New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-01-20
CITY ITEMS.

BOARD or suFERyIsoRs-Tueday-His Honor
the Mayor in the Chair Several petitions for relief
from tax were presented and referred
The Committee on Animal Taxes reported in favor OF
correcting for several persons snd adverse to others
Adopted.
AID. SroNEALL offered resolution in favor of pay
ing Jas. T. Smith OF the Assessors OF the Fourth
Ward s32j, the amount which would have been paid
Mr. Jas Avery the other Assessor elected who did not
qualify. III stated tha, person Is liable to pen
atty for permitting himself to be elected and then no,
act Mr. Miles Chambers assisted SIR. Smith and for
him the amour, is really intended. 1t was stated that
Mr. Chambers who assisted to assess, did so without
authority OF law and not under oath. In answer was
said he never signed any OF the papers &c Nj. Smith
has given receipt in full The proper way it was sad,
should have been to notify the Common Council whose
duty It would have been TO order election. Laid
for the present on the table.
The Committee on dividing the City into Assembly
and Senate Districts did not report owing to some OF
the members not being prepared to sign IT, The chair
man stated that tho Report ready and although 1t
may no, have come from the brains Of the Committee
il had been carefully prepared and will not vary in any
essential degree from the plan proposed in the Globe
the printed slip appended II considerably cuts
up the Wards Some OF the members expressed awish
that the Wards msy not DO divided where !, can be
avoided.
AID BRADY one OF the Committee stated that the Re
port had not been submitted to him to m within tn
last five minutes lie willing however that the Re
port should be Submitted without. his signiiure a. from
what he could zee the City had been so Gerrymsndered
it was was not likely he would agree with the majority
in the Report.
AID. LIVINGSTON IN favor of preserving the Wards
nj - All
have such large population that 1t will be necessary to
divide them into three districts lie offered resolution
that the fifth, sixth Seventh, Tenth, Eleventh. Thr
teenth Fourteenth Fifteenth sixteenth and Seventeenth
Wards each form District The resolution re
erred to the Special Committee and the Board ourn
ed to february2.
CRY REPoRM.--A meeting of the City Reform
Party is to be held this evening at National Hall at u
o'clock. The objects proposed by this party Ger
tanly lsudsble and such ought TO general
turnout of the citizens listen the addresses which
will be delivered by several able speakers The call Of
the meeting TO all who are In favor OF separating our
municipal affairs from party politcs-ot reducing the
present and prospective enormous tAxaton-of rigid
economy in the expenditure Of the public funds-of re
tanning aud appointing public officers those who
known be capable honest faithful and sober without
reference TO political opinonsdnd all VINO are In ayoT
OF correcting the gross abuses which have crept into
every department Of our City Government
n LKcia az Ldmmeya00r again b night at the
Opera House The seats IN the rst tier were all taken
two days ago.
CHEAP MUsIc-Our readers Will perceive that
Mr. Warner of al Broadway opens class for be
gnners IN music this evening At OF the year
when business engagements very much relaxed and
the cold blasts OF Winter repe from utef door
gagernen,s the pleasant CIVILIZATIONS OF Music School
are douby agreeable In this popular branch Of musical
education readers will always ind good privileges
At Mr. Warmers schoolroom
MERCANTILE LIBRARY AssOCIAIfoS.-The Bal
ley ticket headed by Groser Bailey and Baker elect
ed yesterday by large majority.
~ The Lectures of the American Institute Will
be held for the future the Lyceum OF Natural History
No sol Broadway and not At the stuyvessnt Institute
as noticed by US yesterday. See Advertisement
FIRE.-A fire broke out last night IN the basement
of u Goldst. occupied by John ). Norris patent
beistesd manafaetoTy. The amount OF damage consd
cradle but covered by Insurance in the North American
lns. Co