New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-07-22

The election at cbsxcr efces to be held on the Day Of
me general state election and those elected be
10 on me hr,t nohsy OF January thereafter. The Mayor
10 nolc be eftce for the period Of two year.
II lhsBoafd 10 - in separate chambers and 70 have
" tehcgrtn powers and negative each Others pro-
ceeding- End shall in ali cases Get in sepsrae Bosrds
ssd sba!f rot Eopoiit JOINT Committee except Com
Mite on Accounts.
That if any ordinance resolution passed by each
Board provided by the amended charter of 1880 shall
not he returned by the Mayor within ten dave Sundlys
ceptedl after sha have been presented TO him the same
san become ax. IN like manner a. IL he had signed ii
unless the close of the session of the Common Council
shall prevent its return; in which it shall BIG
lew until the expiration Of five days after the
ment OF the next session OF the Common Council. by
whom the ordinance resolution shall be considered II
returned within such time and be disposed of in the
manner and with like effect as if presented at the pre-
CeaDg session.
The Executive power Of the Corporation Is vested in
the Mayor the heads Of departments and other Executive
ofEcers.
The Street Department to have cognizapse Of opening
regulating and paving the streets building and repairing
Of whsrves and PIERS digging and building wells and the
construction of public roads when done by assessment
The amendment provides for the election of Mayor the
charter election the second Tuesday in April 1892 TO
hold his Office until the first Monday January 1851 and
for the election Of the Aldermen and Assistant Aldermen
at the time to hold their Office until the first Mon
day Of January, 1880 and longer 1t further provides
that all the officers Of the City government who shall be
in Office when the act takes effect shall hold their Office
and the duties thereof until their
appointed All such parts OF the charter and legislative
enacmens and inconsistent with this act to continue In
full force and virtue.
further amendment the City Charter was passed BY
the Legislature Of the State Of SewYork. under date of
April ~, 1859
The fret section provides that "The Legislative power
" Of the Corporation of the City of NewYork shall be
vested in Board of Aldermen and Bonrd of Council
"meD who, together, shall form the Common Council Of
tie City That the Board Of Aldermen shall consist Of
one Alderman from each Ward who shall be elected by
"the people for two years.
THAT the Board Of Councimen shall consist Of sixty
members 10 be elected from many Districts who shall
be o Monday
succeeding the election, shall hold their offices for
year. and shall receive the compensation Alder
man"
Section second provides that the members Of the Board
Of Aldermen flint elected under this act shall be CLASH
find that the of Office of half the number shall ex
pre the first Monday Of January 1885, and the other
half on the first Monday Of January 1885, and that at all
subsequent elections the Aldermen shall be for the full
tenn.
The fourth section provides that every act resolution
ordinance aPpropaiiDg money or involving expenditure
OF money not rendered imperative under the provisions Of
any law of the State shall originate in the Board of Coun
cmeD; but that the Aldermen may propose or concur
with amendments as in other cases.
Section fourth provides that vote Of two-trls of the
members elected TO each Board shall be necessary pass
any act; ordinance resolution Of the Common Council
which shall have been returned by the Mayor with his OBJ.
jections.
Section sixth prohibits Aldermen from sitting a. Judges
in the Courts of Oyer and Terner or in the Courts Of
GeneIai Sessions IN the City and County Of New-York
sha be leased and all leases and sales of public property
and of franchises other than grants Of land under water
10 which the owners Of the upland shall have a reemp
ton right shall be by public auction the highest bid
der and that no lease hereafter given Except the same
may be required by covenants of the Corporation already
exiiting shall be for longer period than ten years.
81 con fourteenth prescribes punishment for bribery
or for accepting a bride.
Section eighteenth provides that much and such parts
of the City Charter and the several acts OF the Legsa
provisions of this law, shall continue and remain in all
force and effect.