New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-05-26


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V,rBE UNDERSIGNED T. WHARTON CoLLENs
Il has bern spp )inted - eciAl master TO make
r. port OF the matters hereafter mentioned By
decretal order of the cOur. aforesaid, viz: This
hibits and af,idavits, died. and upon motion by
the PLAINTIFF to refer to mseter Of this court to
rep upon the subject matter of the bill and the
court, upon consideration directs the master
i. named to ascertain and report.
The amount and numbe OF the bonds issued by
the city Of New Orleans BY hori,y Of the thirty.
seventh section Of he set of the General Assembly
OF Louisiana, approved February % ls52, entitled
and provide for the government and administers.
ton thereof" and promulgated az No. II Of the
charge upon the fund provided for ia that section,
and also the names Of the holders Of these bonds,
the default made thereon in the payment Of the
principal or interest Of any Of them and whether
the measures provide in the said act for the re-
demption of the principal and interest have been
enforced by the corporate authorities of the city
J. The master will further inquire and report
whether the sinking fund provided BY the thirty
regularly collected and applied by the corporate
authorities Of the c ty Of New Orleans, and If any,
what defaults have been mace soa tne even. H o.
whether the cause is permanent or traQsltory,
and whether the city authorities 9 parties to
any impediment to the collection or application OF
the tA1es sing from the provislons Of the said
section.
g. The master Will furfh0r INQUIRE ana report ~
to the ability or disposition OF the corporate au
thorities to assess, collect and appropriate the
taxes provided for by said act and in case Of
failure to assess and collect the taxes speced in
the said thi, y-seventh section, whether there be
any other and what resources under the control
of the said city adequate to the fnlflment OF the
obs atoms created oy the act aforesaid.
L. Leave is gwen to the holders Of the bonds
issued under the said section of the act OF 1882 to
prOpOu. d their cIams as such and to become
parties to this suit, either plaintiffs or defend
ants. or to appear by committee appointed 0y
themselves to act for the common benent
S. The master will inquire and report whethsr
the conditions of the liberty seventh section OF the
act of 1852, have been violated by the issue Of
other bends or evidence of debt by the city Of
New Orl sans, and in what manner, under what
circums tances and by what authority, If Anv.
The mas r ~ re ceive from the holders OF such
last mentioned issues such evidence and such
arguments as will enable him to make his port.
It is pro Slded in the said order that the bOiders
of bonds iss ued under the thirtysevenlh section
of the act of 1882 relative to the city consolidated
debt may become parties to the suit and obtain
the benefit Of the decree in the case.
The holders OF the bonds so issued may obtain
inform alton of the mode Of proceeding by ia
quiry from the undersigned.
The undersigned win hold sessions on Mon
days Wednesdays and Fridays at room No. g.
ground floor City Hail. from $3.50 to $50 r NJ,
to make the inquiries and to take the proofs re-
- T. WHARTON COLLENS,
Special Master in Chaneery.
New Orleans Nav %. 1876. my23 At