New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-07-12

REGULAR MEETING.

CRY HALL. NEW ORLxANs,
Tuesday, July H. 1870
The Council met this day at twelve
O'clock M. in regular session.
Presentation. Charles j. Leeds. Mayor,
presiding. and Administrators Bertoli,
Brown. Bouny, Burke, Landry, MCCARTHY
and Pilsbury.
The minutes of the previous meeting
were approved and their reading dispensed
with.
Communication from the Mayor and Ad.
illustrators.
The following message from the Mayor
was read and referred to the committee OF
'A0 - New ORLEANS, July IL, 1876.
To the City Council of New Orleans
return without my approval the follow
ing ordinances, viz:
of the several pay rolls therein named, be-
ginning "oticers and clerks employed IN
the Department of Finance"
IAN ordinance providing for the payment
of the several pay rolls therein named,' be-
ginning department OF Improvements,
streets, wages. ETC., as amended.
can ordinance providing for the payment
of the several accounts therein named, be-
ginning "Amos Morrison
IAN ordinance providing for the payment
of the several pay rolls therein named, De-
ginning Superior Criminal Court"
THE amendment to the State constitu-
ton, adopted in 1874, is as follows. viz
The city of New Orleans shall not hereaf-
ter increase her debt, in any manner or fo.m,
under any pretext. After the first day OF
January. 1875, no evidence of Indebtedness
or warrant for payment Of money shall be
issued by any officer of said city, except
against cash actually in the treasury; but
this shall not be 80 construed as to prevent
issue of new bonds in exchange for other
bonds, provided the city debt be not
thereby increased, nor to prevent the issue
of drainage warrants to the transferee OF
contract, under act No. 80 OF 1871, payable
oplv from drainage taxes, and not other
wise. Any person violating the prohloi-
tons (prOvisiOns) of this article shall, on con-
viction, be punished by imprisonment 1or
not less than two nor more than ten years,
and by fine of not lees than three dollars
nor more than ten Thousand dollars"
In view of the fact that there are now no
funds in the city treasury to meet these or.
diuances, and in view, also, of the fact tn st
the present rate of expenditure ia much IN
excess OF any possible receipts from the
taxes of this year, and without an lmme-
date reduction of expenses must rel der
inevitable an increase Of debt for which no
means have been provided, it seems to me
that am compelled to this course by the
provisions Of the above article of the con-
stitutiOn.
In nv message of January l5. 1876 ex-
pressed my belief that the budget OF ex-
penditures adopted by you was too great
for the estimated receipts. This anticipated
deficiency has been increased BY the failure
of several measures of legislative reform
then expected, from which reduction OF
expenses would have been obtained; and
by the falling of in revenue caused by .
large excess of Metropolitan warrants PAID
into the CITY treasury.
A reduction of expenditures could, IN my
opinion, have been made ct the beginning
of the year without serious loss to the pub
lie service To do 80 now is doubles very
difficult, especially as large portion OF the
expenditures is, by law, beyond the control
Of the city authorities: but, it seems to me
it is rendered imperative by the above arti-
Gle of the constitution to keep the expeodi-
lures of the city within it's receipts
CHARLES j. LEEDS, Mayor.
The Mayor laid before the Council the
semi-annual report OF the Administrator OF
Police for the six months ending June 80,
1876.
Received and ordered filed.
Financial Business ON Final Passage.
On motion of Mr.. Landry the each or
dinances, read twice at the last meeting,
were laid over for future action.
Reports of Committees.
By Mr.. Mccarthy and adopted
Favorably by resolution on the petition
of Mrs. E. C. Porter, for permission to
transfer tomb lots in CarrOllton Cemetery.
Ordinances and Resolutions offered.
By Mr.. Mccarthy, and adopted
Resolution granting Mrs. E. c. Porter
permission to transfer tomb lots in Carroll
ton Cemetery.
By Mr.. Landry, and adopted:
l. Resolution granting the New Orleans
Gaslight Company permission to remove
from post twenty-three to post twenty seven.
2. An ordinance concerning the fire de-
partment of the Seventh District Of the
city of New Orleans; passed unanimously,
the yeas and nays having been called, and
all the members present at roll call voting.
By Mr.. Burke, and adopted:
Resolution authorizing the Administrator
of Improvements to advertise for sealed
proposals for 100000 feet of lumber.
By Mr.. Brown. and read twice:
An ordinance providing for the payment Of
the pay roll therein named.
Be it ordained, That the following appro-
priations be and are hereby made for the
month of June, 1876, and that the Admins
traitor of Public Accounts warrant on the
Administrator OF Finance in payment Of
the same whenever there shall be money
in the city treasury to the credit OF the ap.
propriate fund, for each account, and not
otherwise appropriated:
Paw roll of sanitary inspectors.... SSO7 OS
Pay roll Of sanitary police officers. 553 80
Total. ........... ....."...... $looo W
An ordinance providing for the payment OF
the several accounts therein named.
Be it ordained, That the following appro-
priations be and are hereby made, and that
the Administrator OF Public Account war.
rant on the Administrator of Finance in
payment of the same, whenever there shall
+ be money in the city treasury to the credit
of the appropriate fund for each account
and not otherwise appropriated:
Ed. Pilsbury, Administrator of Fl.
nance, for cash advanced for law charges,
ETC., as per vouchers, $50 30.
johnson Armstrong, stationery, binding,
ETC., for the Department OF Finance, ap-
proved as follows, viz: March, 1876, $l7 65;
June, 1876, s33.
German Gazette, advertising license and