The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-12-25
MUNIciPAL AFFAIRS.
BOARD OF ALDERMEN.


The Board assembled at O'Clock p NJ. The President,
Isaac O. Barker, Esq, occupied the chair.
sundry petitions and communcationzl presented
and received, and appropriately referred.
On motion by Alderman vAnas the Mayor request
ed 10 intern the Beard what had been taken
wards tfe establishment Of uptown Post Office and
also what reply he had received, any from the Post
master General upon that subject
number Of communications from the Board of Com.
mssioners Of the Fire Department received and
irmed.
Alderman LosD reported ordinance to prevent the
storage OF ERE works other than Chinese fire crackers
within tie FIRE limits Of the city under certain penalties
which are 10 be paid over to the treasurer Of the Fire
Depai tnent fund Adopted
The report Of the Finance In favcr of
curing TO adopt ordinance making add onal appro
priations for assessment and bonds The pep,
ed appropriations the following headsAssessncn
bonds, S170 So0 bonds s7i1 800 interest $37
Ioe al. The Committee say in their report That from
examn alton Of the subject they convinced that
Is absolutely essential that these appropriations should
be made"
The action OF the Board Of Councilmen nrred
in pursuant to the recommendation OF the committee.
The same committee reported Ia favor OF renting the
personal taxes assessed against J. r. Farrar II. Ssn.
mics, 1homss l. Dalton. Samuel Pickett r. p. jackson,
VIM. f. Wood p. Duggan and John Y. Puriy; also 10
reduce the assessed certain lots in the Ninoeenh
and Fifteenth wards. Adopted.
The report of the Committee Assessments In favor Of
confirming the assessment for tagging the west side of
Bowery, between Houston AMI Blocker streets
ceived and confirmed.
Also report OF committee in favor ef building
fence in Thirteenth street, between Second and Taird
avenues
The report OF the Finance Committee in favor Of can
curing the sale OF in Twenty h street
belonging TO b. McCahi confirmed.
The Committee on the Croton Aqueduc. reported that
in Of the directions 81 the 10th section of the
act Of the legislature of the 18th April ls49 they had
eSamit ed all the books, accounts and vouchers OF the
the entries by satisfactory and legal vouchers for the
year ending octoter 81 1855 The report adopted
alderman Fox proposed resolution TO the effect that
when the Board adjourn IL adjourn until Wednesday
night 80 A. to finish mp the large amount of business al
picsent undisposed Of
This excited good deal of Buneomb talk all
around pro and con, and lnaly rejected by vote
Of ayes s, noes Ia
Papers fro no the other Board were then taken m for
dissent The resolution from that Board
in favor f increasing the aares Of the three clerks
the Office of the Commissioner Of Streets and lamps I,
the sum Of III 90 per annum, then concurrNl in
5000, 500 and $500
adjourn sine die His object in making shat motion
that II they met anoher night they would perhaps
measures which they ought not 70 pass aud they would
o'nit 70 pass those they ought to.
Aldermen WiLiamson Tucker Eighth Fox vocrbis
ana Tiers opposed the otion they being ia favor of
mitted under the chfiier Tor each month.
The motion was voted dcxn ~ ayes 7; nays, H.
III report II the Committee Finance, denying the
petition Of Jacques Girod and othos for relief tron tax
alton received aud adopted The petitioners
notified TO appear before The conitee but failed to ap
A communication was received from J. b. Baternan
cthodyng plan for the growing Of he Russ pavement
IN roadway Referred 70 the special coanitte, The
mtjsct
Tic report Of tie special committee upon ~ sub
jct o. govipg the Russ pavement In Broadway VI Ger
tein po.', was then taken from the table The report
..., t"Tommiss Toner IL Streets q advertise s pro-
~ q, ~ rcrimenial operations. &c.
The question berg The lptionof the rspogi oni
~ ~ sbS'pT eeFpintion, Alderman VARAN gctts
thst ~ tse nlan would he 10 take partioe of the
stones arf bSt them split and then set. flHt no
considered would - rrspot than growing Or let
h,ccL Be gtuoyei eul ~ ther spill; The pubic would
hep hs able 90 judge Nbisa Tho betar E.aa ot tho
so Fer that he nio,si that The subject
iorrcd back
Alderman TUcEn Eighth w.i9 spoke several ua,ls.
IN Opposition TO The nouca To - aud In agor Of "a a
adoption Of the report.
The motion to rccDmuiit was carried.
After the disposal Of farlhrr ire business,
the Board adjourned tli sxt Thursday esrgl AZ.