The New York herald., 1871-11-21
Mr.. HUNTER. Treasurer, submitted the followtngs-
SUBSCRIPTIONS RECEIVED.

it was then moved to go into executive session.
tive session he woua ike 20 i cs
the committee to the subject OF proposed eglSlati0n
navs new charter FOR the @ city o. brooklyn wncn
would be sweeping In many of It's changes. bcIOro
s Ras % the
slblity Of preparing It, 1t seemed to him tnat ho
commitscs mad no time 70 Lose rt M ssss was suDecs @
unit on this subject It would only bc aissr
up VSS,a sSs Subject 'N as soon % as poss:Sis:
SAINT san With the sentiments Of the members Of that
t in no way so well as by giving the people the best
city government they could have he was OF tue
opinion that they mad better conHder at once whas
changes should be made.
M. DRiuos agreed with Mr.. Tracy that the mat
sd np Deen aeen Thsy had invited
| tioTs of men OF experience and ability, ana no
IN que time they Would Ss s1e 70 gave to
| the report One Of the suggestions which tney
should Incorporate was that the water axes e. sacsc
Mr.. A. A. Low said he did not know upon whos
grounds they wanted new charter: M. Henry G:
/ Murphy and others had spent months IN framing
tho present city charter, and NO was Of the opinion
they should be slow in assuming thai the present
Mr. briggs said inc committee had paid partcu-
Jar attention to The present charter 50 far - they
Mr. BARNES was glad the charter was to be over.
hauled. He was opposed to the primary system Of
election and thought the general elections should %
| separated from the municipal electl0ns..
| Mr. Stewart L. WoOdford here entered the ro0ns
| and the committee went Into executive sesb1Ou.
Meeting OF tho Connmittee Of Flfty. -
The Reform Committee OF Fifty met last night -
their rooms, 3o7 Fulton street. NJ Samuel Hutcni-
son, chairman, presiding. tsssfv itl,
Mr. briggs offered his resignation ~ member Of
the committee from the fact that he was Q member
OF the Committee Of Forty and could not serve on
both. HIS resignation was accepted.
met 1t ten O'Clock IN the morning. and had a1-
pointed the chairmen OF the following suh-con1-
nttees with the understanding that each chairman
was TO choose two members Of the Committee Of
Comptroilers' ofice, E. r. Backhouse; Auditor
and Assessors ONCE, John 8. Roberts; Tax ONCE
Julian Allen: Water Board +. w. Kalbneisch; Ex-
else and Street Commissioners, 7. N. Rocker; Park
Commissioners, Luther O. Carter; Bridge Uom-
MISSION AMBROSE Snow; Commissioners OF Cnart-
ties John Young; City and County Treasurer Nor
ris Reynolds. Ts W 800 s11f4
MT. BAcKnousE moved that committee be ap-
pointed to wait on the Committee Of seventy IN New
York Carried.
Messrs, Reynolds, Kalbneisch and Luther O.
Garter were appointed as such committee. 4.
Messrs. Charles Dennis, X. II. Chtttonden,
william Hepburn, Daniel X. Robbins, Andrew B.
Martin, Jonn French, william Finley. James
the Committee Of Fifsy The Secretary was directed
TO address q letter TO the savings banks s0licidng
subscriptions. The Executive Committee was au-
thorized to prepare an address to the citizens OF
Brooklyn setting forth the objects and requirements
OF the committee. 4
The committee resolved to meet every Tuesday
ana Saturday evening, ami the Executive C0hi-
mittee It nine O'Clock every morning