The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-11-10
CITY COUNCIL.

The Council was called to order promptly
at noon, Mayor Leeds in the chair; present
Bertoli, Brown, Burke, Pilsbury, Mccarthy
and Bouny.
A communication from the New Orleans
Gas Light Company, notifying the city au-
thoritles that the contract tor lighting the
city would expire December 3ist and asking
for the appointment of committee to con-
fer with the com pany with view to new
contract was referred to the Administrator
of Police.
Administrator Bouny presented report
relative to the assessments OF property in the
city for municipal taxes by the Board of State
Assessors, which read as follows:
DEPARTMENT OF ASSESSMENTS,
New Orleans, Nov. 9, 1875.
To the City Council Of New Orleans:
l beg to call the attention of the Council to
the valuation of the property, real and per-
sonal, OF this city for the year 1875 made out
by the Board of State Assessors, which valu-
alton is to be the basis of tax alton for the
city for the year 1876.
The asses sment rolls turned over TO the city
by the State Assessors for the above purpose
show total valuation of Sis, 1855, 995. The
city assessment made in the year 1874 (tax of
1879 by my predecessor in office amounts to
$ll9, 1913, 504.
Now it is an undisputed fact, and the
taxpayers of this city will bear me out in the
assertion that the latter assessment was on an
average about twenty per cent above the real
assessable value of the taxable property in
this city. In further support of this asser-
ton, | will briefly state that applications for
the correction of assessments tor the year
1874. amounting to s6019. 1914, were pre- ssnted
to the present city administration from the
month of December, 1874, to the 31st of
August last, and upon careful and personal
examination of each respective case, by we'll
known competent and Trustworthy experts a
total reduction OF S1,270.38 was granted.
equivalent to nearly twenty-one per cent on
applications representing, as stated above,
assessments amounting to S6,0l9, l9l
The report concludes by recommending a
resolution calculated to afford relief
The resolution was referred to tho City At
torney.
An ordinance for the payment of certain
accounts, therein named, was adopted.
Among other items were the following:
John McPhelin, District Attorney, for
criminal convictions in the month OF October,
1875, approved as follows, viz: Superior
Criminal Court S555, First District Court
$780,
John r. Clay, Clerk of the First District
Court, for costs and fees in the month of O:
tober, 1875, as per bill approved by the Judge
OF said court. 1925 05.
William Faean. Criminal Sheriff. for the
maintenance of prisoners, e'c., in the month
of October, 1875, as per bill approved by the
Judges of the respective criminal courts,
$500 so; for costs and fees in the month of
October, 1875, as per bill approved by the
Judge of the Superior Criminal Court,
STA 20; for costs and fees in the month of
October, 1875, as per bill approved by the
Judge of the FIRST District Court, 1891.
Tosal, $4,000 05.
An ordinance approp-iating SIT, 436 81 for
expenses of the several Departments for Oc-
tober was also adopted.
On the petition of the Rip Rowing Club
for permission to erect boat-housa the Ad-
minigtrator Of Commerce reported favorabIy,
and the desired permission was granted.
An ordinance reducing the fees of the Civil
Sheriff Tor tax writs collected by him to 2 per
cent, was adopted.
A number of petitions and communications
were received and appropriately referred
A motion to adjourn prevailed.