The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-04-10
BOARD OF ALDERMEN.
OFFICIAL P~RooEEDINGs.)

AOtfiClAL ElRODEEDlNuo.
Special meeting ut the Aldermanic
Chamber, City Hall, Thursday, April 2
1891.
The roll was called at $40 o'clock D. m.
Reconsideration Allen and Alder
men Connolly, Hoos, Jordan, Kaiser,
Keogh, Macarthur, Norton, O'Neill,
Salinger, Schermernorn aud Smith.
Absent-Aldermin Ward.
The call of the meeting was read by the
City Clerk, aud is as follows:-
MAYORS OFFICE, CITY HALL,
JERSEY CITY, April l, 1891.
10 the Aldermen of Jersey City and
john f Scott, City Clerk
Gentlemen = Complications having
arisen In regard to the action
at the meeting held March 4, 1891,
In the passage of a resolution to divide the
city up into aldermanic districts. and q
claim having been made that said meet
ing was not regularly convened, | hereby
call under Section % of the City Charter a
special meeting of the Board OF Aldermen.
to be held in the AldermanIc Chamber in
the City Hall on Thursday evening, April
2, 1891, at eight O'Clock. for the purpose Of
taking action by resolution upon the
division OF the city into Aldermanic Dis
tricts under Chapter "a of the laws or 1891,
and for the purpose OF dividing up said
Aldermanic Districts into election pre-
cincts, and for the purpose of appointing
election officers, Ii for any and all mat
ters connected with the coming charter
election. aud the registration of voters
therefor, which meeting you are hereby
requested to attend.
Very respectfully,
OREsTEs CLEVELAND,
Mayor.
To John E. Scott. City Clerk.
Alderman Salinger protested against
the passage of any resolution on the
ground that the Aldermanic districts had
already been changed and divided by
resolution on March 4, 1891, and that no
other change or division can be made in
less than live years from said date &C
cording TO law, and that it has not vet
been decided by the Supreme Court that
the change aud division SO made by reso-
luton OF the Board On March 4. 1891, aud
approved by the Mayor March 10, 1891, is
illegal and void and ask that this protest
be entered upon the minutes.
Aldermen Smith, Schermerhorn and
Kaiser joined Alderman Salinger in the
protest and asked that it be entered upon
the minutes.
The City Clerk announced that the City
Marshal has filed with him proof of SER
vice of the call upon all the members at
least one day previous TO this meeting.
The following resolution was offered by
Alderman O'Neill:-
Resolved, That under the authority of
an act entitled San act concerning ward
and district lines in cities of the first
class" approved March 2, 1891, the lines
and boundaries of the present Aldermauic
districts OF Jersey CITY, be and are hereby
changed and the city of jersey City De
aud is hereby divided up into Aldermanic
districts bounded and described as fol-
lows:-
First Aluermanic Observation-Disclosures
at the centre of the Hudson River where
it is intersected by the continuation of the
centre line of Pearl street extended; thence
westerly along the centre line of Pearl
street to the centre line of Railroad ave.
nue., and the centre line OF Railroad ave-
nue. TO Newark avenue, and the centre
line of Newark avenue to Barrow stIeet;
thence s~outherly along the centre line OF
Barrow street to the centre line of Morris
Canal; hence westerly along the centre
line OF the Morris Canal to the centre line
of Jersey avenue; thence southerly along
the centre line OF jersey avenue produced
to the southerly boundary of the city;
thence east along the southerly boundary
line to the centre of the Hudson River;
thence northerly along the centre hue OF
the Hudson River to the place of begin
ming.
Second Aldermauic District-Begin-
ming at the centre of the Hudson River,
where it is intersected bv the continua-
ton of the centre line of Fourth street
extended, thence westerly along the CEN
tire line OF Fourth street produced from
the Hudson River to the centre line of
Henderson, street, thence ~northerly along
the centre line of Henderson street to the
centre line Of Pavonia avenue, thence
westerly along the centre line Of Pavonia
avenue to the centre line Of brunswick
street, thence southeriy along the centre
line OF Brunswick street to the centre line
of Railroad avenue; theme westerly along
the centre line of Railroad avenue to the
centre line of Fremont street; thence
westerly along the centre line OF the
Pennsylvania Railroad to Summit ave-
nue.; thence ~noitherly along the centre
line of Summit avenue to the centre line
OF Hoboken avenue; thence easteTly
along the centre line OF Hoboken avenue
10 the boundary line of the city of Ho-
boken; thence easterly along SAID bound
AIRY line to the centre of the Hudson river;
thence %southerly along the ceutre iine OF
the Hudson river TO the place of Begin
ming.
Third Aldermanie District Beginning
at the centre OF the Hudson River where
It is inIersected Dy the continuation of
the centre line OF Fourth street extended;
thence westerly along the Centre ips Of