The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-12-08
CITY COUNCIL.

The City Council met at noon. yesterday,
Hon. G. j. Leeds, Mayor, presiding, and all
the Administrators present.
An ordinance making the following appro-
priations was called up and passed:
officers, clerks and employees in the
Department of Finance. ............ s., AL 81
Officers clerks and employees in the
Department Of Public Accounts. 80. 1923 81
Department Of Assessments ...... 425 90
Department of the May + .......... 1904 SO
Officers clerks and employees in the
Department of Commerce ......... 1905 &C
Officers clerks and employees in the
Department of Water Works and Pub
NC bulldlngs.. ......;... - o'oAf %
partment Of Police ................. 2.471 At
officers clerks and employees in the De-
partment of improvements. ...... l,754 "
Surveyors Department. ........... 1,16s SO
CIV Attorneys office. ......... S65 90
Salaries of Mayor and Administrators. 4,125 90
Grand total 500, 591 81
Another ordinance making the following
appropriations was also adopted
Department of improvements
Bureau of Streets, labor ,813 73
Bur5 au of Streets CARTS. 232 90 $l5, 046 23
Burean OF Wharyes and Landings. -. 375 As
Bureau of Drainage. observation-disclosures. 1,l50 70
Total. ................. .slo,oil 90
Department of Commerce, Wharves
and Landings. ........:.. 12O W
Department OF Water Works and Pub
Lie Buildings Observation-Disclosures. 766 90
Grand total. STA 6S
An ordinance appropriatiog 1921 40 for
the payment of the expenses of the several
departm ents was also adopted.
An ordinance providing for the payment of
several accounts was also adopted. Among
others we're the following:
Firemen's Charitable Association of New
Orleans, for services rendered in the month
of November, 1875, as per contract
$11, 666 &C.
Firemen's Charitable Association of the
Fifth District, for services rendered in the
month Of November, 1875, $500.
Firemen's Charitable Association of the
Sixth District, for services rendered in the
month of November, 1875, $125O.
Firemen's Charitable Association of the
Seventh District, for services rendered in the
month of November, 1875. S4l6 81.
An ordinance appropriatlng $5,573 II for
the payment of certain interest was adopted.
Administrator Burke, for reasons assigned,
reported unfavorably on the petition of L. j.
Highly, and others, asking that the Drainage
Company be requested to stop work on Nash
vile Avenue.
Administrator Burke reported that the up
per Magazine street railroad track was in
dangerous condition in many places, and that
proper notice had been served upon the COM
pany.
A resolution approving the specifications
for the construction of the Crescent City Rail
road extension from Joseph street to Carroll
ton was adopted.
The Administrator of Improvements was
authorized to advertise for proposals to con-
struct brick sidewalks on the south side OF
Poydras and Cypress streets, between Tonti
and Broad.
The following, offered by Administrator
Brown, was adopted:
Resolved, That all ordinances and resolu-
lions, or parts of same which provide for the
payment of licenses in scrip, be and are
hereby repealed, to take effect on and after
the LIST day of January, 1876.
The license ordinance was adopted, and the
Council adjourned.