New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-05-08


| dlsbul sements. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 3l3 e
| WorkhOuse, 1871, dishursements....... 80 81
| Workhouse 1872 disbursements....... .l47 Is
s272, 434 OIL
Balance May l. 1872. ................ 26,6O4 80
Grand Observation-Disclosures. s29O,O38 81
JOHN S. WALTON,
Administrator OfFinance.
Reconsideration.
Mr.. Cockrem moved q reconsideration of
the ordinance passed at the last meeting,
authorizing the City Railroad Company to
remove their track on the Metairie ridge
and substitute a shellroad, in order to give
the Council more time to consider the
matter.
The reconsideration was ordered and the
matter laid over subject to call.
Department Reports.
By Mr.. Cockrem:
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
May I, 1872.
To the City Council of New Orleans:
At the sale of market revenues on Tues
day, thirtieth ultimo, the st. Mary Market
was withdrawn.
| afterward sold the revenue of that mar
ket for the month of May to William Maybe
for $3.50, and respectfully ask the approval
of the Council.
JOHN COCKREM,
Administrator ad interim.
Received and adopted, and on motion Of
Mr.. BOnzano it was resolved that the bids
for the other markets be published in the
proceedings.
By Mr.. Lewis:
DEPARTMENT OF WATERwORKs AND ,
Public Buildings, May 7, 1872.
To the City Council of New Orleans:
The following bids were received in re-
Spouse to an advertisement for proposals
for reconstructing the broken comparu-
ments Of the reservoir of the City Water
works:
A. Brady, 563,467.
John Page, $4,000.
l would respectfully ask that the above
report be received, and action thereon be
deferred until the honorable Admin
istratOr of WaterwOrks and Public Build
ings is present.
JAMES LEWIS,
Administrator ad interim.
Received.
Financial Business.
Mr.. Shaw presented the following com
municatiOn:
OFFICE BOARD School DlREcToRs,}
New Orleans, April 30, 1872.
Hon. Alfred Shaw:
On an examination OF the minutes of the
board, l find that the resolution forwarded
to the Board of Administrators on the
eighth of February was adopted by the
board of school directors at their regular
meeting February Z, 1872.
WILLIAM Robinson, Secretary.
Mr.. Shaw called up the school ordinance,
to read as follows:
An Ordin ance levying tax to carry on the
public schools fer the current year, 1872.
WHEREAS, The Board of School Directors
for the city of New Orleans did. on
the seventh Of February, 1872, adopt |
and duly communicate a resolution re- |
porting to the Board OF Administrators |
for the city of New Orleans. to carry on the !
schools for the current year, which requires |
a levy of $685., 900;
And, whereas, further, the Council not |
acting in the meantime, the said board of |
school directors did, on the twenty-ninth of |
April, adopt a report, communicated to |
the Council April 3d. 1872, alike requiring |
the levy of the said amount of $3S8,000;
SECTION /. Be it ordained by the Council |
Of the city of New Orleans, That tax in the |
Of twenty cents upon each |
one hundred dollars of assessment be and is
hereby levied upon all the taxable prop
efty IN the city of New Orleans, as re-
CURED by section seven of act No. 8, ap-
proved February 25, 1871, to carry on the
schools under the charge of the Board of
school Directors for the city of New Or
leans Tor the current year.
-, SEC. =: BE it further ordained, ETC., That
Uhe SAID tax be collected and payable as
soon as the bills be made out, and public
notice given by the Administrator of FL
nance and until the thirty first of July, 1872,
inclusive, and shall thereafter be exieibIe in
taxes. ' 'iiO o'iiol ivy
SEC. 3. Be it further ordained. etc. That
this ordinance shall have force and effect
from and after its passage.
Adopted.
Mr.. Shaw called up the following ordi-
nance:
An ordinance levying police tax in ACCORD
ance with the terms of act No. 70 of 1879
approved April %, 1872
SECTION l. Be it ordained by the Council
of the city of New Orleans, That a police
tax additional to all taxes levied in the
month of December, 1871, be levied and as