New Orleans (La.). Third Municipality Council. Subseries II. Volume 1, ordinances and resolutions, 1846-1851. - New Orleans (La.). Third Municipality Council. Subseries II. Volume 1, ordinances and resolutions, 1846-1851.

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New Orleans (La.). Third Municipality Council. Subseries II. Volume 1, ordinances and resolutions, 1846-1851.
Biographical Information
The 1836 city charter provided that the powers and duties of the municipality councils, within their own municipalities, and of the Mayor, were to be the same as existed under the laws in force at that time. Essentially this meant that the provisions of the 1805 charter relative to those powers and duties remained in effect. Thus the Third Municipality Council had the power to make and pass all by-laws and ordinances for the better government of the affairs of, and for regulating the police and preserving the peace and good order of, the municipality. These laws, once passed by the Council, were to be transmitted to the Mayor for his consideration. If he approved of the act he was to sign it and return it to the Council, and it would have the effect of law. If he did not approve of it, the Mayor had five days to return it to the Council with his objections, otherwise the legislation would gain the effect of law. Disapproved ordinances and resolutions could still become law upon two-thirds vote of the members of the Council.
Date Created
1836 - 1851
Description
Record of slave emancipations before the Third Municipality Council, dated June 29, 1846-March 3, 1851. The records are copies of petitions for emancipation, which offer the name of petitioner, name and age of the enslaved persons, date of consideration of the petition, and a record of the proceedings ratifying decisions initially made for each petition. Though the volume as a whole contains other records kept by the Third Municipality Council, only those records pertaining to the emancipation of enslaved persons have been scanned for this project.
Type of Resource
text
Size
1 volume.
Language
English
Source
New Orleans Public Library, Louisiana Division, City Archives & Special Collections, New Orleans, La., http://neworleanspubliclibrary.org/spec/speclist.htm/
Digital Collection
Revealing an Unknown Past: Free People of Color in Louisiana and the Lower Mississippi Valley
Repository Collection
New Orleans (La.). Third Municipality Council. Subseries II. Volume 1, ordinances and resolutions, 1846-1851, AB 310, Louisiana Division, New Orleans Public Library.
Shelf Location
AB 310, Volume 1
Contact Information
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Rights
Physical rights are retained by the New Orleans Public Library. Copyright has expired and the item is therefore in the public domain. Permission to reproduce this image must be requested through the repository that holds the original.
Preferred Citation
New Orleans (La.) Third Municipality Council. Ordinances and resolutions, 1836-1852. Louisiana Division/City Archives, New Orleans Public Library.
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