The New York Herald Newspaper, January 8, 1867, Page 4

: 4 NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, JANUARY 8,.1867.~TRIPLE SHURT, Debt Account, TY GOVERNMENT. | t: commisionirs of Sinking Fund hold oe, weai,Got-” The tolal amount of ‘menays, teosived for ourities to amount of $10,627,687 ‘and 612.711 ee joa, and for licenses, and peld to the Ma hwietinatnie's site so oar to be credited te the proper account, was ‘These items aro exclusive of those belong to what Is called me fi Aft H ‘The motion of Alderman MoQuade was agreed to. CONTESTED 884% A aight cuntestife the eet of Alderman Bi, aud calling | THE MAYOR'S MESSAGE. 5 i ! : : for an investigatio MivTorn, Jan, iser, ‘Alderman Rixisy—This ode was disposed of last you, TYraw Hoxonamte time Conaox Couxon.:—GexrLmnx— e fd ho Beard of Convenset a mall ap sno Beare of In pedience to the requirements of the City Charter, I | the securities of the United iaten' govelbnoar are $0 Knight had no grounds for neat & seat of Al- regeotfully present for your consideration the following anecwan pre thee among wee derman Ely. hoped the petition would not be re- fafa and suggestions in relation to the government, | sint socks and bonasof the eey at neo Vou madi cau -itha vght oe ballica ree ‘tak comes g. command par, and the seven per cents a very considera- ble premium. sat SEAL meare ov eux cry. In my annual T recommended a sale of the anim; real estate tho olty. Th Goraminafonere. of the Staking’ Feud ected ephompuiy ‘@md ordered the sale of « large 09g and improvements of the ol TRE CITY GOVERN¥ENT, ‘In theory, the city of New York is governed by the Yayor and Common Council. In fact, it is now It is betantially controlled and regulated by the State Legis- jature, and by various Legislative commissions, acting be ved by all no matter what * Midorman Evy remarked’ tbat when this matter came #4 H i judependently ef each other, and of the Municipal | Three hundred fifty. parcels were fmously in favor of Mr. Ely. Ly, INTELLIGENCE. ‘eathorities The city government cannot make expendi- of... ) sig rere 99,016,828 mittee wes adopted By the Board of yond POLICE . it for nine of and ry voice Mr. was ee ae Ceres SAGEGS Lage eppeaprtations;, Ser, sae ‘amounted to 49,200 ‘elected and qualified for the office of ‘tet -sinieas tl aa en ee Bae tamugurate or carry on any great public imprevement ssemnr< oe without Legislative authority, except in the matter of could not ‘Tow ano Commrrran 20 Pausox. —The man arrested atthe province of Post Office om Saturday afterncon last, and who refused ning, grading and paving streets, and building to be re- to give: hia eee Justin wers, orin other work of like character, to be paid ty ani a zs ee 1 agape oe ae by aasesements upon property. that eng yee mee \ {FRE EXPENDITURES OF COMDMTRSIONE, a paponnd to Robert Maylard. It is alleged that the sccused hes, \ ing swindled several firms tm this city, among them Messra Biase ayllecipamlaibetrenestinpet ied Jy soldiers), who, oat the the paiviloges geemted, woula be EB. Jaltay & Co, Lathrop, Ladihigiba WO, by means i i 4 ted by the Legislature; and neither ol of private or public charities, As it is, the of bogus checks. Mr, Samuel Jones, of No. 850 Broad- ~ iannrennen Sennen AF id peftilagsa ape never trinted anceps og the spnomatet Seo , teatified that on the 6th @itimo the ave yor nor the Common Council any voice or Soe = 4 arenre fond. sioerhien toe, aa petition was ims check for $344 04, payable to of Mears. ity in the management or direction of either. I are & yote of 0 to 6), personating an officer and by that means extracting abqut Jaffray .& Co., gaia check on the Second these facts with the inten WHARVRS AMD PIERS, al pete mye Protest to the proceedings, | 9199 in cash from Mr. Themas M. Taylor, anaval officer | National Bank of this olty. The was Of casting reproach upon any comalelint ng cg grates eo Lg stopping af the Everett Housg, was continued before. Ee F i 4 iH ad Hig | otf of relieving the local ities . bare of criti d consure; bat I state amount of $600,000, the ne be ampansed, uni was received and partially read, whon, on motion of | Justice Dowling st the Tombs Below will befound the | Warren. 