New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-11-20

of New Orleans, That the Mayor and Ad-
ministrator of Finance be authorized and
empowered to settle with the board of City
park commissioners for taxes collected, or
claimed to have been collected, on behalf
Of the park to the amount Of Sly 1893 68 by
awarding to them appropriation certificates
| not exceeding the same; and upon such
settlement and award the Administrator OF
| Public Accounts shall issue the appropria-
ton certificates accordingly, and the neces-
sary appropriation is hereby made for the
| same; provided that the S40,OOO of ten per
cent bonds, letter p, loaned to said com
mission be returned with coupons or
amount thereof, and duly Cancelled.
The report was received and che ordi-
nance was passed to second reading:
By Mr.. Shaw:
An ordinance to provide for the issue of
duplicate certificates OF appropriation IN
favor of P. NJ. Williams.
! Be it ordained by the Council Of the city
| of New Orleans, That the Administrator of
| Public Accounts be and is hereby author-
| lied to issue to p. NJ. Williams duplicate
| certificates of appropriation, Nos. 1872 and
| 8l78, for his salary as superintendent of
! Boys House of Refuge, for the months of
| September and October, 1871, for 500 each,
| alleged by him to have been destroyed by
! fire, which occurred in that institutions; con-
| ditioned on his furnishing to the city bond
| OF indemnity as security against loss in the
| premises.
Laid over.
BY Mr.. Shaw:
ReSoLUed, That wharf bonds be issued to
! the following named contractor for recon
! structing, repairing and extending wharves:
Michael Carvin, for balance due for work
on fourth section; to date, final settlement,
1898 80.
| Adopted.
Mr.. Bonzano called up the ordinance
leasing wharves to C. E. Girardey & Co.
On motion of Mr. Cockrem the question
was postponed.
Mr.. Shaw called up an ordinance, printed
last week, leVying the city debt tax for the
year 1873.
Passed to first and second reading, and
adopted on second reading,
Mr.. Shaw called up an ordinance levying
a tax for current city expenses for the year
| 1873.
Passed to first and second reading, and
adopted on second reading.
Mr.. Shaw called up an ordinance, printed
last week, levying a city park tax for the
year 1873.
Passed to first and second reading, and
adopted on second reading.
Mr.. Shaw called up an ordinance, making
an assessment upon the lands Of the fourth
drainage district, read twice and adopted
on second reading at last meeting.
The ordinance was now finally passed.
The ordinance, read twice last week, pro-
yiding for the weekly pay rolls for the
weeks ending November IL and November
l8, was adopted.
By Mr.. Shaw:
An ordinance for the payment of che pay
rolls therein named.
Be it ordained, That the sum Of $4,000,
or SO much thereof as may be found neces-
sary, is hereby appropriated for payment
of the weekly pay rolls Of the city tor the
week ending November 25, 1872.
Passed two readings.
Mr.. Shaw called up an ordinance fead
twice last week, commencing j. W. Mad
den, $3.50 %.
Adopted.
Mr.. Shaw called up resolution amended
to read as follows:
WHEREAS, G. Roselius and Alfred Philips,
as attorneys OF the late first and second
boards of drainage commissioners, are In
tereSted in the questions involved to the
extent of the amount of their fees, fixed by
law, in the litigation arising out OF the
filing of the tablean of asses sment for
drainage in the first and second drainage
districts; therefore, be it
ReS0lUed, That said G. Roselius and Al
fred Phillips be requested to represent the
city of New Orleans, as its counsel, and as
sisU the City Attorney, before the Supreme
Court OF the State, without further com
pensation than that fixed by law Tor the |
services to be rendered by them, in the
matter Of the city of New Orleans praying |
for the hOmOlOgAtiOn OF the tableau of as |
sessment of the first drainage district"
Provided that nothing herein contained |
shall be construed as recognizing the legal |
ity of any claim for fees which Messrs. Re |
selius and Phillips may make against the |
city for services heretofore rendered in the |
drainage suits.
After discussion Che resolution Ras re.
ferred to the Administrator OF Assessments. !
By Mr.. Shaw:
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC Accounts, |
November 10, 1873 |
To the City Council of New Orleans: |
On the claim of Mr.. George Cronan for
a certificate, being part of the so-called |
Coleman claims, L respectfully report as 7
follows: This certificate amounts to S2979 10, |
and the defects or points of difference from !
the others are
|. 1t is not in the hands of third
party.
D. Their registry is not. noted in the
book, but is on the certificate of date
April A. 1870, and Is signed, as are the
others, by the deputy controller
No person at present connected with the |
Department of Public Accounts knows the |
full facts. but it is certain that these bills
were approved By the finance committees
before April 4, 1870. and their nOn-regiatry
before seems to have been an oversight or
omisf ion.
The only authority for allowing these
claims were ordinances allowing twenty
five per cent extra for paving bills on Ram
part and Esplanade streets, on account OF
the contracts having been made on gold
basis before the war.
Under these ordinances allowances were
made for losses on city money on other con
tracts than those Of the streets named and
them, amounting to some 100000.
The city litigated the matter with great
vigor, but the Supreme Court, on the ground
that they were registered, and thus admit
ted by the city through its finance commit
tees and controller, and sued upon by third
parties holding them, ordered their pay
ment.
They were treated very harsbiy on their
general merits and considered and charac-
lerized as frauds; but l have not found
them, after a careful inquiry through this
~ la S,1nh in +ha sarrn Of dis