of $4,000,
with a considerably increased area.
Section one Of the ordnance was read as
follows:
SECTION l. Be it ordained by the Council
of the city of New Orleans. That the Depart
ment of improvements is hereby organized
loving bureaus:
l. A Bureau of Streets.
2. A Bureau of Wharves and Landings.
3. 4 Bureau of City Drainage.
Mr.. Shaw moved its adoption.
Carried.
SEC 2. Be .it ordained, ETC., That the de-
proper shall consist Of
One Administrator.
One secretary, with an annual salary not
to exceed $4,000.
One clerk, with an annual salary not to
exceed $780,
One special agent, with an annual salary
not to exceed $1,000.
One chief Of labor, with an annual salary
not to exceed $500.
One clerk to chief of labor, with an annual
salary not to exceed $1,000.
One messenger, with an annual salary not
to exceed 5000.
Adopted after an explanation from Mr.
West, that there were two officers provided
for in this section namely, chief of labor
and his clerk, whom he did not at present
need, but they were there in case Of ener-
gency.
SEC. 8. Be it ordained, ETC., That the Bu-
reau of Streets within the Department OF
Improvements, shall consist of one superin-
tendent amounted at his own eXpense), at
an annual salary, not to exceed $4,000.
One chief clerk, at an annual salary not
to exceed S2l00.
Two clerks, at an annual salary not to eX-
coed sl200.
One district superintendent; Filst District,
at an annual salary not to exceed $500.
One district superintendent, Second and
Fifth Districts, at an annual salary not to
exceed SlSG0.
One district superintendent, Third Dis
trict, at an annual salary not to exceed
$500