New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-08-12
of the city in the Supreme Court, exceed-in
cash the sum of $157 .430 81.
THOMAS i RIIRKE Clerk


the city expenses and taxes. We succeeded
IN obtaining the consent of the Legislature
TO postponement or refunding OF the
bonds of the city which mature in 1874.
This temporarily relieved the city treasury
OF the necessity of redeeming such bonds
to the amount of about $670,000 and en-
abled the Council to reduce the city debt
tax by one half of one per cent. The adop-
ton by the Legislature of other measures
recommended and industriously urged by
us would have made it practicable to reduce
the taxes still more. In an elaborate
memorial of the Council 1t was clearly
shown that amicable and judicious legisla.
ton, besides relieving the city of maturing
bonds might have saved the city treasury
more than $S00,000, thereby enabling the
Council to limit the city tax to less than
eighteen mills on the dollar.
can not too often repeat that more than
two-thirds of the expenses of the city are
placed by law beyond the control of this
Council, either to modify, limit or postpone
them.
In former messages l have given the ex-
penditures of this administration in con-
trast with those of its predecessor for cor
responding periods. For the sake of brevity
have omitted this comparison, and will
only state that the budget of 1872 was
Sb,96l 1881, which was all exhausted and
millions added to the debt, while the bud
get for 1874 calls for $472S, 1876. decrease
OF $2,233, 245, without reckoning matured
bonds, and with steady decrease of the
city debt.
In conclusion, congratulate you person
ally upon the success with which you have
administered the affairs of your respective
departments, and upon the harmony, mu-
tual confidence and unanimity which have
marked your deliberations in Council For
the kind assistance, the candid advice, the
unvarying courtesy aud the generous conf
dence extended to me by each Of you, your
officers and employees, return most cordial
thanks. LOUIS A. WILT, Mayor.
The Mayor presented the monthly report
of the Administrator of Police, for the
month of July, and it was received.
Financia. Business and Other Bills on
Final Passage.
Mr. Calhoun called up the ordinances de-
scribed as follows, which, having been read
twice, were now on third reading, and they
passed unanimously, the yeas and nays
having been called on each and all the
members present at roll call voting:
Providing for the payment of the several
accounts therein named" beginning Fire
mems Charitable Association of New Or
leans. Amended, on motion of Mr.. Cal
houn, by changing the item of I. w. Pat
ton, criminal sheriff, to $5540 80, and by
changing the item Of repairs to City Hall
building to $79s 20.
providing for the payment of the sew
eral accounts therein named," beginning
H. J. Mullan & Co.
stDrovi1ipo for tho porYoaut IF ho
eral accounts therein named" beginning
James Buckley. Amended by adding the
following items, under the head of "Boys'
House of Refuge"
Dan Moriarty, potatoes. ..... $50
j. Quinn, repairing brick oven.......... As
1otdl. .....'...... ........... 60
And by adding the following item, under
the head of municipal police courts: R.
Mascara ice furnished Third Municipal Po-
lice Court in July, So.
providing for the payment of the sew
eral accounts therein named,", beginning
William Schlichting.
Reports of Committees.
Mr.. Brewster, to whom was referred the
remonstrance against the location OF the
powder house at Tunisberg, in the Fifth
District, reported in favor of the petition,
and recommended that the owner, w.
Woods, agent, be permitted to erect pow
der magazine on the site formerly occupied
by him for such purpose. Adopted.
Mr.. Lewis reported that conformably to
the recommendation of the Board Of Health,
plan had been prepared by the Depart
ment of improvements, for a nuisance
wharf at Algiers, and that as soon as means
could be had tor the work the wharf would
BIS constructed. Received.
The Mayor submitted the annexed com
munication, which, having been referred to
the commissioners of the McDonough
school fund, was ordered to be spread upon
the minutes:
New ORLEANS, August 3, 1874.
Hon. L. A. Witt Mayor of the city of New Orleans:
At your request l have made a dill
gent search for the title of the city of New
Orleans to certain lots OF ground, designated
as lots Nos. l, 2, 3 and 4, in triangle No. 80
formerly No. 4Sl. bounded by Alix, Verret
and Barthe.emy streets, in the Fifth Dis
trict of this city, and beg leave to report
that on the second day of Septem oer 1850,
the police Jury Of the parish of Orleans
adopted q resolution authorizing its presi-
dent to purchase said lots, and on the sew
enth of October, 1850, Mr.. James Altman,
then president Of the police jury, bought
the same for the use of the parish from Mrs.
j. B. Olivier and Mrs. Octave Wharton, for
the sum of $1,000, as per act passed before
Louis t. Caire notary public.
On the second day OF July, 1858, the po-
lice jury donated said lots to the school di-
rectory of that portion Of the parish for the
thereon, with the understanding that said
lots should revert to the parish whenever
said school should be abandoned.
1t would seem that NO schOolhouse was
built on said lots, for on the twenty-frst
day of August, 1865, the police jury adopted
the following resolution:
''Resolced, That the Washington Hook
and Ladder Company's truck house be
built on the triangle piece of ground corner
of Verret and Bartheiemy, known as the
schoOlhouse property"
In conformity with the above resolution
a house was built on one of the above men
toned lots for the use of Washington Hook
and Ladder Fire Company. The three
other lots, the property of the city of New
Orleans, remain still at its disposition.
L. ST. MARTIN.
Upon the notification to the Council of
Polycarpe Fortier, that he intended to bring
timber to the landing in front of his prop
erty, whatever the consequences might be
to the coal boats Immediately below him,
Mr.. Turnbull reported that he did not think
the city could be made liable for any dam
ages which might occur to coal boats from
the execution of Mr.. Fortier's threat; that