New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-06-10
THE COURTS.
Eighth District Court-The Question o
Public Printing.


. The New Orleans Republican Printing
Company has brought suit against the
Mayor and Administrators Of the city OF
New Orleans relative to the question OF
public printing.
The petition of the New Orleans Re.
publican Printing Company, represented
by w. r. Fish, its president, shows that
they have been selected and designated by
the proper authorities as the official journal
and State Printer; that said selection and
designation was made under and by virtue
of act No. 8, approved July "a, 1868; that by
virtue of sections eleven, twelve, thirteen
and fourteen of said act it is made the duty
of the State Printer, 80 designated, to pub
lish all the advertisements of the city OF
New Orleans, of whatever description, in
the official newspaper, under penalty OF
nullity; that it is made the duty OF the
State Printer to do all the printing for
said city of New Orleans, of every dcscrip-
ton. at rates fixed in other sections of the
law.
Petitioners allege that Notwithstanding
these peremptory mandates requiring the
City Council and every department and
authority of the city government to have
all printing of every description done by
the State Printer at fixed rates OF charges,
yet the Mayor and the several heads OF de
partments are constantly violating and
1868, by causing printing TO be done
by other persons than the New
Orleans Republican Printing Company,
in direct violation of the express
rights of petitioners, and to their great
damage and injury; that lately said Mayor
of the city of New Orleans and the said
Administrators of the city, who form and
constitute the Common Council, have in
violation of said act of 1868, and in fraud
of the rights of petitioners under said act,
caused to be printed at the expense of the
city a pamphlet containing one hundred
and thirty-five pages, entitled amended
Charter of the City of New Orleans;" that
said printing justly and legally belonged to
petitioners, when in fact it was printed by
Weed e. Kelly, at Nos. 20 and ~ Camp
street, who are in no way connected with
petitioners, or with the State Printer.
Petitioners further allege that numerous
other jobs Of printing have been given out
to other parties than petitioners by said
Mayor and Administrators, in violation of
the law above referred to, and in fraud of
the rights of petitioners. They further
show that unless restrained and prohibited
by writ OF injunction from further violat
ing said act of the General Assembly of
1863 entitled San act relative to printing"
said Mayor and Administrators will con-
tinue to give out and cause to be printed by
other persons than your petitioners at the
expense of the city of New Orleans print
ing which is required to be done; all of
which is a violation of law and the rights of
your petitioners, and which, if continued
will work further damage aud injury to
your petitioners.
Therefore, the premises considered your
petitioners pray that writ of injunction is
sue against the Mayor of the city of New
Orleans, against each one of the seven Adj
ministrators, individually, and against the
Common Council, prohibiting and restrain
ing them, and each of them, from giving
out to any person, other than the State
Printer, any printing of any kind or descrip-
ton whatever for the city of New Orleans,
or for any of its departments OF authorities |
in the city. government. Petitioners pray
for all such further orders and DEGREES in |
the premises as the law and the equity of |
the case may require, and for full and gen |
eral relief |
The following is the writ of injunction is
sued in this case:
To the Mayor Administrators and the City Council |
of the city of New Orleans:
You are hereby commanded, enioined and |
in the name of the State of Lou |
isiana, and of the Eighth District Court for |
the parish of Orleans, from giving out to |
any person, other than the State Printer,
any printing of any kind whatever for the |
city of New Orleans, or for any of its de-
partments or authorities in the city govern
ment.
United States Circuit Court.
In the matter of the masters report in
the case of Myra Clark Gaines VS.. the city
of New Orleans, Judge Bradley rendered
Judgment against defendant of $l25,000
rents and profits of the occupancy of prop
erty by the defendant, as set forth in the
bill of complaint. The court also homolo-
gated the reports against John Slidell, John
Diamond, William Crippel, and others.