The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-05-11

Brooklyn Common CDaGetl
VETO OF THE PAID riss DseAaTMEsr ORDINANCE
ORDINANCE IN RELATION TO LICeNSIk8 ROW AND
SAIL BOATS TIKI TWELFTH wAaD SLEcros.
Alta meeting Of the CcmuNp Council lat evening the
following veto to the paid Fire Departn ordinance,
passed by the Common Council the 2lss OF April, was
received from the Mayor -
MAYORS 0vIcE, BROOKLYN, May le 1888.
6ENT1EMfs--l have cnefoiy con'dered tno oranance
recently adopted BY ycur honorable body for tue reogan
zaon OF the hie department Of city oil Brooklyn and
have arrived Al The conclusion that the Common COUNCIL
do not possess the power under existing laws 10 pass an
ordin which in effect dsbana present organ
zaon will be by sub division 3. sec
IL, title OK The city charter that the power Is granted
10 the Common Council u establish aud regulate
Gay and night police AID tire department Of the city, aud
70 define and regulate the duties aud powers Of fire men
and police The power 10 deGse and regulate the duties
police you we'll aware ha, been taken from tho
Common Council BY the Metropolitan Police act and Il
Will be found upon examination OF even the charter itself
thai the powers OF the Common Council are restricted
within certain limits In title section l, the precise
mode OF organizing the are department 10 clearly sct
FORTH II says
separate and distinct zaons viz tor the Western
and or q for The Eastern district
And further on, In the same Section II reads:
constituted shall with adaas oru the orsan,sioI TOR
the Western district and the department OF tbs city OF
Willie nsburg ut present c2nstlied sh all with s sddi
uous. form he organization for tue Eastern dstIia
will be eeen FROG, the above quotation that the fire
depar lnens existing IN this ci,y established by
law and AZ incapable OF being abolished b. any ord
nance Of the Common Council any other branch OF
the City govey Section the title provides
that "cr iacapacy neglect OF auiy aud gross msccn
duct, the Common Council may disesnd any u ssi CON
papies pend or expe. individual there IT.
the the restrictions hereinafter provided
for the val OF officers OF tue CITY government Tue
above far hAve discovered the po gers OF the
Council the organization OF The IRE depart
nt except that in section OF title the oo Wing sea-
tcnco occuts;--
They sdsu have power organize Ore hook and ladder
fire depsrimeptiftbey tbnk proper.
In the foregoing quotation from the charter fall TO find
suYicient poser In the Common Council To abolish tho
present system and when TO consider the suose
qucn, of the Legislature establishing the once
fire commissioners find that much OF the power nos
by the Common Council under the charter has been
taken from them vested 10 the Orc commissioners
Of February H. 1857 for the nottcr regulation
the hrs department inc Guy ;b a. su re
department Of the Eastern district Of the city OF Brooklyn
after providing for the election CT commissioners Tor the
respective districts. and prescribing their daes the io
lowing section will be found, which ia language and SUD
stance is the came in both acts
The said cosnu shell cognzance Of all
dsorderY alarms OF fires for violation
OF any CIT, respecting the city Of Brooklyn
Again, the same act declaTee:-
1t shall be The duty OF the said commissioners to inquire
AL applications for the organization of fire companes
hs es a ssh he ser s m ronSh
Engineer Conncil For cont ma,on and no
provided o for hereinafter
The conclusion seems to me to be inevs.-
Legislature in reference to the fire department
Of the city that the Common Council in the adoption OF
the ordinance under consideration have oxceeded their
powers that therefore their action 10 void. Upon the
ground Of expediency perhaps much might be said in
Of the proposed change, for while am not pre-
pared denounce the present members OF the depart
ne ut as unworthy Of public esteem, have during many
years enough Of the workings OF the present
system to convince me that prolific Of both moral and
yscal evil to the young Of the community, and
would therefore willingly approve Of any scheme that
would secure exemption from existing evils, pro-
vding ii could be accomplished under existing laws, while
the rights and privileges CT the present Of the pro
department properly secured, and osher evils
OF equal magnitude were cot likely 70 row from the change
The that occur and tho rictous proceedings that
sometimes at fires, not generally chargoahs
members Of the companies but omonted and got on
foot BY runners and hos Who congcgate in large
s used " keen this class OF persons from interfering at
ali with the duties Of nremen, and II this were accom-
and IT, when disorderiy persons are found at
tachcd to the department, the commissioners will do
their duty and cause thor immediate expulsion, all our
present difficulties would cease; but ", upon more
mature consideration, Is considered desirable 70 make
the experiment Of paid system, respectfully suggest
By special act Of the legislature and therefore return
the ordinance or the Organization Of the hrc depart
m'n without my Approval s.S Rf'Pse PSwE Msso,
Ordered on file and printed in the Corporation papers
Tho Board refused 70 receive the bonds OF tn
financial officers elected at tho election in April last
| on the ground that the election Of those officer
was not authorized by law, and that the sccop
/ tancc OF TIE bonds would embarrass the anadcii
department OF the city, while refusal 10 accept the
bonds would not prejudice the claims OF these officers
The Board adopted rules Tor their government similar
1 10 those of the old Board.
The following finance reported by the Counsellor
| and adopted
Sec S. No person shall own, keep or let for pleasure
profit. small sail or boat TO be used the
waters in the vicinity Of the city Of Brooklyn without
number Of said license 70 be painted both bows OF