2..fleor. Mr. George H. Shaw, shom in that the truth may be distinctly tie elon a hw re Commoner, oe renin Alderman Nortox, the further reading was suspended | |. iiston of Mr. ‘Taylor's affidavit anc the testimony of a 4 7 that be co stood and the responsibility placed where it J ‘be. ‘and constraction of wharves and piers. ‘It did not, and the paper was ordered to be printed in document a caived A ond longa. 1 le system, commencing with the charter ur assouted only, ‘ever, receive the signature of the State Exeoutive, and | form. Captain Young ana Detective Kolso:— placed it on deposit tn the Central Nations! tate Tunning thiyagh all the: commissions, is the worst | general rule, at but little more than half its market | Our wharves have continued in @ most dilapidated con- | After the transaction of some unimportant business AFFIDAVIE OF MR. TAYLOR, Gtty,; from which leg sag mn Mr. Wul- that could be dejsed for a city.” Some of the | value, and that an immense amount of the personal pro- | dition. Some of them have, during the past year, been | the Board adjourned until Monday next, at four P, M. Thomas M. Taylor, being *furthor liam alosman for ifesars. ce commissions bave worked well amd producrd good re- full | leased for a term of years, the lessees covenanting to this socasion a loen mp eopaen end threw the pieces out Mee oe ‘bought five — = damask ne perty of our people escapes taxation entirely, A assessment ‘eek t have no doubt, reduce the taxation at least one-hal! ‘THE RATES OF TAXATION IN OTHER CITIAG. It may be gratifying to our yers to know thie fact and to learn, in addition to it, that unnecessarily sults, They are, however, but parts of a defective sys- tom, aud without accopntanility or responsiDilityw, 45 4 NEW CITY ORGAMZATION NEXDED. A city !!ke ours—the metropolis of the oountry—with over million of inhabitants, and abounding in wealth, at the window, and had now ‘to BOARD OF COUNCILMEN. take me with; I said to him, “What will to ‘Young at the detéctive .office Yor not bringit me there? He said he would will James G. Brinkman Elected President and | 110) had lot tt city Sed. contd net i tound: 26 eniit John E. Green Clerk. he spoke Fret at them in repair, aud to en them on, Prag g = has covenants, A legislative committee has been here examining into the whole subject, I sincerely hope respectability and intelligence, should haves local gov. | nigh as the rate ‘of taxation is here, it com! ‘ost | thoir investigation will produce good results. Some- " German, and that was the reason ernment suited to it and worthy of it. It neods ane or- favorably with that of other cities in and ane of the thing should be done, and ,done promptly. I look for The Board of Councilmon for 1867 was called to order | he was employed on the force; he waa always changing Co., was obtained by his bank roa pe —s ganization perfect in all dts parts, and directed by a | State. the report of the Legislative Committee with great inte- | at noon yesterday by the Clerk. countenance; he would have sometimes House from the Centra! Natt Bank: Anderson Single head, responsible directly to the people. It Te- Fost, quires a concentration of fowor and of responsibility somowhere. THE RVIL OP NEW PARTIMAN BOARDS, In Boston, Mass., where real estate ts assessed at its full maket value, and where vorified detailed statements of personal property are made by the taxpayers to the asaessors, the rate of tax is $1 30, so that taking into Mr. Mowi M. Haccerrr then road the following , nee ao fee AY * names, Mr, Valontine having furnished the requisite | Dencages; te vat eer sent raking mie te the caller certificate that these gentlemen were elected for the | he gave as a reason why he his appearance that A NEW COMMISSION IN CHARGE OF WHARVES. If the wharves are to be placed under the charye of another commission, from. which all city authorities are Tropeat what I stated in my message last year, that | consideration the asgessed valuation of property, the rate | to be excluded (as has been intimated, will be