The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-12-02
BOaxd Of County Canvassers.
EIGuTEENIH DAY,


The Board Of Cenyasscrs yesterday morning
at eleven O'Clock the President the chair. Supervisor
Waken the only member absent. A large lobby
aso present
1he returns referred to the Inspectors for reyisa the
corrections Of which had not yet been submitted to te
Btaid, were first called up.
few corrections in the return Of his ward. They
shown to no clerical OMISSIONS and the al
in The hands of tho County Clerk.
Supervisor v,uAN, of the Twcuty arst ward submitted
also seine corrections referred om the day previous in
his ward The corrections approved and ordered TO
be entered.
Supervisor DRAKE, OF tho Twenty second ward present.
cd the corrections in the Second and Fourth districts oil
his ward: tho discrepancies arising likewise from clerical
errors. Tho corrections az made passed upon APP
PR viugly
The returns having now been all regularly read, and
the corrections approved, The Chairman stated that the
mex; step in order would be for the various Supcrvs
toproceed with the add ions Of their respective returns
1ho different members Of the Board hereupon entered
busy into tho work Of summing the votes cast in the
districts o. u cir respective wards
This completed, Supervisor Ely OF the Seventeenth
wad moved that The Beard decile tho disposition 10 be
made Of the scattering votes beginning at the First ward
The wards were horeupon gone through WITH and the
scattering adudicaied deemed by the Board 10
have been the unquesionabe intention of the votor In
recorded for Peter Gamble, for Coroner were
leted to be awarded to Robert Gamble. In the Third
district one vote recorded t.r r. G Tagg FOR Comptroller
district OF the Third ward two votes for A. G. Flagg
voted TO the vote for AxsIsh lagg Ia the Seventh ward
three votes for John Giles for Comptroller allowed
for John Giles and added to his ballot in that district
In the Sixteenth ward nine scattering vo'es appeared
for sagg, the initial letters being transposed. The
character less frequent with nearly all tho
candidates but none arose in which any doubt
pressed az to The proper awarding Of thevote.
Supervisor Fly moved that al The sidavi's laid before
the Beard during its session he taken from the aols.
Supervisor WILLIAMSON novel nlment that
the same be returned TO the various Supervisors through
whom they were offered.
lengthy ane animated discussion arose upon this
Supervisor VARIAN thought the Board could not DO
Otherwise than retain Tire a0dayts they being part and
Supervisor How AED said he had been told that against
ome OF the parties making the aidavits In question,
legal and regular proceedings would shortly be instituted
for perjury II he doubted not but that Of them
would be IN the state prison In less than three months
lie should not object TO copies O the aicayits being
taken but as 70 the original that he should
resist to the utmost of his ability
Supervisor LoRp claimed that the ada its were public
property and tho Board had right give them up
If surrendered the public would have placed out Of ts
reach the means Of getting Ut the parties NAL ing the aft
davita.
After further discussion, Supervisor WILLIAMSON
Withdrew his amendment and tho motion TO take the
aiddavits from the table was put and carried.
supervisor ELY hereupon moved that the afdayits DO
entered at length upon he minutes, which motion after
more extended debate prevailed: also q subsequent
motion to give copes OF the various aavits 10 The u.
pervsors presenting thom
Tho Board then proceeded through the clerk to tako
down the aggregate foongs Of each Supervisor prepare
tory for the na declaration Of tho total vote Tor each
candidate.
Tho first two wards wcro gone through With when
shortly after O'clock taken Of an hour
At3P. NJ tho Board rc.conyened. and resumed the
record of the summary ballots beginning with the Third
ward and proceeding in the regular order ef the wards
Supervisor KELLY, of the Fourteenth ward tho having
to DO in Wasbington Monday was permitted 70 read
the total of the votes In his ward
The Beard rosc at few minutes after r. NJ and nd.
iourued 10 il O'Clock on Monday morning