New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-11-08

Expenses. .............. S76 40 326
Public sinks:
Cleaning, etc.. N5
COurthouses:
Salary. .:........... 200 90
Repairs, rent, etc. ..... % o. 42S {
City Hall:
| ACc. ......... ~
Support Of orphans:
Quarterly allowance to
asy!ums.. ............S 1888 80
Louisiana Retreat for
the insane. ........... lou WC1JU6
Total. .$l5, 1873 Q
L. T. DELASSIZE, Administrator.
I'll. DsPAAfxsxr o. Assessments,
| November l, 1871.
To Hon. BENZ. +. Flanders. Mayor
During the month Of October. the finish
ing touches were put to the numerous %
p)icstiOns for reduction Of assessments
alluded TO in report for September last.
The labor of re-examining and re-assess
ing-cOnsidersble and somewhat trouble
sOme-was divided out among, and cOn6det
to committees of three assessors from thi
Office, 80 composed and organized a. to ex
cludp, in each case, the assessor who mad,
4 the original Assessment. Their recommends
tion.; after having been subjected to careful
4 SVA uVAuy, WCACe WIN UuV ACW CACCRIlOU9
adopted. and finally, after having beer
sanctioned and approved by me, ordered t.
be transcribed ON the assessment books Of
the Office.
Much pains have been taken to do justice
to all the taxpayers unfortunately, and
throughout the city, and as much allowance
has been made - was thought to be com.
patible with strict line of duty.
The returns Of owners of steamboats, have
honn On Hn hv, than -,
it was ascertained that much larger owner.
ship resided in some of the representatives
Of this branch of industry. The fact that
some o. these persons are only nOminally
the owners, the difficulty of reaching all Of
them uniformly, the facility with which
they can make Transfers and escape taxa
ton altogether, the heavy tribute they pay
! in wharfage dues, etc., and many other
weighty considerations, have dictated this
respectfully directed to this action. in order
that the Council may assume the RESPONSE
bility, sanction the course adopted, or Or
dain different one.
The returns Of personal property, like
last years, are highly unsatisfactory; vet.
beyond compelling the most contumacious
individuals to declare the value of their
property under oath, there are no effective
means Of reaching them. Some taxpayers
01C SVncNACOtAOOS, anu I0tuIu Lu0
amount OF their personal property; others
do exactly the reverse, and third class
would willingly return fuller amounts were
not the bad example of others before them,
in evidence on the tax rolls. 1t may, per
haps, be a source of consolation to the legis-
latOr, if not to the mOraliet, to know, that,
in this respect, the same troubles affect the
tax departments of other communities, so
much 90 that sometimes the propriety of
<o~ SS~A IL 4
ed, because Of the difficulty of complying
with the constitutional proviso, that taxa
ton shall be uniform
H. BONZANO, Administrator.
General Reports.
BY Mr. Delassize:
DRPARTMEyT OF WArERwoRKs AND
Public Buildings, November :, 1871. !
To the City Council of New Orleans:
The following bids were received in re-
spouse to an advertisement for q fatbOat
load of Pittsburg coal:
William G. Wilmot T. Co., eighty-five
cents per barrel.
P. & K. DeVerges, seventy mine cents per
barrel
beg leave to ask the passage of the &C.
cOmpanying resolution, awarding to p &
K. DeVerges the contract for furnishing
coal as above.
L. T. DELASSIZE, Administrator.
Resolred, That the adjudication by the
Administrator of Waterworks and Public
Buildings Of q contract for one flatboat load
Of Pittsourg coal, for the sum and price of
seventy-nine cents, cash, unto p. & X. De
Verges, with Ernest DeVerges as securitv
the same is hereby approved, the security
accepted, and the Mayor authorized to sign
and execute, on behalf of the city, the neces-
sary contract to carry the same into effect.
Adopted.
By Mr.. Lewis:
DEPARTMENT OF POLICE,
November :, 1871. !
To the City Council of New Orleans:
On the petition of Fred. Hecker, asking
permission to erect q frame building at the
corner Of Water and Richards streets, l re-
spectfully report unfavorably, the locality
being within the fire limits, where none but
buildings Of non-combustible material are
allowed, under city ordinances, to be
erected.
JAMES LEWIS, Administrator.
Adopted.
By Mr.. Lewis:
DEPARrN.Nr o. POLICE,
November I, 1871. I
To the City Council Of New Orleans:
On the petition of Wallace Wood, for
permission to haul three hundred pounds of
powder at load from his place Of business
to the jackson railroad, report unfavora-
bly,, believing that the amount Zone hundred
pounds) now allowed by law to be trans
ported through the streets sufficient to en-.
danger life and property. /, therefore, re-
commend the petition be not granted.
JAMES LEWIS, Administrator.
Adopted.
Financial Business.
By Mr.. Shaw:
An ordinance appropriating money to de-
tray the expenditures of the Department
Of Waterw0rks and Public Buildines for
the month Of October. 1871.
Be it ordained, That the following snms
or SO much thereof as may be necessary, are
hereby appropriated to defray the expendi-
lures of the Department Of Waterworks
and Public Buildings, for the month of
October, 1871, and that the Administrator
IF Public Accounts draw his warrants on
The Administrator of Finance in payment
IF the same:
ADMINIsTHATOR's OFFICE.
L. Pierce, cab hire, etc.. 90. $25 90
Stetson & Armstrong, sta
New Orleans Picsyune, sub
scr1ptlOn. ................ I6 co. 20 IS |
wATERwoRKs.
'tetson T. Armstrong, sta
tlOnefy. 800. ............ % Is
Nolger & Co., hardwsre.... l28 10
lev Orleans Tines adver-
uslng notice. Is 90
sew Orleans PicayunA, o.
vertising notice. ......... 85