The City Council had received the Mayor's letter of June 3 in which he stated that the Governor would make the following monthly remittances to the City: thirty piastres for Frederick Stringer for rental of a building occupied by the militia patrol; thirty piastres for Bradford and Anderson for rental of an office; and ninety piastres for Samuel B. Davis for rental of the old customhouse. The Mayor had also told the Council that M. Sauseneau, who was building the sidewalks in the city, had requested an advance of 753.93 piastres. He had asked the Council to approve payment. The Council therefore resolved to advance the money to Sauseneau on condition that the work be regularly inspected for defects by commissioners appointed by the Council and by the City Engineer.