New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-05-15
PUBLIC MEETINGS.
BOARD OF ALDERMEN

Amer ihr reading OF the Minutes the President n
| nouIc ed the following protest, which WA read.
The undersigned. members Of the Board Of Alder
men Of New iOlk, respectfully present the folio wing
Protest:
That we Individually reaffirn and reiterate the
sentiments heretofore announced by this Board rels
10 the various laws enacted the recent session Of
the Legislature for the government OF this City and
thevouIol Il many Of Il. most import branches u
the bode defiance Of the wishes aa rshts people
We protest particularly against those laws being forced
upon a. time wien tas city and other large municipal
S.p,c pterf.,nc5 by the s.ss cert,, so,s ,b o5-v
loes conccrns adequately represented the LIZ
in proposition 70 our popu aid therefore M
tion the interior the State whether those
naeesures are oi has 5esn Inv aid o: not .olenHy protest
ing produce r-conc.be feud destructive o; 81 harmony
ana GOOD broiberhood aud threatening drive community
direct is energies and resources 70 effect disruption and 81
| vision Of the sta;r.
smeLd the Charter Of the City Of New York passed April
a. 1857 cluse do not believe il the approval Of the
q. obaosious 10 ihr a. i. unacceptable to ther Common
Counc because il did not originate With them wh any
representative Of their ~i but tainted
With the same ir.Pon.ibe Political paternity 70 lch may 0.
legislation with which OF late year. have bn act-d and
particularly because TO permit that the Legislature may with
mpuuy change the entire form snd fsbrc Of local Govern.
and compel acceptance OF entirely Charter,
under pretensc Of amending The Old without application
any form he ascertau-d would be establish
alarming and destructive precedent placing al su5odnse
communities 81 the mercy Political faction, dyrs.ins a local
institutions Of every degree OF pernsnrucy and security and
sbjec;g fluctuations srlous Apartments
otter a. the exfencie' OF parry politics may reigire.
the city pory demand that the business OF the Com
mon Council ordinary ok Of legislation should he loT
Suspended but that the aborer and persons employed in
the construction Of se~er grading paving and regulating
petoued for should b. paid well the necessity
Of onscng measures TO rio[m the systems for cleaning the
public streets. and or other public necessities hc
have concluded to proceed with the ordinary legislation under
We therefore distinctly protest that action Of
member, OF this Board shall be regarded accepting in any
drgee The aforesaid amended Charter any thereof
valid enactment obligatory upon TINS cay or W o
1lV ar
and any ordnance resolution done OF passed by th
Board with assent consistent with the provisions OF
said amended Charter and compatible with sad Charter
heretofore existing shall BE- considered as taxing eject con
donay and ony in the event that Charter shall be u
n,ly .dudscd binding upon By the tribunals 20 whom The
same referred and that act ordinance resolution
which nsy be adopted done by this Board consistent with
the provisions both said amended Charter and OF the Charter
previously existing .ha no, b. considered as made OF passed
event Of being sdudged binding aforesaid bat msie
adjudication shall he made We further and sPechcay pro
test against the tollowing-naned acts; ,,..-.c
An act 10 reduce the yera acts Feshs 70 the pc'
An act M the regulation and government of the Central Park
An act suppress. ntemperance snd regulate the sale Of
An act to establish Metropolitan Police District and to
An City Hall and TO appoint Commissioners
so,e the e the ship and whi,yss Of the City
An act relating TO the Board Of Supervisors OF the City and
An act to authorize the Second Avenue Railroad Company
construct; track through portion Of the cry,
Is being s i Common Of I.ye been
consued-th affected thereby not being represented
the pople directly for the adous government the sub
cets sated upon and responsible for all axe or other pcc
I9HN ShASSi i T5s,SSa S + s War, Of Aldermen
PETER MONAGHAN. Aid Fourteenth Ward
THos' MesPEpoN Aid. Ninr,eenth w;rl
WM COULTER Aid Seventeenth Ward
JAMES +. STEERS Aid Eleventh. Ward
NJ L. HARRIS Aid Third Ward
BARTHOLOMEW HEALY. Aid. Fourth Ward.
HENRY HOFFMIRE, AID Eiah Ward.
s. BANTA. Aid. Ninth Ward
Va McCONKEY Ala Twentieth Ward.
AID McSPEpOy moved that the paper be entered
on the minutes.
AID. STEERS moved that two thousand copies be
printed.
Aid Tucker wished to understand if the Board,
while protesting agalnrt the new laws intended TO
meet and act under them. He did not see what the
Board could accomplish by this protest.
AID. BLuST said each member of this Board was
syoru to support the Constitution AMI lava nf New
York, but these proceedings were entirely oat OF
place and Inconsistent.
Tie paper was adopted, with orders to print.
AID. BIuNT here asked the President if the Board
would now act under tho new Charter, AMI was an
swered :" Yes. ;, ,
A large number of papers announced by the
Chair, and referred TO appropriate Committees.
Ala NcSPEDos moved to take up the Report of the
Committee on the Department. and Bureaus, 80 far
as related TO the Street Department, and had 1t re-
ferred to q special committee.
EHOinGcrS BddgcS-A report was concurcu III 10
have cast gold badge for the Chief Engineer of the
Fire Department and thirteen silver badges for the
Assistant Engineers, not to exceed 800 in cost which
was adopted.
maaicotions-From the Excise Commissioners,
for a room in the City Hall, in which to hold their
meetings Aid. WMsoS moved TO lay the petition on
the table. which was carried. From the metropolitan
Police Commissioner asking for office accommodation
and stationery. Aid. WILSON moved to lay 1t on the
table without reading. Carried. 49, - -
A communication was received from the City Hall
Commissioners. asking the reopenng Of the Common
Council, az the law required, which was, on motion
laid on the table without reading.
The eommunicat alton from the Police Commissioners
is as follows:
To he Common Cornell Of the City Of NeV- YORK: .
Won hereby requested by Board Of Police Of the Ne
tropon Police District Of the State Of New fors to furnish
and provide at the Expense the City Of New YORK all use
within the precincts OF SAID M-ropoa
District a. are cont within tue boundaries OF said city all
IN. Station Houses required tho Board Of Police Tor the
omodatop the Police OF said precinct for tue log
ing Of warrants and disOrdey persons arrested Tor
with See the act entitled An ACT 70 esosh
M.tropohan Police District and to provid1>ior the govern
ment thereof The Board Of Police VIII require the station
Houses now used for police purposes and the eAhf acco
mediation, and provision warming and lighting the
sauc and will further provision IN respect 70 the same
u further rcqui,iton is made upon your h9n1Iaos oy
BY ORDER of the Board, - D DhA1hh' f'e'''e4-
DATED Ne,c- York May II, 1851.
The Board adjourned to Monday.