the case), I a 4 it was done to find things out; the last time he wasat tended to be a merchant. many other firms have the division of power and responsibility is the cause of | is as high, if not higher, than ours, In Philadelphia, | have only to ask, while protesting against such exclu- presont year;— my rooms was September 12, 1866; as soon ashe en- pa swindled the aceused to be deter: ail, or nearly all, of our mpnicigal evils, These evils | whore assessed valuations are tower than here, the rate | Sion, that that commission may be made up of scientific | Hugh O’Brien, James @. Brinkman, tered he observed that there was @ome one in the next | mined. ipdled. ty. ae committed him to the Tombe cannot be cured by new isan \Metropolitan Coramis- | of tax is $4 per bundred on real estate and thirty cents | 20d practical men, who will enter upon and discharge | Bryan ef Bernard Kenney, room; I told him that there was not; with that he be- | for exam: sions or by a partisan Board of Revision and Control. | on personal estate, In Brooklyn it is $3 41; in Roohes- | thoir duties with energy, skill, intelligence and integriiy | Cornelius Flynn, Jobn s. Gilmore, came very much excited and drow a pair of Kxerrta ax Intencicance Orrick Winu6e?’s Lions — Such a Roard would be wholly irrponsible, and if creat- } tor, $5 62; in Utioa, $5 61; in Albany, $3 76; in Syra- | of purpose. The new piers and wharves should be equal | John Stacom, John Webber, upon which I shoved the door open and sald, a ed wouid, in my opinion, require Wootuer one to watch | cuze, $3 72; in Troy, for muncipal purposes only, in ad- | to any in the worid, and. the Logislature shontd provide | Jawes Long, ‘Thomas Murray, “You. see there i# no one when | Yesterday morning one of the officers of the Tonth pre- % before the expiration of # \ingle year. Under | ditipn to the State and county tax, $2 50. Ihave mot | for increased rates of wharfage. &c., so thatthey can be | William Lamb, ‘Hugh Tarver, he drew his pistols u me I” was unarmed. | cinct went into the intelligende office, No, 11 Stanton our thoory and form of govemment, the ple | been able t#obtain information from the other cities in | made to yield a revenue equal to the interest on the cost | Peter Culkin, Walter B, Roberta, and being very much alarmed a8 to my personal safety I arrested’ th ‘Louis Wanzer, one constitute the only legitimate Rokrd of Control, and | time for thia messago. Of construction, James K. BcVeany, Henry Murray, id him $650; as soon as he dltued a receipt I told him | "eet and lo Dropeaster, « ‘ those who advocate any other must \necessarily assume | — ‘These comparisons are suggestive, They shoold not be CENTRAL PARK, SEW RAMERVOIR, BIC. Wiltiam Ternune, Francis A. Thomas, shonid Tay this whole matter before a tawyer; he re- | obarge of doing’businoes without a ‘tioenss. There the position that tho \d especially of | overlooked by those of the people and that portion of The Central Park. continues to grow in beauty and at- | Pairick Gibney, Stephen Roberts, lied that I needn’t do so, a3 hd would never comeiagain; | about fifty mon in the place at the time who had calleé the city of New Yor! it or unfit to | our press whose comtinual assaults upon our city and | tractions, and in the favor of the poopie. ‘Thoinas ¥. Daly, Jobn Hart, F did not see him agaia till December 10, when he made | in answer to: an which appeared that manago their own local afiairs. For my part I repudiate | our public men tend to create the impression abroad Tho new reservoir 15 in process of construction, neor | Nicholas Segar, George W. Cregier. 