Year: 1872

The CorOners Censured-A Special Conn
mittee Appointed to Investigate as 10
Leasing Nilsson Hall.


The adjourned meeting OF this Board was held
yesterday, Mayor Hall In the chair.


THE CENTRE STREET VICTIMS


Supervisor MARTIN moved the following resolu-
tion:-'That II Is hereby authorized TO be a county
charge for the CorOners to order the exhumatt0n
or digging odt OF any bodies over which public
policy dictates inquests should be held"


Supervisor VAN ScHAICK objected to the resoln-
tion on the ground that substitute would be de-
sirable, in which the Coroners should be called
upon to do their duty.


Supervisor CoNovER objected to the resolution
Of Supervisor Martin, and consequently the reso-
luton was laid over under the rule. Later on in
the session there was an attempt to reconsider
he thought the community ought to understand
that these C0r0ners were making $2000O year
each, and they had not humanity enough to run
the risk OF being repaid the expense Of this eX-
cavatlon. He would suggest resolution under
the direction OF the Mayor that, as the Coroners
had the power and were the only persons author
ized under the statue law to enter upon the premi
ses for the search or these bodies, the Coroner be
instructed to do this as part OF his duty.


The MAYOR was OF an opinion that Ii was not in
the jurisdiction Of the Board to instruct the COrO
ners He thought that II he had the honor OF
for any expense Incurred he should make the
county and Comptroller pay him.


supervisor CONOVER Salu ne would move, tnere-
fore, the reconsideration Of supervisor Martins
resolution.


Supervisor VAN ScHAICK said he pressed his Obec-
ton. 1t was an attempt to get this thing done at
the public expense, under feeling OF popular
sympathy.


The resolution was laid over.


ARMORIEs AND DRILL ROOMS.


Supervisor VAN SCHAICK said that great atten-
ti0n had been called to the leasing OF a certain
building In Fifteenth street. There were great
many stories a0at as to this and the action OF the
Committee on ArmOries and Drill Rooms. He was
a member OF that committee, put had not been able
to attend. He hoped that there would be an in-
vestigatiOn into this case and that the Chair should
nominate special committee, the members Of
which shall not be q member OF this committee, and
that the number Of this committee shall be three
five.


Supervisor CoNovER said that II he could assure
himself that this was vote OF censure he would
vote Tor 1t, and proceeded to detail to the Board
what had already been done.


supervisor VAN SCHAICK doubted the authority OF
the committee to send for papers and witnesses
The Committee on Armories and Drill Rooms had
Instituted this investigation on their own motion
that he was Of opinion that the committee
could not obtain q sufficient Jurisdiction without
the delegated authority OF the Board.


The Mayor appointed the following gentlemen as
special committee for the investigation OF the
question OF leasing Nilsson Hall as an armory and
drill rO0m-SupervisOrs Vance (Chairman), Fal-
cOner and Cochrane. The committee afterwards ar
ranged to meet on Tuesday, in the chamber Of the
Board OF Aldermen, at hali-past two O'Clock.


The Board adjourned to Monday next, at eleven
O'Clock