The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-11-12
l. Charles Perlev, Jr.

Since these gentlemen elected passed by the
Legislature changes the mode Of electng the school off,
GERS and reduces the Board OF Education from forty
four to twenty. members The School Comm ssion-
will not therefore, be elected by wards this year
The law divides the city into school districts
and provides for the election or Commissioner in such
district every year. TO for three years The first
election held under that law December 1864 when
seven elected place Of the twenty-five
mssioners whose terms of office expired with the close
OF the last year end OF this year the last
the Board OF Edcuaon elected under the old
Mates The election Of Commissioners in Deem
her leaves the BOARD with but fourteen members or
seven short OF the number specified in the
law. In order that the Board may he full the
law provides that the LIST of january the
Mayor SHALL with tho approval Of the Board OF Educn
ton appoint Commissioner from each district 70
for year This completes the machinery, and
hereafter third Of the board goes Of Office each
year. and that number will he elected each charter
election
The School Commissioner districts are made up as fol
Iows:-
First Disirc,-First, Second Third, Fourth, Fifth,
Sixth and Eighth wards.
second Dstrict-seventh, Tenth Thirteenth and -Four
teenth wards.
Third District-Ninih and Sixteenth wards.
Fourth Disfrict-Eleventh and Seventeenth wards
Fifth District-Fifteenth and Eighteenth wards
Sixth Dstrict-Twenteth and Twenivnrst wards
Seventh Distrct-Twelfth, Nineteenth and Twenty
second wards
The School Inspectors whose terms Of Office expire
the Mayor The names OF those who retire a. fol-
i D;.s,;s Ds.,.t
l. George uroche Robert Ennever
2 Jesse d. Keys g. David w. Allen.
3 George =. Merkiee. Henry Clanssn Jr
The politicians making considerable noise about
candidates In the several wards and the indications are
a. the frogs which overran Egypt The United
Service Society has already named General Thomas O.
Devon for Mayor and Colonel J. D. Macgregor Tor Cor
cliques Of tho Teuon element have trotcd out John
Hecker and among those talked Of in other quarters
Cornelius nsw.uee M sws Isssc He'll john
Holman, Fernando Wood, Thuriow Weed Henry J.
Blunt " Elijah '' pardy Colonel ' vari.n a John
McKeon, General John 4. Dix. General John
SsSn osn q
Abram wakeman, Major Geo w. Mclean John j. Cisco
Samuel J. Tlden, John Van Buren,. Henry Hilton, 4 7
Stewart Superior Fish Roosevelt, William Tweed sheri
dan shook, Ersstus @. Benedict Hon y A. Conkling
BENZ y. Nannicrre, Daniel y. Dclavan II 3. Perkins
Henry Smith, Terence Farley, Leonard Jerome and
This IL formidable list or candidates Cor one ONCE
but there several more whose names we cannot recall
this moment. Az formidable as II is there s no
doubt but that Of those named may, u he works
hard enough and gets votes enough be next Mayor
For Corporation Counsel the list is qnts
Qua The only that have heard mentioned
John =. Develin, A. Y Lawrence. Richard OiGornan
Isaac Dayton, Chas Spencer David Dudley Field John
X Hackett and John n. Anthem
The asprants for alderrnanic and honors
are no numerous would exclude all other matter
from the HERALD II TO undertake 10 the list
This part OF necessity be postponed until the
her has smmered down into reasonable bounds by the
nominations by the conventions for that purpose.
N'WRoS GENERAL COMMITTEE.
The last evening the Sinclair
House Tos McSpedon In the chair call for the cleo
ton Of delegates City Alderrnanic Counciinanc and
School Conventions, was adopted and will be published
In full in Mondays HERALD.