The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-08-06
Debates In the Common Council.
VUN Ct FNFHL MI VNf.
BOARD OF ASSISTANTS


This Board met last evening" pursuant to adjournment
The President in the chair.
The Assistant Alderman of the First ward, J. W
Brow moved the adoption Of an ordinance regcaln
the following which was passed in November 1851 =
The First ward is hereby divided into -four election dis
law the district i divided Uso two districts
%sa t norton thereof ess en9s sS By
wich ard Rector streets sha hereafter constitute the
Battery psss G S"ssh
fourth enS R'aiT Of .a sa' constitute the
The ordinance was opposed by Mr. BARKrR-I really
cannot understand said he why at this early day three
months before the next election called upon to
change the election districts of the First ward.
Mr. BRowS-At the last election there were only
twelve hundred voters in the First ward while the
ter allows five hundred to district Since then large
number Of voters have left the ward.
Mr. BAHkER-As said before. canoot see the object,
at this early day in presenting ordinance OF this kind
1t appears that this First ward divided into four dis
trcts for the election Of 1851.
Mr. BRows-I beg leave to correct the gentleman. II
was not passed then IT was not adopted till after the
election.
Mr. BAEKrR-well the object of that ordinance it is
obvious Is to repeal every election d ric in the First
ward.
Mr. BRowN-That ordinance simply places it in the
nance in ls5l
Mr. BARKrR-This is an ordinance absolutely repeal.
ing the districts And what will be the effect OF it It
will throw aside every election district TO be regulated
hereaf' er. Now, hope this Board will not allow the
gentleman to nterfre with election ditrct for there
Is any matter more than another that has received
the appreciation Of citizens il is the division of
city into o large number OF them. aud will vote nc any
time any increase because il serves to create har
moDy aud prevent confusion at the elections The gen
usman there Is small vote in the First ward but
find by the Manual that at Ordinary election there
are over 13cO votes polled. and in the next general
election, there will be 500 more added to the
list, Are under these circumstances. goin0
to compel s00 voters to into district In the last
election there 1900 votes In the city which not
poed AT all because We had not suii;ency of boxes
Inspector. contend hat the repeal Of this ordinance
viii have the effect of driving way voters the FIRST
m he u0llg he i.pt NtI tha lem,
has In view in senting this ordinance will not pre-
tend to say but 1t is apparent TO every Of this
Board IL is impossible in the way in which cleo
tons conducted to poll from three to four hundred in
district and hope the gentlemen of this Board will
hesitate before they do away with the good character this
CITY has obtained by the increase Of its election districts
am utterly opp sed to 1t aud il the gentleman
two mort districts Instead ofdecreasiLg the present
Der am willing to yo for 30 beneficial a change.
Mr BRowN-1 may have been mistaken with reg ard to
the number OF yotas in the Fir ward and II am
willing TO ADMIT il That ward was divided into three
election before the pa Of the ordDance which
now desire TO have repealed and ther. plsnt
made hat voters had not sufficient time TO poll their
votes. This q, feet only discovered when Alderm
Griffin defeated last fall b, there insult
cient number Of whig votes TO elect him.
Mr. BahKfR-1bere Is one fact wish TO state The
effect Of this ordinance IL passed will be 70 repeal every
election district in the Fret ward and II tho gentlemen
will only read the ordinance they win come to the same
uson the pectors wto VIII BE- thereby turned
Of Office elected for the whole three Districts
Mr. BRows-I don't believe that Is 20.
Mr.. BAREIR-But believe IL will be so, and that all
the inspectors will be turned out.
The oeba,e ended, and the ordinance adopted by
the following vote:-
Bffirmative-J. W. Brown, TAFT. 0'Brien, Broaden
Woodward, Wells Boughton, McGown, wheelan Trot-
ter. Brastow. McConkey.
Negative-Wrght, Barker Rogers Valentine.
The following resolution then proposed by Mr.
BRowr and adopted without discussion. by the
hst ba ed the ordinance after which the Board adj
jourLed till this evening at six o'clock
Resolved That the resolution adopted by the Board Of
Aldermen Dec. 1851 and by the Beard Of hssstants
~ 1851 approved by the Mayor, Dec 1851 relative
the pois OF election OF the Fourth dric First ward
and also appointing Richard Tyler William r Sell, and
Daniel NooDan Inspectors OF Election Of saiddistrio be,
and the same IL, hereby repealed.