New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-05-04

adopted.
/ An ordinance, introduced last week, al
| lowing certain wharf contractors interest
was adopted, Mr. Walton voting alone in
the negative.
An ordinance for the settlement OF the
percentages of Wallace & Co. and James
Fallon was passed.
An ordinance providing for the payment,
to various parties, of s4l46 60 for street re-
pairs was passed.
General Business.
By Mr. Walton:
Resolped, That the Administrator OF FL
nance and the City Attorney be ana they
| are hereby authorized to compromise and
amicably arrange. upon such terms as 10
them may seem proper, any and all tax and
license bills the further prosecution of
which would, in their opinion, lead to vexa-
tious litigation and additional costs to the
city.
At the suggestion of Mr.. Bonzano the
MAYORS name was added, and at the sug
eestion of Mr.. Shaw the resolution was laid
over Cor one week.
BY Mr.. Walton:
Resolced. That all suits brought to enforce
the collection of taxes provided for in the
amendments to section twenty-one OF the
present city charter, shall be bfoughtiu the
Fourth and Eighth District courts, and be
divided as nearly as practicable equally
between them, the said courts having been
designated by the Administrator OF finance,
as required by said amendments
Adopted.
Mr. Walton said while he was acting
Mayor for short time, few days age, he
&c Iu hIo
citizens, who complained to him OF the
intolerable nuisance occasioned by dis
tillery in the Third District.
After hearing their complaint he drew up
the following resolution
WHEREAS, The distillery at the corner Of
Chartres and St. Ferdinand streets is COM
planned of by many respectable nelghbors
as a nuisance, which prevents them from
sleeping, and fills their houses with smoke,
and destroys the value of their property
therefore, be it
Resolred, That the City Attorney is hereby
instructed to institute legal proceedings
against the owners of the said dIstillery, TO
cause the same to be closed, it being in
cOntravention of city ordinances, especially
No. 500 Administration series, adopted DC
tOber III, 1870.
Mr. Walton said he could testify, of his
own knowledge, that the establishment
complained of was nuisance, and depre-
ciated the value of property Elm all this
neighborhood. Since he came into the
Council he had been handed the following
on the same subject:
To the City Administrators of New Orleans, Louis
lana
Observation-Disclosures last spring petit
ton was presented to your honorable body,
signed by a large number OF the citizens of
the Third District, earnestly calling your
attention to whisky distillery, then re
Gently established in their immediate neigh
borhOod, complaining of it as an intolerable
nuisance, by reason of the smoke, nOisome
smell, and distracting noise attending it's
working day and night, increasingly, and
appealing to you for relief, as especially in
vested>by the laws with authority to pro-
tect the citizens against such monstrous
disregard of their rights The appeal was
UNDECIDED, or, if terms were imposed on the
owners of the distillery, they have not been
complied with. On the contrary, the estab-
lishment has been enlarged and its capacity
for annoyance largely increased. We have
greater cause for complaint than ever We
again ask for relief. If this second applica-
we shall be compelled to quit the neighbor
hood rather than await the slow action of
the law in its ordinary course.
The Mayor said he could himself bear
witness that the complaint was well
founded, and was very serious thing.
The matter was laid over for future action.
Referred Business.
By Mr. Walton:
Department OF FINANCE,
May 2, 1871.
To the City Council of New Orleans:
The petition of Henry Kloppenberg, re-
ferred to me on the twenty-tifth of April,
1871, asks to have refunded to him certain
taxes for 1869, which he says he has paid
twice.
l have examined the case and find that
his statement is correct. /, therefore, re-
commend the adoption of the accompany
ing resolution.
JOHN S. WALTON, Administrator
Resolred, That the Administrator of FL
nance is hereby authorized to refund to Mr..
Henry kloppenberg the sum of $2l9 43,
which he paid on his taxes of 1869 on the
twenty-ninth of November, 1870, and again
to the Sheriff on the twenty -first of January,
1871
Laid over to be printed.
By Mr.. Walton:
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE,
May 2, 1871.
To the City Council of New Orleans:
The petition of the trustees of Leland
University, referred to me on the eighteenth
of April, 1871, asks for remission of taxes
because their property was purchased for
educational purposes, for which it is in
tended to be used as soon as they secure the
means to erect suitable buildings.
The case is of the same character as that
OF the Presbyterian church, upon which |
reported unfavorably on the fourth of
April, lSll. The more l reflect upon the
subject the more | am convinced of the inn
policy OF making donations to religious
sects, even of the taxes upon the premises
actually used by them. As for exempting
property owned by them, and not occu-
pied, 1t is easy to see< chat, if the principle
Is carried out, we might be deprived of q
large part of our revenue by the acquisi-
tons of wealthy corporations in carrying
out their various schemes.
L recommend that the petition be not
granted.
JOHN S. WALTON, Administrator.
Laid over to be acted upon at the same
time as the other reports.
BY Mr.. Bonzano:
ReSotred, That the Administrator of Pub
lie Accounts be, and is hereby authorized to
furnish the Administrators of Finance with
a correct tax bill for 1870 against Bostiek 81
Seymour, emitting the item of $4,000 in
come, the same having been enormously as
sessed.
Laid over to be printed
Hour of Meeting.
Mr.. Bonzano called up his resolution