The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-05-15
CITY COUNCIL.

was held at noon yesterday. ALI the Admit
nistrators present and Hon. Chas. j. Leeds,
Mayor, in the chair.
Mr.. Pilsbury offered the following resolu-
ton:
Resolued, That the Commissioners of the
McDonogh School Fund bs and are hereby
authorized to accept the bid of A. j. Cheveau,
for building McDonogh School-House No. 5.
in Algiers, he being the lowest bidder; provid-
ed the security he offers should be satisfactory
to the Commissioners. Adopted.
Administrator Landry submitted an ordi-
nance !" to provide for building and repair
ing the wharves and levees, and for the pay
ment of debts contracted on account OF them,
| by transferring the revenues of the same for
| limited time"
The ordinance is very lengthy there being
sions is that the lessee shall assume the
accrued Indebtedness, amounting to S6S2 900.
1t was received and referred to the Commit
| tee of the Whole, to report at the next meet
ing
The following resolutions, offered by Ad-
ministrator Burke, were adopted:
| Resolued, That the Administrator of Ac-
counts and Finance be requested to prepare
All exhibit of the present fnancial condition
of the city, showing the amount of floating
debt, unpaid taxes receipts and expenditures,
i
with an estimate of receipts and expenditures
| from May LIST to December LIST. 1875.
RESOLVED, That the Mayor be requested to
invite the creditors of the city to confer
ence, with view of representing to them the
| financial situation, and of ascertainiDg how
far the creditors will CO. operate in the etcrt
to extricate the city from impending disaster.
Resolved, That the Committee OF the Whole
will at once revise the budget expenditures
for all expenses or payments regulated by
Legislative enactments, to conform to the abll-
ity of the city to pay, and that the Mayor ap,
point committee of three for the purpose OF
comforting with the Police and School Board,
Sheriffs, clerks of courts and other recipients
of appropriations under legislative enact
ments, in order that their cooperation may be
solicited in reducing expenses and maintain
ing the city upon q cash basis.
Resolued, That the attention of all persons
indebted to the city for taxes or licenses be
invited to the financial embarrassments tha
surround the city government, and threaten
its very existence, and that We earnestly ap
peal to all citizens in arrears and able to pay
to come forward promptly and liqnidate theil
and the interests of the city from grave peril
Mr.. Brown, on behalf of the Committee o
the Whole, reported, recommending that thu
following resolution do not pass:
Whereas, The rapidly diminishing receipts
from taxes and licenses, and the necessity I'm
posed by law Of setting apart so large portion
thereof to provide for interest, police ans
schools, renders it utterly impossible to con
tinue the business of the city upon the casl
!. basis, which was the evowed determination o
of the Council when it came into power; ant
Whereas, by the constitutional amend
ment the Mayor and Administrators are pro
hibited from creating any debt without hav
ing the funds in the treasury to meet thu
same; and
, | Whereas, the alternative is now presented
either to discharge all the employees OF tn
CITY government, or to seek for extraordinary
measures to provide for the necessary expen
,, ses to protect the same; therefore, be it
Resolved That in. order TO preserve and sus
tain the city government, protect the interes
of the public creditor; and provide as far a
may be for the public health and welfare, tina
an assessment of fifty per cent be and /
hereby levied upon all interest funds, accrue
or to accrue during the next six months; tn
remaining fifty per cent cent to be distributes
, pro rata to the bonded creditors entitled t
, the same, as fast as realized.
. The report was adopted.
Administrator Brown offered resolution
:, making it the duty Of the Administrator Q
;, Public Accounts to make out MONTH
. balance sheet OF the budget ledger, SHOWN
the amount appropriated to each account, tn
appropriation by ordinance against the sam
and unex pended balance, and transmit tn
:, same to the Council at the first meeting {
8 each month; and providing that wheneve
, the unexpended balance shall show that til
expenditure is so far in excess of the MONTH
pro rata as to threaten the exhaustion of tn
appropriation before the end of the year,
: shall be the duty of the Council through tn
Mayor, to notify the Administrator or offic
contro ling said expense to reduce the sam
= to a pro rata standard for the remainder
) the year.
That whenever the budget appropriate
. to any account is exhausted. it shall be tn
duty of the Administrator of Public Accoun
> to informed the Council at the first meetir
y thereafter, and no further appropriation sha
, be made of any bill or claim chargeable
said account; ali appropriations in excess
:, ;, the budget being the creating of a debt whic
- is expressly prohibited by the Constitution.
The resolution was adopted.
After the reception and disposition OF Sc
eral petitions, the Council adjourned.
) Property-holders and tenants would do we
to read the advertisement of the New Orleal
m Sanitary and Excavating Company, who a