New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-05-20

ALSO. the fartNer sum OF SSO, 900, payable
IN sixty equxt monthly installments
commanding to run from and after thu
| eighth day Of May, 1879, due by the city
under eompeemise with the owners of vari
COS steamboats, made in conformity with
| ordinance Ma 300, Administration series
| promulgated in the official journal of the
| fourth day OF May. 1875. Provided tina,
the whole Indebtedness herein designated
| shall be HaUidaeed within the term Of the
lease.
Also, tue AMOUNT of $500 monthly te
cover OK penses ct police, lights. and sala
ries of officers aad employees of the city
| engaged in connection with the wharves
| and ievees.
SEC. 8 The time for receiving said pro
| pOsals shall expire at the hour of twelve
O'Clock Oh the day of sale, and the said AID
ministrat0r OF Commerce, in the presence
of the Mayor aud Administrator OF Finance
or in case of the absence of the Mayor, in
the presence of two other Administrators,
shall proceed to open the sealed bids and
| ascertain the result of the said proposals.
SEC. 1. The sale shall be awarded to the
bidder who shall assume to pay and dis
charge the obligations and liabilities above
| set forth, in consideration of the trans
| fer to him of the revenues of wharves and
levees a above mentioned, in the shortest
time.
The City Council reserves the right to
reject the said bid. or any or all bids, and
| to readvertise and resell, il deemed ad
| visable.
The City Council must either accept or
| reject within five days after the resul. OF
| the bidding shall have been ascertained. If
a bid ia accepted, the Mayor shall enter into
| a nOtarial contract with the bidder, accord
| ing to the provisions of this ordinance.
The said bidder, when notified by the city
| notary, shall appear before him to sign the
| act and complete the contract within three
| days after said notice.
| SEC 5 No bid shall be entertained unless
| the bidder, at the time of presenting his
seal d proposal. shall deposit with the Adj
| ministratOr of Finance the sum of $40 900
| in money or 1000 of the wharf bonds,
| under the condition that the same shall be
| forfeited 10 the city in case he negltcts or
| refuses to comply with the terms and con
| dHiOns ct this ordinance when called on so
| to do az ia herein provided. The money or
b0nds so deposited will be returned when
| the notariai act shall have been signed and
| the bond or obligation executed as provided
BY section niue OF this ordinance.
SEC That the person to whom shall be
transferred. as aforesaid. the revenues col
lectible for the wharves and levees, shall be
subrOgared to all the rights and privileges
of the city of New Orleans to sue for and
collect said revenues.
SEC. :. That the person to whom shall
be transferred the revenues cOllectibe as
aforesaid. shall not SELL transfer. assign,
set over, subrOgate or sub lease his light,
title or interest in the came to any person
whatever, without the consent OF the City
Council, previously obtained aud any sucn
sale, transfer. assignment, subrOgation or
suitcase, without the consent of the City
Council, shall subject the party 50 doing to
the penalties prescribed by this ordinance
for violation of its provisions, and will au-
thorize the City Council. if deemed ad-
visable, to declare the contract forfeited,
and hold the party and his suretes liable.
in damages and penalties, for the violation
of the contract.
SECS That By this ordinance and the
contract specified, it is understood aud
agreed. the city only undertakes to trans
fer such rights as she possesses, and the
purchaser takes the said revenues. subject
toall the RI ghts now held by other persons
by way of lease, privilege. contract or by
law, and that the purchaser shall in refer
ence to them, be subrogated only to the
rights of the city.
Also that the ferries and nuisance
wharves now existing shall not be inter
rupted by the purchaser under this ord-
nance, and that the city reserves the right
to increase the number and to change the
location of said wnarves.
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transferred the revenues coliectible. as
aforesaid. shall give his obligation or bond
with good and sufficient security, to be ap-
proved by the City Council, for the sum of
$3.50, 900, conditioned for the true and faith
full performance and tultillment on the part
of he said transferee of all the duties and
obligations imposed on him by this ordi-
nance.
SEC. 10. That if the person to whom shall
be transferred, as above mentioned, the
revenues of the wharves and levees under
this ordnance shall fail to comply with
any and all obligations assumed by him as
to the punctnal payment of the debts aud
obligations assumed by him, and the per
fOrmauce of the duties imposed on him, the
City Council shall have the right to declare
the contract at an end. and to sue the party
and his sureties for all the damages caused
by his default, or to resell his rights after
not less than ten days advertisement in
the official newspaper, and hold the said
defaulting party and his sureties liable for
the difference IN price, and for any other
damages sustained.
SEC. IL. That the person to whom shall
be transferred the revenues cOllectible as
aforesaid, shall accept and take possession
of the wharves, landings and levees con-
tanned within the limits hereinafter speci-
fed; that said wharves, landings and | wees
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the same may be on the day the notarial
act shall be accepted and that said person
so accepting and taking possession OF said
wharves, landings and levees. shall repair
the same and keep the same in good order |
and condition during the whole term
stipulated IN the said notariaI contract. 1t |
is understood and agreed that the repairs |
called for by this section shall be com |
menced within fifteen days after sign
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be continued until all are completed
Sec. t.. That the levees named in this |
ordinance shall extend back to the line of |
the street or road, if there be such, along
the front OF the river, and that the repairs
of the levees reqired to be made under this
ordinance. shall consist in gradip the same
according to the grades already established;
in covering the same with hard substances,
such as rock, lake or oyster shells and
gravel; in keeping the sans always in good
order by filling up all holes on their first
appearance with hard substances as above
mentioned; in filing up with river sand all
parts of the same which may cave in or
,ink below the grades Aforesaid: and in
keeping the bulkheads on the outside of
he same always in good order and cOnd-
ion: and whenever the batture shall form
10 as to require the levee to be extended, the
ransfree shall. on the order of the Citv
Council. fill up such parts of the batture,
md build such levees said City Council
nay deem necessary. as well as ali new
provided the transferee shall
lot be required TO take charge Of the Ievees,
kept in the First, Second. Third and
Fourth districts of this city: but the said
shall not be entitled to receive
ny revenue from vessels landing in the
Their districts. until alter wharves shall
ave been built and the transfe1ee shall
ave cpmDiieu with the rpcIli-a-npntS nt' |