New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-12-13
CITY COUNC1L--oFFICIAL
REGULAR MEETING.
CITY HALL, NEW ORPHANS, I
TUESDAY, December II, 1871. }

CITY HALL NEW OH PASS
Tuesday, December IL, 1871.
The Council assembled in regular session
at noon.
There were present at roll call Mayo
Benz. +. Flanders, in the chair, and Ad
minstrators John Cockrem tlmprovements)
L. T. Delassze (Waterworks and Public
Buildings), James Lewis (Policc) and
John S. Walton (Finance).
Tie Mayor requested permission 20 cor
rect on the minutes some clerical and
typographical errors in the tigules III the
message submitted by him to the Council
November 81, which errors were in matters
of detail, and did not affect the general
result.
Permission was given
Explanation.
Mr.. Walton explained some remarks he
had made at the last meeting of the Coun-
ell in reference to the TourO Almshouse
fund. In using the word fund" he meant
the whole charity and everything belonging
to it; and in saying that the fund had
been robbed, he did not mean that the
gentlemen appointed by the late Judah
Touro had appropriated any OF the money
placed in their hands. He now learned
that fire occurred in the building in 1865,
and on the thirtieth of April. 1858. the
property was transferred under notaral
act by the commissioners to the city of
New Orleans. These gentlemen assured
him that in that interval of two years and
half the property was not deprecated
upon to any extent, and that when it was
transferred to the city the walls were still
standing. Everybody knew this was one
of the finest buildings in the city, contain
ing an enormous quantity of brick. Mr..
Heath, who was then Mayor of the city
accepted the transfer, but went out of
Office directly afterward; went out of Office
and was succeed by Mayor Conway. under
whose administration the walls were torn
down and the foundation dug up. and as far
as he could ascertain. no account had been
rendered to the city or anybody else as to
what became of this material. All that he
had been able to find of the Turo fund was
something less than $4,000 in city notes and
currency inclosed in an envelope in the
treasury vaults. The ordinance directing
the Mayor Of New Orleans to accept the
transfer Of the property required that a de-
tailed statement should be made of the prop
ertv surrendered That he did not think
had ever been done. He now proposed to
place the fund under the same administra-
ton as the Fink and McDonoush funds.
The Mayor mentioned that he was pre-
pairing a memorial to Congress for compen-
sation for the buildings belonging 70 the |
fund, destroyed by the United States troops. |
administrators Bonzano (Assessments). |
and F. c. Remick. Commerce J.: entered the |
Council.
Monthly Report.
The Mayor laid before the Council the
monthly report of the Administrator Of Pc
lice Mr.. Lewis)
Mr.. Lewis. in view of the recent report of
the Grand Jury, asked that the report be
read.
ADMINISTRATOR Alfred Shaw Public Ac-
cOunts). entered the Council.
The report of the Administrator of Police
was as follows:
DEPARTMENT OF PoLICE.
December 2, 1871. |
Hon. BEN. F. Flanders, Mayor:
| have the honor to submit the following
report of this department for the month OF
November, 1871: