New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-06-26


SEC , Be it further ordained, etc., That
| the Administrator of Public Accounts be
authorized to warrant upon any cash in the
| treasury not set apart or reserved for spe-
cial purposes, according to law, in favor of
ordinary judgments duly registered and
against the payment of which no legal i'm
pediment or objection exists, to the extent
! OF four dollars and ninety-one cents on the
one hundred dollars of receipts for general
| purposes as above estimated, being the pro
rata thereon of the budget appropriation
for ordinary judgments for 1872. And the
city will warrant and defend the Admins
TRAITOR of Public Accounts and his sureties
against any and all actions against him or
them for his refusal to warrant for any
Judgment, in case the pro rata upon previ-
GUS receipts for general account is or shall
have been paid or allowed in settlement for
judgments as aforesaid.
Passed two readings.
By Mr.. Shaw:
An ordinance relative to appropriations of
money by the Council Of the city of New
Orleans.
SECTION /. Be it ordained by the Council
of the city Of New Orleans, That on and
after the first Of July, 1872, no further GER
Iificates of appropriation shall be issued,
except for services prior to that date.
from and after said date, all previously
made appropriations, upon which no GER
tifcate or warrant of any kind shall have
been drawn, shall bear interest at the rate
of eight per cent per annum until paid or
settled by warrant receivable for taxes as
hereinafter provided And upon all apprO-
priations made after said date interest shall
be paid as aforesaid from date of prOmulga-
ton OF the ordinance approving the ac-
count or appropriation.
SEC 3. Be it further ordained, etc, That
any holder or owner of an account APP
proved, aud upon which an appropriation
shall have been made, for which no certii-
cate or warrant shall have been issued, may
demand at the Department of Public Ac-
counts a warrant upon the Administrator
of Finance, which shall be receivable for all
licenses and on account of assessed taxes to
the full extent not required by law and or
dinances to be paid in cash only. Said war
rant shall include any accrued interest ac-
cording to section two of this ordinance.
SEC. A. Be it further ordained, etc, That
the Council shall proceed as soon as prac-
ticable to adopt an estimate of all the re-
eeipts OF the current year, not specially re-
quired by law to be set apart for park,
schools or funded debt, and exclusive of
levee dues; and upon the said estimate as a
basis shall apply the pro rata of the $780,
x
ordinary judgments. And the pro rata so
ascertained of all such receipts shall be
surety reserved to the payment or settle
| law.
SEC ., BE it further ordained, ETC., That
| the obligations of the city to appropriation
| ceruncates issued heretofore or prior to
their dlscontInuanee be strictly observed,
ana they 0e pala In the order of the ordi-
nanees Authorizing them, or receivable for
licenses ana taAes as heretofore; provided,
that any hoiaer Oh an appropriation GER
/ tifcate not desiring to paw tbe same for
| licenses or taxes may return the same for
cancellation, and draw interest az aforesaid
| from such return.
SEC. g. Be it further ordained. etc.
| That all appropriations hereafter al
well as heretofore made shall in like man
! ner be paid in the order of the ordinances
| approving them; judgments according to
section four of this ordinance, Judicial or
| legal expenses, interest, and accounts spe-
! cially ordered by the Council alone except
| ed; and no special order shall be granted
| except in case of necessity or emergency,
and on the vote of five Administrators, ap-
proved by the Mayor.
SEC. 7. Be it further ordained, etc, That
this ordinance shall 90 into effect from and
after its passage.
Passed two readings.
By Mr.. Shaw:
An ordinance authorizing settlement with
Duncan F. Kenner for land appropriated
and for damages inflicted BY the digging
of the new POydras canal.
Be it ordained by the Council of the CITY
of New Orleans That the Mayor aud Adj
ministrator of Finance are hereby author