New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-04-15

anu lily drainage from the mrs
to the fifteenth day OF April. 1874. rendere,
necessary by the present biz Oh water.
, MIR. Calhoun stated that the appropria
ton was to prevent overflow, and, on hi
motion, the rules were suspended for {
third reading and, the yeas and nays hav
Ing been called, the resolution passed unan
mously, full Council voting
, The rules having been suspended, Mr.
Fitzenreiter called up the ordinance "au
thorizing Joseph Raymond to erect mar
ket house on the neutral ground of Wash
ington avenue, facing st. Claude street, in
the Third District Of this city.
The ordinance being before the Council
1t was amended, on motion of Mr. Fifteen
reiter, by fixing the time for which the
builder of the market shall enjoy the reve-
nues thereof at twenty i've years instead
OF thirty years, as was provided originally.
Thus amended the ordinance passed
unanimously, the yeas and nays having
been called and full Council voting
Petitions.
The aforementioned petitions and com
muuications, presented by the Mayor. were
referred or disposed of as stated
The president of the Board of Health
communicated the resignation of DR.. New
man as member of the board, to take the
place of sanitary inspector to which he
had been elected, and the resignation was
accepted.
From A. A. Altoona. and ordered to be
spread upon the minutes, and referred TO
the Administrator of Waterworks and
Public Buildings, with power to act
| New ORLEANS, April IL, 1874.
To the Honorable Mayor ard administrators of the
| City OF New Orleans
l have the honor to give you official no.
| tice that, on the tenth instant, [ was
| appointed by his Exceilency Governor KEEL
| logg. judge OF the Superior Criminal Court
| for the parish of Orleans. l beg leave to
| call your attention to sections seven and
| eleven of the act creating the court which
| refer, the latter to the providing of a build
| ing, etc, for the accommodation OF the
court, and the former to the esta blishing of
! a suitable place for the detention of wit
nesses. l respectfully request prompt
| action in the matter, and will be pleased TO
| confer with you in reference thereto at as
early moment as you can make it con-
venient.
1t is my desire to cooperate with you in
making the outlay and expenses as light as
possible. Respectfully,
A. A. ATOCHA.
From j. Bendernagel, notifying the Coun-
Gil that he had been appointed custodian of
notaral records for the parish of Orleans,
and asking to be allowed to select place
as depository for said records. To the
committee of the whole.
,;ol-, 4, \
coal furnished the fire department at the
fire on the ship Ailsa. Ordered to be trans
mitted to the Firemen's Charitable Associa-
ton of New Orleans, the city not being re-
sponsible for the bill.
From Lewis j. B. Burnett, for permission
to have cake stand on the levee, near
Bienville street; from merchants to be al
lowed to sell between the Vegetable aud
Fruit markets; from Carrollton Fire Com
pany No. for aid to buy steam fire en-
CINE. and from Joseph Kelley and others
complaining of the rice mill of Seward s.
Kipp, on Esplanade street, as nuisance
To the Administrator of Commerce.
From t. Gilmore, for remission of interest
on tax bills against SUGGESTIONS Of which he
is attorney. and against other parties.
From Francis Fernandez, for time to pay
taxes, and from Mrs. R. S. Welham, for re-
mission OF costs on taxes. To the commit |
tee created by ordinance No. 932, admins
traton series.
From the Sisters of the Holy Cross, from
Ernest Turp:n. from Sam Morgan, and from |
Simon Morich, relative to assessments. To |
the Administrator of Assessments.
The Investigation of the Charges Against
the Administrator of Finance.
The following message from the Mayor
was read:
MAYoRALTY OF NEW OaLEASsl
City Hall, April Ii, 1874. |
To the City Council Of New Orleans:
The committee appointed by me to inves-
tigate charges made against Hon. Louis
Schneider. Administrator of Finance, have
handed to me report which l herewith
transmit to the Council for such action as
may be deemed appropriate.
LOUIS A. WILT, Mayor.
New ORLEANS, April 13, 1874.
Hon. Louis A. Wilt, Mayor:
The undersigned committee, appointed |
on the second instant. at the reaues. of the
Hon. Louis Schneider, Administrator of
against him, contained in an article of the |
New Orleans Bulletin newspaper of the |
same date, under the heading of More |
Irregularities at the Hail. and further re-
quested, in your communication OF the third |
Instant to extend the investigation into all |
alleged Irregularities in the Department Of {
Finance, beg leave respectfully to report:
That the testimony of those whose names {
were furnished, and who responded to the |
invitation of the committee to give evidence ,
upon the correctness Of any OF the charges
made has been taken. The bulk of it is t
If clrcumstantial or hearsay character, ! {
IF those to whom was traced the origin OF |
such rumors as that the influence of the I
Department of Finance was used in the
interest of ring; that the favoritism shown
% few afforded them advantages over the
nanyin operations in city securities. Those J
who were suspicioned as implicated with
he Administrator in any such arrange 7
nents fatty denied it, and exonerated him
rom having ever had, with them, any deal
ngs wherein he was personally Interested.
Certain certificates of appropriation, c
in the aggregate to $i6 30, I'M n
in cOntraventiOn to ordinance No. | VI
l6l, Administration series, were handed in
o the Department of Public Accounts on u
he twenty sixth of March, 1874 from the o
Department of Finance. and returned I'm. r
audited on account of their lntOrJnality
Upon calling at the Department of
Finance we were informed by the Admins
rator that in the month of December last a
, check of Barnett had been received for Y
he SUN of Sli00 in payment of taxes, which L
vas dshonored by the bank upon which it E
vas drawn; that endeavors had been made Il
o collect the same, but without avail; that | b
q the interest of the city. to cover the loss
ustained thereby, with the surplus OF cash | ST
eceIved in the collection of taxes, amounts | ::
f scrip were bought to be used in settle II
lents as handed in. that first instance. to | n