The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-01-04
r. n ELDER, Ghnirmau.
I, j, WOODWARD,
EIpW. HEnNhK.


The report wns ndonted, and the finance com.
mittee was authorized 70 appoint tho commit
toe on ways and means provided for In 1t,
Mr. Geo. Herter took tho floor aud said:
M. Chairman IT upon u taxation OF its per
cent but $500 900 enn be act apart for the In
prOvements Department Of the CITY ~ NsW Or
loans for all Its purposes. am OF The opinion
that with the reduced asseHsat0nt IT, 81 onn 600
and tho city INK limoi to ! per cent tbs Ds-
partmsnt OF improvements Will necessarily be
prevented from increasing their work upon the
strestH. etc. for mn improved sanitary condition
Of tho city for the coming summer.
Tha budget of 1879 giving That dhpIttfn snt
$4,000 per month has been iedueed + II this
year, 1880. ~ SIT 500 per month. and II the per
cont tax only H. collected but I'll eco Will b9 the
limit Tor MI their purposes.
Now. Mr. Oh sifman. judging from the amount
OF work necessarily tn bs dobs within ths cor
pnrnf,t, limits Of 20 arge = o.y " tnis, aysry
place the city IN The best sanitary condition.
and now within one month Of Mnrdi Gras. when
We may "a pset the city t. bs vi-ital bF n lBHs
than twenty thousand strangers, mn ~ favor
of u com mlttee bsing appointed to wait upon
tho Mayor and City Council to urge uvon them
greater attention to the sweeping Of tho streets
and Oily flushing OF the guitars, rs many COM
plants ale daily sent IN 10 this association CALI
ing attention TO i. Tho numbtr OF laborers
employed by tho Department OF ImuroyaiaeutS
f"r street cleaning PURPOSES during tbs year
1879 VIE 3is men. With theredneed tudgst for
the year 1890 but i0i men are now distributed
over the city to keep il Ia The sane condition,
which must be insufficient
| nnd, upon inquiry vt the City Hall, ont on
the limit budget. there is Apr optiated for tho
purpose Of fasdiog. Migrants or Prisoners con-
fined In the Parish Pttson say $50 average per
day, at forty cents per day, masing. $3.50 pot
month, or say about one fourth OF the whole
amount Of the budget Of the tmprpven ais De-
pertmant for all IT.. works Of tbs city thls year;
Would Il not. Mr.. Chairman, have u good moral
effect, md greatly ms ist that d pHrtment by
utilizing the labor Of the abe-hoiisi e1nvigfs
Of the Parrish Prison. say ont of $50. $50 might
be ayhilab for cleaning of fhs sire Is ri ths
city. am reliably Informed hat no law no9 In
existence oovera the precise Case. By net OF
1873 Nc. 3D. convicts In certain oasss mai, bs
nOmpelled to work on the streets. etc. aud by
section 1890 OF the Revised btatutss Migrants
sent to tho
woREHousE
may be SO employed. but ~ there Ia no WORK.
house In New Orleans the act Is practically
worthless. Section $500 might BIS SO amended
o. to read that:
Tho Cty Council OF New Orleans f. hereby
authorized and empowered to compel all va
grants and suspicious persona who m " hero
inter be committed to any prison OF said city.
under existing lnwa. tn do nuy pubic work
within The corporate limits o. said city. That
said City Council may order. under augh rsgu-
lations Ha they may ordain, and for time not
to sxceed the period Of their COZ fnsment."
| ther fore offer resolution tha' the chair
appoint COMMITTEES TO take the necessary 30
tion 10 have section 1890 Of tho Revised Statutes
SO amended as above
Mr.. Ginder did not disapprove of tho proposed
method. but he thought that 1t was outside the
pEoNlHGS Ot mo HSspttHtl II 10 HhkB sHgu "
suggestion. He preferred that the movement
should emenate from another association.
Mr.. Horter said that he did not know whore
else the sanitary labor sh ,uld coms from.
Mr.. Gnder thought that n movement Of the
kind emHnnting from tbs association would
make IT. Improper, and might therefore fmpGir
the usefulness OF ths body "a II was dependent
upon the good will and co. operation OF the
,sses Of the peopla.
Alter some further discussion tho resolution
WIS adopted.
There was n lengthy debate on q proposed
memorial to Congress relative to the GamKse-
ehip. Tho memorial WIS referred 70 the com
mttss on correspond nee.
The COMMITTEES adjourned.