The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-01-06
BOARD OF COUNCHMEN.

This board met At Ave O'Clock last evening pursuant
to adjournment Mr. Conovcr, President, In the chair
After the reading Of the minutes OF the last meeting
the following papers acted upon in due ORDER:
PETITIONS.
Petition Of waring IAtting and his associatesToe erect
building some OF the public parks, designed TO
swer the purposes Of a Washington monument, . m.
tional monument and museun OF arts and sciences
Referred TO Committee on Lands and Places
Bill OF DR.. Rosenmuler, for medical services Ia the
Sixteenth district. Referred.
The memorial Of unemployed mechanics and laborers
presented in the Board Of Aldermen Wednesday
ing last, up in this Board but laid Ia.
Bile. The memorial has already been published In the
HERALD.
REPORTS, ITO.
The report OF the Com nittee on Rules &C. was laid
on the table, and ordered TO be printed
communication from the ooun'i.a onsr Of Streets
and Lamps asking for an appropriation Of $17 1874 to
defray The salaries OF Street was referred TO
the Committee on Finance.
For the appointment OF special committee on the
celebration OF washington's birthday. Referred
To have the Superintendent OF streets stones
and rocks from sidewalks in the Twenty frst ward.
Resolution to grade l2th street Referred 70 Commit
tee on Roads
Resolved That special committee OF ave be appointed
to- shom shall be referred all papers possession OF
the Clerk Of this Board which may be hereafter pre-
scented, in reference 10 building new City Hall. Re
feued TO Committee on Repairs and Supplies.
Pesoved, That the report Of the Committee
Wharyes Iers and slips In favor OF concurrng TO grant
Permission 10 John NJ Dodd and others TO build bulk
head in front Of their property the East river be-
tween Fifty second aud Fifty third streets, referred to
the Committee Of the Whole December o. 1854 be taken
r. the files and recommtted 10 The Committee OF the
Whole Referred TO Committee on wharves
Orphans Fund OF ihs New YoTE Fire pepartmsot 1 Rs
ferred 70 the Committee OF the Whole.
The following document which we publish verbatim
II lueratiH was presented by Councilman Hart Of the
Thirty second district, and referred to Committee on
Cleaning Streets
To the honnarabe Boldly the Mayor Alderman and
Comonalaty of the City Of New York Where as the
Mayor has sude his orders to the police TO
arrest all persons that Would be found throu Ching ashes
garbage in the streets let ask the question
what they coming to do with 1t When Il Is well
known fact that there tenant able houses In this
City that contains Twenty fameeys some Of them
has not Not Vessels TO Contain sufficient Water for there
owen use therefore as Every act that would Create
imeaedtly Complyde with would ask this honorable
Board To have Boxes Of suitable syre Built and placed In
such Streets the required aud that Men living
such distrctds that ia in Nesd.of Employment BE en-
poyd 10 do the Same work and that people having
Such Boxes placed IN front OF there dwellings Shall
fweep and Keep Clean there Side walks every day
The following resolution, from the other Board,
adopted by vote Of 50 in the Affirmative to ~ in the
negative -
Resolved That the Corporation Counsel be directed
10 stay all further proceedings In the matter Of opening
Albany street from Greenwich street TO broadway
Nr. MArnKR made some remarks against the resDlu-
ton In the OF which he stated that he had been
threatened with personal violence II he attempted 70
vote IN favor OF The extension OF Albany street. ana tat
be would also be defeated at the election.
The following are the names Of the members who
voted upon the foregoing resolution -
AfyIHAAnyE-Councilmen u. smith, Clifton, Cuaaek,
Jackson, Barney, Clancy, Donoho, Kerrigan Brown,
Gray, wild Coleman Ridder, Holder, Reed Mason, Tay
lor Van coit prentiss Radsy fl.yd, Cooper slsyin,
Swan, Ranpy, Moore, Dunlap, Hustled, Van Riper,
Pinch ney, Trusow, Couenhoven, Garry Conover, Web
Der, Mather, McCahill Wendell and Jenkins-3J.
NEdAuvE-Counciinien Cannon, Beam, Healy, Schenek,
Clancy, Donoho, seely, Wainwright, Cooper, Brush,
Purdy, Hart Mcconnell Cooper Barns. Fsrran, slsvin,
Vernilye, Scott, Ismbrecht, Has~ell, Barter--22
The Board djourned until six O'Clock Monday A.
ternova.