New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-06-12

Mr.. Shaw called up the ordinance for pay
ment Of the May expenses Of the Depart
ment of Waterworks and Public Buildings.
read twice last week, commencing w. A.
Weed s. Co., $4 so.
Adopted.
Mr.. Shaw called up the ordinance appro-
priating for the May expenses of the De
partment of Police, read twice last week,
commencing Simon s. Cohen, S4 so.
Adopted with some slight emendations.
Mr.. Shaw called up an ordinance for pay
ment Of expenses Of Department of I'm
prOvements, commencing w. w. Care &
Co, 1881 II.
Adopted.
Mr.. Shaw called up a general expense or
dinance, read twice last week, commencing
L. T. DeIassize, SIP.
The pay roll of tax bill makers was
changed from $17OO to 5000. Several cleri-
cal errors were corrected. The item Hinck
& CO., $751; %, was laid over, and the
item John S. Walton, $4 20, was withdrawn.
On the items, P. Creagh, Coroner's fees
for month of May, S126I IAN incomplete re-
turn. and J. T. jackson, coroner's fees for
month of May, SlO9l, the yeas and nays
were called;
Yeas oekrem, Delassize, Remick-3.
Nays-shaw, Lewis, Walton, Bonzano-4.
The Mayor, in answer to a question from
Administrator Lewis, said this vote was
equivalent to rejection of those bills, and
they would have to be brought up again
ale nOUo.
Mr. Lewis tbereupon moved a reconsider
alton of the vote just taken, saying he
simply wanted weeks time for investi-
cation.
A reconsideration being ordered, the bills
were passed by the following vote:
Yeas-Lewis, Remiek, Delassize, Cock
REM.
Nays-BOnzano Walton. Shaw-3.
Mr.. BOnzano gave as his reason for voting
nay that any account emanating from the
Department of Public Accounts, and not
sustained by that officer, ought not to be
sustained by anybody.
Mr.. Bonzano moved that the following
item be laid OVER
Thomas j. Burke, for services in prepar-
ing documents an1 lists, showing the
amount of and condition Of the litigation Of
the city, from April, 1870, to April, 1872,
$3.50 l
Mr.. Walton seconded the motion.
Mr.. Shaw said there was a saturDalia of
speculative litigation now being directed
against the city, and jury after jury
whether composed Of taxpayers or not he
could not say-yied with each other in Civ
ing verdicts against the city, and If this
statement, made out by the chief clerk Of
the City Attorney at the request of the
Mayor, served to open the eyes Of the people
to the alarming public danger which this
speculative litigation against the city in
volved, the money would be well spent
The Mayor said he had not approved the
bill, but if the Council passed it he should
not veto it.
The claim was passed, and the ordinance
as amended was adopted.
An ordinance making an assessment upon
the lands OF the third draining district was
called up by Mr.. Shaw on final passage and
adopted
An ordinance for the relief OF Mrs. Hard
esty was adopted.
BY Mr. Shaw:
Resozped. That the Administrator Of
Finance be and he is hereby directed TO is
sue wharf bonds in settlement OF the fol-
lowing claim:
Eager Eller1nan g. Co, for reconstruct
ing, repairing and extending wharves, as
final settlement, Si0,O56 3d.
Adopted.
BY Mr.. Shaw:
An ordinance providing for the payment OF
the several accounts therein named
Be it ordained, That the following apprO-
the Administrator Of Public Accounts war