New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-06-10
BY Mr.. Shaw:

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BY Mr.. Shaw:
An ordinance appropriating money to dc
I FRAY the expenditures OF the Department
| of Commerce for the month OF May
1871.
Be it ordained by the Council of the city
of New Orleans, That the following sums OF
money or as much thereof as may be reces
| sary. are hereby appropriated to detray the
expenditures of the Department OF Com
merce for the month of May. 1871, and
| that the Administrator of Public Accounts
draw his warrants on the Administrators OF
Finance in payment of the same:
Price Current Office, fifteen months sub
scription, SIS.
W. 7. Redwood, repairing market scales
ETC., s..
j. H. Peters, locks, bolts and repairing,
$l4 IS.
Read twice and laid over.
Mr.. Walton called up resolution to re.
fund S2l9 43 to Mr.. Hy Kloppenberg, laid
over May ., which was passed,
Petitions and Communications.
Mr.. Shaw presented the following com
munication to be printed:
--------. --SFATK OF LOUISIANA.
Office State Superintendent of Public Education
New Orleans, June 5, 1871.
To the City Council of New Orleans:
I'beg leave to respectfully invite your at
tention to the question of school revenue in
this city.
On the seventh day of April, 1871, l adj
ruary roll of pay due to the public school
teachers, the same to be deducted from the
appropriation to be made this month. Is.
The report of the State Treasurer, now in
my hands, and the statement of that officer
as to the funds likely to accrue in the
treasury during the coming six months,
convince me that the State will not be able
to pay the whole amount needed to carry
on the public schools of New Orleans dur
ing the balance of the year, and that the
city government must in some way apprO-
pirate funds for this object. 1t may not be
amiss to remind the Board of Administra-
tors of the fact that the city owes the school
fund OF former appropriation about one
hundred thousand dollars. If this sum can
be paid to the Board of School Directors
before January next, 1 am quite certain
that, with what will be enabled to do by
means Of State appropriations. we can get
through the year with but little if any en-
barrassment, and avoid the expense and
annoyance of holding an election for the
purpose of raising special tax.
r-a THOMAS w. CONWAY,
State Superintendent of Public Education.
An assessment petition of f. LeVasseur
was referred to the Administrator of Assess
ments
A petition for horse railroad on the right
bank was referred to the Administrator of
improvements.
A complaint against the premises occupied
Nv bo ,sr
was referred to the Administrators of Police
and Commerce.
A petition of Joseph Elliott to erect sta
bic on Baronne street was referred to the
Administrator of Police.
A tax petition of Auguste Bohn was re-
ferred to the Administrator of Finance.
A tax petition of Angus Reichard was re-
ferred to the Administrator of Finance.
A remonstrance of citizens against the
steam mill of A. Radelot was referred to
the Administrator of Commerce.
petition for modification of the fire
cracker ordinance, SO as to promote trade
with China, was referred to the Admins
traitor of Police
remonstrance of citizens against the
sugar sheds was referred to the Admins
traitors of Commerce and Improvements.
The Canal Break.
Mr.. Lewis said as it was asserted that there
was desire on the part of the City Ad-
illustrators to dodge an investigation into
the origin of the break in the bank of the
New canal, he moved that the Mayor ap-
point a committee of three to investigate
the cause of this break in the levee.
The Mayor stated that the Administrator
of Improvements informed him that he was
investigating the matter; still it might be
desirable to give him some aid in the
matter
Mr.. Lewis: 1t seems from communica-
ton of MIR. Duncan +. Kenner, which
have read, that there has been cor
respondence between him and the Depart
ment of improvements as to the security of
the levee of the New canal. This is the
first time l have known anything about
the weakness of the levee. 1t the Admins
traitor of improvements is investigating
this matter, that is all require on my
part. -E... s...--
The Mayor: myself esteem it a matter
of Importance to inquire into the causes of
this break. l believe the Administrator of
Improvements is hard at work at it. Still
it might be desirable to have somebody else
to assist him.
Mr.. Walton said if the Council ordered an
investigation into every charge made by
the newspaper press of New Orleans, they
would have nothing else to do. All the
Council had to do was to do what was
right, and he guessed they would get
along.
The Council then adjourned
II. CONQUEST CLARKE,
Secretary