The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-19

cfico in their Jurisdiction and eiso let
all fontrae's; and S, arc !, supreme Ts rns,I IL thsir &.
Manhattan and Richmond, with headquarters
at the Arsenal In Central Park, which viii be
missioner for the Bronx VIII have his once In
tho Bronx borough building In .Crotona Park,
md the Commissioned for Brooklyn and Queens
will have his headquarters at ths present ofico
Of the Brooklyn Park Commissioncr Tho Com.
missioner for Manhattan viii complcte the
connection with parks In this borough, and the
Commissioned for tho Bronx will supervise the
construction OF tho botanical and GEOLOGICAL
Tho building Department 10 TO DO much like
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they mako general regulations and hear APP.
pea,s, Each y IN supreme executive control
one as PRESIDENT. Meetings are to be held in
Tho board Of Public cheritio.is TO DO formed
slightly changed. Ono Commissioner is 10 be
appointed for New York county. another for
l s1oRRff aSSmo and 9fTSs s Mayor Soro %ssisn sss The he i Prss!
ident; Meetings viii be held at the office, GO
The commissioner Of Correction will have his
office In this borough. with branch Offices in
charge of deputies In the other b%orouRhs.
sISaLE-HEApEp FIRE DEPARTMENT.
The three-headed Fire Commission will be sue
ouarters In this borough. III volunteer Gre or.
sanizations in Queens and Richmond counties
pronerly extended to those territories.
The only things now about the Dock Depart
% p.r,m %TS t Oh b tss ns anne F ess Hssa ah shH ias 1ar 70 Rs.
tion extended to the water front OF all tho ac-
The new Tax Department will have fvo in.
tho Ave must DO "ionrnod in the law" Forty
deputy commissioners are to be appointed to do
tlA " field work and mon at present emplOyed
in similar work in the various boroughs arc
p a,% Sa S.n for "a sp SonTsnisns ~ Assessment sosnmSs sra rolls
oflccs. The, rolls, of corporation a~ssessments.
however. will DO kept IN the main office ip tho
ave assessors, instead Of four. an now. They
will DO appointed by the Mayor.
present Now York city board Is. with tho add.
doctors to two laymen; Meetings viii be held
DO q branch office In each. borough and as many
moro as tho board finds necessary to estab-
lish for the public good.
THE DEPARTURE. IN School ADMINISTRATION.
The plan for the administration Of the public
school system Is essentially new. There are to
DO borough school boards. The present Boards
DO continued as borough boards. and the Mayor
10 to appoint borough boards of nine zach for
S Queen "a and I'd R PIshn11sS i, TIE FoSr city BS %iIf Of Of sdn.
boards, ten delegates to be elected by tho New
tho Brooklyn board. The local boards will con.
tinue their present systems Of instruc.
s tieg' su Tss tsasSS e0 81 Schools T3s1 " %R9sS lima a
control sii matters of 3 purely business eharac::
school property and the furnishing Of supplies.
Meetings Of this board will be held in this Dor.
now Board of Education will be organized on
t ts9 th Mj1I M aos GS ;nta Ps sSII .S:e but u th9 new iSls sy !.
1903.
TWO NEW BUREAUS.
Another new departure is the establishment
Of q bureau of municipal statistics. the duties of
tive to tho oity Government and its administra-
ton. as is done in many large European cities.
will BIO a sort Of bureau Of information to which
all puzzling Inquiries such as have boon sent to
iM N aS pr o IN yeaIs 81 5T by n w cam De sehs; Of f stst psfesI
experts. the chief Of which Is to receive a salary.
The commission must meet once q month at
Municipal Assembly. Tho cost OF this bureau
TO ;he taxpayers is limited by the charter 10
Still another feature of the charter which has
it's prototype in the Municipal Art Commission
provided by the law Of 1896 to prevent tho dis
with alleged art objects 10 tho establishment Of
an art commission composed Of the Mayor. tho
the hrsf Preside %, t Of the MGNst e% Yorf PassST h 81 ars.
the President OF the Brooklyn Institute OF
t Art' on ned ar siiSees'' . 8ne t Rs,a,' Other on. eit sssslp,
who shall be neither painter. sou ptor. nor
architect, to Be appointed By re Mayor on ths
city must be approved BY this commission DO
the Mayor this commission may also act on de-
signs for buildings. bridges. and other public
works into which the element Of art enters. or.
the Board OF Estimate.
INFERIOR Q HANeE
The offices of Justice of the Peace in Brook
Ign and Long Island City are abolished and q
entire city. The present OWL Justices and the
three elected last month are to be Justices Of
are also continued as Municipal Court Justices.
On or before Jan. 20 Mayor Van Wyck must
eop peens. AMEN snd sS Sthf IN R sTG M SfoS %hS viii ihFf lola ID
cipei Court justices will form a board which
will meet In this borough once q month. This
board will mako general court rules and provide
for a rotation Of Justices among the different
Except to ali a vacancy temporarily. Munioipai
Court Justices are to be elected for ten years in
A Board Of City Magistrates for the second
division similar to that in the present CITY. of
New York is provided. The, SECOND division
S S"Mp YORK. 'n Brooklyn Police IHss'J JSs ths 'G "re con- n!
tinued as City Magistrates, and the Mayor must
Hppoint three more for Queens and two for
A Special s%essions Court Of Aye Justices Is
meet in every county in the division each month
and may have a clerk and other assistants in
each county.
The City Marshals Of this county and Brook.
Ign arc continued In office. Tho Mayor Ia to ap.
point six additional Marshals for Queens and
four for Richmond. The Mayor may remove
sided In the Supreme Court only.
Borough Coronors. with offices in each OF the
boroughs, are a new feature.
LIMITED FRANCHISES.
The charter prohibits any franchise for the
use OF the surface OF tho stroets to be granted
| for a longer term than twenty-five years. and
docs not require the public sale Of such fran
chises.
The privilege of getting shaved in o public
barber shop on Sunday before ! o'clock p. M. II
extended by the charter to all citizens Of the
Greater Now York.
Section 1.4sl. which makes acrobatic exhibi
tions on Sunday q misdemeanor for those VIII
advertise and manage no we'll as those who par
ticipate In tho performance. may interfere with
Mr.. Cookers scheme for Sunday baseball.
THOUG HIT 4 WILDCAT WAS n FOX
A Mistake That Proved Disastrous TO mantsl
Moses Asher and HiH Deg.
PORT JERvIs. Dec. le.-Moscs Asher, VIII,
lives near Painters Pond, in Sussex county