The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-01-25
BOARD OF ALDERME

Common Council.
BoARB OF ALDERMEN.
Jan. ~ This Board met At the usual hour. Nor
gsps, President, in tbs chair. The minutes OF last
meeting read and approved.
PETITIONS RErERRED.
OfJsnss hicks relative TO vioistions OF city ordi
RANGES 1t No II Gin street to have vacant lots on
broadway, between Twenty. seventh and Twenty
.shh streets fenced In TO light the westerly side OF
tbs Sixth avenue TO Thirty fourth street. With gas;
Deedr.
REPORTS ADOPTED
VI the Committee Sewers, q report OF same
committee OF Board Asstsnts In OF sewer in
fulton street. between Broadway and Greenwich
street, also adverse to petition OF Notable Tor extra
compensation for building sever in rwenty-seventh
street.
hesolved That the Com proer give puolis notice in
the city papers 10 all persons DESTROYS Of obtaining
the ensuing year that application for any Of the pub
e docks and sips will De recsived at the Oomptrosrs
sfhos until Saturday next, 10th inst, at 4oolsok,
The presentation Of this resolution ELECTED consider
able discussion to the manner in which docks and
slps are leased Ths Alderman of the Eleventh ward
remarked that the system which the Corporation has
hitherto pursued in the leasing Of docks and slips has
entirely Injurious to the interests OF the city
lie observed that they don't have two per cent tor
their docks and slips While parties who possess the
l~ass Of the same, resliz- handsome profits BY prsc
tice OF subiessing. He always In favor OF dis
posing Of all leases At public auction which
would en.sre the Corporation the full price Of their
The Alderman OF the Fifteenth observed that the
course which the Finance COMMITTEES have adopted
would be thu most advantageous to the city By ad-
vsrtising. they intend that every should have
chance and that the lease should be granted to the
highest bidder He commended that Of the piers
draw - much ss twenty nvc per cent.
Alderman OF the Eighth said that some OF
Which entirely dsosnas ueon the osstoa Tns object
OF the Committee Of Finance In advertising is to give
every one chahce and to reserve the right to deter
mine who shall obtain the lease, which right they
would lose II sold ut public auction. Our aim 10 TO
get - much g we can for orr piers and docks.
the resolution for double TO relieve this
Board from the perform OF executive duty and
secondly to give those persons who occupy slips
perty He thought that Its coasdsration might hav
leo 70 the passage OF an ordinance having for Its OBJ
ect the determination of this subject He holds that
IL is much executive function to lease piers
they have been wont to do to make contracts for
roads so. He holds that rs long the present sys
tenn prevails they Of necessity exposed corrupt
ing Influences. He would grant lease of Ave years,
other i've years If deemed expsoient, People do not
want to be changed thus every The present sys
tenn should be entirely altered.
AlderH of the First expressed himself in favor of
the courte which the kinsnce Committee have deter
mined upon, and maintained that BY their sxsrtion
the price OF docks and clips has risen in conside
rsbe degree. The whale difficulty he says lies in the
ordinance directing that the docks and slips b. let for
After some further remarks, the resolution was
adopted
RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED
Resolved That the Com piroler be directed to report
20 this Board at early day the estimated value Of
the wharf and pier property belonging to this city,
repairing the same from the first Of May 1876 to the
same date. 1861
Resolved That the counsel for the Corporation re.
port to this Board whether BY the law abshng the
police department policeman appointed to NIL
ssncy occasionsd by resignation, maifsasance
val rom the ward hold his Office for four years
only for the unex pired term Of his predecessor.
Resolved That the counsel OF the Corporation be
qussted to apply to the Legislature to allow the Com
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by ordinance the place or places where Money goods
and any other property taken nom persons charged
with commission Of crime, shall be and kept
sho for the anal Opposition OF the same.
The Board then adjourned.
