The New York herald., 1850-12-06
Com mon Council.


Common Council.
BoARD or ALDEkMEN.
DECEMBER. 3-This body met NJ the usual hour
Morgan Morgans Esq, President, In the chair
The minutes f the lsst meeting were read and sp-
proved
OF W. Rose for correction OF In the matter OF
the application Of Themas Henry jr tor correction
Of personal tax; of Thomas Murphy In reference to
application for lease Of the Csthsrine Ferry; OF
Engine Company AZ, for increase Of men; OF A. H.
Schultz for the lease OF bulkhssd foot OF Chambers
street; Of Alloseon, to be appointed Commissioned
street Canal street north OF Louis A
Edwsrds for the lease OF piers a. as 46 Al ~, &c OF
ordinance Of 1888, chapters 4, ~, and At amend
ed; OF Christian Delsvan for Commissioner Of Deeds
Petition OF the Third Presbytsrian Church, In Wa
verley Place, for lamps Granted
REPORTS ADOPTED.
Report of the Finance COMMITTEES in favor Of reliev
ing g. Davis from personal lS49; siso in fsvor
OF remitting personal tax D. Conovsr slso, In f.
relief to James Nsven for loss Of horse also In
favor OF remting personal tax Of ls4s OF Wm Adams
also In favor OF Thos Petts and others for relief from
erroneous tax; also in favor Of remtting erroneeus
tax Of VIM Caland also, In favor OF relieving the
new building Governeur market, with the resolu-
ton that the Commissioner OF Repairs and Supplies
cops be prepared and prese nted to the aston Of
this Board for suitable building TO BE- erected on the
site f the present Governeur market to be used AS
market ana police station House the said building TO
about the Of $4,000; Report OF the Committe
Sewers adverse to petition Tor sewer In Broome
street from Broadway to ooster street also adverse
to petition for sewer in Hester street Bowsry to
Essex adopted also adverse to psttion for sewer In
Theatre alley to be connected with the sewer Ia Am
street, Report OF the Croen Aqueduct Department on
the petition Of Hugh MeCsbe for relief from loss sus-
tanned in the building of sswer in Twenty seventh
street from Sixth to Eighth avenues, referred; Com
munic alton from the Croton Aqueduct Department
with the working plan for 1851 Referred; communi-
cation from the Mayor In references TO petition ior
ity Whiteha for the conveyance OF visers TO aud
nom Governors Island during the Grand Worlds In
dustrial Fair to be- held in 1852 referred
RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED.
Resolved, That Eldreage street, from Division to
Houton street be under the direction OF
Resolved, That Tohn Dodge, Esq Street Commits
sioner, have the power to grant TO aud Shsrdiow
upon their giving him the usuai s.curity new GER
tifcate In place OF lost misaid, oi property
bought by them for assessments
Resolved That it be referred to tpecial committee
OF three members OF this Board TO inquire into and
report the expediency and necessity of new ap-
portiopment OF the Police force of this CITY, and In
view OF the rapid increase OF business the large
amount Of property constantly upon the whsryes,
to the expedency Of estabhs hing proper aud efficient
River Police and whether the present Police force of
creased population, and the business interest and
wants Of the public may require.
The Board then adjourned until O'Clock this
afternoon.
Drc. 4-This body met yesterday evening; at the
usual hour Mr Morgans In the chair Tae minutes OF
the last meeting were read and approved.
PETITIONS
OF brewers and others for certain privileges near
Forty fifth street In Third avenue. OF inhabitants
Of Twelfth ward for an efficient police force or N.
Ludlsm. for remission OF tax for the year ls4s. Of
DIR A. O. Borpam, Tor medical services at sixteenth
ward station house. OF owners OF property ON the
from lwerty third to Tbirty.thrd strrsts or Joseph
Tucker and others TO have sewer built In rwenty-
fret street from Eighth avenue to HUDSON river vi
Jas Geery and others, for efficient police force in
Twelfth ward or p Phillips 10 retain thirty three
police in the Twelfth ward oi william Tyson and
others showing unisirness aud mAlp In grant
ing permits for running bbus stages referred to
sp.cisl committee composed OF Aldermen franklin
Wood and Kelly
Report OF the Committee on Sewers on petition for
sewer In Eighteenth street. tha parties
be allowed TO withdraw petition Also In favor OF sew
in Twentieth street from Third to Lexington ave-
Aso adverse 70 petition for = sewer IN Madison,
Catharns and Henry streets Also in favor sewers
in Thirty -nrst street nom Madison to near Fourth
Report OF the Com mittse Assessm ents ad-
to the petition Of Abel Wheaton and Others in
relation 10 the sever built in Third avenue, between
Thirty. third and Thirty sixth streets.
