New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-12-22
BOARD OF ALDERMEN.
MoSpiH, Dec. ei.-AiA' CLAsei, Prseiaess in he


chair.
Maore from lie Mays-.-A message wa ~
eejved from the Mayor ve.oing THE TRIBUNE bill
,lO7 76, for advertising Committee messngs. Lad
on the table and ordered printed The documsot is
ss follows;
MAYORS OTrIcE, New-fcrk, Dec. II, 1897.
To he EoaOrabls the Bard Of Adeynen.
GESTLEMES: return, without approval, the reso-
laiior to pss The n. Y. TRiBCNE $lW 30 nor sdver-
tisirg Comm ttse meetings. As It does not appear
upon the papers presented to me- by whose directions
the advertising vss ordered, whether wss ordered
at al it is to be presumed that THE TRIBUNE in its
characteristic anxiety 10 pick up patronage publsned
the Committee meetings without any authority what
ever trusting TO the Influence of one OF its Editors In
The Board OF Councilmen 10 get pSid There are Ger
tain newspapers de sgrated by aw as the papers IN
which the official proceedings Of the Corporation shall
be published To the credit Of the Corporation be 1t
said, TIT " Y. TRIBusE is not one o. tnese. 10 Is
assumed that the VIGOROUSLY lbelous ana scurrlous
character CT that obscepe sheet properly excludes II
from any official recognition by the city authorities
In nv opinion il should be put under the same bsn IS
newspaper that similar conLuct would place an indi-
vdua, viz: ertire exclusion from the families ard
fire sides Of all who value the renutson and morals OF
the community. FERNANDO WOoD, Mayor.
Marktt Mditps-Ald. ADAMS offered resolution
ha. the Con.ro report by what authoityt the City
Inspector is collecting fees in Franklin Market, and
whether the lie rot in violation Of the City Char
III y,
City Treasury for market receipts, or from said mar
ket for the past eight months. Adopted.
The Mayors Salts against Obcers 81 The Lar
BY Aid. NcSFEDoS--
Pe,d That the costs Of the various actions and proceed
ing, been t,ken by and sss, the Mayor the city
tho 10th Of April a the several Courts u this City
arc Safe in testing The OF the aetIo.o;o
sppo Street Commissioner AID the costs q all actions and
beer brought against Fernando Wood In
hi, for acts performed by him Mayor be and
hereby made City charge. and tho Controller s
Sp sSt i S the sm 20 Of and esSy
M the purpose of Pns said expenses cost; aud counsel fees
Ttia was laid over under the rule.
4 Nerc Standing COmmlft6e-By AID. ADAMS, that
there be crested Stardrg Committee OF this Ii ard
q be krown rs the Committee on Taxes, whose outy
shsll be 10 have coguizarce over all Applications IN
relation 10 taxes. Adopted.
The OrgGng alton o. the Finance DepGrtm ent-Aid
MCSPEDoN called up the ordnance recognizing the
Finarce Department in accordance with the Charter
The ordinance has been published, and before the
Board several tmes.) AID. MCSrEDoN moved that
tie same be acted upon by sections so that the men,
bers opposed TO any particular part could make their
objections In the proper place.
The paper was read, and when that section relating
to market rents Nc, being collected by the CONTROLLER
was arrived at, Aid FCILNER moved TO strike ont
and ineet a 5. cton from his minority report giving
TIE City Inspector the power over the markets he
conterded thst the section in the majority report
plainly cortlcted with the Charter and that the CITY
Inspector apd not the Controller should be substituted,
Aid. McSPrDoN argued that tue Finance Depart
ment according to the Quarter, must be charged with
the duties assigned and that the Bureau provided fer
by the Charter was in the ordnance properly laid out
lie thought tue ordinance strictly 10 accordance with
The CHARTER That the City Inspector had the appoint
ment of the superintendent of Markets, one would
deIy nor that there should be Bureau IN the De-
paiment for the regulation and management OF public
markets but the Cha ter provided for bureau In
the Ensnce Department for the collection OF the mar
ket rents and moneys. The City Inspectors duties, as
undentood of sanitary character and If he and
his officers attended properly TO them, they wouiu
have tine to collect the rents.
Aid TUCKER tho upht the section relating TO markets
in the charter was not veiy clear, but 1t made little
difference whether the City Inspector or the Control
Ter should be charged with the collection Of the rents
they were both honest officials, and if anything was
doLe wrong in their Departments it was not by them
The market system under either, he supposed would
continue subject to abuses. The City Inspector Dy
the charter had the selling of the manure AID colec'
ton Of the fees; and there certainly were conflicting
passages Il at would involve the city in lawsuits Ne
thought much Of cue report as the other
AID. ADAMS said the question was not so difficult.
II was party matter wherein some h'seen sppolnt-
soector were extensive enough without doing more
toward markets than to see that they were kept clean,
as a sanitary measure.
AID DRAKs ssid he could not any thing party in
thip fol be understood Mr.. Flsgg to be Republican
organizing the departments according to the charter.
AID. ADAMS said the ,llector Of the city revenue
Deu0cf1f, ana ne feIt COnhuont iuo' no "ouo
put rome in but Democrats.
AID DRAKE thought Aid Adams should not be too
sure of this fer tue Collector OF the city revenue was
U,der TIE Controller.
strue the charter would certainly never stand the test
He wss willing that the Collector of the city revenue
should collect all the money, but that officer could
I'VE nothing TO do with letting stands and controlling
would be constant conflict between bis officers AID
those of the City In pector. He believed the ordi-
nsrce imperfect and calculated to make confusion;
The amendment of Aid. Fullmer was put and l,St
The question then coming on the section OIL the lnf
jority report was adopted.
AID. TUCKER objected to another section to give the
Chamberlain of The city an annu, salary OF *3,Joo.
His salary had been fixed at $500, but he would guar
anee that was worth go 900 year to any bank to
have its President sde City Chsmbersia. That OH
Ger got per cent ON the State mill tax for transfer
ring il.
AID MoSPEDoN said he had no objections to that
section being with irawn, il the Board wished.
Aid. TUCKER said it was plain that the members did
not all understand this report and he hoped the whole
ordnance would be laid over. He did not object 70
the pay Of the Chsmbera ans clerks, bus ne od NOT
think the chamberlain should have the salary epeei
fed lie moved to strike out that part OF the section
Aid McSPEDoS consented to this, and the ordnance
as thus amended was adopted. ,
Days OF Mteting.-On motion Of AID FrLwER, the
Beard resolved to meet on Tuesday, 80 insS, al \
D. NJ, on Wednesday, at p. m, and on Thursday at
Aid. TUCKER hoped there would only be two more
meetipgs and thought the city would save BY the
Board sciourning sine die. He made motion to that
effect which was lost.
TIs Ne,r Post. Ofce.-The Special Committee on
the new Post Office 10 the Park reported az follows:
That your Committee fully impressed with the importance
of the subject proceeded Washington aud had interview
With The frese. and head, Of dfPsrtmea. connected With
Inc matter when determined thst the lower ED OF the
PAX By desirable location for that purpose
mat coud Be seected proportions accordingly submit
ted to your Committee land hereby annexed maIked A.
from the Postmaster General offering the ,um OF TOT
the lower the Park which now id OUT 10 ~aks ana
ns,tlv oec.pisd by the basin for the fountain.