8 further demand ypon mo of’ $350; as I was making all | morning, in one of the German for ‘fifty Iabor- any such doctrine, and protest against toe assumption | that this city of ours isthe “plague spot" of the coun- | High Bridge, add is iu rapid progress. When this is | Anthony Hartman, my arrangements at the paliee detective office to re | era to work on a railroad at $1 7 day.” Wunser that the local interests of the people of this great city | try. That the standard of many men in public life | completed, the whole of the upper part.of the island will Mr, Buykwan moved that Mr, Flynn be appointed | him, I yielded to his demand and promised to give it to ‘Shandley, at the must be taken care of by the Stite. le'low enough, and that our whole system of local gov- | be supplied with Croton water. ~ . ig htm ; on the evening of the 12th of December, following, and fill- ‘A WELL DEVISED CITY CHANTRE NECESSARY, ochenent te tA. nough. and thet our taxos, are moro For loformation in regard to new sowers, pavemonts, | temporary chairman, which was carried by ayes and | Qolcck in Eighteenth street, nest Fourth a of.one of the I make these sug estions not because you can act | than they should be, admit; dut as long as our | andstreet Improvernents, I refer youto thecoports of the | nays, the Clerk haying decided a motion made by | told him soa neni. bela ees tee eee . The Mat’ upon them, but in the hope that they may find a lodg- | securities sell at @ premiam and we Lave the moat ly } several departments. Mr, Stacom that he (the Clerk) act as temporary pre- | the evening of the 12th of ber, 1866, he met Wunser mont in the pnbile mind. With a well devised city parks, the teat water-works, the most liberal public THR NEW POST OFFICE SITR, 7 appointment; f asked bim ithe had got a to payhim $las 6 for obtait bint obarter we can have the best focal government in the | charities, the largost police force, the most extended | The sale of w portion of the City Hall Park to the | *iing officer to be out of order. plied that he had; I then gave him #350 tbis employment, whoreupon Wanser cry tgud, A Comstitutional Convention wil! soon assewble, | system of free schools ia the country, end a rate of taxa- | United states government for a site for the new Post Mr. Fixx, ina few, well chosen sentences, thanked: | money; after he received it, I $600 to answer. x = He od cx appunipel ee usage ea lower than that oe Leen pe people, amid oar wi yea doubt, be consummated, and meets | the Board for the honor conferred upon him. and when I asked him he = * ention, ul 1e may an muc! io favor. receipt, TRAGEDY. Btate Legislature oan taxe such action asin {ts | om oid Oia tie oka each ade prosadl be y" ‘A REVENUE BAUGR OFFICE, Mr. O'Buiey presented a resolution naming as perma- for ommeara Relos tm madford an Tae SIXTEENTH, WARD TI s should find in the facts stated some gtounds for con- gratulation. nent officers of the Board the following gentiomen:— | were near, and they arrested him. Inquest on the Body of Burke. wisdom, shall be proper. If that Legisiatu: Coroner Gamble yoaterday held an inquest at the Jews’ The same may be said of the proposed relenze to the during Its present session, desires only the good ot THR TAX LEVY FOR 1866, government of a portion of the Baitery extension fora | yohn Stacom, President; Edwin M. Haggerty, Clerk; |. Th the city, % will refuse to legislate upon various soRemes | This amounted, as 1 havo stated, to $16,050,767. | site for a Kevenue Barge office, ® + ‘A 5 @oide nee! ia rolalion to it which are said to be in progress, If, on | The follenian statement will show’ the. fusposee tor | Mr Egbert S. Viele the engincer tn. charge of the Qilliam Glass, Serreuat-at-arma; James Moran, Noow | ‘fe Taylor at Hospital, No. 133 West Twonty-eighth stfeot, on the the other hand, it seks ur is willing, for aay reason, to @dvanoe and encournge movements relating to cit; affairs founded upon the personal or partisan intor Battery extension, assures me that the same fs in as Fapid progress as ible, and will be, whea finished, a thorough and perfect piece of work. which the.amount was raised and who was rosponsible for its oxpenditure, I invite the carcful attention of fweyreny | and the taxpayers to its detatis:— Mr. SrxvHen Korerts offered the following substitute:— James G. Brinkman, President; Jobn E, treen, Clerk; at Enright Sergeunt-at- Arms, and Louis Frost door: a reeset ge Leper be at ananien ‘ren I “ ny i ps year 1866... +++ «$16,050, 767 ; RS peony OF FIFTH AVENUR, he . adae mak recoive al a- .? i Teal vite your attention to the cons: - in sideration. As Chief