New-York tribune., 1867-04-23
CITY GOTERNlMEN7.
BOARD OF CoUNCILsrEN.

The Board met pursuant to adjournment at
O'Clock yesterday afternoon, President Brnkman in tho
chair Concurrence had with the Board Of Alder,
men on ordinance setting apart the following the
places Tor stands for hackney coaches be used drv
ing in and around Central Park: Fynlnh st. from the
Fifth 10 the Eighhaye seventhaye east side, between
Fiffyeighth and Fify-ninth-sts Eghthaye., between
Fifty ninth and Sixty secondsstsi Seventy st.
between Eighth and Ninthayes west side OF Fnthave,
between Seyentyfrst and scyenty-secondsts, and IN
One-hundred and-tenth-st, between Fifth and Eighth
The Board took up for consideration resolution AZ
rcctng David T. Vaeniine Clerk OF me Common Council,
poration for the year s6 at cost not 70 @ exceed o
Board OF Alderman copies 10 the Board Of CouDcll
men, and 2OOO opies TO the Clerk OF the Common Council
20 the foregoing a resolution appointing C0uncilmen
Thomas, Flynn. and stephen Roberts as Committee to
publication OF 600 copies OF the same TO be made dn
Guiding the printing and binding at cost not TO exceed
the lowest bidder, 1000 copies 70 be given to the.
Board Of Aldermen, 1000 copies 70 the Board d. OF Conn
Clerk OF the Common Council In support OF ms d mo
re responsble publishers who would be willing to prepars
this Manual" at % per copy, while at the same tme
nav SO 600 every year for s Manual and be would
like TO have the eyii remrdied. ;Counelnnan hEshr
an authority Courts hut would dispute tbs
capabilities OF the compiler and his worth would not be
sdn resTGed is5 To the ne Which IN
North Amea Rerie,s reeting the publication on Of h,s
and the PREsIDESr put the original paper ON
It's passage, which resulted In @ vote OF Ionfte6h
In the affirmative, 20 nme in the negative....
The President decided the paper lost for want OF COM
sttututional vote An appeal was taken from the dec
sion OF the Chair which resulted in the Chair not beiDa
sustained a vote OF affirmative to In the neg
etivc The President tlkn declared the resolutioni
adopted subsequently motion was made which was
adopted reconsderng the action OF the President in de-
eiarng the resolution adopted and the paper then
laid over. The first General Order taken up
was that directing the Clerk OF the Commont
Council to provide badges gold ones and staves
Of office for the members Of the Common Council
Councilman STACoM wished that the resolution might h~
adopted over the Mayors veto. For some reason 1o
Citizens Association were very anxious 70 give mayUs
Hoffman great deal OF credtmore than ne was properly
entitled TO- The Mayor had gained considerable pops
larlty for yeoing pcayune matters yet OF the Same
he either approved let by default measures wneh
involved the expenditure OF many thousancs OF
councilman GILMORE did not believe ia whitewashins o
Mayor Quito recently his Honor had approved rssoi-
ton giving away a valuable piece OF lanl IoS
post-offce site for mere nonlinal sum WoooooVi,
while at the same time the properly was worth
over s5OOOOO0 this action OF the Mayor night
have been brought about by the fact that he was meIn
ber of the Commissioners OF the Sinking Fund appointed
10 seect site for new Post Office He dr Gilinorel,
thourht consistency jewell in the Mayor as wei!
as I'm any other man" Chairman Hart fully conenrred
in CounciIman Gmore's views that Mayor Hoffman had
approved resolutions anticipating expenditures OF many
thousands OF dollars yet whom small ~ matter came up
he saw proper veto it, The resolution was laid over
The Board then adjourned