New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-05-17

market; it is the duty of the police, hndel
the Metropolitan Police act, to enforce al
laws and city ordinances, and the law says
no meat shall be placed in this market with
out being inspected. That is the law, and
it is the duty of the police to see that law
carried out Again, we have a harbor
police which reports the arrivals of vessels,
who do much of the whartinger's duty ex.
cept the collection of revenues. Even this
could be done by the Board of Police to-day
if they desired it. But the board do not
feel disposed TO do so, and there is no power
in this Council to make them. The Police
Board can take away from your recorders
the officers now doing duty in the recorders
courts, and they have done SO in the case
of Judge Staes.
The Mayor: VIII the Administrator par
don me a moment The Metropolitan
Police Law requires the police to carry out
the laws and ordinances passed by the
City Council. If they do not do that,
then, as l understand, it is cause suf-
ticient for their removal by the Governor.
Whatever rules and police regulations for
the markets the Council may pass, they are
obliged to enforce them. As understand
the gentleman, the police are in the mar
kets now. | mention this simply for in
formation; ! do not desire to discuss this
matter.
Mr.. Lewis resumed: As was stating, our
officers have been withdrawn from the
Second District Recorders Court, and the
Recorder has been unable to perform his
duty. Many of the arrests in that district
are now made by officers of the Recorders
Court, and they have to serve all writs and
subpenas. The Police Board claim their in
dependence of this Council. After consent
ing to appoint officers to act as commissa-
ries, they notified us they were going to
withdraw these officers, and they did do it,
at least, they said they would, but they did
not, because you will find these officers in
the market now, and they dare not take
them away. We have all of us
been called upon often to make a
reduction in our departments. | believe.
after the Department of Commerce is prop
erly organized, any reduction the Council
requires can be made, and if an ordinance
is passed by the Council making it the duty
OF the police to make reports of the markets
and of the levees, believe it can be done
AS the Administrator of Commerce states
there are many of the officers in this ordi-
nance he does not propose to appoint now,
can see no objection to allowing the Depart
ment Of Commerce to be organized.
The roll was called.
Administrators Cockrem, Shaw, Delas-
size, Remick sad Lewis voted yea.
Mr.. Walton voted nay.
Mr.. BOnzano / vote yea with the excep- !
ion of the Superintendent of the Fire De
The ordinance was declared adopted, the
'eto of the Mayor notwithstanding
Removal of Superintendent vigers.
The Mayor laid before the Council the
additional communication:
hAYoRALTY OF NEw ORLEANS.
May Il, 1871. :
o the City Council of New Orleans:
| report the suspension from office of VIII
streets for the Second and Fifth Districts.
or placing upon the pay rolls of the Depart
nent OF improvements, weekly, for five
weeks, fictitious name, by which the CITY
Tas made to pay money for no services per
Ormed.
BENZ. F. FLANDERS, Mayor
Mr.. Lewis: This is criminal case is it
OF!
Tho lfovor. I DOME L,oxr lo.-- A. r..
il may regard it, l have simply reported
" action in the matter
On motion of Mr.. Cockrem the MAYORS
was received and laid over
II future action.
Monthly Report.
Mr.. Delassize presented his monthly re-
Drt, as follows:
DEPARTMENT OF wATKRwoRKs ASD(
Public Buildings, May !, 1871.
on. BENZ. F. Flanders, Mayor:
Deeming the present proper occasion
II an annual exhibit of the operations of
v department, the close of the past month |
'mpleting year since | fully assumed
large, | beg leave to substitute for the
sual monthly report statement for the
eriod from the first of May, 1870, to the
st of May, 1871.
wATERwORKs.
During the past year very few improve
ents and extensions were made, owing
irtly to the condition of city finances, but
iiety to the conviction that our city had
rived at that period of existence when it
1came necessary 70 perfect or change Its
stem, the present works being utterly in
lequate to the wants of its inhabitants
he improvements made, therefore. were
lose imperatively demanded, such as re-
acing the old boilers by new ones. cement
pes by iron pipes, and the extensions were
ade only to supply populOus districts with
alter tor fire extinguishing purposes The
ltensiOns during the past year were:
Feet
planade, from Rampant to St Claude street
eight inch pipe. 400
Claude, from Bsplanade to St Bernard
.rleree from St Claude to Marais street, SIX ]
rierec, from St. Claude to Maras street Oh
nrais, from kerlerec to St. Bernard street, {
arais from kericrec to St. Bernard street 90
Jour inch pipe. 30 :
Bernard, from st. Claude to Claiborne
street, six inch pipe. 1872
Bernard from st. Claude to Claiborne
street, four inch pipe. .................. l+T I
lumbus, from St Claude to Claiborne street
lumbus, from st. Claude to Claiborne street |
IouT men pipe. Observation-Disclosures. ll2
Bernard and St. Claude streets six inch ,
pipe. ........... 70 \
Bernard and Claiborne streets, six inch \
pipe. Observation-Disclosures. 50
Total. Observation-Disclosures. 1893 a
Cement pipe was removed irons Gasquet \
rect, from river side of Claiborne street \
Prieur, a distance of 1900 feet, and six \
ch iron pipe laid instead. The cement A
pc was rendered. in many cases. almost \
eless, from the injury it had received \
I'M heinz Laid ton 1,aar tl.n s1,rfano :.