New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-01-12
REGULAR MEET1NE.

REGULAR MEETING.
C--y HAL.., NEE ORLEANS. !
January -, 1871. s
The Council me. in regular session ut ;
I'm, Mayor Flanders presiding.
Present: Administrators. X. West (im
urovements), Alfred Shaw tAccounts), L.
r. Delassiz pubic Buildings. James
Lewis fPolice), !. S. Walton Finance
z..d II. Bonzano Assessments.
The Department OF Commerce.
The Mayor Laid before the Council the
sal,owing communication. received In reply
70 inquiries made by him:
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE
.auary 9, 1871.
", the Hon Benz amin r. Flanders Mayor:
In reuly to your commune alton Of this date,
asling me to inform you Of tle' exact amount
of money belonging to the revenues OF the
CITY of New Orleans, in the hands OF :. Z.
Eniley, late Administrator OF Commerce:
have the honor TO state tlat the amount Is
tven;v-nine hundred and seventy six dollars
and seventy cents (SsS"76 1O,.
He obtained possession OF this money by
claiming the right. as Administrator, to con
troll the markets not under leases, and Or
dsred the collectors to report 10 him, IN
stead of to this department. Il was not I'M
I'll several letters had passed between us,
that l was able to satisfy him that he was
mistaken. 1t then appeared that there was
4 deficit, which he promised to make up.as
soon as possible. He made some partial
payments, and l have reason 10 Deieto
would have settled the balance before this
hnle, had he remained longer in office.
JOHN S. WALTON,
Administrator of Finance.
Received and spread upon the minutes.
Mr.. Walton made the following further
report:
DyoAarMsH- OF COMMERCE,
- January 10, 1871.
70 the City Council of New Orieaas:
The honor conferred upon meat the last
meeting of the Council of being charged
with the administration OF the Department
of Commerce was wholly unexpected, and
my first impulse was to decline it.
A little reflection. however, led me to the
conclusion that the duties of the position
we're not very arduOus; and that l should
have very little to do unless l initiated the
industry Of its late incumbent, intrenching
upon the province of other Administrators.
and introducing deliberately drawn up Ordi-
uances which could not be carried into
effect, and which it required considerable
Ingenuity to bring within the scope of any
kSgltlmate commerce.
/ therefore decided to accept the honor
and the duty, and now beg leave respect
fully to report that, in my opinion, the
whole department is an eXoresence upon
the CITY government, and if it could be re-
moved altogether it would be to the advan-
tage Of the corporation.
Its cost has heretofore been nearly. if not
quite equal to that of the Department of
Finance, while there is not single duty
= fa1 II,
it, which can not easily be performed by
some Of the employees of other depart
n,ents without interfering with their func-
tons.
l have removed the following persons,
because l do. not consider their services
necessary, and because the treasury is in no
condition to pay their salaries: Christian
Rosche, J. J. Rousseau, J. Z. Cazelar, NJ.
Carroll, Z. G. Emley A. Bib. William Fer
nandez, j. j. BOud-eauX, +. Garrett. j. Z.
Miller, w. T. Pratt eleven inspectors OF
markets at one hundred and twenty-five
dollars per month each and Henderson
AcCray, messenger, a. forty dollars per
s.aonth.
With the aid of the police officers ON
duty in the markets. and of the sanitary
inspectors of the Board of Health, order
can be preserved and cleanliness secured.
quite as we'll as by the employment of
recommend the adoption of the accom-
uanying resolution.
JOHN S. WALTON.
Acting Administrator Of Commerce.
Resolred, That the collectors of market
dues. and the cleaners of markets hereto
fore employed by the Department of Com
merce, be hereby transferred to the De-
partment of Finance. to be paid on sepa-
rate pay roll; and that all other persons
employed by said department be hereby
discharged.
The report was received and confirmed.
and the resolution was adopted.
Board of Health
The following communication was re-
seived:
Opvrce board OF HATH }
January 2, 1871. }
20 .Ae City Council of Ne. Orleans:
have the honor to state, for your in
formation, that the term of office Of three
aBembers of the Board of Health, elected on
the part of the city, will expire this day,
the late Common Council, for the period OF
one year, at their second meeting in Jan
uary, 1870.
President Board of Health State of Louisi
ana.
On motion of Mr.. Shaw, the Council went
into an election to fill the vacancies.
Drs. NJ. p Avila, B. Mas and W. II. Hire
wore unanimously elected.
Monthly Reports.
The following reports were received, and
ordered to be printed:
DETACHMENT OF PoLTcE, !
January TO- 1871. )
&c the Hon Benjamin F. Flanders, Mayor:
In accordance with section ten of the city
charter, have the honor to submit the fol
lowing report of this department for the
month OF December, 1870:
RECORDERS COURTS.
The total number of cases arragned be
fore the several Recorders Courts during
the month amounted to 1897. The following
will show the number before each court
First District OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. .2,322c
Scnord District 99t
Third District. ................... ~
Yourth District. i5a
Fifth District. -
lOC<u. ''''o''
OF this number 81 were committed tC
Parish Prison: 231 to the WorkhOuse ~ tt
First District Court; II to Houses of Refuge
Is to Insane Asylum 9 were turned over tC
United States Commissioner; 81 released or
peace bonds; 9l4 were fined. and 1889 dis
charged.
The following will exhibit the receipts
and expenditures during the month:
RECEIPTS.
First District-Fines collected. .S2.95S U
Second District-Fines collected. SOB q