The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-07-10
CITY COUNCIL--.OFFICIAL.
REGULAR MEETING.
Try HAIL. NEW ORLEANS.

CITY HALL New ORLEANS. |
Tuesday. July 8, 1878.
The Council met this day at IL o'clock III
In regular session.
Presentation. Ed. Pilsbury, Mayor, pre-
siding, and Administrators Brown, Cavanac,
Diamond, Edwards and Mccartney.
The reading Of the minutes of the previous
meeting was dispensed WITH and they were
approved as printed.
Communications rnm the Mayor and ADJ
mInIsIratOrs.
The following communication from the Adj
qninistrator of Police was read:
DEPARTMENT or POLICE, Cry HALL,
New Orleans, July 8, 1878.
To the City Council:
I herewith submit communication from
the Hon. ). }. N. Smith, Judge OF the First
Recorders Court, and would respectfully call
the attention of the Council to section 5. of
act No. 13l, creating the recorders courts,
which reads as follows:
SECTION s. Be it further enacted, etc. That
the said recorders courts hereby created and
the recorders thereof shall have respectively
the same jurisdiction as is now vested by law
In the municipal police courts OF the city OF
New Orleans, and in the recorders courts
formerly by the city charter; and the Mayor
shall on the selection and recommendation OF
the said recorders respectively, appoint four
persons on the police who Shall be- detailed to
serve in each OF said courts, and be subject to
the control and order OF the recorders thereof
and not removable therefrom without the
consent Of said recorders, and shall provide
for all necessary police force at said courts,
and for the care and safe custody OF all prlS-
oners appearing therein"
RoBT. E. DIAMOND, Administrator.
FIRST RECoRDERs COURT
New Orleans, July 8. 1878. !
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Sri desire to call your attention to the
fact that, the officers Of this court now holding
commissions have been reduced to eight III
number, and are entirely insufficient for the
amount OF work to be done. Since the sew
enth day of May 1877 to the present date,
this court has tried and determined 1891 fixed
cases, in which there have been issued 70, 481
SubppnaS and over 1000 warrants OF arrest;
now when 1t is understood that this work has
been done by eleven officers, who have to be
present In court from o'clock in the morn
Ing until or o'clock In the evening, you
will at once perceive that the average service
of warrants and SubpBnas for each officer,
has been 7043 papers served by each officer
besides his court duties, WHICH take up his
time from o'clock in the morning until 4
o'clock in the evening. Nothing but the
most complete system OF discipline
could have executed this amount of
work. Now, il the absolute control
of these officers Is taken away from me-for
instance, fodr of them under my control and
the balance under the control OF the Board Of
Police-it will create confusion and jealousy
and destroy the discipline. Why the officers
should be under the control of the police can
not conceive. They are not on the police rolls
many manner They do not hold commissions
as police officers; but on the contrary are
commissioned as court officers, and the word
police does not once occur in the commission
issued to these officers, but they are simply
commissioned as court. Now, by what sys-
tenn of reasoning these can come under the
control Of the police / cannot conceive. Now
it Is well known fact that this court does
more than one-third more business than the
Second Recorders Court. | ask that COM
missions issue for three more officers, and /
name as such Frank Carroll, Remy Clark and
Il. b. Pegram. By so doing you will facil-
itate the business Of this court and reduce the
expenses of criminal justice in this city.
Yours, respectfully, etc,
Recorder of First Recorders Court.
Mr.. Cavanac moved that the Mayor appoint
d committee of three to investigate the mat
ser.
The motion was adopted, and the Mayor
appointed Messrs. Cavanac, Diamond and Ed
wards as the committee.
Financial Business on Final Passage.
Mr.. Brown called up the following ordi-
nances, which, having been read twice, were
now on their third reading, and the yeas and
nays having been called, they we're all
adopted unanimously
l. An ordinance providing for the payment
of the several accounts therein named, for
June, 1878, beginning "Peter Markey," and
amounting to S14, 399 "a.
2. An ordinance making appropriations for
charitable institutions for June, 1878, amount
ing to 1891 10.
g. An ordinance providing for the payment
of the several accounts therein named for
June, 1878, beginning "Firemens Charitable
Association" etc, amounting to $3.50 81.
4. An ordinance beginning James D. Hous-
ton, criminal sheriff, for June, 1878, amount
ing to $7O57 81, the total having been changed
to this figure from $6643 45 by amendments
which were first unanimously adopted.
5. An ordinance providing for the payment
OF the several accounts therein named for
June, 1878, beginning New Orleans Gaslight
Company, and amounting to S15,178 rs.
6. An ordinance providing for the payment
of the several accounts therein named for
June, 1878, beginning "F. F. Hansell," and
amounting to s5748 70.
The resolution appropriating $25OO in favor |
of James Mcconnell, attorney, for profess
sional services rendered In the Gaines case,
was laid over.
Reports of Committees.
By Mr.. Cavanac-
Favorably by resolution on the petitions of
~ s. Rappold, to erect bake oven corner of
Clio and Baronne streets and ~ J. Loustau-
nan, to erect steam engine corner Royal
and st. Ann streets.
BY Mr.. Diamond
/. On the petition of Peter Rieger residing
on Dryades, between Clio and Erato streets,
complaining Of stable adjoining his 'prem-
ises, the Administrator returned the petition
with the recommendation that the nuisance
be abated.
2. Favorably by resolution on the petition
of citizens for the erection of a gas lamp cor
ner of Conery and Carondelet streets.
The following report and accompanying Or
dinance was ordered spread on the minutes:
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