New Orleans Republican., 1871-06-14
CITY coUNcIL--oFFICIAL
REGULAR MEETING.

The Council met in regular session al
noon.
Mayor Benz. F. Flanders, presided and
there were present Administrators H. Bon
zano (Assessments) John S. Walton (Fi
nance) James Lewis (Police), f. c. Remick
fCommerce), L. T. Delassize (Waterworks
and Public Buildings), Alfred Shaw (Ac
counts), and John Cockrem (Improvements)
The City Printing.
The Mayor handed in the following com.
municatiOn: -. r. .....-.
New ORLEANS. June l2, 1871.
To the City Council of New Orleans
GENTLEMEN-We are requested by the
Board of Directors of the New Orleans Re-
publican Printing Company TO call your at
tention TO certain bills for printing which
have been presented to the Council for pay
ment, as follows: Bill to Weed & Kelly
fcharter amended $500; bill to Christian
e. Hyatt briefs for City Attorney, SD
bill to Pelican Printing office, circulars, $5
bill to Madden, blanks ETC., and other
bills of similar character.
Under act No. 8, of 1868, the State
Printer is required to do all printing of
every description for the city, at rates fixed
in the law. This statute is still in fnil force
in all its parts and clauses, not having been
modified in any particular by subsequent
legislation.
The company, therefore, as State Printer,
instruct US, as their attorneys, to give you
notice that If the above bills for printing,
with others of similar character, alleged
to have been done by other parties than the
State Printer, are approved and ordered
paid by the Council, they will at once pro-
ceed legally to enforce their action in dam
ages for this violation of law The approval
of these bills by the Council will, moreover,
be regarded as a contempt of the writ of
injunction lately issued by the Eighth Dis
trict Court, in the case of the New Orleans
Republican Printing Company VS.. the
the Mayor and Administrators of the city.
Very respectfully,
Attorneys for the company.
One of the writs of injunctions was also
read, as follows:
State of Louisiana-Eighth District Court
for the parish of Orleans, No. 64S.
To Benz. F. Flanders, Mayor:
New Orleans Republican Printing Com
pany VS.. the Mayor Administrators,
ct ais, greeting-YOu are hereby com
manded, enjoined and restrained in
e. the name of the State of Louisiana
and of the Eighth District Court fer
the parish Of Orleans, from giving out
to any person, other than the State Printer,
any printing of any kind or description |
whatever for the city of New Orleans, or
for any of its departments or authorities in
the city government. And you are SO en-
Joined and until the further order of this
honorable court.
Witness the Hon. Henry C. Dibble, Judge |
of our said court, on this eighth day June,
in the year of our Lold one thousand eight |
hundred and seventy-one, and in the ninety |
fifth year of the independence of the United |
States. 0. NJ. TENNISON.
.r-s Deputy Clerk.
The Mayor informed the Council that on |
receipt of this writ he addressed to the |
City Attorney request to apply for dis
solution of the injunction, calling the at
tOrney's attention to an article of the city |
charter authorizing the city to select a
printer, which certainly implied right to
do SO; and also to clause in the printing
law which authorized the City Council to
advertise in other journals than the official
journal. He asked that the Council ap-
prove this action.
Mr.. Lewis moved that the action of the
Mayor be approved.
Mr.Remick said that this was the first word
he had heard in reference to this matter.
and he moved it be laid over tjE the next
meeting.
The Mayor said so far as he was indivd-
ually concerned he had the right to ask the
of the injunction, for he was Gne of
the persons individually enjoined.
Mr.. Bonzano seconded the motion to ap-
prove the Mayors action.
Mr.. Shaw remarked that there were mat
ters of greater importance than this press
ng on the Council. He indorsed the course
If the Mayor.
Approved.
The Fourth District Recorder,
The Mayor presented the following COM /
STATE OF LOUISIANA
Executive Department, , |
New Orleans, June 8, l87l.)
o the Honorable Mayor and Council of the City of
New Orleans:
l am directed by his Excellency the Gov
rnor to transmit copy of the resignation
# William Weber as Recorder in and for
he Fourth District of the city of New
orleans, dated May %, 1871, the original of ,
which is ON file in this Office, end to state
hat, ON the fifth instant, A. E. Billings was
appointed and duly commissioned Recorder 7
# said district to fill the vacancy thus !
reated. Very respectfully,
o. d. BRAGDON, 7
Private Secretary. !
NEW ORLEANS, May %, 1871.
o his Excellency H. c. warmoth:
GovERNoR-I hereby respectfully tender I
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