, 1875-05-21

ASSwEGlSe TllHsE l:t-nHoaAToErE9.
The con.ompt,,ous Aldermen mad thelr 1egal
ous,!rila.c1al t,cs Yesterday afternoon In the
cynu,;tscv.soom Off tho City Clerks ollico, In
eccres scatiou aE usual! Az IL rs1ss1 Oh oil much
occAr,ona. Tin: YE1nu:i reporter spisltuazed
n,:li obtaital the following account Of their
1,ecs,nG. Yhoro wcra present 4 tnaiority OF tho
conte,,4ntuo,:s Aldermen, their loyal I.,adriatcr.
Il, atayor ttolrin. aud AEs'stnnt Corporation
Cyuaacl I.ta,un. wla hiss drafted most Of tho
srsvers to il.a lntcuocatorlcH fled by the Gtl-
xcuL' Association III III" snattor Of tho contempt.
Ii,c4o auswcls formed tie topic Of yca:erday'b
conversation.
Tho first low in.orrogototiea ere unimrortant,
atal cap but 10 answered In tEe affirmative.
Tbs an.wer to tho gevcntl, interroSa.ory 10
fet.nd in Wednesday, evenings CowEci1 pyoceca-
,usu, .,ors cspGS1aly that natt y hc!s relates 10
tho recommendation Of AID. uilGreth, Foloy,
end Lensncner that ille haTor and Comptroller
b. empowered tu empioy n<ltistonai legal assist
Rrco, ....... ...
hnawcr to tic cvh,1, In:cgrcGatory, no.
Tho ansner to tho niutll, tenth, nad eleventh
IuteryoeA.o.cA nyo found In The 1et,s! otl,,los.
rlyru to tho Common CourcjI by their legal nd
rtscrA, .. .......
Yhs twelfth. thirteenth, fourteenth, and
fifteenth inttrrnEa:nlias asa aalwcscl by tho
Council proceedings Trf.t; r l., tho Eantion mil
voto Of canYaGslng the yota aiid declaring tho
election.
Tho sixteenth intcssoestoy, relative to at
tacaH on the Cilzn.ls' .Assuc!stion, hid Hllaroih
nuswetb that, N1Nlef tho ADVICE OF hR counsel,
ho declines to auswer uuless tho Court co,npcts
him 10. Tho question. liz nrer+, IL impairment
cuG Irrelevant ana tho action Of an Alderman,
while in session oi Common Council, cannot ba
attacked outside OF that body.
The soveutcouth and eighteenth inter1oGa-
tories nro answered In 4 similar a;ruin by Aid.
Campbell hpu Woohmnp respectively.
g.Ircfnanft, Hft{Fh In t}A
ono referring more particularly 10 tho legal
nuadrilatera, ia answered under protest. Tney
claim that they did not advise tho Conncil to
declare tho vote, but only advised them M to
Tho twentieth lnterrogatozy Ia anawcrel by
ths asaersson TINT all wcso psopcsly served With
copies of the writ.
The inte1ogatory directed to city-Oork For~
rcet In regard to spreading tho vote upon tho
records Ia aua1orod afilrmatiyeiy.
In tho mGeting Of Yesterday afternoon the
atoya nncwers were read before tho assembly by
frank Adalur, and the corresponding questions
rc.o tcceivot. viii, salilea Of laughter bordering
ucon 1iGiculo. Tackled on to tho end was \
lllaf description and history Of tho case, also
tiikit.d by alr. Adams. Tns argument Of the
Aldc.mon will 10 that theg were only influenced
by tho legal opiuion, anil thnt atl tho adsico thoy
received IN tho matter was from these gcttlonlcn.
Tho legal quadtln,eral argus that, iuaa1nuch au
they ~eso onrlosel to assiat tho Corporation
Counsel they were Ill duty bound to giro their
houoBt opinions in ttc casn 30 fur az the law was
concerned. 1ho Aldermen also atloHe Tint no
outsider eaw tue opinion or heard it roud until It
waH produced in sho Common Council. They be-
lsyetl 1t to be their duty 10 CANVASS the yote,
Anl aino TINT tho opinion OF tito Law Department
wan tho oniy correct ono. They also cot forth In
mitigation OF their conluct that, iu consequence
Of the Injunction, the wl,oals Of Koyeralnas,t
were being retarded, and that tho Cou,ptsollc,
WAS annoyed IN consequence during tls progress
OF nia Dcleno to borrow tuoney On the city'e
Cpdis,
Thu Gaze will 10 t1ofonGo1 In JudGn Williams
Court thls morning, but It ~ moro than prublbit
that no a.gl;Eleuta will bo nxtls until next Tuca
tlaT. 1t least this fa wl1at tla lsgal counsel OF
10th sides o. prcaons arc individually III fAyor Of