The New York herald., 1871-12-12
KINGS COUNTY MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS.


Meeting Of tho Board Of fAIdermen-Brooklyn yn
City Canvass.
The Board OF Aldermen met at three O'Clock yes
terday and organized nrst as Board OF City Can
vassers. Alderman Clancy In the cnair.
The Committee on Rules and Election Returns
presented their report OF the votes cast for city ON
GERS at the last election and attached TO 1t was the
followiDg:-
The Common Council OF the city OF Brooklyn. act
the several election districts OF the city Of Brook
lyn at The general election held Tuesday. N0vem-
ber 7, 1871 after careful canvass and estimate OF
said votes, do hereby determine ana Oeclar0 tnat
the following named persons have received the
highest number or votes for the several oices here
For Mayor-samuel g. Powell.
For For Com omDtroler-Frederick %lsI A; Schroeder:
For Auditor Nelson Shaurman.
:, For Collector OF Taxes and Assessments-Lemuel
Justices OF the Peace-Third district, Thomas M.
Riley Fourth distrtct Charles B. Elliott; Fifth dis
trct. Thomas Eames; sixth district James Cassidy.
Rnsv vaES Charles xa4a Ms pnS
Seventh ward Charles b. Wyie; Ninth ward, Jonn
McGroarty; Eleventh ward, Andrew J.. Foster;
Thomas Macpnerson Seventeenth ward, John A.
Connolly; Nineteenth ward, Joseph p. Waiter;
supervisors ward, owen Murphy;
Fourth ward. Frederick J. Hosford; Sixth ward.
oeT W nst9 rUst waa Gnaes
Thomas Sheridan; Fourteenth ward, Jonn Carroll;
Sixteenth ward. Matthias j. Petry; Eighteenth ward,
Twenty second ward, George W. Richards.
Alderman RICHARDSON offered the following
o spoEn as IN tie M
Inspectors OF Election In the First District OF the
sixth ward, proved such unlawful and fraudulent
action on the part or said Inspectors as 10 tnat the
returns from said district were utterly unreliable
and untrue In their statements,
Resolved, That the returns of the First darct Of the
WQr
vass Of the votes for o,iy and ward officers
After considerable debate the resolution was
voted down and the report adopted.
The committee then adjourned sine die.
COMMON COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.
ness, Alderman Bergen In the chair.
protest was received from q number OF prop
erty owners against the extension OF the Middle
Village and North Second street Railroad line
through North First and Little Water streets. The
resolution adopted at previous meeting OF the
board was reconsdered. and referred back to th 9
Tne Lamp and Gas Committee submitted their re.
port and ofered resolution 10 the effect tnat the
proposals OF the different gas companies TO furnish
gas for the use OF the city at 81 IS per looo feet be
accepted.
sertlng the proposals OF the company TO light and
extinguisn the lamps at one cent each.
man sir the e se n
ton was adopted, he would oner document reat
ing to the subject.
Alderman Richardson supposing that 1t was the
same as his amendment withdrew his motion.
Tne report and resolution were then adopted and
Alderman Clancy's report was simply to the effect
that the cOmmllJee had examined the proposal O
the companies 10 light ana put out the lamps at one
cent each. and deemed 1t inexpedient to accep,
them.
This was also adopted.
Alderman RICHARDSON then introduced resOu
tt0n to the effect that the Street commissioner be
directed TO advertise for proposals to do the work
but that was also voted down.
A petition was received from the hackmen o
Brooklyn asking the Common Council to adopt an
ordinance preventing any persons, except by its
regularly licensed cabmen or owners or vehicles
from driving through the streets OF Brooklyn with
passengers.
Referred to the Law Committee
The Board then adj j0urned.