New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-02-22
OUR CHARTERED RIGHTS.

T,o mint s,seisl Committee Of The Common Cogn-
all on the subject Of protesting tSe - s.,o.d
,eett,y last evening in the chamber 81 toe boafd OF
AHero,en Mr.. Booze occupied the cbSir, ana ssyen
Ss.ssls were The d.:nsaisSed citizen, who were
ro'.ssd onfv seven were present, viz Robert W. |
Sarbs, JuJse Welsh, Jss EnghsS, Sss b. Datshsr. /
he. +. Ferris, Jas. w. GersIt and Peer Gisey.
Mr. BooLE said be had addressed a letter
Heuses of the Legisllture, and has rect
sls before the Legislstare but n
NATION 20 be gathered from . ,ss 20 eo:h
10 take up the time 81 .oers 80 urait' of
More ipforn'' mem IL youIS ,ipf,r-
HevTysr an .Oa s1e Cen ,r''itee : ne useIess
yrrs than fsota thesS a reading them.
bIARR-fss ~ .ned from the pebbc
Ss6ise1 10 tho . oils.
NJ .se Chairman received auy blu in
80 central Park Commission
oooLE-There IL 10 bill Of tbs, kind. -
Mr. STARR successively asked II there were any olls
70 draft charter; ia relation 70 the scnoOs anu
Commissioners Of tse Land Ofce-tO al OIL winch nc
received a negative reply.
Mr.. PrcE novsd that all the communications from
ne persons inv tied to attend these proceedings DC
psbksbed IL the daily pspsrs.
Mr.. BRADI .rY thought this would be treating then
Win great dIsre.pse ana u@s t VIC %Ppts IN
aissespectf al manner il would be advisable not to
sSept the proposed resolution. -,
The C,fLIEMAK read q letter from j. Philips Pne-
MIR, dee Eripg to meet the Committee.
7sse Yastion of Mr. Peck was lost.
The CHAIRMAN stated that ne had seen Senator
t0da and he was informed that the bills sect 70 hlH
rom Albany were bogus that tse bill in relation tr
astsisg the City Charter, and other bills. would NJ
30 seeg until they were passed by the Legislature
srS tn il was too late to take action upon Jnem
Ar otion was carried 10 empower the Chairman =
ssne special messenger, necessary, to Albany To-
The squirrel documents.
kf BULTEEL ssid that IL we let these acts pss
he Legislature, we would make nnDy-oamners 0
our selves"
2Ir. LOWER made a long speech in which be en-
tgavsGed 10 saddle al the IDS OF the city upon th
Legi nature at Albany. While the population OF IN
sty was one-seventh Of the State, i pali tEont:ns
ne Amount Of taxes. The Gauge OF tins Wa: that YAK
ate A in the country made on va auon OF no
re than Is 10 % per cent, while IN the CITY II wa
On the full valuation. ,
Mr. JANIS w. GERARD said there were numbe
Of bills On the table which were OF very sIips7h
q ksTaetsr and if adopted the Legislature would VIZ
nally become the Common Council OF the city. Her
Sse bill to compel the Corporation to lease 10 IN
Orphans Home plot Of ground Tor one dollar I'M
was dangerous precedent, and II 1t could De dom
with one plot Of ground, IL could with any numoer
plCts II struck him that there was sufficient intsli
renee in the Legislature not to encroach upon the an
Gent oh battered rights of the city, The Railroad bill
were schemes of money. The way to inset this actor
was 10 send protest by delegation OF the Common
Council 10 consult the leading men there on these
usurpstions on the city's rights .
M Thomas T. FERRIS doubted whether the city
Rad any privileges He hoped at the next meeting tn,
Committee would have copy OF the charter MOI
having previously taken interest in the matter he hao
never read the charter. If the city had rights /!
sGsht 10 know what they were.
A motion was carried to have copies OF the DoDga1
ana Nontgomere Charter at the neat meeting and 10
faYnish individuals who invited to the meeting
with copies of it.
On motion, Sub Committee Of Three, consisting Of
Mesns. Lambeer, Bradley and Peck, was appointed
10 wah upon the Members Of the Legislature now IN
tewp, for the purpose of inquirng about the bills az
fee.ng the interests Of the city.
The Committee then adjourned to next Monday 81
o'clock 70 IN,