The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-04-13
The Recent Charter Elcction-The Almond
ed Charter.

CltlZenS OF the amendments 10 the anu de-
cidedly the most important result, their adop-
ton by a very large and empowering majority.
We have at last secured to us a responsible sys-
tenn of government, which will give US more
economical perfect and efficient administration of
our municipal affairs, than we ever have had
BY this charter our city government is assimi-
lated very much to the general government at
Washington. The Board of Aldermen will resem-
BILE the Senate of the United States-the members
to be elected for two years; and the Board of AS
sstants will resemble the House of Representa-
tives-the members to be elected for one year. The
chief executive, the Mayor, will likewise be elected
tor two years. The most important of the amend
ments is that which separates the Legislative from
the executive branches. The Common Council
can do nothing but legislate and after measure
is passed, it goes into the hands of the
heads of the executive departments to which
it appropriately belongs. OF these there are
several, embracing all the executive business of
the city These departments are subdivided into
bureaus, at the head of each of which there W i'll
also be chief officer. These comprehend the
reforms which we have peeded SO long, and it is
a matter of deep interestto all our citizens that
they have been at length secured
The new charter will go into effect on the first
day of June next and the first election to be held
under it, will take place on the same day as the
general State election, in November next. On that
day. therefore, our citizens will be called upon to
elect their Aldermen and Assistant Aldermen, and
heads of executive departments as the charter pro-
vdes that the boards elected at the election
shall not remain in Office after the first Monday Of
January, 1850. We will, therefore, have two char
ter elections in the year 1919, in this city. Mr.
Woodruff, the present Mayor elect will continue
in office until the first Monday of January, 1851
He is the most fortunate officer of the lot, for he
will hold office for nearly two years; while the AL
dermen and Assistant Aldermen, who were elected
at the same time, will remain in their seats only
until the first Monday of January next The case,
then, stands as follows:-In November next, our
citizens will elect Board of Aldermen, who will
hold Office for two years after the first Monday of
January, 1850; Board of Assistants, who shall
hold office for one year after that day; and the
heads of the several departments, who shall hold
Office for three years. In November, 1850, they
will elect another Board of Assistants, and Mayor
instead of Mr. Woodruff, whose term will expire
on the first Monday of January succeeding.
Under this instrument, the wings will have
opportunity to redeem the pledges of REFORM re-
trenchment, and economy, which they gave pre-
vious to the last election, and which, in great
degree, contributed to their success They will
have opportunity, too, to give us clean streets,
which we have not been blessed with for many
long day.
Nothing strikes stranger, arriving for the first
time in New York, forcibly the filthy condition
of the streets the unevenness of the side pavements
~, al A.
bition of the absence of all cleanliness. We are
glad to by the following act of the Legislature,
which became law on the I'd April, few days
back, that the Legislature of the State of New
York have interfered in the matter, and come to
the aid of the citizens by passing law upon the
subject For the information of housekeepers ge-
morally, we give it in FULL asiti importantit should
be known and attended to
An Acr PREVENT THROWING ORAL
OTHER FILTHY SUBSTANCES STREETS
CITY New YORK
The people, &C., do enact as follows:-
SEC. No ashes, ofa vegetables, or garbage, shall,
Icy, in the city of New York. but shall be placed in
suitable vessel for removal in such the
SIC 2. No dross, cinders, shells, straw, shavngs,
dirt filth, or rubbish of any kind whatever. shall at
any time be cast or laid in lane alley Of the said
oty or in any public square or place therein.
SIC. 3. The Mayor, Aldermen and Commonalty Of
the city Of New York, in Common Council convened,
hereby authorised to declare offences against the
provisions of this to be msdemeanors pre-
scribe punishments therefor by no Of not than
ten dollars and imprisonment in the city prison Of not
than five days.
SEC a. The justices of tho Assistant Justices Courts
Of said city shall have jurisdiction to hear and deter
mine all complaints arising under this statute
SEC. s. This act shah take effect imme diatey.
Now while we feel quite thankful for small ia.
vors, we are bound to express our candid opinion
that the above law will only leave things where it
finds them, and produce no good effect whatever.
In the first place, it leaves in full force one of the
most disgusting nuisances ever permitted in a city,
andwhich, we believe, exists in no ctyin the world
but in New York. That nuisance is, number of
broken dirty pots, tin cans, wooden boxes, over
flowing with ashes, dirt and garbage, placed on
the sidewalks in rows, all through the city, kick
ing about among the crowd in the great thorough
fares, and forming as great blotch and as black
stain upon the appearance of the city as the ge-
MUS Of Cloacina could devise, or the malice of an
enemy could suggest. No such filthy sight is tobe
seen in London or Paris and for the benefit of
our Corporation, we will tell them how they ma
mage these matters there, without encumbering the
sidewalks throughout the day with rows of broken
vessels of all sizes, forms and dimensions, filled
with garbage, dirt and dust The way they do it
there is as follows.
In every house there is a large dust bin, as it is
called, into which all the ashes. refuse, dust, &C.,
accumulated in the house, is daily thrown by the
servants. This bin gets filled, perhaps, in week
or less time. The city scavengers' carts are never
seen in the middle of the day, encumbering the
streets and carrying away dirt filth but carly
every morning the dustman comes just about the
time of opening store, before business COM
mences, rings his BELL and wherever he is wanted
they call him, and with his shovel and basket he
empties the dust bin and conveys away the dust in
his cart. This operation is done and ended all
over the city before O'Clock in the morning
Landlords ought to erect such reoeptacles in their
houses much they do, and ought to, dig vaults
for the reception Of other inevitable ordure. And
it would be just as wise to have such vaults to
houses. and to expose at the doors in earthen YES