New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-10-09

Against this, l find by reference to the
BOOKS of this department, the city has OBJ
surbed by receipts for taxes and by fund
ing $2l9,350 II in school certificates, leaving
actually outstanding $l5S,965 Sc. If we
add on the 500, 928 30 undrawn, there are
virtually outstandiugsSlS5 1893 66.
The city has no control or function over
the s3hoOl moneys or tax, except levy ing
and receiving them, and holding them in
trust in the treasury through the Admin.
TRAITOR of Finance. The school board, under
the law, her control Of the tax, and can re-
qEiEe us to receive it only in currency. 1t
IL generally supposed an attempt to pay it
in Metropolitan warrants would not hold if
forbidden by the school board, although
4he wO.ds of the law set forth that they
shall be oceivable for all city taxes, dues
and debts.
The city can have no desire or wish to
receive city paper for the school taxes, #
by any manner it can work to the preju-
dice OF teachers or against the interests OF
educai ION. The very wording OF the Ordi-
nance making CITY, metropolitan and police
paper receivable interchangeable for taxes,
shows that it was an arrangement for mu-
tual convenience and accommodation, to be
diseOnt nued at once if so instructed by the
school board. 1t has been supposed that
the volume of school paper being greater
than their tax outstanding, no detriment to
its value could result from such receiving.
Should the school board find it to the
advantage of the schools to make another
arrangements, a matter of which they are
the best Judges, the city will then receive
met Opoitan and city paper only for the
lnbonded city, police and park taxes.
ALFRED SHAW, Administrator.
Laid over to be printed.
By Mr.. Delassize:
DEPARTMENT OF WATRRwORKs AND
Public Buildings October g, 1872. )
To the City Council of New Orleans:
a bid Of Messrs. P. & r. De Verges was
che only one received in response to an adj
vertisement for one fatb0at load of Pitts
burg coal; the rate, for cash, sixty-nine and
. half cents per barrel; for certificates of
appropriation, 81 l6. Holding to the pro
priety Of accepting the rate based on cash
valuation, l respectfully ask the passage of
the accompanying resolution.
". H. DELASSIZE, Administrators.
1tesotUed, That the adjudication by the
Administrator of Waterworks and Public
Buildings of contract for one fatboa5
load of Pittsburg coal, for the sum and
price of sixty-nine and half cents, cash
unto p. & r. DeVerges, with Ernest De
Terges as security in the sum Of $4,000, be.
and the same is hereby approved, the seen.
rity a aepted, and the Mayor authotized to
Sign and execute, on behalf of the city, the
necc -sary contract to carry the same into
e6cet.
adopted.
by Mr.. Lewis:
DEPARTMENT or PoIrcE,
October 8, 1872.
To the City Council Of New Orleans:
In view Of the communication from the
committee on apportionment of the Board
of Metropolitan Police Commissioners,
printed in the last proceedings of the City
Council, recommend the adoption of the
accompanying resolution,
JAMES LEWIS, Administrator.
Resolrea, That the Administrator of
Waterworks and Public Buildings be and
re Is hereby directed to assign to the Board
OF Metropolitan Police Commissioners, for
use az central department, rooms numbers
i've, six, seven and eight of the basement
tEour, City Hail. and that the use of the
Council Chamber be granted for the public
sessions of the board /; provided, it be used
at such times so as not to interfere with the
uses to which it is at present devoted.
Ar. BOnzano objected to the resolution on