Magistrate of the city, baving a | For the use of ue Staten 2,002,849 ily idera- | "The substitute was adopted ‘by the following vote:— Messra,.Flynn, McVeauy, Terhune, Segar, tion of question of the propriety of extendinz the Washington square, and then Murray, Tarner, Pretty thorough knowledge of its requirements, and pos Sossing, as I believe 1 do, the confidence of the vast ity of its people, I can only emter my protest ‘against the various schemes which I learn are now in course of preparation J leave this branch of the subject ‘wichont furtaer remark, and proceed to the considera- tion of our financial condition. THB CTEY AND COUNTY DaBT, DEC. SI, 1666, ‘The following statoment, prepared with care, will show the amount of the city and county debt, and the in relation to t1:— Cily Pindd Det. Water Stocks—i:sued on account of Introduic- For the polics, Board of th, various asy- Jums and wire of the Se yk Sheep 6,271,405 For Board of cation, Public Charities and Correction, &c., &¢., and the Affirmative, Brink: Gilmore, Webber, Thomes Be ‘Roberts, ‘Thot po Red Croton water into the city and dis- ting the eaIMe s,s... ssseeeeneeese one $10,782,800 ait Park Siocks—tasued en account of: Park and the wyprovement of the eame... as ast Pd ae = 6,923,571 Bre Indemnity Stock—Issued for payment ap a for blowing ap buildings Decemb:t, wares pee canal and Ohbamplain canal, 1-1 mill. Me Sogar and Roberts wero appointed a committee wutiding work house on Blackwo!!’ 190,000 be ? to wait cpon his Honor the Mayor, and fnform him that ‘San Island. Beal Estate Bond—issnod in settlement with ‘Mate lessees of West Washington Market, for fayioent to the tate fur sundry iands Alled ia beyoad the boundary line of the Mont ery charter, and for the purchase of Gansevoort pi the Board was organized. Meese. Mey wey, and Flynn were eonstituted a similar to make the same anuouncement to the | Op, ANALYSIS OF TAX POR COUNTY PURPOSFS, Expenses Contraled by Commissions under Special Acts of rt of the Po- era of practical reform im this respect bad been imeage. rated, and that theroafter pedestrianism would be made and kopt tolerable st least. This hope*has been disap- For suppo intro- femontratin at teat Bons: UNITED STATES. SUPREME COURT. Federal Jurisdiction in Admiralty—Is it Kx- For Commissioners of . moat Debt Fund Stock—ias for jetropolitan Board of Hi was no hittle stir created in the Board and in SY © ning and funding floating debt in 1869. Fer eiseeer ine Ong of New Yok es'oee (we lobdy whon tho vote upon the election of offers nivet--Provisions of the Judiciary Act im | pointed. Not only are cond portions of our thorough-, Public Rducation Stock—issued for payment $2,763,500 fares used by pedestrians (the sidewalks aad crosswalksy ‘J tm a most irty condition, . bat the gutters of debt of Public =cbooi Seciet; Mook for Rebuilding Tompkins Market —1s- as ite title indicates, for rebuliding ins Market. ..... eects asec ee 61,000 Volupteor Soldiors’ Family Aid Fund Bonds— \asued to provite for the families of soldiers Temes aoaiaen Oe mily Aid Fund Rederap: ‘olunteer ‘amily don Bonds—issued to extend the time ment of Volunteer Soldiers’ Family Ai Bund Bonds, No. YVolunteor Soldiers’ Bounty Ft Boods—issued for r For Intcrest on the Cownly, War and Riot Delt. Interest on riot damagos tndemnity while the carriago ways are readered im many instances. fit everyday pictures of the “Slough of Despond,® alluded to by old onn Sunyan. In edditionte this, the gardacé boxes and barrels, which, by the terms of the @ number of ycars, and is well known tor bis affability and thorough knowledge of City Hall affairs. _—- " Hommons.