New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-04-06


very waeely exenpts church buildiAgs DO
taxasteas 1ut ftdoes not exeupt lots pu
chased 70 erect church buildines ON. Tho
ssllehgs might never be constructed.
H. Bonaano informed the Council th,
The tax bin In this particular instance -,
made ont in the name Of 'sWilson," On
At va only now be learned that these 10
had been leased to the First Presbyteria
church Of Ja@erson City. This was Il
church to which he and the other ADM,
astsaton had been asked to contribut,
Some petitioner came to the Department {
Assessments and asked for relief from tax.
ten, and he was obliged to tell the appl
can't that the property was seized becaus
twas owned BY > private individual, an
that tho charter did mot allow the Counci
te release property which was only pros
pectitely to BE- exempt from taxation
Stillj % objection was made, he woul,
move that the report be laid over.
Laid over accordingly.
4 ApoRepFiasisns for 6eceariaa Charities.
Mr.. Shaw called up the following ordi
nance, and moved that it be referred to thu
Mayor with power:
An ordinance making appropriations for the
various orphan asylums and other chart
table institutions for the quarter ending
March 81, 1871.
Be it ordained by the Council of the city
Of New Orleans, That the Administrator Of
Public Accounts warrant ON the Admins
traitor Of Finance in favor of the following
asylume, for tho sums respectively set Op-
posite their names, being the quarterly al
lowanCe for charity to March 81, 1871, in
conformity with article ZIG, Revised City
Laws and Ordinances:
and two orphans, $7O7.
81 Mary Male Orphan Asylum, two hum
droa and ninety one orphans, $lOl8 so
St Vincent Home Boys Asylum, eighty
nine orphans, 43ll 50.
81 Vineent Infant Orphan Asylum, one
hundred md seventy-nine orphans, 4626 So
s; Eii.abste Female Orphan As yi9a I, one
Orphan Girls Immaculate Conception
Asylum, ninety-six orphans, 1886.
Sisters Of Mount Carmel Asylum, one
hundred and ninety seven orphans, $3.50 So
New Orleans Female Orphan Asylum,
one hundred and seventy eight orphans,
Children's Home, Protestant Episcopal
for the quarter ending March 81. 1871, $l6l.
Jewish Widows and Orphans Home. for
allowance for eighty-fve orphans, for the
quarter ending March 81, 1871, $2s7 50.
Protestant Orphans Home, Seventh
street, ono hundred and fifty Ave orphans,
]5l2 50.
40, osP dsnS!I ao sd Society Asylum one hum
And in favor Of the House of the Good
Shepherd, for their quarterly allowance to
March 81, 1871, - per ordinance 456, new
series, for one hundred and fifty inmates,
$525.
And under ordinance No. 1858, new
series, in favor of St. Vincent's Infant Or
phan Asylum, for vet nurses, 5000 per
month for January, February and March,
1871, $500.
The yeas and nays were called on the
adoption Of the ordinance. All the Admin
istrators voted yes, except Mr.. Walton.
Mr.. Walton said he did not want to raise
any discussion on the subject, but vote
referring the ordinance to the Mayor with
power took it out of the hands of the Coun-
Gil. He not only wanted to vote against
the ordinance, but he wanted the secretary
to put ON record his protest againtt the
principle therein embodied. The finances
Of the city were great deal worse than
they were when he opposed . similar ordi-
nance before. The Council had no right to
give away money which belonged to the
creditors Of the city. Those creditors were
clamoring at the door of the Department Of
Finance, and at the door of the Department
of Accounts. Injunction after injunction,
and suit after suit were served on the city,
and his only wonder was that among all the
injunctions served no one had enjoined the
city from doing this thing.
Mr.. Bonzano remarked that the motion
was to refer this matter to the Mayor with
power. The Mayor of this city, according
to his own knowledge, had never been
noted for any extraordinary liberality, and,
therefore, he thought the matter might
safely be left in his hands.
gentleman. The Mayor is noted for justice
to the city.
The Mayor: The gentlemen are both out
Of order. The conduct of the Mayor is not
under discussion.
Mr.. Bonzano said he never denied the
Mayors justice; he merely passinglv said
that the Mayor was never noted for any ex-
traoFdinary liberality, and he mr. Bonzano)
was therefore decidedly in favor Of referring
this matter to him; because, if the Mayor
said the Council were doing an injustice to
the taxpayers and the bondholders, they
would surely apprize the Council of it.
Mr.. Shaw rose to explain.
The Mayor remarked that the yeas and
nays had been called for, and the ordinance
had been passed.
Mr. Shaw said it was usual to allow mem
bers m opportunity Of explaining their
votes. Sa
The Mayor assented.
Mr. Shaw said there was something in the
meaning of the word protest which implied
something wrong on the part Of other
Administrators. Where this'was said with
oarnestness, it required to be explained. 1t
implied that the Council were giving away
the property Of the city, and were keeping
the bondholders out of their own, taking
away the assets from those who were en-
titled to them and giving them to those to
whom they did not belong. This had been
matter of argument in the Council ON pre-
vious occasions. He did not object to these
discussions. There was no harm in them.
He did not rest easy, however, under an inn