The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-07-01
CITY AFFAIRS.


MUNICIPAL MATTERS.
Notice to Taxpayers-A Fine New school
House.
We publish to-day . notice from Col Denis
Administrator OF Finance. TO taxpayers, embody
ing section 10 Of act No. 96 Of i877-the genera
revenue law.
Il will be noticed that our legislators had |
commendable object In view when they framed
that section OK the law. Regarding our city taxes
failure to pay them within prescribed TINT
entails upon the tax payer penalty OF ten pei
cent and costs OF court and sherifs fees, for tht
full amount OF which mortgage 10 enteret
against the owner OF the property In favor Of tht
city.
by giving the power to the State, parish o,
municipal corporations, Nth the consent of III
o,oner Of The property taDed TO surrogate oil It'd
claims to third party, the Law enables the tax
payer to
BORROW THE MONEY
from whomsoever he may please for one month,
two months, six or even twelve months, In q
great majority OF cases, at q cost far below what
he would have had 10 disburse In consequence Of
his delinquency arising from temporary financial
endorsements, the person from whom he has
borrowed the money taking the place OF the
State, parish or municipal corporation, and re-
ceiying mortgage on the property taxed as 80.
curity for the payment Of tho amount loaned.
For example, take laborer or mechanic, who
keeps an account with savings bank he may
find himself unable to meet the demand for his
taxes when the came becomes due, from the
want OF the necessary funds Without touching
THE LITTLE TREASURE
which he is boarding for rainy day, he can bor-
row from the same bank the sum needed to pay
his taxes, ct eight per cent per annum, instead OF
undergoing the penalty Of ten per cent and the
costs OF q suit. And it can make no difference
70 him gas s his properly y y II
and poor can even apply to the land sharks of
Carondelet street for the losE of money In such
q case, at one and half to two per cent
month, for two or three months, and still be saw
ing money.
Wthal the State or CITY has received its rev.
enue In cash, and the machinery Of government
works on the more smoothly on that account,
and the more smoothly governments operate the
lower taxation must be.
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Mayor pilsbury, Administrator Denis, viii A.
Freret, Esq, the architect, and q DEMOCRAT re-
porter. on Friday visited the McDonogh
school No. 7, ut the intersection Of Milan and
Chestnus streets, in the sixth District, just COM
pervison of MIR. Freret. The building. which lie
OF the O. hio style, IL handsome, vast edifce, an
ornament TO the neighb0rhood, and long needed
institution. II contains six large rooms on the
lower floor, and as many In the upper story.
three Of the lower floor rooms opening into one
by means Of sliding doors.
The structure il OF river brick, we'll ventila
and the finish throughout excellent.
ALL THE APPLIANCES
and out buildings are also very good. The
ground upon which the school is built is one
hundred feet by one hundred and fifty, the facade
occupying the INCEST
The yard is divided into department for boys
and one for girls. The school which 10 capable of
accommodating from six to seven hundred obil.
dren cost eighteen Thousand dollars and 1t Is as
serted, few years ago, could not have been erect
cd for less than twice that sum.
THE CITY HALL.
The looming gray walls of the City Hall sppear-
cd lone and detected yesterday, and save three or
four schoolmarms who gavs q picturesque tone
10 the entrance hall, nobody. mot even the dir
Especially not the air) was stirring.
Administrator Edwards alone. OF all the city
fathers, was at his post, ali the others. ex-
cept Administrators Denis and McOaffrey, having
gone with the Mayor on the excursion to Bay 81.
Louis, given by the agents OF the Mobile road.
While we were present Administrator Edwards
assembled himself In the MAYORS psrlor, and
proceeded to open u single bid for GOAL to be
furnished for the use OF the Waterworks
The proposal was TO deliver one boat
load OF the best pittsburg coal at the
Waterworks at thrty-eight and half cents per
barrel, cash. There being only one bid, the Ad- |
ministrator decided upon laying II over unit lhe
Administrators. Mr.. Edwards then adjourned.