The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-12-11
CITY COUNCIL----OFFlClAL.
REGULAR MEETING.
Cry HAIL. New ORLEANS,

Tho Council met this DAY III IL " oioon MS
In regular session.
p,osent Hon. /. w. Patton. Mayor presih-
,,a and Administrators Behan, Chevaiiey,
Givnn Houston Isaacson, Marks and Meaiiie'
Tho reading of the minutes Of the previous
,,ootiny were dispensed with, and they were
approved as printed.
communications from the Mayor an" Al
minIstrators.
MAyoBAIrv OF New ORLEANS,
CIty Hail December 10, 1878
To the City Council:
have the honor to inform You that nave
tbis day Amounted j. Fitzgerald anu James
Mullen patrolmen on Crescent ol,y loi, ,tS
They were dismissed by the Board 81 Ponce
Commissioners. who, llhol'g .i,iI inJusp'so
had been done them, Unanimously tecom
rnanded them for rcappointlnent.
|. w. PATTON. Mayor
DEPARTMENT or IMPROVEMENTS, Cry HALL,
Nav Orleans. December 9, 1878. }
TO the Honorable Mayor and Members 81 ne
City Council:
Gentlemen have the honor to report for
your consideration the fact that VIM. Henry,
contractor for the repairs OF the square block
and cobble-stone paved streets OF inc foui,h
District Of this city, has abandoned his work.
would respectfully suggest that this de
partment be authorized to take the same ac-
lion with regard to this contractor that was
taken In the cases Of Messrs hartley rays
soyX and EaysSOuy ~ Coleman.
Very respectfully,
j ID. HoUsroN, Administrator.
Adopted
From Mr. Behan-
Reports on the condition OF the markets
Referred e. the Administrators OF Water
works and Public Buildings and Commerce,
and City Surveyor
Report on the condition Of the Fire Depart
ment of the Fifth District. Referred to the
Administrators of Waterworks and Public
Buildings and improvements.
Reports Of Committees.
To the Honorable Mayor and Administrators OF
the city Of New Orleans
Gentlemen Your special committee TO whom
was referred the duty Of inspecting the con
dition Of tho streets CUTTERS. etc, at the time
that Messrs. Barley & Fayssoux and rays
SIOUX x Coleman, and other contractors notl-
fed the city Of the abandonment OF their con
tracts beg leave to report IA follows:
We have carefully examined portion o.
the third ward, going out Common an',
Gravier streets. up Peters and Fulton, OUT
route of the railroad to Claiborne and to Com
mon streets, examining, also on our way,
thoroughly and carefully all the cross streets
and intersections. The cutters and streets
condition According to the specifications 81
their contract. they are bound daily II re-
CURED, 10 clean ont thoroughly az me cutters
and under all the bridges ~ dH ne streets, ~
leus and lcrecs. rithin the limits Of Their re,
spectre DISTRICTS, and 70 retnope thefefrom all
Kinds Of nun. dirt vegetable substances &c,
that may be found lying ~, or grommg ~ o.
apon The borders Of the same etc. Questions
asked the residents OF the neighborhood
ELECTED the fact that the contractors had not
appeared there for weeks, and that curing
that time the cutters had never been cleaned
swept or run.
Proceeding into the tourth waru' we i ,ounu
everything In, II possible, a worse condition,
notably on Bienvile street along the line 81
the CITY Park and Lake Railroad. which IL
well nigh impossible; the CUTTERS In this
street have evidently not been touched loi
months. According to the terms OF their con
tract they are bound TO re1nope du substances
or ann description whatsoever, mh'ch mag %
strp,ci or hinder the free passage o. ne mdtc'
en- o. through said CUTTERS or Under me sue I,
bridges" Their failure to perform this por
ton OF their contract Is complete.
We continued and completed our inspection
on Friday last by going into the Sixth ailo
Seventh Districts We found the gutsers
oyergrown with weeds and grass from a foot
to a foot and n half high evidence enough U
show that they had not been touched for some
time, II at all.
The remarks made above in reference t'
the third ward. apply with equal force t.
these districts: or, In other words, there Il
not one particle OF evidence to show that theN
ever made any attempt 10 comply with tn
specifications of their contracts.
Very respectfully, HENRY Rru,s
Administrator of Commerce,
r.. II. CHEvAhLEY,
Administrator Of Waterworks and Publ
WASH MARKS,
Administrator of Assessments.
II. 9. Brown,
City Surveyor
Approved:
Administrator OF improvements.
Adopted and spread on the minutes.
Financial Business on Final Passage.
Mr.. Glynn called up tho following ordl
nanccs, which. having been read twice, wer
now ON their third reading. They We're unan
imously adopted upon call Of the roll
BY MI Marks
LICENSE ORDINANCE AS AMENDED.
An ordinance TO establish the rate of license
for professions, callings ana otner buSl
ness for the year 1879.
BE IL ordained by the Council of the city Q
New Orleans, That the yearly rate of licenses
from and after the first day OF January, 1917
for professions, callings and other busllles
carried on within the corporate limits OF New
Orleans are hereby assessed and directed U
be collected ut the sums specially SCI lorti
in the following sections:
SECTION l. Every bank, banking house
banking company or banking agency, receiv
ing deposits, or dealing IN gold, silver, uncur
rent money or exchange, or doing any banking
business, one thousand dollars.
SEC. O. Every member Of a firm or company
and every person not connected with firm
or company, dealing in foreign or domestic
exchange exclusively, not receiving deposits
or doing a banking business, three hundre'
dollars
SEC 3. Every member of firm or com
pany, and every person not connected with
firm or company, pursuing the business O
pawnbroker, tive hundred dollars.
SEC. t. Every member OF a firm or company
and every person not connected with a iirn
or company, dealing in gold or silver coin
bullion, gold dust, stocks, promissory notes
or other securities, or uncurrent money, on
hundred and fifty dollars.
Every member of a firm or company, an
nXnrN nnrsnu NOT cnnnncinl with q firm 0