JAN. 22.-This Board met at the usual hour; NJ
Morgan President In the chair The minutes Of last
meeting read and approved
PETITIONS REFEREED.
grade and nag Eighty fourth street. between Third
and Fourth avenues; Of Samuel Crawford, to erect
iron stairway in front Of I07 Broad street. OF Branard
and Others. TO have heaps OF manure lying between
Thirteenth and Sixteenth streets and avenue and
Esa river, removed.
OF the Croton Aqueduct Board, with ordinance
modifying the water rates laid the table and
dsred to be printed. OF the Committee on the Croton
Aqu- Iuct Department recommending the resolution
directing the Croton Aqueduct Department to purchase
enough suitable ground upen which TO construct
new reservoir for ADOPTION it was sccordnsly adopt
cd. or Committee Ferries in favor OF granting the
exclusive right to Draper Smith to establish ferry
from . point near the Battery to Governors Island
during the continuance Of the Worlds Fair proposed
TO BE held Governors Island In 1861 ordered to be
printed.
Resolved, That Seventy seventh street be opened
from the East river to the Hudson river and that the
counsel TO the Cooperation be directed to take the ne
cessary legal measures TO carry the same into eject
Resolved, That the sam OF $500 be appropriated
from the city treasury to be expended Tor the purpose
Of hitting mp the room In the Street Department for
he preservation Of the maps and other valuable re-
cords under the direction Of the Commissioner OF Re-
Alderman ssAw su admitted On ordinance to establish
bureau In the Street Commissioner Department, to
be called the Bureau Of Railroads and the head Of which
shall be called the uperintsndent OF Railroads who 10
charged with the duty OF making regulating and re-
pairing suoh railroads as may be ordered BY the Com
mon Council; laid on the table and ordered to be
The Board then adjourned.
JAZZ. 2a.-This board met at the usual hour n.
korgsns, President, In the ehau
PETITIONS EEfEsRxp. .
Ole. Morris, TO repair the cross walks In the sixth
avenue from Eleventh to Thirteenth street east side
of Lewis Bsttee to have vacant lots on Thirteenth
street between First and Second avenues, fenced In
comm unicatisn vas referred pointing out several
very dangerous buildings en- Fifth Sixth aud Seventh
avenues and suggesting tn. necessity Of Investing the
power In some person or persons TO remove all build
ings that unsafe, In . summary manner.
RIroRrs ADOPTED.
or the Committee on Sewers, on the subject OF sur
veyors ALSO, In favor OF referring petition OF Cemmis
sionsrs inspectors OF schools In Nineteenth ward
TO the Croton Aqusduct Department with power Of
Committee Roads In favor Of regulating and grad
East river and setting curb ssd gutter stones therein
RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED.
whereas coroner Gesr, yesterday hel1 an inquest
ut No. rs Willet street upon the body OF Dominick
Lambrecht, German 40 years of age, who was killed
on Monday morning. at the grocery corner OF Wnlet
and Rivington streets, therefore
Resolved, That a reward OF $500 be offered for the
arrest, such information lead 70 the detec-
tion OF the murderer OF Domnick Lamb
1t 10 Wiet street, the moraing OF the 2o.h, and
that the Conptro be directed TO draw warrant tor
the payment OF the to be to the contin
Rent expenses Of the Common Council, and that His
Honor the Mayor be requested TO Offer said reward
BE u ordained. That the Croton Aqueduct Board be
authorised to employ three assistant engineers ct
salaries not excesdng In the aggregate 50 200 per an
nun; and three laborers, rosdmen to assist them,
1T salaries not exceeding In the aggregate $500
num, whose duty shall be, under the direston OF
that board perform all the services relating to
performed By the city surveyors and that
for the purpose OF rel ntursing the city treasury the
amount OF such salaries not TO exceed ter cents per
lnes foot. ks charged upon and assessed for every
sever hereafter built which, when collected shau b
paid to the city Chamber and duplicats receipts
taken therefor one Of which shall Be died With the
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