The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1877-04-28
CITY AFFAIRS.
Tho sherIa's Bill=1he Police 'e""'s'
s,a,. md Other Topics.

uion. md Other I0ples.
,..,n., esesatapt crowd ef applicants iof
-. ~, tt,a .a,iee iosee wac 30 lie seen oh Fri
,.y aa,nisu, al the CITY Hall, waiting Tor some
Ma. u Turn 40. This something was, p,vbably
.,'s 80 s.a,,sna,ea pemina ien to-day Of the four
s,tiss, paiiee commissioners, az provided tof III
tsa new paiiee bill. but up 10 ~ o'eloeh Mayor
f,;,.bnyy had not get pat IN nh appearance. ana
tba amendments expected 10 be made remain
msstsry not even the wisest people being able
10 prophecy IN the matter
The absence Of The Mayor was
A pHAwnAaH,
,at anly 10 The curiosity Of the attendants. but
an weil To the expectations OF the city Admins
traitors Themselves for All Important meeting o'
The committee Oh The whole had been htea iet Nv
a'aaph ths morning ~ consider the VIII io' oo"-
tempt issued by Judge Whitaker IN The matter
ef the Criminal Hhe itT'a fees. The consultation
was 10 have included the city attorney, mf' seaae,
who was also absent
I'll understood, however. thai Mf' jonas views
are that the proceedings III the superior esnaA
nal tjetSt are nat jusi6abie Ia law, aha thas she
nattar IL one 10 la determined by regular inst-
tutaa oiy,l process "a II would be between any
other ore aitof and debtor 49,
Th,a information was obtained In conversation
with eup city administrators, AM may not be
st,istly accurate This IL said In iaatee TO Mr..
Janas, who, 40 IN aaid abova, was not pteaeht w
giya his ophi. personally,
THAr tboAt, hiti.,
The Administrators Of Public Accounts, MIR,
Ijrpwn rejecting the opinions OF The Gsty Gonh"
oil, aasa that the bill passed finally by the Leg's.
latute oe Thufsdas, making the certificates OF
indebtedness Issued for fife, police aud seheol
purposes receivable for taxes. was passed in OPP
rasi,ian 10 their wiabes, AID In its operations
viii materially hamper the working Of the af.
fairs OF tho city,
Thera n re. II seems four hundred thousand dol
lara worth Of these obligations outstanding. in'
cured Ia the year iB7a, and about two hundred
thansand dallafp more Of the year tbi5.
TAtiH,
Among the topics discussed around the build-
Ing The superntendency of polien, the eapssineies
aud the seeorlershipH were tie most prominent
It Ia SAFE however, 10 cay that. regarding the
Two getnef questions, M well M the appointment
Of psiroln,es and subordinate ohieetH nothing
will ha done until the Council shall have frat uoii-
frmea the appenteeH Of the Mayor on the Police
Beard,
raH aHeeabhnaBaru.
Althoaah tthiH Ia n matter which belongs en=
tiraly to the t,uyernor to determine the City Al.
mtnatyaiera have h.d madest suggestions to
make ia eenn nneotion with II. but here obseutity
saigns aupfeme aise, that Ia. 40 far "a the First
iesarderahip ID aeaeerned=the namaa Of Gol.
Il. j, N, smith and Cel. I. q. Hunt being meet
nromineatly mentioned for the position, and one
of the city Administrators expressing hia opinion
that IL will he given TO the former in aobnowl-
alignment Of his aerveea during the laat cam
paiEn.
Tho seeond Court, II la aad. viii remain under
the judgeahip OF Mr., Mttenberger, although he
does not beloug to the legal profession. This is
due. II Ia reported 10 tho eenaf uetion which the
Governor gives to the teeerdera act, that the
qualification clause applies only to the magias
tra.es who viii be elected nj the next city cleo
tien. and not 10 the pro tempore reoofdefs TO be
appointed by the Executive OF the State.
DURING TnM AFTERNOON.
MIR. Murdoch, the Treasurer of the exsMetropoli-
tan Police Beard. formally turned over tho keys
III hia office to Col Denis. Administrator Of ri
nance Of the city, together with eight or MAE
hundred doiasa, Of which amount tt75 waa
locked up In the safe IN Davidsons Court.
Aa soon an the keys were delivered Admins
traitors Diamond and Cavanac, as u committee on
the part OF the City Council. accompanied by
MIR. LeGardeur. City Notary. proceeded to the
office Of the old board and made al inventory Of
ils contente. finding, among other things 10 the
aage, the ti1a mentioned above.
NOT vEny rharfnniNa.
The feeling of tho ex.Metropelitan policemen
towards the Metropolitan Board otfeera has not
improved They manifest tho eame anxiety
concerning their compensation duo by the city as
AL. ftafr Inv "A
State. The manner In which they tnplore the
city authorities 10 pay them directly, and not
through The metropolitan Police Board officials,
la not at all hattoring 20 these officials; and they
go even 30 far no TO charge them with NAL"
feasanee in office detrimental TO tho personal
interests Of tho policemen.
Some say that from eight to nine thousand
dollars viii be found mssng in certain accounts,
and threata Of bringing the matter before the
Grand Jury arc freely expressed.
Az far as tho ex.poleemen's pay Is concerned,
from what has been learned at the City Hall,
there is no danger that tho money or warrants
which they are to receive will pass through tho
hands of any Of the oGieers or employees Of the
ex.board Tho disbursement OF the money or
delivery Of warrants will beyond question be
made
THROUGH THE NEW oFFItiAis.
Tho number Of applicants for positions on the
police is reported variousiy at 25o0 and 400.
1nasmuch as the new forto will consist of four
hundred men of all grades, 1t will not be sur
prising II many of tho applicants are disappoint-
cd. In all probability very few who are not now
on the force will succeed in receiving commits
sions, nd the .uco ssiul ones will owe their &C.
lection TO extraordinary qualifications. Owing
10 the limitation Of tho present force many good
men will have to DO sacrificed. regardless Of new
appointments.
AT THE STATE-NOTSE.