=This action was brought by the defeadaut in ARD SUPERVISORS. error in aJustice’s Court, under the atatute of California, es pe pinininraniny i against the Moses Taylor for a breach of passenger coa- | tract, The complaint alleged that the Moses Taylor was Organization eof the Roard—Jobn Brice Elected @ Member—Fixing the Sainries | **e4m vessel used in.oavigating the waters of the Pa- " true, ton t of bonda fe of County Omicers—Appropriations for Arme- | cific ocean and as» carrier of froight and passengers; os hey Kongens volunteer igs ries and Drill Roome, &c. that Marsball 0. Roberts is, and was at tho time com. | (00f Pound up these ni Vinca te pubey The Board of Supervisors met yesterday. The chair | plained of, one of thé owners and agents thereof, atd | sun were calling them forth to poison the atm: 4 ‘was temporarily occupied by Supervisor Tweed. that on the Ist of October, 1868, Hammons emtered ino od = ag a no ore gge 4 ‘Miscollancous items. ... 000 After the reading of the minutes of the preceding | a contract with Roberts for a steorage passage from Néw | siements to the credit side of his Lodger. During, the hip come epee the panone meeting; the Board proceeded to tho olection of a Presi- | Yor to San Francisco, with all reasonable cespatea, thaw a ee - aire —- muck whit ovr Pegsccapircmsr Sm ‘Soctety and Institution Gent fof the present year. Supervisors Fox and Blunt } speed, &c., and for the furnishing of suitable foot, ——s bes pv od be ne smell — County Court Hi Stock—Issued, as {1 ease enenee See eeenenees see v ro oan for “tbe erection of the ow leew — a WS were appointed tellers, Tou votes were cast for Henry | water, end a birth, or other conveniences for lodging, tr woe ‘srt an uattading of the rest House {n' Chambers street +... 1,800,000 ’ 81,151,786 Sinith, and he was thereupon declared re-clectea. The voya:e; that hold ft ih abeyance to spread bread-: Boldiors’ Substitute Bou ints Deduct revenues of the county not oy 4 to make up its I'msay te tual’ Sedge a Fe not altoge fe for thle. winto of mit an. 4 “* $372, paid him, and recommended 7 pam Dot altogether remponsibie u somor actutiee keep the city ti Cane 4 ‘bly commeadabie, Las become to performance ite § duties © and” in — : orclee Bonds Boidiers’ Bounty Fund Ronds Soldiers’ Bounty Fund Bonds, No. 2. Roidiers' Bounty Fund Ronds, No. 3. ‘and went thence to San Francisco on the Mose arriving at that place on or abont the 8th of No Tax levied for county gurposes........ e+ +. $5,271,405 ALYRG OF TAX FOR OFFY PURPOSES. [ uarenain Cememenap aed Ger omen Bayon of Waris tars and Commins ont Seal tractor want « payment of boun! a ge J for tho armics of the Unica, that the keeping of the strecia clean fs as much a Rint Damages Redemption Bonds measure ae was the cleaning in the first in- Riot Damages Indemnity hee Be this os tl th it 25 fi i Ouy—Amount payable from =inking Fund. .. $22,423,676 ‘The lower portions of the city are fn dondt. Amouat payable from taxation 00 tion go far us cleavliness (or the want of it) is ope Gounty—Amount payable from taxation. cerned. Jot any one take a tour through West, Green- wich, Washington or say of the pimotpal stroete Total... 2.0.6 o on the wost side and he will emply con~ Mu mecout of the above debt ihe vam f.-- 11,240,300 Thoms heeds aly 0 fow boney’ run Play to render thoen es it Rie a | a a ea os —- mudd suse mag se Seuhy es Cees emnone jet amount county funded de even inaman or ‘vertent December eee aes ae am ‘As aguiDet India. @entre, Elw, Le} Bax! Mott and other Of the foregoing debt it will be perceived : which the Courts of A have excl streets are in a similar condi while on the east side 10,783,800 is for Croton Waterworks, $9,023,671 for tion: that the vessel poy = Ack Bm there are localities that appoar for months past to have Saeeaee BROOKLYN CITY GOVERNMENT. the bigh seas, and that the present crrper South sre Water ate Breet mr Rowe commented Nity Dots, , arose on the hich reas. voit ch 4 eo ‘oon Reveane Bonds of in anticipa- Meoting of the Board of Aldermen Mensage | ius atte we County Court; page fume, If pot looked after, compated with sping of 1868. ef the Mayor, &c. the plaintiff gave evidence tending ‘to prove odor of the famous chy of a ‘will be Thére were some lively scones about the Brooklyn City | tions of the complaint, and rested his case. the breezes from. Pg | the dies. ar day with political “hangers on," who were exceedingly by the constitu tion and laws of the United ‘States the compare. anrious to get their agers into the “‘municipal pie.” federal Courts of Admiralty bad oxelusive jurisdiction of adorn (t) ‘Tne Board of Aldermen organised at three o'clock by Oo ee ee en end reek aod bey a ROOT os. .scvecccctewereedBereessesees 400,000 the election of Dennis O'Keefe, of the Tweitth ward, as.