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

brooklyn Common Council.
VETO OF THE PAID FIBs DEPARTMENT ORDINANCE
ORDINANCE In RELATION To LI0eNsTHa ROW AND
SAIL BOATS THK TWELFTH wAaD xLKcri0F
Alta meeting Of the oonuu Council ias. evening the
following veto to tho paid Fire Department ordinance,
passed by the Common Council ON the 2lss OF April WAS
received from the Mayor
MAYORS 0vsIoE, BROOKLYN, May 10, 1888
GRNTEMEN--l have cuefoiy sidered tho ordnance
recently adopted By your honorable body for tue reorgs
zaton Of me me- department OF the city Of BROOKLYN anu
have arrived NJ The conclusion thai the Common Council
do mot possess the power under existing laws 10 pass an
which in ELECT woud dsbann the resent organ
zation. will be by reference te sub division B.
49, title 2, OF The city charter that the power grated
70 The Common rs Council TO establish and regulate
70 define and regulate the duties aud powers VI arene
and police The power to define and regulate the duties
o. police you are we'll aware has been taken iron the
Common Council BY the Metropolitan Police act and it
will be found upon examination OF the charter itself
that the powers OF the Common Council arc restricted
within certain iims In title section l. the precise
mode or organizing the hre department 10 clearly set
forth. Gays
The Gre department Of the city sh>u be divided Into two
separate snd Distinct zons viz tor the Western
and for The Eastern district
And further on, In the Same section, II reads
The re department. Of the city of brooklyn a. present
couetuted shall with s additions form the organization tor
the Western district and the fire Department city
uoas form ne organization for tas Eastern usiria
will be seen from the above quotation that the Gre
depsr unents now existing in this city established by
law and are AZ incapable OF being abolished by ofd
nance OF the Common Council any other branch OF
the city government Sections 0, the title provides
that "for incapacy, neglect OF eusy aud gross msccn
Duct the Common Council may disband any d sal com
papies expei individual, thereF, IN
the manner Aa9 WITH me restrictions nerennes @
above far hAve discovered arc the pc wers OF the
Common Council the organization OF The IRE depart
~xcep, that in section Of title the FOLLOWING SEQ
tenco occurs:-
They have power organize are hook and ladder
bose and and organize The present
FIRE depsrimentilthey think proper.
In the foregoing quotation the charter fail to find
sucient power In the Common Council 70 abolish tho
system and when We come to consider me
Ore commissioners we find that much OF the power nos
the Common Council under the charter has been
taken from them and vested 10 tho nrc commissioner
In Of February H. 1857 for the potcr regulation
Of the fire department Of the city OF Brooklyn. aud
the act OF April H. iSS, 70 noorporse ,oe nre
after providing for the election CT commissioners Tor the
respective districts and prescribing their duties the oi
loving section will be found, which In language ana SUB
| stance 10 the same In both acts
The said sh, have cognizance Of all cam
plants all hre%en and Gre companies or rcSas or
Of este city laws respecting the city 81 Brooklyn
Again, the same act decia1ee:-
shall be The duty Of the said commissioners 70 INQUIRE
and the result Of such inquiry wheher In favor or
70 se sSn Ss on and
ns: shall be o1 n
| The conclusion seems TO me 70 be inegits
| BILE, after examining the various acts OF the
legislature IN reference 70 ne nrs sprs,"n q
the under consideration have exceeded tnetl
powers and that therefore their action void Upon the
Of the am not
pared TO the present members OF the depart
ueDt as unworthy Of public esteem. have during many
system TO convince me that prolific Of both moral and
physical evil to the young Of the community and
would therefore willingly approve Of any scheme that
ug A n
vdins could be accomplished under existing laws while
the rights and privileges Of the present Of pro
department properly secured and oeher evia
of equal magnitude likely 70 Sow from the change
The disorders that occur and the rous proceedings thai
q nc oomrsn. but srS and
foot by runners and bo3s Who congrcgae In large masses
such occsons and the most stringent measures should
iii With Inc duties Of bremen; and this were accom-
pshed many Of the evils complained Of would disappear
| and II, when disorderiy persons arc found ~
their duty and cause their immediate expulsion, al
present difficulties would soon cease; but " upon mort
mature consideration, considered desirable 70 max
that will DO necessary 70 provide for in estAbishmen
By SPECIAL Of the legislature and therefore return
The ordinance for the re o. the nrc depart
| sAAIA s. POWELL, Mayor
Ordered on file and printed in the Corporation papers
The Board refused 70 receive the bonds Of tn
financial officers elected st the election In April last
on the ground that the election OF those officer
\ was not authorized by Law, and that the acccp
| lance Of the bonds would embarrass the nnsdcii
department OF the city, while refusal 70 accept th,
bonds would not prejudice the claims OF these officer
| before the courts
The Board adopted rules for their government smIl.
| 70 those Of the old Board.
INC following finance reported by the Counsellor
| and sdopted;-
Sec s. No person shall own, keep let for pleasure
profit, small sail or boat to BIO used the
waters In the vicinity Of the city Of Brooklyn without
procuring ceuse for that purpose from the Mayor the
number Of said license 10 be painted on both bows Of
sad boat and the stern thereof, In lcttcrs ess
than four inches In height under the penalty OF nfty dol
lars for each day ne shall own, keep lot such boat
without said license or painted number.
Also TO add 10 section OF title Of the Same chapte'
the follow ing
For each small call boat owned Kept or LOT FOR
pleasure OF profit, nfty cents.
The Board passed resolution requesting the inspect
and Of elections Of the rwelfth ward
sign, and adjourned 10 meet Thursday night 10 ac
upon ssid designations.
Personal Intelligence.
Mr.. Thomas Goodwin has been appointed Postm is,or Of