New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-01-30
AN HOUR OF FRUlTLEsS VOTING.

THE CORPORATION COUNSEL DECIDES HAT
MAJORITY OF THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN CAN
FLECT A PREsIDENT-BUT 1T is NOT DONE.
The Board OF Aldermen met again yesterday TO
endeayor to organize by the election of president.
Alderman Cavanagh presided. soon after the
Board was called to order a communication was re-
ccived from the Corp ration Counsel giving 1t as ms
opinion that the Aldermen can elect president by
majority of the votes of those present. The 0piIl-
ion IS long. 1t forth that the charter provides
that majority of the Board OF Aldermen sllaI COZ
stltute a quorum. Section six OIL the charter plo-
vides that the Beard shall "choose president from
its own members BY call OF the naes ~ tb tue
provides that the votes of certain proportion OF tue
members elected to the Board shall be necessary for
certain specified purposes; Tor example, vote oil
majority of all the members elected Is necessary TO
pass an ordinance or resolution. Also, I'D case an
ordinance or resolution involves expenditure OF
money the laying of an assessment, the votes OF
threefourths of all tine members elected are neces-
sary to its passage. For expenditures OF moneys i0r
celebration procession the votes 0' fou-nIlh rs Oh
all tine members elected are necessary. Also 10
remove from office president OF the Board tile vote
Of all the members elected are necessary
No special provision however IS made III the clar-
ter IN relation to the number OF votes necessary 10
tine election of president and the case Is therefore
governed by the genera! rules applicable to ards
The oplnioI. was received and placed on he: In
the course of the discussion which followed Alder
man saue: said The CORPORATION Connsefs opH-
honest opinion would be different from what he mas
given us Today"
The Aldermen then proceeded to vote for presi-
dent and took fifteen ballots without result. On
the last ballot Aldermen Fnck, Halves McClave,
Perley Seaman Waite and Wells voted tor Alderman
billiard lItepubicau). and the latter for Alderman
Seaman. Aldermen Autenreith. Cavanagh, heenah
Bernard Kenney Murphy, Power, sauer, >lels and
Strack voted iOI Alderman McAV0y lind' pendent
Tammanyl and Aldermen L. Keuncy, Kirk McAv1y
and Slevm for alderman Sauer IL alnnlany). lhc
Board then Adjourned after considerable debate,
until Tuesday next al noon.
NOT A CHARMING HUSBAND AND FATHER
Mrs. Mary Emma Quick, of No 10 East sixty
fourth-st, appeared in the York Vile Police Court
Yesterday against her husband, William H. quick,
formerly a member OF the Open Board OF Stock
Brokers whom she charged with assault anu bat
tery She averred in her affidavit that last Satur
day night her husband threatened to shoot her and
then violently threw her to the iloor ana hcld her
there and that IN order TO protect herself she liti
been compelled to go in her night-clOtncs 10 me
home of her mother who lives next door. The de-
PENDANT denied having used any unii, c,?saiy VIC
lence. He said that on the night mentioned ms
wife arose from her bed and started To leave the
house. He prevented her from gong out anu sllc
threatened to cut her throat with carving knife.
He then threw her down and held her to prevent
this purpose from being carried ont. Mrs. Qulck
also charged her husband with continually drink
ing and behaving badly TOWARD her. She sad that
he had possession Of their child. who was present III
Court and that he would not give it mp 10 her, ile
had taken II to New jersey and kept 1t III Il motel
for some time She wanted II TO be placed In her
custody. She further said that her husband on
Thursday night had taken the piano from me
paror and placed II i'll the street III front OF tne
house of her grandm; ther. She declared that MT.
Quick would come home intoxicated and wOnid
torment the child. which was three years old. and
on one occasion lie held it up by the legs with its
Justice Kibreth said that he wOnld hold the de-
PENDANT In $500 bail to keep the peace toward his
wife. Bail was furnished III tue afternoon.