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

situations take the whole ohafES Of on
hands. And how mnch do W giveS Fou
, teea dollars > head year. fourteen do
lars . year viii support mono Of them. II
; - much an obligation on tho city Of Ne'
} Orleans to support it, orphans - it is t
pay IL bonded debt. I have not the slight
; sst i1ea Of repudiating the bonded debt Q
the4(k of New Orleans. Ihope am MOI
shaking Tho oeedit Of the city in saying thi
is more sacred debt than even the bonde,
debt Of the city Of New Orleans.
| The Mayor: The Administrator Of Ac
counts having Explained his vote" doe
any other gentleman wish to do so9
Mr. Bonzano: The bondholders do not ap
prehend our action half 80 much in voting
charity - they do in voting other claims
proposed to our attention, such a. the Ship
Island Canal Company and other matters Of
i like kind.
The Mayor: Is that part of your ''expla-
nation of your voter
| Mr.. Walton: think the Administrator of
Accounts misapprehends me. I do not OBJ
ject to charity, nor to this provision Of the
charter; but do not think that these large
establishments, which take our seven-thirty
certificates and hold on to them, and regu-
larly draw the interest thereon, come under
the head of charity. think no corporation
and no public body has right to give to
any sectarian institution, NO matter whether
Protestant or Catholic, the public money;
and 20 long az 1 have head ON my shout
ders shall oppose the appropriation of
public money for sectarian purposes.
Mr. Bonzano: They say corporations have
NO souls. Whatever charity may come out
of this Council will always have "a step
mothers breath" upon it.
The Mayor declared the ordinance
passed.
Deferred Business Resumed.
Mr.. Shaw called up the ordinance for the
payment of the Fire Department, etc.,
which was adopted.
An ordinance providing for the payment,
in seven-thirties, of the clsims of Jacob
Weidner was passed and referred to the
Mayor with power; ~ was also q deferred
claim Of Henry Tricou for hats supplied to
the police during the mayoralty Of Mr..
Heath.
Seven. thirty certificates to Townsend,
Lyman l. Co., $500: r. A. Pedrauville,
500; lafayette Insurance Company, $3.50;
and Sampson Brothers, $500, were passed.
A 5000 claim of s. d. Moody was reduced
to $500 and allowed.
A claim of Louis Power for $948, referred
to the Mayer last week to report, was
passed and referred to the Mayor with
power.
By Mr.. Lewis:
April 4, 1871. !
To the City Council Of New Orleans:
have the honor to return herewith the
gas contract of C. E. Girardey and others,
or, more properly, an ordinance of the PO-
lice Jury, right bank, Orleans parish,
adopted ON the twenty-fourth day of April,
1870, giving to c. e. Girardey and others
the exclusive privilege to erect gas works |
and to manufacture and vend gas in the |
towns of Algiers and McDOnOghville for q |
term Of thirty years.
l do not wish to express an opinion as to |
the validity of this act of the said Police |
Jury, but as the ordinance provides for the |
lighting, with gas, Of the towns Of Algiers |
and McDOnOghville, at an expense to the
city OF nifty collars eacn lamp per annuW,
besides obligating the city to refund to the
company the cost tprice Of each lamp |
post and lamp erected by them, made |
exigible when fifty lamps or more have
been put up. l would respectfully state that
in my opinion it is not advisable, in view of
the present depleted condition Of the treas
ury, to enter into any such contract. The
town of Algiers is at present lighted with
oil lamps at an expense of about thirty five
dollars per lamp (the lamppOsts, etc., being
now the city's property and SO far as know
no Unsuitable complaints have been made
about an insuficiency Of light. Indeed, the
place is much better lighted than many
parts of the old city proper. and until the
city's finances will warrant us in aiding
this project, which have no doubt is very
on the part of Messrs. Girar-
dey and others, respectfully recommend
that the matter be permitted to lie over.
JAMES LEWIS, Administrator.
Adopted.
BY Mr.. Lewis:
DEPARTMENT OF POLICE,
April 4, 1871.
To the City Council Of New Orleans:
On the petition of taxpayers of the Sixth
District, above St. Joseph street, relative to
flOcks Of sheep brought from below that
line, and pastured on the vacant property