New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-08-26
BOARD OF HEALTH.

| EXTRAORDINARY PROCEEDINGs--OSE PCBLIC
AND TWO PRIVATE SESSIONS IN ONE DAY.
Yesterday the Board of Health was IN private
session up to one o'clock D. m az which hour, being tho
regularly appointed for public meeting they opened
the DOORS There presentM Mr. Lincolnthe President
with Messrs Stone Crane, Swinburne, Stephen Smith
Henry Smith, Brennan, Manerre, and Bosworth. DR.
Stone. abiding to report Of the proceedings at
private meeting lately given IN city paper
remarked that he thought IL q very dshonog
able act TO betray private proceedings to the
public IN that manner. Not that he cared about any
thing he said did being made public but II part was
reported, all should be. He had been informed hat tht
acting Secretary the person who furnished that re-
port lie would ask that gentlemen whether ne ad done
so Mr. Hastings aGkn0wie1gSu TO ''5ng even ,nI
report but said he understood thaJ the secretary had
been instructed To do or at least tha was leit 10 ms
discretion Commissioner Mdnierre said, whatever is
transacted by this Board whether ~ pubic or prvae
session put the record ana such being the case Is
mcpf authorizing the Board of Health 10 hold It's pro
ccedings public private, Just as II pleased. DIR.
S Safe meStBg at Which The character Of an
individual was under investigation made public, az least
observation-disclosures Brennan reqHestcd 10 know what the
matter was OIL abouti laughter lie had heard
The matter of the report here went over temporarily
and the Board proceeded TO deal with routine business
$50 East FoIy.seventhst asked TO be exempted from
the further operation OF the Tenementilguse ae ne
being complained OF for negectng the provisions oi tha
act. HIS application was denied De- Nichols owner OF
tenementhouse, No $40 East seventeentlst made
t ions If NE snpefGtendent Daniel Becker owner
Of tenement house, No. goo sixth.st, was sim..
East Twentyrnthst, J. W. Johnson, No 2o1 East Forty
cichtrst; {. j. Dlnkel, Nos 5i9 Sl2 81; last lEiriy
a Sherman Nos "a to 6J4 Second ave- Several apPca
tons OF routine nature aud possessing no public inter
est were entertained and acted upon In al these cases
the Board Is generally strict IN eNying compliance VII
the law, ana almost lvaauy ayl Ul W.
granted several officers " the Board the time lot c1
road 4 81,
Penn calling attention 10 his new Instrument IoI 'cstrg
Here the Board fciI into tho old rut again. comnis-
soncr swiuburne proposed The following tes1.9,'H.
trspssetoh Of Ial, q sah Is-,,a coliss lat
Tndgo Bosworfh would like the Commissioner 20 eV.
plain what Id meant by private ue',ing on , that
character Commi.sioner sN1nhIne sai' m meI.H-s
should be above board Commissioner Mauicrre could
yyGd he desirable to hay, privacy observed, when
discussing disease sc. Dr. stone remarked mat
am Immature state that they ought not 90 be
published without the authority Of no Board me "h9
Of n was MI brennan moved that the resolution Doe Ad
on the table aud the motion was carried. suddenly bi
stone protested that be had been taken unaware ana
Commissioner Smith observed that tue Rendering COM
pany carrying away 10, oi mater rom hi3o;
ne RoaTd Mr. Lincoln sad no had hoard Of ha matter
and had notified the parties THAR would not De tolerated
Commissioner smith moved that the New- YORK l'tNa,i
~ fer contract ON and after me 10th u September
sanicrre would vote 90 nave them removed
AZ once; Mr. Lincoln said Lc Bad been uylk lOf yea"
IN have them removed Commissioner Smith, instead OF
his original motion substituted one directing That ihis
matter be made the special business OF tue next Wcehly
meeting Tie motion was seconded by Nr Naulcrtc aud
carried unanimously. Col Bliss submitted resolution,
That ii shall be the duty Of the Attorney aud ssista
Attorney search the records IN NcwHork ana Brook
lyn and especially TO ascertain tho OWhcih OF any prop
erty requested 20 do 80 by the superintendent
IN New York and Assistant superintendent a. BlJOh}b
and 10 forward the results 10 them. Carried
Al this iuncture the odd sore was touched
again. A member remarked that Lo was for ~ pub
lefty aud no privacy Commissioner Brennan
thought the member right; reports would gct into
the papers anyhow and tHGy light as wyi Aayc every
thing public. Here II moved that tho Board adjourn
st Ia private session. The motion put and carried
by Yeas and Nays, not reckoning the Chairman Who
ws5 understood to be in favor " publicity Inc ltas
were MessTs. Stone, Crane, Smith H. smith, Man!ellt
BOsworth; Nays, Messrs. Blonnan aud bWlnOuIhe
Hereupou the Board adjourned " TIE lower apartments
20 iii IN private .,
Ths private session was understood 70 DC not 20 much
a distinct sitting as continuation Of tho private one
held first The subject Of elaboration az these sessions
Is not AZ an secret notwithstanding the AR OF mystery
thrown around them 10 Is very well understood that u
was the trial OF young Mr. lincoln, the Presidents son,
on certain charges Of neglect OF duty and the result was
perfectly well known the moment u vas arrived ~,
ihoreby iustfyug what Commissioner Brennan had pre-
viouay said that the reporters wOdld GET hod VL Le
news anyhow. Young Mr.. Lincoln was dismissed