The New York herald., 1875-12-29
THE MUNICIPAL SOCIETY.
A Vigorous Effort by Earnest Men for
Better Government.
ADDRESS OF DoRMAN B. EATON
Constitution and Bylaws Of the
New Society.


whose object should be to for the city Of New
York better laws an honest and efficient administra
tion Of its affairs and the reduction OF the city debt
On the following day the society Incorporated, ana
its certificate approved by Judge Noah Davis, OF the
Supreme Court Of the state The membership mas
rapidly increased by the cooperation OF men OF wealth
and sterling integrity until there are now seventy
eight names on the roll Among the names SO recorded
those Jackson Schultz exmember Of the famous
Committee OF Seventy, member OF the Chamber OF
Commerce and a merchant in Cliff street; Cornelius
r. Agnew the well known physician; Theodore Roose-
welt, merchant, OF Maiden lane, and well known as
trustee for several local charities Howard Potter
OF Bishop Potter, member ef the Chamber OF Com
merce and OF the banking house Of Brown Brothers
Co, Wall street, Dorman B. Eaton, ex-member OF the
Committee Of Seventy President OF the society,
and lawyer, Of No II Pine street; Lewis L. Dcahed,
lawyer, No 40 Exchange place; William E. Dodge, Jr,
President OF The Young Mems Christian Association,
and merchant, No 10 Clin street Theodore W. Dwight
lawyer and professor Of municipal law Columbia
College Law School; Henry Scudder lawyer, No. SO
Wall street; George Cabot Ward, banker, No 81 Wall
street. Parke Goodwin editor OF the Ecening Post James
M. Constable, merchant No. sSl Broadway; Albon r.
Man, Commissioner OF Education, and lawyer No. SO
Wall street; Levi Parsons Morton, Of the banking
house OF Morton, Bliss Co, M, Broad street. Sam
President Of Chamber OF Commerce the state of
New York, and banker No. Wall street; George Q.
Wetmore, merchant No. 800 Greenwich street, Francis
b Thurbcr Secretary OF the Cheap Transportation As.
sociaon, and merchant No ll6 Reade street; Charles
Stewart Smith, merchant, No rs Worth street;
Alfred c. Hoe builder No. 10 Liberty place, Sinclair
Tousey, member OF the Chamber of Commerce, and
President Of the American News Company, No. 119
Nassau street; Benjamin B. Sherman of the Com
mittee OF Seventy, and President Of the Mechanics
Bank, No SO Wall street; Henry NJ. Taber member of
the Cotton Exchange, aud merchant, No. 13o Pearl
street; Joshua Hendricks merchant No 10 Cr street
Benjamin C. Wetmore, lawyer, No. Pine street;
George b. Butler, lawyer, Broadway and Chambers
street; Joseph Seligman, Commissioner OF Education
and banker, No. q Broad street, Oswald ottendorfer,
editor of the Stats Zetua0; Charles Watrous lum-
Der merchant, No 1o2 Wall street; William H. Wiley,
merchant. No 14S Readc street; Henry H. Spaulding,
merchant, No. so Worth street; Samuel d. Bussell,
builder. No 1855 West Houston street; Benjamin w.
Floyd member Of the Produce Exchange and provision
packer No 26S Broome street; A. r. Whitney, mer-
chant No 5s Hudson street, Charles G. Francklyn,
agent OF the Cunard steamships No Bowling Green
Isaac v Brokaw clothier Nos 2s TO "a Fourth avenue
Thatcher NJ Adams, lawyer No. 61 Wall street. Robert
NJ Strepeigh No East Forty-ffth street; Barnet L.
