LOUISIANA. 



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>! recorder in both the third and 

 fourth di-tricN \\vre elected, mid in the second 

 ninl third d'NtrieN two aldermen and fournssist- 

 ant iiMeniKMi \\ereeleeteil. Wi:li these cxcep- 

 :iire national democratic ticket pre- 

 vailed. 



h li'th was tin- day i'.r eleeted city offi- 

 .:iaiigurated, when the following dis- 

 patch a:id orders were made public: 



'WAE DM-ARTMEST, March 17, 18C6. 

 : i T. Monroe: 



Your t.-' ruu of to-day just received. In answer 

 thiTft.., I -ml you a copy of the telegram sent by 

 Mayor Kennedy, in regard to the Mayoralty of 

 New Orleans : 



WASHINGTON. D. C., March 16, 18C6. 

 JA>n. Hti'jJi Kennedy, Mayor of New Orleans, La: 



1 have no instructions to give in regard to surren- 

 iK'rinu tin- Mayoralty of New Orleans to the person 

 who h:is l.ci-ii elected to fill that position. 



Wo have no information showing the election was 

 not regular, or that the individual who hus been 



1 cannot qualify. 



In the absence of such information the presumption 

 i-i, tliut the election has been according to law, and 

 that the person elected can take the oath of allegiance 

 and loyalty, if required. ANDREW JOHNSON, 



President of the United States. 



[Extract] 



HKADQUARTERS, DEPARTMENT OP LOUISIANA, \ 

 NKW ORLEANS, -L.A., March 19, I860, f 

 :<il Orders, No. 63.* * * * * 2. It ap- 

 pearing that John T. Monroe and James 0. Nixon, 

 who received respectively, at the late municipal elec- 

 tion, a majority of the votes for the offices 01 Mayor 

 and Alderman, may come within the classes of excep- 

 tions mentioned in the President's Proclamation of 

 Amnesty, neither having received a special pardon, 

 they are suspended from the exercise of any of the 

 functions of those offices until their cases can be 

 inve-tigated and the pleasure of the President be 

 made known ; but they will be allowed to take the 

 oath of office, and the Mayor elect will be allowed to 

 administer the usual oath to the persona elected. 



The remaining persons elected will, upon comply- 

 ing with the requirements of the Constitution and 

 laws of the State, be inducted into office, and the 

 municipal government of the city as thus constituted, 

 and with the two exceptions above mentioned, is 

 declared to be organized and in full force and vigor. 



liy order of Major-Gen. E. R. S. CANBY. 



WICKHAM HOFFMAN, A. A. G. 

 Official : NATHANIEL BURBANK, 1st Lieut., A. A. A. G. 



[K.xtract.] 



HEADQUARTERS, DEPARTMENT or LOUISIANA, ) 

 New OELKANS, LA., March 19, 1SC6. ) 

 Special Orders, No. 63. * * * * * 8. J. Ad. 

 Rozier, Esq., is appointed Mayor of the city of New 

 Orleans, pro tcmpore, and will act in that capacity 

 until the municipal Government of the city is organ- 

 ized, as provided for by the 15th section of the City 

 Charter, in the case of the sickness or temporary 

 absence of the Mayor. * * * * * 

 By order of Major-General E. R. S. CANBY. 



WICKHAM HOFFMAN, A. A. G. 

 Official : NATHANIEL lit KHANK, 1st Lieut., A. A. A. G. 



The Mayor elect was permitted only to take 

 the oath and to administer it to other persons. 

 The Mayor pro tern, the next day gave place to 

 an '' acting " mayor chosen at the same election 

 to perform the duties iu the absence of the 

 Mayor. The charges brought against Mayor 

 Monnn 1 were that ho "had uttered rebellious 

 language after the city had been captured by 

 VOL. vi. 29 A 



the Federal troops and that lie r--t':- <] the oath 

 of allegiance." On May 15th, the Mayo, 

 scut the following communication to the Board 

 of Assistants : 



MAYORALTY or NEW OKI.KAXR. ; 

 City Hall, May 15, 1WM. \ 



To the lion. tJte Assistant Board of Aldermen : 



CI.NTLEMEX: The President of the United States 

 having caused a revocation of the military order 

 snspending me temporarily from the exercise of the 

 functions of Mayor, it becomes my duty to formally 

 communicate to you that I have again taken my seat, 

 and entered upon the discharge of the duties of the 

 office to which I was elected by the suffrages of the 

 citizens of New Orleans. 



It is well known to your honorable body that in 

 again inaugurating civil rule in the various depart- 

 ments of the municipal government under circum- 

 stances familiar to all, no inconsiderable labor will 

 be required at the hands of the Mayor, and the con- 

 current Boards, in the passage of such laws as may 

 be necessary for the welfare of the corporation anil 

 the people at large. 



Desirous that the utmost harmony should prevail 

 in the administration of the city government, I beg 

 to assure you, on my part, that it will afford me both 

 pride and pleasure to zealously cpSperate with you 

 in originating, enacting, and carrying into execution 

 such measures as may best conduce to the public 

 interest. * * * * 



Respectfully, JOHN T. MONROE, Mayor. 



Measures were taken at the same time hy the 

 unsuccessful candidates, to contest the elections 

 of the recorders of two or three districts of the 

 city chiefly on the ground that a portion of 

 the votes cast for them were illegal. It was 

 asserted that the voters were not residents of 

 the State for twelve months next preceding the 

 election ; that the new registry law was made 

 because the former voters were not, on their 

 return from the war, citizens of the United 

 States; and that one who is not a citizen of the 

 United States can neither vote nor hold office. 

 On the contrary, it was asserted that this point 

 was not at all considered in the gubernatorial 

 and State election held a few months previous; 

 that three-fourths of the 28,000 who voted at 

 that election had been in the State only a few 

 months preceding the election ; and that should 

 all these votes be declared illegal, and their 

 amount be subtracted from the sum total of tie 

 returns, a miserable minority would remain to 

 manage the affairs, control the interests and 

 manipulate the public funds of Louisiana. These 

 contestants were unsuccessful. 



The changes in the municipal government of 

 New Orleans during the previous six years are 

 thus stated: "The military occupation of the 

 city superseded the functions of the mayor and 

 the military post commandant became the city 

 chief magistrate. Brig.-Gen. George F. Shep- 

 ley was the first to administer the office after 

 John T. Monroe. The successor of Shepley was 

 Godfrey Weit/.el, whose administration had a 

 short run, and was then succeeded by Jonas II. 

 French, Provost Marshal and Acting Mayor, 

 who was succeeded by Captain Miller, who was 

 succeeded by Captain Hoyt, who was succeeded 

 by IIu. Kennedy, who was displaced by S. 

 Quincey, who was succeeded by Hu. Kennedy, 



