New Orleans (La.). Cabildo
Variant namesDon Alejandro O'Reilly, Governor and Captain-General of the Province of Louisiana, appointed, on December 1, 1769, six perpetual regidors or aldermen to form a city council, or cabildo, "for the administration of justice and preservation of order" in the city of New Orleans. These aldermen also were assigned individual administrative and/or judicial responsibilities. The Cabildo annually elected other officers, including judges, an attorney general, and a treasurer.
The Cabildo met weekly, "for the purpose of deliberating on all that may concern the public welfare." All decisions made by the Cabildo were to be recorded by the body's secretary in a book of resolutions. The various "decrees, royal provisions, and dispatches, which may be addressed to the corporation either by the governor or other authorized minister," were to be recorded and the originals preserved in the archives of the Cabildo.
The detailed rules, regulations, and instructions for government by the Cabildo, presented to the body by O'Reilly on February 23, 1770, are available in translation in B.F. French, Historical memoirs of Louisiana ... (New York, 1853), V, 254ff.
From the description of Records, 1769-1803. (New Orleans Public Library). WorldCat record id: 25332178
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| creatorOf | Louisiana. Court of Pleas. Court records of Spanish New Orleans, 1784-1808. | New Orleans public library | |
| creatorOf | New Orleans (La.). Cabildo. Petitions, letters, and decrees of the Cabildo, 1770-1803. | New Orleans public library | |
| referencedIn | Persac, Marie Adrien, 1823-1873. Adrien Persac view of New Orleans, circa 1850-1870. | Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries | |
| referencedIn | New Orleans municipal records, 1765-1896 (bulk 1790-1836). | Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries | |
| creatorOf | New Orleans (La.). Cabildo. Acts and deliberations of the Cabildo, 1769-1803. | New Orleans public library | |
| creatorOf | New Orleans (La.). Cabildo. Records, 1769-1803. | New Orleans public library |
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| associatedWith | Persac, Marie Adrien, 1823-1873. | person |
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