New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-05-01

Public Accounts, the ordinance passed last
week for the settlement of various old
claims, commencing Meyer, KOthwitz g.
Co., in order to allow more time to examine
into the vouchers of the respective claim
ants.
BENZ. F. FLANDERS, Mayor.
Received and ordered printed.
NEW ORLEANS NATIONAL BANNING ASSOCIATION, )
Fiscal Agent City of New Orleans
New Orleans, April %, 1872.
To the Honorable Mayor and the Administrators OF
the City OF New Orleans
The official paper, of the twenty seventh
instant, prOmulgates an act of the Legisla-
ture, approved by the executive on the
tWenty-siXth instant, the seventeenth sec
ton Of which provides that "as soon as
practicable after the passage of this act,
the Council shall proceed to the election of
a chartered State or national bank as Fiscal
Agent of the city of New Orleans, and upon
ats election, acceptance, and entering into
due nOtarial contract, all present fiscal
agencies shall cease, and their assets, duties
and functions shall be transferred to the
fiscal agency created" etc.
1he act was not even promulgated, but
the Council had found it practicable to
elect a Fiscal Agent, without as much as adj
verting to the fact that by the contract of
May 10, and twelfth of November, 1870, the
city OF New Orleans, Tor valuable cOnsldera-
ton received, had, by valid contract, con
ferred this agency upon the Bank of New
Orleans. up to December 81, 1872. As the
city ordinance and the act of the Legisla-
ture impair the obligations of a contract
and interfere with vested rights, they are
both null and void in that respect, under
the federal and State constitutions.
The bank, however, does not intend to in
stitute proceedings for the purpose of in
lsisting upon her right to continue as Fiscal
Agent, but she will, in the meantime, rest
satisfied with maintaining the StGtu quo, as
she is the creditor of the city Of New Or
leans at the moment of writing this com
municatiOn, for an excess Of Sl4,4l2 80, be-
sides accruing interest on 100000 over
and above the funds deposited in her vaults
20 its credit. l remain, very respectfully,
your Obedient servant,
n. AUGUSTIN, Cashier.
Received and ordered printed.
OFFICE BOARD OF SCHOOL DIRECTORS,
New Orleans, April 30 1872.
80 the Mayor and Administrators Of the city of
New Orleans:
The Board of School Directors of the city
of New Orleans, at a special meeting held
April %, 1872, adopted the inclOsed resOlu-
ton, which they directed to be signed by
the president and secretary, and then trans
United to your honorable body.
WILLIAM ROBINSON,
Secretary.
AcSOluLlOu duOpLtu ny Inc DOdIu VI CCuOOI
Directors of the city of New Orleans,
April 90, 1872.
Resolyed, That this board report to the
Board of Administrators of the city of New
Orleans the amount of funds which Is ascer-
tanned to be necessary to carry on the
schools under our charge for the current
year, TO wit: $48O,000, of which the sum of
S3S8, 900 is required TO be levied on the tax
able property OF the city, and the City !
Council iu oils BALLAD fov.
levy of 1888 900, as directed by section !
seven Of act No. 8, Of 1871. Said esti- |
mate does not include debts of the year
1871, nor will its full collection provide |
adequately for the present urgent require |
ments for the building, repairing and fur |
nishing schOOlhOuses.
HENRY G. DIBBLE,
President of School Board.
WILLIAM Robinson, Secretary.
Received and ordered printed.
Financial Business.
BY Mr. Shaw:
An ordinance levying tax to carry on the |
public schools for the current year, 1872.
WHEREAS, The Board of School Directors |
for the city Of New Orleans did, under
date Of eighth of February, 1871, cOmmuni-
cate a resolution adopted by said board re-
porting to the Board OF Administrators |
for the city of New Orleans which requires
levy of $388,0O0;
And, whereas, further, the Council not
acting in the meantime, the said board of |
school directors did, on the twenty of
April, adopt a report, communicated to
the Council April 30, 1872, alike recurring
the levy of the said amount of 1888, 600;
SECTION l. Be it ordained bJ the Council !
of the city of New Orleans, That tax in the |
proportion of twenty-eight cents upon the |
one hundred dollars of assessment be and is |
hereby levied upon all the taxable prop |
erty in the city of New Orleans, as re- |
quired by section seven OF act NO. 8, APP |
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 for the current year.
Sea- Be it further ordained, ETC., That
the 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-frst of July, 1872,
inclusive, and shall thereafter be exigible in
the same manner and form as the other city
taxes.
SEC g. Be it further ordained, etc., That
this ordinance shall have force and effect
from and after its passage.
Passed first and second readings.
BY Mr. Shaw:
An ordinance levying police tax in accord- |
ance with the terms of act No. 70 of 1872
approved April &c, 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
sessed on all the taxable property in the
CITY of New Orleans according to the terms
and provisions of act No. 70 of the Legisla-
ture of Louisiana, approved April 26, 1872,
for the purpose of defraying the police ex.
Denses Of the year ending September 80,
1872, and any deficiencies in the revenues of
the CITY arising from the over receipt Of pO-
lice warrants for city taxes
SEC. 2. Be it further ordained, etc, That
said tax be fixed at fOrty-seven cents on the
SIOO of assessment, and levied in that pro-
portion on all the taxable property in the
city.
SEC. 3. Be it further ordained, etc, That
this ordinance shall have force and effect
from and after its passage.
Passed first and second readings.
BY Mr.. Shaw:
An ordinance to facilitate the payment of
city taxes.
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