The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-01-08
MUNICIPAL.
The Reduction IN the City# BONDED
Debt.

JGbb.
Through the courtesy Of Administrators
stlvnn the DEMOCRAT presents 70 tts reaaefe
thIn morning 4 complete report pf tho bonded
debit Of tho city Of New Orleans, which VIII
ha found 10 be most interesting document
Tho handed debt at the close OF The year 1919
was $Ia. 400, baT 40. and the figures ~ the ona
of 1879 being si5e2i, SGD N, reductleh is
therefore shown of Sl,ifa,Ti1 ~.
The intelligent action Of tho aaministra-
tian In ita management 81 tho purchase of
premium bonds with tho larger portion oil
Aha rrice received for the City Railroad fran
chiaea. was the principal oauae OF thie achieve
ment which by far aurpaseas ne reouesloh q
the debt In any previous year.
It will also be aaen by tho same document
that the wharf lesaecs have, during Tho year,
reduced tho volume of wharf bonds from
Sain, 600 To 100000.
RIM HOARD or nTAbTH AND THE SANTA
HtANs.
Tho Mayor received vieitH yesterday from
delegations oil tho Board of Health ana 81 the
Sanitarv Association. The fofMer being repre-
aanted by Or. Il. Chopin, Mr.. Ed. Booth and
Cal. L. N. Maiks, and the latter ny MessFe
Hurtrr Elder and w. Il. Schmidt
The ohipnt III the committee from the board
of Health waR particularly to aeek snmn rts-
lief for tho sanitary otitoerH employea iast
wear for portion Of which ttms theV nave
not yet been paidi the eomh,,tssee alea ta :,
with Il large force Of sanitary inspectors dur
ing the present year. Necessarily no con.
clnaiun was arrived at, and the matter VIII
have 10 w put before tho rumniitteaui the
whole az the city Council for consideration,
The aanllariana had d long conference Win
tha Mavpr concerning the financial condition
of the city, aud It's probable inability to pro.
vide for anything like perfect cleaning q.
the streets during the year lssu aiiu
that The association would lend the corpora
tion All tho assistance possible w Inc way 81
labor. ..,
THR sunoon APPROPRIATION.
The proppaition at Administrator Glynn
10 eupply an ordinance appropllaung 10 th9
schools tho amount ane " w VIZ He wv, ana
hv delinquent taxpayers OF 1876. 1871 anu
1873, seems to have been received WIN favor.
The ordinance would be- aimplya Ruhatltnte
FOR thoaa that would have To be matte from
time 20 time. rs the taxes would nave neen
maid III naah hRd not the new constitution
made all the back taxes. for tho. Years
named. receivable for city taxes. The ap-
nropriation, being placed TO tho credit OF the
Board OF Public Schools. would enable the
board, together with such cash a. -
nov IN the city treasury 10 the credit uf the
city school fund, to settle goodiy portion e'
IT, pay rolls OF ts16, 1877 and 1873.
BY referring To the ctty's books ~ ~ louna
that the following Gums. the pro rata OF the
school fund, are stitl unoollected: - j.
1910 Observation-Disclosures. S42,Tl0 10
ss1g ....... 80 2T0 %
fs5s " 37,34S IA
Mailing N total of ...... Sit0, 32S II
Resides this sum, which 1t liz believed may
be sold for ut least thirty cents on the aoliaf
for tax.payng purposes, there are ID casfl
about SIS 900 lii the treasury TO the credit OF
the school fund, but SO divided according TO
the year for which the amounts We're col
lected that The payment OF even half month
of any one year has been impossible, without
taking money from another year, which is
prohibited By law.
By reaiginx the value of the credit which
III III propg@ed to enact In favor of the schools,
the board will be enabled to CRAFTY u great
many of the teachers and suppiiers OF the
schools who have not disposed Of their claims
auainat the city for the three years named.
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