New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-01-29

ties and expenses of the city.
| SECTION |. BE il ordained by the Cit,
Council of New Orleans. That the reyenu
from the taxes and licenses falling due il
the current year shall DE and they ar
hereby specially set apart and approprl
| ated to the payment OF the debts and eX
penses falling due in the current year, t.
the amount OF and according to the bulge
thereof; and that the uncollected revenue:
from taxes and licenses, which fell due II
previous years. shall be and they are here
by set apart tor aud appropriated to tht
payment of tha. debts and expenses pre-
vided for by the budget of the year during
which said taxes and licenses became due
and colectible, though the same may ot
subsequently recovered and received.
SIC. , BE it further ordained, etc, Ihal
the taxes and licenses assessed aud levied
| to meet the expenses and other approprla
/ tions contemplated by the budget OF any
year. and falling due therein. shall be and
they are hereby specially assigned TO the
| extinguishment of the debts and liabilities
and cash expenses which nave or shall fall
due during that year, and, when coliectel'
shall be used only for the payment thereof;
provided, that if. after the payment of all
/ he said special liabilities and expenses OF
that wear, a surplus remain it shall be and
is hereby appropriated and shall be used 10
pay the Oldest unbonded debts of the city
in the order of the dates on which said un-
bonded debts were respectively incurred or
fell due.
! SEC. ). Be it further ordained, etc, That
the Administrator of Public Accounts shall
open and keep for each of the past years
separate accounts, and shall charge to said
accounts severaliy the back taxes and Ii
censes that fell due and were demandable
| in those years respectively; and when said
| back taxes and licenses shall have been
| collected they shall be and they are hereby
| specially appropriated and shall be used
| to pay the unbouded and outstanding war
| rants and debts of the year for which the Y
were respectively levied; provided that if
| after the payment of all the liabilities of
the year a surplus remain it shall be used
to pay the oldest unbonded debts of the
city in the order of the dates on which said
unbonded debts were respectively incurred
or fell due.
SEC 4. Be it further ordained. etc, That
the Administrator of Public Accounts shall
make and keep a registry, in which the
outstanding warrants and unbonded liabil-
tiles of the city shall be stated, showing
separately for each year the nature and
amount of said warrants and liabilities in
order of tn Q dates when they fell due; and
he shall de liver copy of said registry to
the Admin stSatOr of Finance, who shall be
guided thereby in making the payments
required by the third section of this ordi
nance.
SEC. ). Be it further ordained, etc, That
no debts or liabilities due in any one year
agreeably to the budget OF that year, shall
be included in the budget of a subsequent
year, otherwise than to provide that the
same shall be paid only out of the surplus
that may remain, as provided for by the
second and Third sections of this ordinance.
Or r%h nv1o tr,nA of. hit
all warrants which by virtue of any State
law are made receivable Tor taxes and
licenses due the city, shall be so receivable
only for the taxes and licenses levied for
and falling due during the year in which
the liability for said warrants was incurred,
and such warrants, when issued for and
during the current year, shall be receiva-
bic only for taxes and licenses of said cur
rent year, and this only in manner and
form to the extent and amounts and IN
der the restrictions and limitations pre-
scribed by law
SEC. 7. Be it further ordained, etc, That
this ordinance shall in no wise be construed
so as to affect or impair any obligations of
the city, heretofore contracted. appTopri-
ating, pledging or setting apart special or
particular funds, taxes or other revenues
for the liquidation or payment of bonded
or other debts. according to existing laws
and ordinances.
SEC. 8. Be it furt her ordained. etc, That
when any taxes, proceeds of licenses or
other revenues of the current year are col
lected or received into the treasury, the
Administrator Of Accounts, after taking
ont and setting apart pledged revenues.
whatever belongs 10 the funded debt shall
calculate and ascertain the proportion and
share of said revenues which aecrues to
each of the following divisions of the
budget: Streets, drainage, lighting. fire
department. squares, etc, printing. public
buildings, etc, charity, justice, Office ex.
penses, Administrators, waterworks. con
tingent expenses and judgments, so as TO
assign and sci apart to each of them. as a
sci arate fund, so much of said current rev
enues as the sum total of each of said divi-
sions beaIs to the sum total of the budget,
after deducting the sum total belonging to
the funded debt and pledged revenues: and
the Administrator OF Finance and Fiscal
Agent shall regard and hold sacred each of
the amounts so set apart as constituting a
part of and belonging to a special fund,
which each of said divisions is hereby de-
clared TO constitute and establish.
SEC. 9, Be it further ordained etc, That
this ordinance is hereby declared and made
a contract with all officers, employees and
servants OF the city, the members of the
Metropolitan Police, all persons contracting
faith of the budget of the current year; the
same being passed as an inducement ard
consideration rendered to them for their
services as obligations to the city.
Mr.. Calhoun presented the annexed or
dinances, whicl4 we're read twice and passed
to the second reading:
An ordinance providing for the payment of
the several accounts therein named.
Be it ordained, That the following appro-
priatiOns be aud are hereby made and
that the Administrator of Public Accounts
warrant on the Administrator OF Finance in
payment Of the same, whenever there shall
be money in the city treasury 10 the credit
of the appropriate fund, for each account.
and not otherwise appropriated:
l.. Z. Tower, soap, broomS, busters. etc
for City Hall building. approved, SOL -.
Courier FraDcais, one years subscription
from January, 1873, to January, 1871, APP
proved by the Mayor. So,
John McPhelin, District Attorney. for
thirty criminal convictions in the month of
January. 1873, as per bill approved by the
judge OF the First District Court, $50.
New Orleans Bee, advertising license
notice for Department of Finance, APP
proved, Sl2.
j. Sem. tin sign for Department of Ii
nance, approved, s..
JOHN 5. Walton, late Admins rator of
finance for costs of court, etc, in desend-
ing suits No. 81 800 of the Fourth District
Court and Ne. $1,000 Of the Third District
Court, appealed from Third Justice Court.
the same being suits instituted against him,
personally, by holders of Metropolitan war
rants, while acting as Administrator. o..
Finance. Sl02 81.
Pay roll tax bill makers. 1873. or account.
$1,000
Pay roll Department OF WaterwoIls and
Public Buildings. ~ peg certified soll.;
Street service, for f0ur weeks ending Jan
uary % 1873, $Sis; special paw roll for