, 1875-06-23


made to abolish the place.
The Mayor and Comptroller yesterday concluded
th9sr conference on tin colectlon Of city taxe4 ~
Affected By tho decision Of tbs anrrono Court IN
tho tax-sprcal casen Of 1879. The Law Depart.
mont arc Of tho opinion that tho taxes Of 1879
mol tod up by appeal to tho supson,o Court aro
still sacured by itout npon tho property, and will
t'e COLLECTED at tho noxs GcnAthl tAx.isry.
Whether or not ttrY 10 collected itT,incdIhto-
y nv esas q teao sus - sneest y't ns9t ,s9t
arc not at all nvn1idatcl by tho ecieton. fot tho
reaaon tllat Judgment will be rendered upon
then, In accotdanco Will, tho "a'cntte1 law. Do-
yond 'it.!o further ,lelay /, /, collecting shem'
Adams, N already published arc thu opinions OF
al. nnd consequently m efyort will bn made 10
el,sMge ths man,or Of assessing or collecting
taxes.
THE pC1icE HOARD.
Corporaton Cotlnsn! picker has prepared 4
voiumlnons opinion for Mayor Colvin on tue
legality VI aboi,hhInR tho roi,ce Doard, and Will
submit II 10 tho Mayor to-day. What It con-
tains the Judge refuses to ttcloae. leaving tho
epln,on And the Mayor to toll their OWL etorlea.
IL is perfectly safo. owosor. to nsaost that the
opinion ia not one cacntatcd to allow the Police
Commissioners to setain their jurisdiction. Some
timo ago Judge Dickey tieehlod tho case agntnst
tho po"er to sholal, tho board. elIousll.
i ino fiji 1ua paricuars ' rhs 70 opinion @ Nv thsa n
rendered was eithor destroyed by tho
Mayor or showed iuso waeto-paper bsskot. and
hns mover boon hoard Of. This following Sunday
ton about matters IN general ~ Affected by
the charter Of 1871 Tive ,1"ess'on thea came
up. hut Waa yDou dropped like , eea.h0t iron.
Nothing fustliHr Has heard concerning 1t until
last Tuesday Or Wednesday,. "hen. y e said on
good authority, tho entra forco Of iegal ativaors
u tile clty had q consultas!on IN tho u'atsor iu
tile Grand pacitlo Hotoi. Tho Law Depa.ssnsnt
propez was thun opposed to the abollahiug Of
tho Hoard until tho expiration Of CommisMonor
Slseridan's torn. but tbs otior lawyers thought
It IN tho power Of Thu ssyor to
abolish It at pleasure. During all this timo a
Iargn and would-bo powerful faction hATo bean
working tooth auu mil for. Tho overtusntng Of
tho poiice board. ior tbs exp.ess purpose Ut
him absolute power over tie POLICE forco. II
th,a faction las succeeded, thou tue Forthcoming
opinion will glss tho Commissioners abont A.
1,uel M thor can attend to for 'o remainder OF
their terms; if not, theu Mayor Colyin, for ono,
viii DO salty dinappoatase'i.
THE noh1D or HEALTH.
The regular weekly meeting Of the Bonrd Of
Hoalth was bold at their rooms yeaterday aitor-
Commissioners Moore, McDornptt, aud 1Iooko,
Dzs GesgeE aud Miller. Preparatory to tho for
NAL session, sonlo lltslo talk ensued about tho
prospects Of tho board. nasmltch rs tho Commits
teo Of tho Whole bud toon TT to cut out Of tlo
Appropriation bill their nssagre salaries. They
hopod that tho Council would do botter by them,
but whether they did or pot they evinccd de-.
termination to continue to sorye Oh tho board
until tho expiration OF THAR respective terms.
The stntas5 snpcrpscndens's report shows
deaths, au :! increaao Of u oter tbq
oorrospoudtng1 woek Ut last yesf sud
tlecroase OF ~ compared With tho previous
week. There died Of convulsous II; conhnmp-
tiun. O.; acctdonts, /; measlcs, @; .pneumonia,
/; old hge, .; foyer. 3; hydEocepha!Ms, ctoI-
era tnfan.in., q. 1'ne1a ware maloa, &! fena'es<
10; married. u; sInglo, 10; colnred. .; undes
! year Of aRe, 81. Tho moan temperature for
The Health onlner's report staten TINT during
tho same tlmo thcfo moro AS 3nnisatsco-noticca
servoi; 4A nnsancos abatea; 157'scwor.noticcd
n ~ 81 hs
condeulEied an unit for food. Appended to tho
report was tho following re1uost, witch waa
unanimously answerod in tho affirmative:
s s tso I s e
poar' 10 ler1a1ta ID elean vaia1ts hhve becn ssscd
from s4!s oce since tic 1ssh lust. tn any ncavenger,
tllS oonsractor. Th4 action On our part has gwen
great Iaeasssotion In tie scsYenEer fraternity wAo
a,oT tie,F II intention S pursuing 'hos yoean
of tho Board. Soma Of tleao hare liccnsea for Tho
current yeas, bn. have rcf'acd to dacrImnate be-
~ surersellnR all aetIon under tho former and 70
pealo1 ordinances. Shall rrGsecnto all Offenders
Jol1a Held, Health -Oltcc..
Tho Sanitary Committee 1eported that thoY
had conferred with tho authoritten of tho Town
Of Laka In reference to tho rendering and pack
tnE establishments In that town, and that they
wera about to PASS au ordinance prohibiting
rendering without suitable apparatus for con-
densing, and other appliances for doing away
With al! nuisance. When this Ia pnancd they pro.
poso to lssuo pcrntta to only those lotlacR whose
machinery In these reapoctH IL pronounced by
themselves aud tho Board Of Health to 10 satis-
factory. After tranaActsng souaa minor buninces
tho Board adjourned.