SOLUTIONS auoPrrp.
To purchase OF William Perris $50 Of his maps OF the
city OF New York, with the ire district laid out
thereof a the price Of 81 30 per map and 60 iuroish
copy u each engine, hose spd hook and lsdder COM
rsny and to appropriate s25 TO carry ont that re.a
given to Samuel Ruggles to construct ~itn ths
nectttsry receiving basins at his expense on the
fourtn avenue from hsht.entn s,rs.t 20 tno seNer IN
Seventeenth street under the direction OF the oroton
Aquednct Department.
The Board then adjourned until o'clock this
evening.
BOARD OF ASSISTANT ALDERMEN.
De 3-Tbe President In the chair.
The minutes OF the previous meeting we're read and
approved.
PETITIONS RgTERREp
Prete ntcd by Alderman Barr, TO light White and
franklin streets tituated in the Sixth ward with
or Hose Company No. for the OF the house for
msrly occupied by Engine Company No. ~.
HrroErs FROM THE BOARD 90 ALDrRMEN coScuRRrp ~.
or the Finance Committee. TO have Croton water
regulating ard nscsdsmisng Thirty hrst street be-
tween Fourth aud Lexington avenues Also adverse
TO petition OF William Ramsay and others Tor release
adverse TO petition OF A y.n zandt. for relief OF
,,s.ment upon his property tor the sever built In Gross
aud Duane streets
A communication from the Board Of Aldermen,
adopted by the on proposals. Tor contract advertised
gallons OF oil Tor city use. ID. A kingsland Co q
being the lowest estimate, was accepted, thereby
asfeere 70 furnish good oil ior II - per gallon and
also allows two G. nts per gallon for the empty casks
returned The Beard cobcurred In allowing the con-
tract to Msssn. Kinsslsnd, by q vote Of IA to4.
HtIoHrs FROM THE oIuEH BOARD coScuEHEp
In favor Of opening sixty hrst street Third b
fifth avenues Aso, In favor Ct removing the avn ng
posts in Chatham street between Pearl street
row-refered. OF Engine Company No. y, to have
their engine repaired concurred In In favor OF gra-
ding ana kacadamizins Sixty ninth, seventeth, and
Severity hrst sreee between the Seventh and Eighth
avenues Also concurred with the other Board in
grading. sc, Of Thirty second street from Tenth
10 tltNentn avenue.
The Board thes adjourned to meet at s O'Clock this
CWctnesdsy) afternoon.
De. 4.-The President In the chair. The minutes
Of the previous meeting we're read and approved
PETITIONS REFtREKD.
Petition OF Dr VIM JthnsoR for medical services
In attending at the Ninth ward police station house
Also ofths New York and Philadelphia, and New York
and Boston and Of the New York and Buffalo lines OF
telegraph TO change their routes through the city
the streets through which many conducted, in
consequence OF the shade trees under which they pass
in wet weather greatly interfere with the trans mission
tf news
BrPoHrs CoNCURRTpfv.
In favor Of placing lamps In 'front.' Of Sixteenth
street prethyterisn church In favor Of appr
$3.50 TO deiray the expenscsof carrying the system
OF ofinternatonal exchanges Also In Of lighting
Amos street, between Fourth and Greenwich avenues
tnd Anthony street, between Drosdwsv and West
Broadway.
PORTRAIT ssLLERY.
An invitation nom stenly Dickermsn proprietors
of the 1nosp Portrait Gallery, situated at the Al
hsmbra, No. t61h Broadway accepted.
REPORTS REFrRRED
In favor ofreeustbg aud grading Forty hfth street
bct Heen Third and FiIth In faVo q