New-York tribune., 1870-09-13
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
CITY GOVERNMENT.

BOARD OF ASSISTANT MISUNDERSTANDING TIE
CENSUs-ELECTION DISTRICTS.
The Board of Assistant Aldermen met at 2
p IN, yesterday, President Calvin in the chair and
oeiyed the following communication from the MAYER:
MAYORS 0EucE, Sept l2, 1870
oatnn Of he Common CoVRel herewith transmit trip
nsu puusNce Of an act Of the last Legislature b.
to select each election district place for registration and
solrs vii prove agreeable 70 all our cons: nen,s In ~ s'fn @
ssPc 10 Typographical situation ard of accommodation on
Ac Of reai pre- ended federal Censls Numerous complaints
have been preferred this Office by puts chleas and
partial and Ineffective 1t was certainly pros eaea " ss%
m the cty and when hbons were M charge Of servants To
perhaps dsncined PROBABLY unable 70 gTe To
FEDERAL officer because remembers the inq's'0T ''''
oesl e. believe @ ai ss ssHasssoi %s sohSS sSs
h house :" Tere therefore "a n 20 The nnstcy
ma % SSSUPsp'f 81 taxing the census well as @
onlsry diE-llo soquIns ne~ 9 callJ FOR were
ns,s, m S'r a ,H' pbp1h A. special instance Of the Original
Saeo 2 % ps'if 5 , bi PcSr Superintendent Washington had
Oupe blanks inquiry rePcSss m Ss1s cs5 bSsn % Information re-
ssrtg I'm was supplied lat the sP,es equeoi e tne fT @
Be- a 'I S M sl oS may the police he further in.
t VII furnishing Of reliable returns about 'he ieo O' our
snds.on that under corporate authority immediate
f and in varoa, parts Of the to furnish more
cen show ea. discrepancies districts tlafthe the work be
uglo9 te ssTe S M 5 i # Of 6o ne S gfi'i o2 %PSsSS SsrS
sa Inc Tec census Just aiken claimed make apparent
population has not Increased wi,ln ihe past ~ !ess
Ia the me4l time ae city has EXTENDED throughout many
s a % Ies Se SSt bOu y SO additional house.
erected durag years and that re proportion S 'nn E Uul i 81
ears necessity Of oar city gCp9aOa has caused & pre-
h yuc lot and lie and tleeb concentrated
a1r Ugoa every sde has been manifested large de,eC2Gsn
ma itaus yearly crowd within city preeils&ts cts from S al
Don Don .' % 10 ono Of immigrants from without the Union have
.tl lrs
sa. y here " M a5g 60 p0i & as coe authorities Of this great
~ owe 8, tie dut Of protesting against and rcni-
% - Ii M ~ h reron. sGs was ma pua.y BY census
he,d polite rights are 20 be sachoe We ha'ea night asa
a Il ald Legislature When Is remembered that Congress
% n il s & net 70 pslsa Gy MOTIVE for dim u.h ny ae PoDa
nonocauc city would not he srroprae To here discuss
Fce5a statistics needed give color to the uust
fshe many times made in reckless Administration oqr
~ 70 % t be onIy time at which ihe contrary
W m NJ t.r5c5 r b tt same journals was when Federal Oil.
lee necessary 20 make the quota as large as rosoe for the
70 arh.. oftle lien iis unfaTness owi
s5e a ai an oTpo55Si,y was oad Eve years by
State Laaica eu>r' depr.Ie Ne%iorA w o CS IT, ,
population .astay diminished before the new legislative apPOr'
s rcon@e9dqH M % for census test % under % 'orDo.
sGs vs6 rerysde public mind against this aiscre'
Of TIE growth Of New-Ycrk City A oAKEI Hall MAYOR
Hias BY section chapter Of the laws of 1870 il is ecied
SeTlos on or before the si day Of september wear
thereafter Istnc the cty, that each Election D
than 4O elections, taking
tic vote preceding election basis II the Common Counc
shall neglect rcistrct the city, the Mayor
shall before the O day Of September by proclamation establish
the Election lstucs above prescribe and
WAeras Council have neglected district the city
berby lOh tsY Of September 1870 proclaim that the
Elections Districts have been established b.
Goruity vi the slid power rpOsei in me"
Attached The proclamation the Wards and Districts by which
thai te first Ward has election Districts coud Ward has
has - Fifth Ward has 70; Sixth Werd
has Isl Eighth Ward has 49, Ninth Ward has 20
has a. Eleventh Ward has 25 Twelfth Ward has 49, Thr
eUth Wand hss Ward has Il; Fifteenth Ward has 49,;
Sixteenth Seventeenth Ward bss q; Eighteenth Ward has
Wand hiss IL Twenueth W ard has 2i IWenyh has
a Twenty-secori MSrd has -.
The communication Of the Mayor was referred to a
special committee, consisting Of Assistant Aldermen
Robinson. Lysaght Thomas Duffy, Pecher, and Henley
communication was received from the Department
of Public Parks, submitting ordnance creating pub
he fund stock for the erection and equipment of an
Observatory, Museum, and Gallery of Arts in the Cen
tral Park. The stock thus created shall be for an
amount interest of which shall not exceed $4,000 an
nually and be designated Central Park Improve
Fund" the interest TO be paid quarterly and the
principal redeemable thirty years from the day on which
the fund Is created The matter was referred TO the
Committee on Finance. The Board adjourned