New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-11-13
PUB. 10 MEETINGS.
BOARD OF ALDERMEN.

The Board Of Aldermen met last evening, the pres
deI t. ISAAC o BANKER in { c1ar
AnOtter police cicrk-A petition for an additional
cerk a. tie Tombs police court YVES preseu cd fro n
Justice Connolly He says that nearly 10000 case,
have been passed upon at t1st court suce Ne Years
The c6al coDtrOd.-A lengthy report from special
cOmuitIee Reynolds offal contract wss read.
ReyDOos reed TO sell ont his contract for $e5 000 ii
the city wouo take the property whic he had engaged
in IN business st fair Vslua ion. The vet red
TIE bill The round that the city bad no risht 20
purchase Barren isauo and Reynolds claims his con-
irscr. The mitte propo7e TO pay Rev nOlis some
$50 0O0 already hin aud rel9ase him from the OBJ
liz aon to sell bis property 10 the city, ia order 10 get
rid Of bin. They Dsider II e proposition Of Go A.
Scherpf 10 give $40 600 year for tvs ears monopoly
of the yiege an to axe the Barr land property
al its sppraseo value and that of A. L. Cornell TO
offa for nothing worthy of COMEDIES non,
III propose that the CT inspector adver se for pro-
poeals for doing The Offal buslness for ge years.
AID. ELY offered resolution that he controller and
City Inspector he au horned 10 make Oltract, pro-
viced il should Dot cost the city anything ADD he
cal Cd up the paper o. Geo. III, Dakin, wno offered
81 600 a year for the privilege.
TIE Boaro Of COuDcilnen, in tead of entertaining
any Of the propositions to pay be city for the Oa
make preparations for new Reynolds contract by
which Ihe city is 10 pay much he ad for taking
d. ad holsts and Other cattle to such docss and
slips as sha be soecihec and then 70 pay 50 much
II Onth for teklBe dead dogs sDd cats, and then so
much day for receiving and removing the'e-a uice
little sChtm
Aid. STEERS made long speech explanatory of the
report OF the committee
AID VIM. TUCKER followed in a longer exposition.
Aid NOORHIs follosed He reviewed the conduct
Of the former committee this matter and defended
the veto Of the mayor. He coDtended that Reynolds
had a. ed TO surrender his contract for the $4,000
81 nothing more, that he city perfectly at
liberty 20 make a contract whenever they pleased.
AID. WV TUCKER wac Ut frightened d; the suit Rsy-
10 do had commenced against the city. Every body
did thai.
AID STEERS talked about Reynolds's good faith and
biz confidence that tie controller and the nittee
would do they agreed TO. He not The fret nan
who tad been deceived. In his judgment the man
ought 10 he pad.
AID CHRisTIE moved that q substitute to the prop
osiion of the committee which had been offered oy
AID Ety. should be receive entered at length the
minutes and ade tie special order for lharsday HIS
motion was earned
AID BRIGGS then iutroo uced the report OF the ia.
nous Police investigation commit ee, containing the
result of he researches with regard to the origin OF
Maise the progress of he dog pound and tbs destiny
of the black uunk. IL was all imposing roll of mauu
SCRIPT, aud o0e whicn under orliuary circums auces
would have carneo dsmsy to be stOma hs OF alder
men. Luckily bo ever the substance of II has been
printed The reading called for amid laughter,
and after few words had been read vas dispensed
WITH he document being ordered TO be printed.
Tie Joseph Walker case mPeachmeRt-Ald HER
RICK then Offered the following reso utiOn:
Rsorsd That the report. Of the majority sed minority Of the
special mme Of this Board the subject Of the c'ntr,et
for Of the sunkeD ship Joepn Walker, wi the
testimony the by said mntt@e, bens documsnt
number thirty eight OF the BOARD OF Aoereu be aud the
hereby referred TO he Board Of Council men fjr the
cor sheraton Of that booy.
Resaued That the Boa OF CoUncmen BE- respectfully
qu,stsd %, whether officer oce' OF the city
government IN he ter Of removing the wreck OF said
JOeph Walker have been guhy OF any vo alton Of the city
Of law and whether money has been paid out
the Municipal e'fury contrary 10 the provisions OF law
upon esA ed with the removal OF the
Aforesaid win yeF 10 the impeachment Of any atd
every PUB h officer who have violated the charter dis
oheyee the dseyaIdsd bis oath OF office 10 be
pto the City treasury without legal authority
Aid. NARIAN moved that the first resolution Dc laid
upon the table.
Ald HERRIcK said that the facts in the Joseph
Nsker case moi ,aed a s,ste of tlings 10 which tue
Board could nothing. If the mayor or street COM
missioner had violated their duty, they could do
ing but pass q vote of censure, which would
an cunt to nothing. II there bad been wrong they
Of course would take no sctiOn.
Ald LORD asked that the resolutions be laid over;
be wanted TO say something about H.
They we've laid on the table, AID made the spe,isl
order for Monday. Adjourned to Thursday.