| 4,70 Count denis ee aioe ocean a oe a6 003 Tous! dedi of city” 726,400 temporary chairman. When Alderman Fisher was con- Peasant exe tT Ws org cmpan ey eee meee 0 Mate. 6. eens vee tad the vessel tm favor of plainlli for : a proper performance of their datie# as Aldermon, for bin hae Awol De held to a fittict accountability by Revenue Bonds of 1866 —1 in eaticipa- ‘ion of collection Of taxes of 1808......... $307,200 i i ef Recapibulation—Femporary Debt, eg Bi ge beet he og aged oe Neng temonon of tne fe p = ptt the a ph Sheet Juriddletion is exclusive po KAN officd, and said he hoped to have thoir support and ap- Probation as long as he remained among them, To the Clerk of the Common Council and his assitants he would also 100k for aid and advice, and he had go reason to.be- Heve that he would be di inved, Alderman Louw moved thas David 7. Valentine be elected Clerk. . g i i ee H g i =. 32 wg | ited for the neglect. Sor bit niet ‘ted. The poet Pprorecu neg 6 cases 80 for streets, be dicied power of the United States in one Sapreme ot ro ~ He be mand coat inferior courte as the Congress may 3.3 ie i i} . ef fe aon avant _ r would be ey MLBOTION UF OFFICERS, me ‘ Je whole rot the cay, wth pubis eat pe destrea. cowed Froviasel ot the Beard oa aid, was j to ore bs et er £05 tae Yen | emt ee Perey thas there was” but 'ove "ihictyema | suckehigh jurisdiction, while it loa to coud ag met sipal end int oe portion of yo tee. inch Ca “ie difficulty would be overcome | ment and intolerable uncertainty. An agreement a eondition. Mike rovennes lee pormons 0) the nnese Alderman Wire moved as an amendment that Alder. | in July, the forty-eight inch main would | transport a man ora horse over the ocean isa ‘mari. fa the \ ‘that portion 4 man Varnum be the choice of the Board for the position be completed and laid. The receipts of the department | time contract,’ and comes ander the admiralty and § 1 for the year 1886 exceed those of 1865 by 000, maritime jurisdiction; and it matters not whether the the fob of presiding officer, Lost by # vote of 2 to 12. there was still $225,000 due for water rates, dts Cape Hom. or 2 Alderman Snanwon was then declared President by the | teer Fire Department had no favor in the ey same the pas jee unanimous voice of thé Board. Upon taking his seat | MOtee sebbon oc tne Sire Departinent, us abeat e40 000 Hranciene ea tas Meson ] tue Prosident thanked the membera for electing him te | tess than was actually requ:red. to we ree the schooner Tilton (6 Mason, | a! \ oorta. to be provided for, and thore were eae ad jurisdiction.’’ This exclusive jurisdiction has for seventy Carried, « William Waish was then ted Sergeant-at-ArMme, | for 28,206, The was inc d been Alderman McQvape moved that Cornelius Callahan be | keep pace with the growing deinands of the population. | affirmed by the courts, ‘Marshal, 0. J., tooum va. fe declared clected Assistant Serzoant-at-Arma. ‘The entire amount taxed upon tho city for State, count berry (2 Wheat., 9), and Btory, J. @elson vs. Hoyt Alderman Vaaxum thought they wore in the habit of | and city purposes was shout $4,600, divided aa fol. P Whent,, 246); Martin va, Hunter (1 , 987). The 1 pee me A and he th the Sxebeood the” $664,000; county, Med city, = ia sastiae sarietonien, be fs Ca of | asbiatant ‘arma was ‘ a aVerago per cai taxaiion miralty or mari i Decause tract | doorteoper ® short 741, ube thon en secant iJ od city Purposes was ‘i fs an entirety, to carry from New York to san Franco | requiring two steamors and a railway; earriage by lan ig a substantial part of tho voyage, and it is of ne eon- sequence whether tho land transit betwoen the two : oe a AT Phe KN) .! ivelty ri mess & | cosa taaas ten ifoad wks ake then @ messenger, and af assistant messenger. Wha they wanted with all these officers he conld not imagine, =~ hates weil the expenses of the gity govern: m : Alderman Ha hed nothing to do with the