New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-04-10
work Before the LegisistUre'
CHANGING ALDERMAYIC DISTRICTS OF NEW 70


The bill introduced in the Senate by Mr.. Lat
proposes to amend the charter Of the city follows The
City of New York shall be divided into 81 AdermsncDi%
trcts. as follows:
living southery line draw through Franklin ST. TO the
ter Broadway down Broadway the center Of LeonaId
he Intersection Of the Bowery and Dvisionst then dow9
the center Of Catharnes TO the East River thence by Ba
trmk Channel and the city boundary TO the place Oh
The Second District shall be bounded southwstey by IL
First District Cathsrinet, thence through 20 center q
Dsont Grands, down the center 10 East River, anA
thence TO point opposite Cstharne'st
The Third District shall be bounded southery oy
District Franklin thence northerly ny the center
broadway the center Of Houon westerly along TO As
Hudson River and thence to the center OF Franklnst
The Fourth District shall be bounded souhery BY the Tn
District Leonard Baxter and Chath.msts .hencs up ~
Of the Bowery to the center Of Houstoai 'hsnos
along to Broadway down to Leonardst
The Fifth District shall be bounded By the Third Dst,,
the Of Beecker 10 Carmine through the CEN
ter Of the same up 70 srhaye through 70 AZ
teenth to the Hudson River and thence to Houston st.
The Sixth Ds.;; snail b SSpna,d o f On
Bowery; down the Bowery to Divisionst
The seventh District shall bounded westerly by the Fla
District on Hancock Blocker and Carminests and tne
Sixth Greenwich aud thence eastsry
The center OF
Eighth District shall be bounded souhery oy tns -
through the center stanton thence thross
the to the East River and by the city boundary %
Tie Ninth District shall be bounded southery BY the FIN
District on Fourteenths, thence through the center
Seyenhave Twenty seyentht thence throug the cs'
ter TO the Hudson River and down TO Fourteenth,st
The Tenth District shall be bounded westerly oy tse oeVe
District Secondave thence through center OF HousonS
10 Norost TO through to the center OF Clntoo'
ST. and Avenue Is to Ninth-st along 70 secondGe. -
The Eleventh District shall be bounded southeriy by -
Seventh District Foursenthst, through the center
Fourth ave- TO Fourteenth ..,.s .ou,,.-,v no ess
Eighth District on stanton-s thence through the cent?
Of Cnton.st and to Eghhst along to the kase
The Thirteenth District 70 be bounded southery By -
S1s DD I" 70 Hudson RIVER
and thence down "a Twenty .seyenth,1-
re psTc on EsShs thence ts the center 4
Avenue 70 the center OF Nnhst taroSsn % SeoVSe 49,
The fifteenth District shall bounded westws,dy by ~
Thirteenth District Eghhave thence through the coaee
OF Twenty seventhst to Seventh ave. TO Twenty fhst,
Thrdave along to Thrysighthst through the center -
The Sixteenth District shall be bounded sOuthery BY Ia
Seventh and Fourteenth Districts on FOarteenih s:ss
East River and thence down to Eourteenthr
The Seventeenth District shall be bounded so4eery y -
Eghhsve Fifty ninths through the center q
Thc EsbcenS District sha Be bounded .ouisry BY IL
Sixteenth District on Twenty sixih.'t tessse through -
eelter Of Thirdave to e tee IAN asf sse
TIE Nineteenth District shall be bounded southerly o -
Ficeath District on thence ssrsasa -
and thence down 70 Es.,y .seSond-,t ,,,., 3, u.a
and Eighteenth Districts on forysiIh.st aeac
Tnirdsve and Fftyninhst. thence through Eighthsvs
One hundred TO the Harlem Bve
the East River by the City boundary inoiudiao
BackwelIs Island 10 Forty -sixthst -.
The Twenty first District shall embrace all that part OF ~
City lying northery Of ine drawn through ~
center Eighty sixth St. from the North River to the esntee
Eghihave One hundred and tentbst to the darsn
Rvert City boundary IN Hell Gate including Wards La
and Randas Island and all the other Islands IN Hell Gets
Long Island Sound and Harlem River that are within ~
circuits of the city.
The term service OF each Alderman now 10 ONCE aha
cease on the first Monday Of January 1857 Anew Board
the Charter election 70 be held on the as
Tuesday December 1866 Pursuant 10 the provisions
and $50 section Of the law proposed to DO amended To
elected shall be cassed IN the manner therein
provided for and hold office for the respective terms therein
prescribed.