New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-01-26
CITY COUNcIL--oFFICIAL
REGCLAR MEETING.

Tuesday, January Is, 1876
The Council met this day at tWeiv
o'clock N. in regular session.
Presentation. Charles J. Leeds, Mayor
presiding, and Administrators BertOl
Brown, Bouny, Burke Pllsbury and Landry
The minutes OF the previous meet!n
were approved and their reading dispense
with.
COmnuni cations from the Mayor an
Administrators.
The Mayor presented the following vet
message:
MA4oRALrY OF NEW ORLEANS,
Cry Hal, January %, 1910
To the City Council OF New Orleans: -
In accordance with the views expressed
in my former message. ! return. without
my approval, an ordnance ievying city
taxes Tor the year 1876.
deem it proper. II connection with thi:
ordinance, and the other ordinances relating
thereto 1.-THE budget OF receipts and the
budget OF expenditures TO call your acten
tion to the following suggestions:
The current city expense ta1-h.ty-seven
cents per $l00-which you propose 10 levy
by this ordinance, will give upon the as
sessed value of property, $b7s.315 43. the
other revenues are estimated. IN your
budget of receipts at 1858, 500, making, TO-
gerher. the sum Of 81 ,2i2 059 43, devoted to
current expenses. No allowance has been
made in either budget for nor-coilection OF
taxes, and the estimate of receipts from
other sources Of revenue are placed. in my
opinion, far above VIVA: they viii yield.
A deduction of ten per cent on the
above estimate would not in my opinion,
be too much to cover the probable deficl-
ency in the estimated receipts. but to De
within bounds, let it be calculated at tive
per cent: this will make q deduction of
500, l02 81, leaving the general fund devoted
to current expenses Sl.l79,95o 4b. The
estimated expenditures, per budget, for cur
rent expenses are l463. 1872 -, to which
must be added $50,0 900 for the Park, for
which there is no special provision, and We
have the sum Of 81 ,5ls, 1872 -, making de-
ficiency Of receipts over expenditures OF
$33S 526 %.
The school and police taxes in this ordi-
nance will give, at the rates fixed. twenty
five cents and forty-two cen 6 per 500
$797, 604 IS. With reduction of five per
cent-s39 $50 25-these taxes will yield
$757,724 10.
The amounts placed in the budget of ex-
penditures for the sci Oois and police amount
to $623, 200. If the balance over this
amount, 1874, 524 20, be carried to the gen.
creased to that extent, but even in this
case the expenditures will still exceed the
receipts by about 5000, 900.
As nothing has been allowed for untor-
eeen contingencies, which may cause an uu
avoidable outlay for which no provision has
been made; and as there are many expendi-
lures not under your control, which may
exceed the estimated amounts placed in the
budget, it is quite probable that, unless
rryh,a hox-
are materially reduced, you viii find before
the end of the year no means to carry on
the government
II seems to me, therefore, imperative
upon you to take immediate steps to bring
down the current expenses. so thai there
shall be no danger that the expenditures
shall exceed the income.
CHARLES j. LEEDS. Mayor.
Mr. Burke moved that the ordinance do
now pass, the veto OF the Mayor to the con-
trary notwithstanding, seconded by Mr.
Landry and carried by the following vote:
Yeas-8ertoli, Brown, Burke, Landry,
Pisbury-5.
Nay-Bouny-l.
The Chair then declared the Ordinance
levying city taxes Tor the year 1876 passed,
the veto Of the Mayor TO the contrary not
withstanling.
The following COMMUNICATION was re-
ceived and read, and. on motion of Mr.. Ber-
toll, was ordered TO be spread on the min
utes and referred to the City Attorney.
To the City Council Of New Orleans
The following named judges of Mun;cipal
Police Courts have tailed 20 pay into the
city treasury the fines collected by them. az
acknowledged in their reports to the Admin
istrator of Police.
w. L. Evans, of First Police Court, to
January l, 1876, $2olS 80.
Eugene Staes, OF Second Police Court, to
January l, 1876, $2733.
Webster Long, of Third Police Court, to
January /, 1876, $757.
The city is indebted to the said officials
for salaries for the same period as follows:
w. L. Evans, from July to January l,
1875, six months, $500.
Eugene Staes, for month of September,
1873, $3.50; from June | to December 81,
1874, seven months, $780, from July l to
December 81, 1875, six months, $500
$780,
Webster Long, from July l to December
81, 1875, five months at $i25 per month,
$625; for month OF December, 1875, $3.50
1878.
They are willing to settle for these fines,
provided the city allow their salaries. In
the case OF Judge Evans, however, the
fines retained by him are in excess Of mis-
salary Que.
consider l have no authority to warrant
in payment Of the salaries due these Off
cials, unless the money collected by them,
and which belongs to the city. is paid into
the city treasury and credited to the proper
fund.
The withholding Of these funds by them,
is virtually paying themselves, and Il con-