The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-11-30
MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS.
BOARD OF ALDERMEN.
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.

The board ADJOURNED 70 Monday next.
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
special meeting Of this Board held on Wednesday
afternoon In accordance with the call the Mayor The
minutes Of the Last meeting were read and approved
Supervisor Brown presented the following resolutions
and moved their adoption
Resolved That the nua salary Of each of the Justice,
tne same to take ELECT from and after the FIRST day
Resolved That the annual salary Of the Recorder be
Increased to the same 10 take effect from ana after
the first day OF January, 1855.
Resolved That the annual salary of each of the Judges
Of the Court Of Common Pleas be Increased to 90 the
1896.
Resolved, That the annual salary OF the Surrogate be
increayed to $1,000 the TO take edec. from and
after the first of January, 1855.
Resolved That the annual salary Of the City Judge be
the frst Of January, 1856.
Supervisor vooRlus hoped tina. they would not be
adopted as raied their salaries higher than any other
Offices In the State and equal to Of the highest in
the Union. Taxpayers were already sufficiently bur
dened and he thought that S. 600 was enough
Supervisor Fox moved to refer 1t TO Q cpmmittee
Supervisor TUCKER In favor OF going lck to the
committee, which he was certain would reduce 1t to
The MAYOR said the question would bs on the refer.
enco.
Alderman LoRD opposed to referring It back as the
Board Wa fully competent to REFUGE the amount.
Supervisor KnLY was also opposed to tAkiag that &C.
ton on the subject and hoped that it woad be acted
upon ct once BY the Board He did not think 900
too much, and he should therefore vote In favor
of that sum.
SUPERVISE nosn said that the Judges were elected
under law which forbid an increase of their salary
Supervisor LORD hoped the motion would DO With
drawn.
Ths motion was withdrawn, when Supervisor VII
HANSON presen ed - substitute, resolution asking
the Board to petition the Legislature Its session
to pass law fixing scale OF salaries for judges
tonal ana ont Of order when those first proposed
put with amendment that 81, 900 should be sub,t-
futed for % co., and 1856 altered 1885, The amend
ment was adopted By . vote of II to 8.
The resolution was then put and adopted.
The vote was then taken on the resolution In
gard 70 tho salary Of the Recorder which adopted
With the same amendment, BY vote Of Is to 8.
The third resolution was adopted by vote Of is TO
Tho fourth by . vote Of 81 to
The fifth resolution then came up when Recorder
Smith said he In favor Of increase in the salary Of
the City Judge Tho duties Of that office exceeding
arduous and took up much larger portion Of his time
Supervisor wAkEMAx hoped the resolution would be
adped and he trusted that gentlemen woad not be
tuAted by feeling towards its present In ,umbent
Supervisor LORD said that although he that
the salary continued after the Of the present
bent st he did mot consider him deserving of It, he
was not in favor Of ncrs asng II during his term. He
moved that II be referred to the Committee County
Supervisor DRAKE considered this an unmanly affair
and thought that exception should DO made with
gard TO any Of the Judges officers Supervisor Lord
had promised not to offer any objections in the Of
Supervisor LORD said he did not recollect making any
euch promise
Supervisor DRAKE said he recoilected It very WALL
Supervisor BRowS opposed to reducing his salary,
~ unmanly, and slur which entirely uncaed for.
The vote was then taken on the motion to refer 1t,
The resolution, With similar amendment to that In
serted In the Others was adopted BY vote Of Is to
AY.-Ths Recorder, Supervisors Brown, Moser, Baird,
Ho1mire Hossrd Fox, steers Waterman, Briggs, Kelly,
Noss-The Mayor, Supervisors Williamson, W. Tucker,
voorhis. CnIi~ty, Lord, =. Il. Tucker-7.
The following resolution Adopted
Res< lived, That tae Comptroller be, and he ia hereby
directed to draw has warrant In favor Of Alexander Ming
for the cf $500 compensation for hs services
year 1850
Ansr passing some other pspes tho Board adjourn
ed to next Monday, at4 p. NJ
BOARD OF COUNCILMEN.
This Board held meeting Wednesday night at their
chambers in the City Hail. the President D. d. Conover
in the chair The minutes Of the last meeting read
and approved.
The report adopted presented In favor Of memo
Yia asking for the passenger and baggage inen The
object Of this line Ia to provide omnibuses stages and
baggage wagons At the different city railroad depots and
steamboat landings to carry passengers and baggage at
Low and fixed rates Of fare.
An ordinance then adopted requiring the heads
departments to report each month the amount Of the
contracts given out during the four weeks preceding each
moneys remaining In his hands after deductog the su ms
paid upon acquisitions Of the heads Of departments.
An ordinance then laid the table and ordered
be printed containing the foliowing:-
Fec. ]. Every railroad carriage, drawn pro-
PEELED any railroad in any street the city shall be
furnished aud fitted with some suita ole aud suceat ap
parstus prevent injury T. life and limb such appara
tus TO be ~ proved by the Common Council
sec. Fixes pensy q $40 tor every trip OF any car
in violation OF tbs above section.
The ordin aPprophtng $40 ooo additional pay for
expenses Of city government was then adopted and sent
to the Board Of Aid -rmen for concurrence.
Councilman GASSoS r. offered resolution, asking
why cast iron railing was permitted 70 bs pu, up
around he square 1t the head OF the Bowery, when
be put up. Thu resolution adopted after which
Board resolved itself into q commtte Of the whole.
Councilmsn Barney in the chair
Amer some further unimportant business the Board
adjourned
BOARD OF TEN GOVERNORS.
The Board met At p. NJ on Tuesday Towns
end in the chair, and full Board present.
THE REouHrnoss.
II II usual for the Governors to hear the reputation.
for the different institutions read and should they
them extravsgant they reduced in quantity. It ap
pears generally to be guess work. and very
trsordinay results arrived at by the Governors Po-
tAtoss cut down, and eggs cut of In most
mary II has been argued that the several
nittses could attend 70 the requi.idons much better
THE INMATES on THE ISLANDS.
From the weekly report OF the wariens, II appears
there 5o47 persons In ths institutions Of whom
13e1 In the Almshcuss and ess in the workhouse
During the past week OFT have admitted 95i di.-
charged 1ol cent to tbs pentsnary 10 to State prison.
and 10 died. There has been increase decrease.
ABOUT OLD FURNITURE
hi was ed 70 pay fpr certain furniture bought
by the wardcns for their II appears that
time since the Board agreed 70 bay all tns old furniture
Of the wardens and give them $500 additional for farni
ture The Governors deemea 10 wrong for hem q bay
the goods without their consent, and md them selves
with lot Of old furniture Of sort u Referred
committee.
TIE CONTRACT
Governor wE called up the special report Of the Com
r,ee on Lighting the Island win Gas. Hs stated th.
last year the Board had asked or SII 00o Tor repairs
supplies, Of which $50 900 gss. the C5m-
snsioners, consisting of the MAYOR Recpr1er Compt-
be and he PrssideDts 81 the Boards Of Aldermen tni
Councilmen return Cd his item G3vernors non
copcurrrg with II, deeming the extravsgsnt Tue
matter came before fuii Bard, aud they received 10
stand by the necessity OF the Appropriation The Goy
erporr again determined 10 Tor tho
and Governor West read number Of documents from
the wsr5ens and others endorsing the OF ga q,
being preferable In couonc. and sanitary pDnt II