New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-08-09

and emphatically that, for the future, he
would promulgate no ordinance for any
pay rolls which had not been passed by the
Council in open session, and over his veto,
in case he should deem it incumbent upon
him to veto the same. He was willing, for
this week, to promulgate any of these rolls
to which there were no valid objections, but
there was one pay roll on which there were
eleven hundred; labGers and fifty carts, and
the Administrator who alone could explain
it was absent.
Mr.. Shaw moved to strike out from the
pay roll of the Department of Police the
handymen, the carpenters and the watch
men.
Mr. Walton expressed an opinion that
these men having worked during the week,
and having had their names put upon pay
roll which had been approved by the Ad-
ministrator of the Department, had a legal
claim against the city.
Mr. Shaw said one of the items of the
Mayors call was that officers had been en-
ployed without the approval of the Council.
If the Council passed the pay roll of the
Department of Police, which included per
sons so employed, he should claim the ad-
vantage Of this decision for the other pay
rolls, but he should never vote for the pay
ment of any man so long as there was any
doubt about his having performed the ser
vices he was get down for.
The Mayor stated this was exactly the
point he wished to come at. There were on
some of these pay rolls the names of people
not to be found in any directory. resolu-
ton had been passed by the Council some
time ago, at his (the Mayor's) request, re-
quiring each Administrator to furnish the
Mayor with a list of his employees and their
place of residence, but only one or two Ad-
illustrators had complied with this resOlu-
ton.
Mr.. Lewis emphatically stated, with re-
gard to his own pay rolls, that the men
therein set down did perform the duties
charged for. He had not investigated other
pay rolls, but he had no right to doubt the
veracity of other Administrators, and he
was prepared to vote for any pay roll which
another Administrator certified to be cor
rect. With regard to the pay roll of the
Department of improvements, he was in
favor of passing it, and printing it and the
other rolls, so that the public could judge
if the work had been performed.
Mr.. Shaw said it would cost too much to
print 1t in tabular form, and in any other
way its publication would be absurd
The Yeas and nays were called on the
passage of the pay rolls of the Administra
tor of Police.
Yeas-Delassize, Lewis, Walton-3.
Nay-Shaw-l.
Mr. Walton said he voted yea because he
was satisfied that the city could not refuse
to pay a roll after it had been certified to
by an Administrator.
The Mayor will now bring up the pay
roll of the Administrator of Improvements.
which find next before me and to this
make some specific objections. Here is a
pay roll comprising eleven hundred names,
and have no means Eof ascertaining who
they are, for no list of residences has ever
been furnished me by the Administrator as
required by the resolution of the Council. |
The Administrator himself is not here to
explain matters; if the pay roll can not now |
be passed upon by the Council, it is not |
my fault.
Mr.. Lewis called up the pay roll of the
of Waterworks and Public |
The Mayor said, as far as he had been able
to examine this pay roll, he had no objec-
ton to it, except that he thought it might
be reduced.
The yeas and nays were called on the
passage of the pay roll of the Department i
Of Waterworks and Public Buildings.
Yeas-Delassize, Lewis, Walton-3.
Nay-Shaw-l.
The Mayor again called up the pay roll of
5he Department of Improvements, and said
f the labOrers and others who had worked
'Or the city were not paid this week twould
De the fault of the Council and of the Ad-
of the department, for he had
out the roll before the Council. He would
tate that, in the little time he had been
tble to give to the examination of the roll
or it had only come into his hands that
found men put down twice for
ull time, and there were other names he
NEW nothing about. He regretted the Ad-
Illustrator was not here to explain. He
sked the Council to pass a resolution that
10 one should be employed hereafter with
ut the authority of the Council.
Mr. Shaw said he had an ordinance to
fer with regard to the purchase of sup
lies, and he hoped next week some Adj
Illustrator would introduce an ordinance
nth regard to the employment Of officers
The following ordinance was offered by
haw, to be printed:
n ordinance to regulate purchases and !
contracts not otherwise provided for, and ! ,
to organize a general committee.
SECTION ]. Be it ordained by the Council I
the city of New Orleans, That it shall be
nlawful for any Administrator or officer of
ne city government to make any purchase
r contract, or order any goods or supplies J
Dr account or in the name of the city of l
lew Orleans, unless authorized so to do by
le Council.
SEC 2 Be it further ordained, etc, That {
all cases of purchase of supplies required I
y the city government or any department /
hereof, under the sum of five hundred J
Ollars, not under adiudicated contracts, or | I
n matters not susceptible of purchase or '
,ntract by invited proposals or sdiudIca- ?
on at auction, the manner of proceeding J
lal be as follows: The Administrator or J.
fcer requiring the same, shall notify the !
of Finance, who shall, in .
IGh manner as may be from time to time
dered by the Council, negotiate the pur-
Eases required, making report to the Coun- 3
how and in what manner said duty has =
zen performed.
SEC. & Re it further ordained etc That z