The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1876-01-19
CITY COUNCIL.

|
Bouny, Bertoli, Burke, Mccarthy, Piisbury
and Landry.
MESSAGE FROM THE MAYOR.
A message from the Mayor was reao, IN
which he vetoed the ordinance relative to the
estimate of expenses for 1876. For bis rea-
sons, he refers to his former messages OF De,
cember 81, 1875 and January 4, 1876; ana
furthermore, sets forth that the general *
penditures exceed the receipts OF the general
fund. :,
The ordinance was passed over the Mayor s
veto.
Another message from the Mayor, request
ING the Council to still further reduce ex-
penses by letting all work and supplies OF
materials by contract, was referred to the
Committee of the Whole.
\ An ordinance relative to the contract for
license plates for vehicles was amended and
passed.
COMMITTEE REPORTS.
Mr.. Bouny reported unfavorably on the Pc
titions of Charles Schmidt, Mrs. NJ n. A.
Warren, s. p. Parmly, agent estate OF Il. 3.
Sumher, Mrs. Lucy A. Howe, Mrs. Louisiana
Conwell and j. w. Hillman, relative to having
their assessments reduced.
| The Administrator of Commerce reported
favoraby on the petition from the Hope
Rowing Club for permission to erect two
story boat house instead of the present one.
Adopted
| TAX ORDINANCE.
The following ordinance, after third read
| ing, was passed, Mr.. Bouny voting against
| it:
An ordinance levying. city taxes for the year
| 1876.
Be it ordained by the Council Of the city Of
New Orleans, That the following taxes be
and are hereby levied and assessed for
| the limits OF the city OF New Orleans,
according to the assessment OF said year, to
wi:
| City Debt Tax-For redemption and pay
ment of interest on bonded debt, twenty SIX
cents on every one hundred dollars Of valua-
ton.
! Police Tax--Forty-two cents on every one
hundred dollars Of valuation.
School Tax-Twenty- five cents on every one
hundred dollars of valuation.
| Current City Expense lax = Fifty-seven
cents on every one hundred dollars of valua-
ton.
Total tax, one and one half per cent on an
assessment of $1l9.O45, SIS
PREMIUM BOND ORDINANCE.
| By Mr.. Pilsbury and adopted:
| Be it ordained. That in all cases when pro-
posals for the exchange of bonds have been
received and rejected bids shall again be in
vited, either before or after the distribution
of premiums for exchange OF bonds, or for
cash, as the case may be, and all such subse-
auent offers may include the undrawn Pre-
MUM Bonds on the same footing as any
other bond.
Be it further ordained, That the commits
sioner of the consolidated debt be and are
hereby instructed to advertise for sealed pro-
posals, for the sale to the city of three hun
dred and fifty thousand dollars OF old and
| premium bonds.
| WATER WORKS BONDS.
| A communication WAS received from Mr..
Felix Labatut and others, which reads as fol-
lows:
| "The city of New Orleans appearing anx-
| ious to liquidate its debt, we, boEdhOders.
many Of us former owners of the Water
Works, and all of us taxpayers, have the
honor to submit the following proposition
We are willing to surrender to the city for
cancellation our Water Works bonds, amount
ing to 81, 500, 400, besides allowing the city to
become stakeholder in the works for the
sum of S606, 600, both sums aggregating
81, OOO, 900, being the valuation placed upon
the works by appraisers mutually appointed
at the time the city became purchaser from
US. In order to carry out this proposition
both parties must be placed in the same posi-
ton they occupied under the old charter"
Referred to the Committee of the Whole.
FINANCIAL BUSINESS
| Several financial ordinances came up on
their third reading and passed, for the month
of December, 1875, beginning William
Pagan, Criminal Sheriff.
| AN INVITATION.
By Mr. Pilsbury and unanimously adopted:
Whereas, the Mayor and Council have
learned with pleasure that his Majesty Dom
Pedro H. Emperor of Brazil intends to visit
| A. yc;4 f,rf ha lf
ing the approaching Centennial Anniversary
Of American Independence, and also to oo-
serve the political, industrial aud social con-
dition Of the county; and
Whereas, it will be of especial Importance
to each OF these objects that bis Majesty
shall have the utmost facilities for observing
the condition and capacity of the Southern
seaports, plantations and people; therefore
ResoIred That his Majesty, the Emperor Of
Brazil is hereby cordially invited to select
New Orleans as his point of arrival Ia the
United States, and that this Council tender
him, through his Majestys Minister at Wash
ngton, assurance of the most cordial dispo-
sitIon to contribute 10 the purposes of his
visit, and to the adoption of favorable i'm
pressions as to the industrial prosperity,
order and amity Of the people whom this
| Council represents, as we'll as the Wh0le
people of the Mississippi Valley.
RESOLVED, That the Secretary communicate
these resolutions to his Majesty, the Emperor
of Brazil, through the hands Of his Minister
at Washington, in order that they may 60 for
ward in time to induce his Majesty to adopt
this port and city as the point OF arrival in
| the United States.
Mr. Burke gave notice that he would on
Tuesday next introduce an ordinance pro-
viding for the inspection of oils and infam-
mable materials received and sold in this city.
The Council hen adjourned.
An Eastern merchant thinks that promi-
nept loss to the United States Treasury is the
washing of postage stamps, which is much
| greater than the Post-Ofice Department is