Solomon importer, No. G57 Broadway John B. Cor
gins merchant, No. s4 White street; Samuel Thorne
No East Forty-lfth street, Edward Solomon, ex-
Governor Of Wisconsin, member of the Committee of
Seventy and lawyer, No. Wall street. Josiah NJ. FIsKe
-four merchant No. is South street, Simon Stern cx-
member of the Committee of Seventy ex Commits
soner OF Charities and Corrections No 362 Broadway
DAVID Dows, member Of the Produce Ex-
change, and merchant, No. 20 South street;
Havlah NJ. Smith, carpenter, No 35 North Moore
street; Smith Chit, lawyer NO Is West Twenty ninth
street, Henry Bergh President OF the Society for the
Prevention Of Cruelty to Animals No 100 East Twenty
second street; Charles +. Whitehead, lawyer No. 81
Wall street; Rush G. Hawkins, x-member Of Assem-
bly, lawyer, No "a Broadway; Hugh Auchincoss mer-
chant, No Al White street; Dr. stephen Smith, ex-Com-
missioner OF Health No % West Forty street;
L Randolph Robinson lawyer No 102 Broadway;
Benjamin H. Hutton, merchant, No. 32l Broome street;
Henry CIausen Jr Vice President of the Brewers and
Matsters Insurance Company, and brewer, No. 800
East Forty seventh street; Benjamin T. latham, mer-
chant No 81 Beekman street; Robert Hoe Jr, presses
No 504 Grand street. William II. Appleton, book pub
Usher No. $40 Broadway; Frederick Setback,
ber Of the Committee OF Seventy President Of the Ger
Society Of the City Of New York. ana Comms-
sioner OF Emigration, No. Is Broadway; Charles H.
lsham, leather merchant, No 81 Gold street; William
Stenway, piano manufacturer, No. l09 East Fourteenth
street; Henry T. Hoguet, President OF the Emgrant
Industrial SNings Bank, and auetoneer No III Duane
street; John Stephenson, car builder, No. AZ East
Twenty seventh street. and Frederick d. Tappen Prcs-
dent OF the Gallatln National Bank No. SO Wall street.
The society has been Incorporated under name of
The New York Municipal Society The President Is Dor
man b Eaton, the Vice President Samuel d. Babcock
and the Secretary Robert NJ. Strebeigh.
CERTIFICATE NCoRPoRAToN
We, Jackson S. Schultz, Dorman B. Eaton, Henry
J. Scudder, John II. Sherwood, Theodore w. Dwight,
George O. Wctmore and Lewis l.. DolaGed, each Of
whom is OF ul age and citizen Of the State of New
York and OF the United States, desiring to form
poraton pursuant TO the provisions OF the 26Ith chap
OF the Laws OF 1879, entitled "An act for the ncor
poration Of societies or clubs for certain lawful pur
poses" do severay sign and acknowledge this certin
cate, with the following provsions:-
l. The name Of the society shall be ''The New York
Municipal Society,"
z The business of the society shall be the acquis-
tion and OF such proper amount of real property
furniture and other personal property as the society
may need the collection, care and disposition OF its
revenue; investigation ana advice in reference to the
increase, censure suspension or expulsion Of It's mem
bcTs any Of them the institution and care OF any
proper suits or proceedings and the defence Of any to
which the society maybe made party; the care OF
the Office and place OF mceting the fixing of saarles
the auditing and payment oi clamsi the printing and
circulating OF publications. and such other details Of
buaness character as may be appropriate to the ac-
omplishment OF the object OF the society The object
OF the society Is to better laws and honest ei
cient and economical administration for the city or
New York; the reduction of taxation and OF the city
debt In said city, aud also to aid IN securing good
municipal and otner laws and administration in
affecting the State OF New York.
3 The number Of directors OF the society shall be
twelve.
t.
Spaulding John II. Sherwood, Charles s. Smith
Francis B. Thurber, Edward Solomon, Sinclair
Tousey Thatcher M. Adams, John Ii. Hall, Will
tam VI. Lee Samuel Thorne and Oswald ottendorfer
Ia testimony whereof each OF the parties FIRST above
named does hereby subscribe his name hereto, this
hteenth day OF December, in the year one thousand
eight hundred and sevcnty-hvc, at the city Of New
York.
JACKSON 5. SCHULTZ, GEORGE C. wETM0RE,
DORMAN Is. EATON. LEWIS l.. DELAFlELD,
THEODORE W. DWIGHT, HENRY J. sCUDDER
JOHN H. SHERWOOD,
State Of Ne,o Fork city and County Of Nec FORK, ss-
On this l5th day Of December, IN the year 1879, be-
lore personally appeared Jackson ). schultz,
Uormsn b. Eaton, Henry ]. Scudder, John H. Sher-
wood, Theodore W. Dwight, George G. Wemore and
Lewis L. Deahcld to me known to be the indvidu-
ais described in the foregoing certificate, and they
sevcrally before signed the said certificate, and
acknowledged that they signed the for the pur-
poses therein mentoned.-HENRY ARDEN Notary Pub
iic Kings County, with certificate filed in New York
County
i approve Of the form OF the within certificate and
consent to approve Of the creation OF tile corpora
ton and TO tie fling Of said certificate
NOAH DAVIS, Justice Supreme Court.