The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-02-18

chair The minutes OF the last meeting read and
.applications-From Trustees and Commissioners Of
4th ward for appropriation for the purchase Of site
resolution was then offered BY the Commssioner Of
the l4th to carry the application into eject
Mr. DENNY said he thought the application should
MI CRAro was also Of opinion that the app ication
should be submitted to o committee
MIR. CoNELY thought the trustees had q right In the
first instance to select the lots and then this
Board for appropriation. They could then ask for
fore the committee who would investigate matter and
report the Board whether 1t proper organize
Mr. BoswonrH said he would move to have tho appli-
cation and resolution referred to the committee
Mr. CnAro thought the subject should be sent before
the finance committee and not before the committee on
new schools.
Mr. BLEEexEn said it appeared to him that the term
Of the house, used for q school, expired and he
thought the ward ought to be searched and another
sons should be- coming to this board upon ali occasions
asking for appropriations to bull new school hon Ns
saddliug the people with taxes when If the necessary
search was made, one hundred places may be obtained
20 which the school could be removed, and thus cd
dtsonal expense saved.
would be difnculty He thought 1t doubtful whether
the trustees aud ward officers had power purchase
hen,ivs that the trustees had such power and
for that that he wished the subject to 20 before
the law and report the result to this board The motion
to refer to the committee schools was finally
cArrleO, ana the 6npleCL was accordingly referred.
LAW REArERs Report Of the finance committee In
favor OF paying the bill Of VIM c. Wetmore, for
inins title TO lots purchased for school purposes.
Mr.. BLEEcKER was decidedly opposed to paying this
bill He did not care about Mr. Halls guarantee hs
wanted no guarantees on the subject The Corporation
was bound TO see that It WAS done by their counsel
Mr.. CoNELY opposed to the payment of the bill in
this care The ward officers had no right to employ
oounse taking the matter out Of the hands Of
ths Corporation, which the duty properly belonged
Mir. BLEEcKER said when lots were purchased they
were to go TO the Corporation council 1t his duty
WAS N "a n
and upon that certificate the Comptroller pays the pur
chase money The property in oil those lots vested
in the Corporation, and the connected
with it should fall If submit said MIR Blocker, to
pay this BILL We shall not only have ono LAWYER to deal
at every meeting Of this Board Hs was for putting
stop to this practice and let lawyers see once for all
that Is useless for them to send in their bills to the
Mr. BoswoRrH said that the ward officers having the
power to purchase lots they had also right .mpoy
what counsel they pleased he of opinion therefore,
that the bill should be paid He had no doubt If ME-
Wetmore to bring suit for his fees, he would
yer them from this Board The question on pting
the report then taken and carried In the arma-
tive, and the bill ordered to be paid
Report of Finance Committee recommending an extra
approximation of $l22s, for fitting up new school In
the l2th ward
Mr. BLEEcxER said he had examined the accounts Of
the officers almost all the wards, for fitting up
schools and he found that tho Of fitting this
school was the most extravagant Of all There ought to
DO stop put to such exravagsnce Report accept
ed and resolution adopted
or same committee in favor Of similar appropri.
and resolution adopted: OF same committee In
favor Of an appropriation Of $4,000 tor ths
and resolution adopted or committee in favor Of
appropriation of $1,000 for fitting new school in
NJ BLEscxrR opposed the report He .wishsdyto
have It referred 20 tho committee In order
that they should investigate tho items in the trustees
accounts, that the board might understand how the
sums formerly appropriated to this schoo were disposed
Of and moved that It be referred back, and that they
The motion was put and lost The question the
cegtanos Of the report was then put and carried
Bills OF VIM Bryant, Lockwood, 10. for printing
Resolution, BY Mr.. Bosworth, that the bills Of the
Mr. So:%os1S moved that the the application of the
PRINCIPAL Of the Free Academy, and all other applies
ti0ns BE- referred to tho executive commits A..
Bosworth's motion, that the executive committee
shculd at an early day report to tho Board tho out
the academy, and the system Of education, &c. to 30
adopted
committee; he wished that the Board should retain
the entire control Of this suhjsct itself I'VE all know"
tee exercise on the Board when they come to make up
their report on any subject"
and IL being ascertaned by Of the membss that
quorum was not present. the Board adjourned.
Law Intelligence.
SUPREME CouRT, Feb. l6.-rreeent, Justices Strong,
McCoun, and Edwards Decslons.-Geo. #. Green,
pit in error Margaret Nc Conan, dett in error
tember ls47 Judgment of Superior Court reversed and
vepire de novo awarded. Costs to abide the event.
granted costs to abid. the event uniss. the p.nta
elects to take judgment for $l06 81 and the interest
Der, which was paid to the defendant by the original
.aiasle rs. BOynton.-Dscree Of the Assistant Vice
Chancellor reversed far 1t declares the assignment
from Ray Boynton to E. Griswod to be fraudulent and
void and the be modified in respect Of the set
Of by allowing only the damages exclusive Of the taxed
costs in the judgment Of Boynton Anse, to be ore
dited and allowed as payment on the judgment Of
Anilie vs. Boynton, and each party to bear his own
cost OF the suit in Chancery and On this appeal.
Assistant Vice Chancellor so far a. appealed from By the
plaintiff affirmed with costs and so far as appealed from
by The defendant McGowsu reversed and bill as to him
Mason Jones Decree OF the Assistant Vice Chan.
cellor affirmed with costs.
-9ndrWs and oths-Dscree of the Vice Chancellor Of
the sh Circuit far It annus the sale and convey
& Hodgste, CT the 18th February, 1885, the around
mutual mistakes, be affirmed And In all other r..
spects that the decree be medined 90 Is 70 place al
whatever money securities or other thing which may
have been received in the course Of the transaction
growing out of aud consequent upon the sale and con-
veyance Of the said land bus in making this restora
ton that ef the parties be snswsrable for the
acts or receipts of the other and further that ree
reuce be had to ascertain how much and what Of
money, other things the parties respectively have
received which he ought to restore aud make good to
the other or Others them in order to place
raj parties each as far a, practicable TO where they
stood before tbs sale and and the execution
of the bond and mortgage for the purchase money and
the assignment Of bond and mortgage to Burke and
that all further directions and the question as to costs
be reserved until tbs report Of the referee shall come
in.
CIRcuIr Counr, Feb. l7-Before Justice Strong
Champtn ps. Hambiin and Rsese Tine caus, was
summed up this morning; aer which the judge charged
the jury. He said the two material questions In the
were arst; was the plaintiff at the time Of hts
arrest and laboring der deriun remens,
any other species Of nsanity that would render IL
dang rous let him 90 at large? II they TO the
conclusion that he Was there end of the CASE
and there ought to be vcrdc for hs attendants But
II they came to the conclusion that be was not their
next enquiry should be. there probable cause, and
the defendants Influenced by mace7 II the jury
should hnd from the testimony that there probable
cause a,d malice the part of the defendants, In
that they would also be entitled to verdict Of