New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-07-07

lock Il up. aad keep theut locked up care NTH
ing about It u vii ony rid The city in debt 80 naay
tlOusaD1 collars more. l should suppose 'ru vac
meinbeis of this Board ought 10 be he fast ones I" "a"
lat Now et those gentlemen take those station.
Houses LIT he city have the benefit OF Il. / under.
stand that Of the officers in charge OF them tald
thew would sho,t the first man that came in. ~"
hope that this measure will be settled tonight There
il no n oney 10 be saved by reference il there was
the Board wou,d be ready enough to pass it now.
AID. JAcksos-The city is in such excitement nov
tina, We should do everything 10 allsy excitement. l
move 70 amend by adding, with instruction 10 report
On Wednes day next.
Aid. VIII sos-I hope the amendment o, the Alder.
man of the Twelfth will not prevail do not think
il right tor any gentleman 10 INSIST upon any report 20
speedily Tint petition is rather important II is
asking us 10 give to strangers, or TO foreigners from
Albany our station houses. do not why that pc
ton should not be referred to the Committee without
any special time being adopted. ! Lope that it may
tered to the Committee and that they report when
they are prepared TO repor-that they vii! not be
PEELED to report on any particular day.
AID. JACKSON This is not an ordinary case. What
is the result Of this thing FIVE keep these station
houses eve have got TO allow these Commissioners to
build such houses they choose, and then pay for
them. The Legislature that We have been contending
against have had their acts declared legal and We
cOppeled to carry them ont. The only way in watch
we could safely nufy their acts TO resign. told
the Board so months ago, but the Board would not do
that One Of the provisions of this act il that the
Commissioners shall have our station-hOuses Ii we
do not give them these statlonhouses we have got to
pay for Others
opposing that law. II is the law Of the land and al
though have resisted it, rs law-abiding citizen
with TO obey it, That resolution involves an expendi-
ture of something like $500 00O which the city to
control over it, and think very able report ought
to be made upon it. Give this property to these gen
tlemen, and they can sell it or do anything they
please with it
Aid. BLrST-We have got the law here. The law
saws this Common Council shall furnish them with
Station-HOu and all necessary apparatus, and We
can take it away from them at any time, and give
them other houses when we choose. hope the res0-
luton will pass tonight and hope the amendment
will not pass. supposed when this law was declared
constitutional the Stati0nIIOuses would be given up
Immediately. went this morning to take possession
of the Fifteenth. but found it locked up ard the
windows knocked out.
The resolution was referred to the Committee on
Police. to be reported on tomorrow evening, bya
vote of IL tots.
On AID. Biunfs Resolution surrendering tie Station
Houses to the Commissioners.
The following resolution offered by Aid. Blunt
Uhereos The Metropolitan Police bill passed the Legislature
April IS 1857 authorizing change in the police laws Of tn'
st.r with able counsel 70 be- unconstitutional and
requested the New York Police commssione.s to with
his Honor agreed case the law was declared constu
r. ss s 'sf% 5
ell il bound to furnish sufficient number Of station House,
declared utiona and binding the city, be Therefore
R.red That the Police Station Houses used by the Munich
nal Police together with al the eegsphic apparatus attached
TO the same be and hereby placed at the disposal OF the
Police Commissioners in accordance with the
law before mentioned
After few lines had been read
Aid. COULTER said: As the substance OF that has
been acted upon, move that the further reading be
susp. nded and the resolution be referred to Commit
tee on Police.
AID. BIrsT-I move that the resolution be adopted.
1t is different from the other
The PRESIDENT, however decided that the vote
must be taken on the reference, and it was referred
ID tot. a.,
The following resolution was also offered by Aid.
BITNT:
bsyeas The law passed April l5 1857 known the Metro
poau Police bill hss been declared by the Court OF Appeals
TO b. constitutional and binding on the city; and,
hreas The 10Th section Of said law requires the Common
furnish the Metropolitan Police with station Houses
accommodations and, pheyeds the Police
Station House in The Fifteenth Ward s now locked up ana
used for no purpose whatever. Be it, therefore, 49, ,
and hereby ordered be placed at the disposition OF the
Metropolitan Police Commissioners be used BY them Tor the
Metropolitan Police of the Fifteenth Ward
After few lines had been read
AID ADAMS said-This seems to me to be the same
thing. move that the reading be suspended and 1t
be referred to the Committee ON Police.
Aid. Blunt will say something on that.
PRFsIDEST-The call is ordered.
The resolution referred by vote OF IL To -
The Board adjourned to Tuesday, 9TH inst.