New Orleans Republican., 1871-06-14

feet the result, but because he wanted his
explanation to go with vote. lie lad
opposed these school appropriations all the
way along, and, except on one occasion,
when General West, Administrator of I'm
provements, voted with him, he had always
been in a minority of one. He voted against
them on the ground that the city was very
much embarrassed and the money now being
voted did not belong to the city, but to the
citys creditors, and the city had no right to
appropriate it for this purpose. The State
had taken the schools away from the city
We had no control over them; had nothing
to do with them. The argument that the
city must pay this money because it was in
budget was entirely fallacious. By the
same reasoning, when the act robbing the
city of its waterworks was carried out, and
when the Crescent City Waterworks Com
pany took possession of the works, the
city would still be obliged to 60 on appro-
priating for the expenses of the Waterworks
because they were in the budget He
voted, emphatically, no on the ordinance
The ordinance was passed, Mr.. Walton
voting alone in the negative.
The Metropolitan Police Warrants.
Mr.. Shaw said there was case before the
Eighth District Court, in which certain citi-
zens sought to enjoin the city from receiv-
ing Metropolitan Police warrants The
positions taken covered some of the same
points on which he had already made re-
port to the Council. The case was now in
such condition that default could be
taken against the city. He understood that
the Metropolitan Board had intervened, but
he thought it a matter of great importance
to the city, and to all parties, that there
should be an early decision of the Supreme
Court on this subject. The city had already
taken in over 100000 of police warrants
over and above the pro rata. This had been
done under the strict letter of the law. 1t
was well known there had been an
effort made to settle this question on some
more satisfactory basis for the future. In
the meantime the Treasurer was threatened
with all sorts of processes, including re-
moval from Office, if he refused to receive
no party to this suit ought to be in favor of
any delay. The city ought not, the tax
payers would not, and the Board of Metro
pOlitan Police ought not, and he hoped
would not. He moved that the City Attor-
ney be instructed at once to make due
pleadings necessary TO bring to an issue the
matter of an injunction against further re-
,eipt of Metropolitan warrants for taxes, to
submit said case on due statement OF facts,
and give such consents an waiver of delays
erests of the city, to facilitate an early de- |
,ision by the Supreme Court on the duties |
md responsibilities of the city in the mat |
-ers in question.
The resolution was adopted unanimously |
md the secretary was ordered to commu-
licate it at once 10 the City Attorney.
miscellaneous Business.
BY Mr. Shaw:
An ordinance providing for the payment of |
the several accounts therein named
Be it ordained, That the following appro-
,riations be and are hereby made. and that
he Administrator of Public Accounts war
ant on the Administrator of Finance in
payment of the same:
Weed 81 Kelly, for printing and binding
Ournals, records, etc, bill approved by the
of Commerce, $245.
S. +. Siskron, for law books, bill approved
y the City Attorney, S79.
Laid over to be printed.
BY the committee ON destruction of
'onds;
CITY HALL, NEW ORLEANS |
June 10, 1871
In obedience to ordinance No. S5S, Ad-
series, the undersigned respect
ully report that they have personally wit
essed the destruction by fire of the follow
ng bonds of the city, printed but not issued,
which were enormously designated in said
rdinance by the letter o instead of n, and
q part by the denomination of fifty dollars
instead of five hundred dollars, the aggre-
ate sum named in the ordinance being the
anne as that of the bonds now destroyed,
IL: 204 bonds, letter n. seven per cents, of
800 each, Nos.i to Sl4, Sl02,0 900.
BENZ. +. FLANDERS,
Mayor.
ALFRED SHAW,
Administrator of Public Accounts.