New Orleans Republican., 1873-07-02

Sampson Brothers.
By Mr.. Turnbull. and ordered to be
printed:
An ordinance TO provide, designate and set
apart portion OF the public levee Tor
the landing and unloading Of the ne barges, N
vessels and other water craft OF the
Mississippi Valley Transportation Com
pany.
SECTION ]. Be it ordained by the Coun-
Gil of the city of New Orleans, That that
portion of the public ievee front of the city
lying in the First District of the city com
mencing at a point - be and the same
is hereby designated and set apart as the
place for mooring, landing and unloading
the vessels. barges or other water craft
used and employed by the Mississippi
Valley Transportation Company, of East
st. Louis, Illinois, a corporation duly Gre
ated by law, in the transportation OF freight
between the city of New Orleans and other
points on the Mississippi river and its trib-
.utaries for the period Of eight years, sub
ject always TO the conditions herein sct
forth
Sec. .. Be it further ordaine4 ETC., That
the said Mississippi Valley Transportation
Company, their successors and assigns,
shall have the exclusive use and occupancy
of said levee and the public space contigu-
ous thereto, and shall not be Ousted there
from by any ordinance or wharf regulation
for or during the above named period, un-
less said company shall have been by due
legal proceeding adjudged to have forfeited
it's right granted by this ordinance, and any
and all contracts made under the authority
thereof and in accordance Herewith.
SEC. 3. BE it further ordained, ETC., That
the said Mississippi Valley Transportation
Company shall have the use and occupancy
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following conditions: Said company shall
be in all things in so far as the use and Oc
cupancy of said wharf is concerned, sub
ject to all general ordinances and wharf
regulations applying generally to the entire
levee under the control of the municipal
authority of the city; provided, such ordi-
nance or regulation does not discriminate
against said company in the use OF said
wharf or levee to tho injury and prejudice
of said said company.
SEC. 4. Be it further ordained, etc, That
the said company shall have the right to
enter upon and take possession of said levee
at once and without delay, and make any
and all such repairs as may be necessary to
render said wharf secure and adapted to
it's use. That said company shall render to
the city full, true and exact accounts of all
material used and labor expended in the
repair and improvement OF said wharf,
under tho direction of the Administrator of
Improvements and City Surveyor, accom-
panied with vouchers showing the actual
cost of such repairs and improvements,
which account when found to be true and
correct by the Administrator Of Accounts,
as the proper auditing officer Of said cOrpo-
ration, and certified to by the City Sur
veyor, shall be passed to tho credit Of said
company as cash, and the said company
shall be charged with all wharf dues le-
gally chargeable against said company for
the use Of said wharf, until the total Of
wharf dues 80 charged and due shall equal
the amount expended by said company.
in the repairs OF improvements OF said
wharf or leyee when the same shall be bal
anced, and said company's demand against
the city for such repairs discharged; pro-
vided always that the said company shall
not be chargeable with OF required to pay .
higher rate Of dues than other vessels, per-
sons or corporations landing or unloading
goods in this city or using the levee or
wharf for any purpose connected with navl-
cation.
Sec s. Be it further ordained, ETC.. That
should the river encrOach upon the bank at
the place where said levee is situated, to
such an extent as to sweep away the arti-
fetal work or wharf, or so much thereof as
to materially impair its usefulness to said
company, then said company shall not be
required to retain the same, but may aban-
don the same or repair and rebuild the
wharf, upon the same terms as to payment
and REIN bursement as provided in this or
dinanceefor repairs or improvements, las 1t
may elect. If, on the other hand, the shore
of the levee should recede from the present
levee or wharf front. by filling or otherwise,
or from any other cause it should become
expedient to extend said wharf out toward
the water or TO construct an apron IN front
of eaid wharf. Then and in that case said
company shall have the right to extend the
same upon the same terms and subject to
the same conditions as the reimbursement
of money expended in such extension as
herein above provided in case OF repairs
and improvements; that is to say, may re-
tain the amour. due the city for wharf
dues until said company shall be 1eimbursed
for all money so expended; provided, that
said wharf shall not be extended more thar
fifty feet in any one year withou. the con
sent of the City Council.
SEC. 6. Be it further ordained, etc, That
the Mayor is authorized and directed TO en-
ter into a notarial act of contract with the
said company, or its agent, to secure to the
city and to said company the respective
rights and privileges named in this ordl
nance, in accordance with the spirit ard IN
tent thereof.
By Mr.. Calhoun, and adopted:
!. Prescribing the time and manner il
which moneys collected by justices Of tn
police courts shall be paid into the cit,
treasury.
,. Fixing the compensation Of the clerl
| Of the Superior District Court on tax bill
transferred thereto from other courts.
BY Mr.. Calhoun and read twice:
AN ordinance providing for the paymen: O
the several accounts therein named.
Be it ordained, That the following al
preparations be and are hereby made. an
| that the Administrator of Public Account
warrant Oh the Administrator OF Financ
| in payment the same, whenever there shal
be money in the city treasury to the credi
Of the appropriate fund for each account
and not otherwise appropriated
Firemens Charitable Association OF New
| Orleans, for services rendered in the montl
Of June, 1873, as per contract, $ll 500 67.
| Firemen's Charitable Association of the
Fifth District (Algiers), for services rem
dered in the month of June, 1873, 500.
| Firemen's Charitable Association of tn
Sixth District, for services rendered in IL
month Of June, 1873, S966 g..
James Buckley, stationery for City At
| torney's office in June, 1873, approved, So
| James A. Gresham. printing briet, Law
books. etc. for City Attorneys office. il
April. 1873. approved. SIS; stationery fol
Mayors office, approved, 81; stationery 10
| library, approved, 81 30.
| Morris McGraw, sundries for City Hal
building, in June, 1873, approved, $50 90
! Edwin L. Jewell, lor fifty copies of th'
Crescent City Illustrated" as authorized
by ordinance No. 2I90. Administration sc
| r.es. at s. each, $3.50.
j. McPhelin, District Attorney. for tweI
ty-three convictions from June !6, 1873. {
June 80, 1915. inclusive. approved by :h
Judge OF the First District Court, S5i5.
| u Y Ihoma 1lrintinr C0ll tax certit