The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-06-30
MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS.
BOARD OF ALDERMEN.

The Councilmanic MIDDLE and the Corpora
ton COunsel-FOurth Of July-WoOd and
StOne-Market Stock-Thc Mayors VetOes
Overruled.
A stated session of this Board was held yesterday
afternoon at two O'clock and owing, no doubt, to
the fact that the preparations for celebrating the
coming GLORIOUS Fourth" were to be completed,
there was very full attendance of members, en-
poyes, lobbyists and dlsnterested spectators. The
weather was warm, but there was a good breeze
stirring and as there were many members present
lengthy preliminary caucus was held before the
chamber doors were opened and matters were set on
the wheels SO that they would glide along smoothly
After the disposition of the ordinary routine
business and the introduction of resolutions
which are to 'lay over,n Alderman Hardy
offered preamble and resolution requesting
the Counsel to the Corporation instruct the Board
whether the proceedings of the Common Council. in
which the "old" Board Of Councilmen had taken
part, could be considered "binding" In view Of the
fact that the Court OF Appeals has decided that the
law continuing the "old" Board Of Councilmen in
office was unconstitutional The resolution, after an
explanation by Alderman Hardy to the effect that the
Croton Aqueduct Department refused to recognize
the action OF the sold" Board, and that the opinion
Of the legal adviser OF the city government should be
had in the matter, was adopted, and the Board then
was greeted with an invitation from the Tammany
Hall Committee to attend the Convention to be held
on the Fourth Of july The invitation was Of course,
received The Committee on Markets presented
report authorizing the Comptroller to issue bonds OF
market stock to the amount of $40, 000 bearing In
teres at the rate Of seven per cent per annum, the
interest to be PAYABLE semt-annually In May and
November and the principal to become due on May /,
1897. The report was received and placed on file.
= A lengthy petition was then presented to the
Board, signed by citizen Of the Nineteenth ward,
who felt very sore about the report In the HERALD
OF Tuesday last in regard to a former petition by
him asking for the readjustment of the boundary
lines of his DrODcrty. The DeLtiOn nrpSentp1
terday says that the report In the HERALD of Tues
day last reflected severely on him and on those men,
bers of the Board who saw t to favor his petition.
The report In question merely gave the matter II
came up In the Board and was publicly commented
on by member. Had the Alderman from the dis
trict In which the property IL located explained
what his misrepresented constituent wanted the
matter would, no doubt, have been settled without
any troubles but when an official supposed to repre-
sent district takes too much the neglect of the in
terests and wishes Of his constituents and allows
matters such rs the one alluded to to go unexplained
the represented CD parties must not be surprised at
the results. The petition yesterday fully explained
the matter and showed 1t to be legitimate pro eed-
ing and II was referred to the Finance Committee.
Alderman Cuddy's resolution In relation to the
celebration OF the Fourth was taken up. A motion
70 amend by making the amount to be appropriated
$l5,OO instead OF $50 900 lost, and motion to
make the Committee consist OF instead Of five
was adopted. The committee appointed comprised
Aldermen Cuddy, Moore, McGrath, Conner, Coulter,
Hardy and White. The resolution to pave Lafayette
place With McGonegal pavement was adopted, but
subsequently the vote was reconsdered and the
resolution laid over. Resolutions were adopted to
pave Bond street. Rivington street, from BOwery to
Mangin street, Fourth street. from BOwery to Sixth
avenue, and Aston place with McGonegal pavement.
The Board, being by this time well into the harness.
took up resolutions which had been vetoed by the
Mayor and proceeded to dispose Of them in short
order, going over the Mayors veto without the
slightest APPARENT twlnge The resolutions adopted
over the veto directed the paving Of Second avenue
from Fourteenth to Nineteenth street, Nineteenth
street from Third to Sixth avenue Cortlandt street.
Dey street. Fourteenth street from University place
to Eighth avenue, Twenty-ninth street from Eighth
to Ninth avenue, and from Third to Sixth avenue
with Ncolson pavement. Resolutions were adopted
directing the paving OF Laight street with Brown
Miller pavement and OF a number Of streets
up town with the Belgian pavement Then
the Board got up among the vacant and
sunken lots In the irrepresslbles "deestreak' and
agreed to fence some In Seventyninth and Eightieth
streets, between Third and Fourth avenues and I'll
with good and wholesome earth" others IN Fifty
eighth and Fifty-nnth streets, between Lexington
and Third avenues. resolution to pave Waveriey
place with McGonegal pavement was lost and reso-
uons to divide the First ward into six election dis
tricts and the Eighth ward into seventeen election
districts were adopted. Resolutions were intro
duced by the Alderman with the poetical prRnomen
to pave Sixteth, Fify-drst, Fiythrd Sixty-fourth,
Forty fourth and evcntyseventh streets with trap
block pavement. An invitation was accepted to re-
ceive marching salute from the First division N. q.
D. n. Y. on saturday morning next at halfpast eight
O'Clock, at the Everett House. large amount OF
other unimpOrtant business was transacted and the
Board adjourned to meet again on Thursday next
at two T.. NJ.