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Martin Delehanty, Clerk; Clinton Cassidy, City Attorney; Bartholomew Judge, City Marshal; James L. Babcock, Alms-house Physician; Wm. L. Osborn, Overseer of the Poor; John Hart, Clerk City Superintendent; Wm. T. Wooley, In- spector Weights and Measures; Reuben H. Bing- ham, City Surveyor; James Brown. Assistant City Surveyor.
WARD PHYSICIANS .- Cornelius D. Mosher, First Ward; James Cox, Second Ward; Charles P. Staats, Third Ward; Oscar H. Young, Fourth Ward; Frederick C. Adams, Fifth and Sixth Wards; John J. Myers, Seventh Ward; Addison S. Harlow Eighth Ward; O. C. Alexander, Tenth Ward.
475
MUNICIPAL HISTORY OF THE CITY OF ALBANY.
At a meeting of the Board June 25, 1860, the City Attorney gave his opinion that "there is no authority for the expense of laying crosswalks being made a general tax."
The report of the Chamberlain for the year ending November 1, 1860, shows:
Balance on hand Nov. I, 1859. $24,210 31
Receipts for current year. 448,418 58
Disbursements
$423,276 93
On hand Nov. 1, 1860. 49,351 96
-$472,628 89
On May 7, 1861, the Board met for the purpose of organizing.
The following newly elected Aldermen were sworn in, and took their seats, viz .: John Tracey, First Ward; Lemuel M. Rodgers, Second Ward; John W. Harcourt, Third Ward; Wm. Hastings,
Fourth Ward; Erastus Corning, Jr., Fifth Ward; Samuel Anable, Sixth Ward; Patrick M. McCall, Eighth Ward; John Philips, Ninth Ward; Joseph L. Rice, Tenth Ward.
Martin Delehanty, Clerk; Clinton Cassidy, City Attorney; Bartholomew Judge, City Marshal; Thomas Smith, Alms-house Physician; Wm. L. Osborn, Overseer of Poor; Wm. C. Birmingham, Clerk City Superintendent; Wm. T. Wooley, In- spector Weights and Measures; R. H. Bingham, City Surveyor; James Brown, Assistant City Sur- veyor.
WARD PHYSICIANS .- Geo. Steinert, First Ward; James Cox, Second Ward; Henry Case, Third Ward; Peter E. Sickler, Fourth Ward; F. C. Adams, Fifth and Sixth Wards; Joseph N. North- rup, Eighth Ward; Charles H, Smith, Ninth Ward; L. P. Van Hoesen, Tenth Ward.
The details of the City Bonded Debt, contracted prior to May 1, 1848, are shown in the following table, which does not, however, include the loan on the Western Railroad Corporation.
RATE OF INTEREST.
BONDS. WHEN PAYABLE.
INTEREST, WHEN AND WHERE PAYABLE.
TOTAL.
5 per cent.
6 per cent.
7 per cent.
On demand .
$4,350
$1,500
At Chamberlain's Office
$5,850
In 1862
20,000
In New York, Ist January and July.
20,000
In 1864
$50,000
In Boston, Ist May and November Ist January and July.
100,000
In 1866
75,000
At Chamberlain's Office. .. In New York, Ist January and July.
75,000
In 1867.
20,000
20,000
In 1868.
20,000
20,000
In 1869
10,000
Ist June and December
10,000 21,000
In 1870
21,000
66
20,000
In 1872. In 1873
20,000
.€
66
20,000
In 1874
19,000
19,000
$150,000
$249,350
$1,500
$400,000
Since 1851 the city has been gradually reducing its debt.
November 1, 1851, the city debt proper amounted to
$626,532.03
Paid in year ending Nov. 1, 1852, $47,426.03
66
.€
66
1854, 3,000.00
1855, 23,590.00
1856, 39,000.00
1857, 7,300.00
1858, 17,966.00
1859, 20,800.00
66
1860, 20,600.00
16
1861, 20,000.00
-$225,682.03
Balance, November 1, 1861. $400,850.00
The Chamberlain's Office at Albany is a model of industry, order and efficiency. It is believed that there is no other public office in this State where so much is done at so little expense, and by so small a force.
The annual meeting of the Board was held May 6, 1862. Hon. Eli Perry, Mayor ; Hon, Charles L. Austin, Recorder.
Aldermen : John Tracey, Bernard Reynolds, First Ward; Lemuel M. Rogers, Thomas McCarty, Second Ward; John W. Harcourt, John Kennedy, Jr., Third Ward; William Hastings, William Orr, Fourth Ward; Erastus Corning, Jr., James I. John- son, Fifth Ward ; Samuel Anabel, Abraham A. Wemple, Sixth Ward; Edward Mulcahy, Terence J. Quinn, Seventh Ward ; Michael A. Sheehan, Thomas J. Cowell, Eighth Ward; John Phillips, George I. Amsdell, Ninth Ward; Joseph T. Rice, Edward Wilson, Tenth Ward.
CITY OFFICERS .- Martin Delehanty, Clerk ; Joseph C. Y. Paige, Chamberlain and Dep- uty Excise Officer; Lewis Wiles, Deputy Chamber- lain and Receiver of Taxes; A. Cuyler Ten Eyck, Marshal ; Clinton Cassidy, Attorney; R. H. Bingham, Surveyor; James Brown, Assistant Sur- veyor ; Owen Golden, Alms-house Physician ; Samuel C. Harris, Inspector of Weights and Meas- ures; William Hartnett, Superintendent of Mar- kets; James Allen, Superintendent N. D .; Richard Carr, Jr., Superintendent S. D .; Patrick Powers,
50,000
In 1865
100,000
In 1871
20,000
20,000
20,000
66
66
1853, 26,000.00
$472,628 89
476
HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF ALBANY.
Superintendent of Lamps; John J. Riley, Clerk of City Superintendents; James McQuade, Chief En- gineer, Fire Department; Thomas Fayles, Charles Lightfoot, John Daly, Patrick Campion, Assist- ants; John Donohue, Superintendent Hose De- pot; George E. Latham, President Fire Depart- ment; George W. Carpenter, Superintendent of Water-works; Erastus Corning, John Taylor, Visscher Ten Eyck, Henry H. Martin, James Kidd, Water Commissioners.
John O. Cole, two years, S. H. H. Parsons, four years, Police Justices ; J. J. Gallup, one year, William Gillespie, two years, H. P. Nugent, three years, Justices of Justices' Court ; John L. Hyatt, Dock-master.
The report of the Chamberlain for the year ending November 1, 1862, shows :
Balance on hand Nov. 1, 1861. $40,906.40
Receipts for current year. 525,749.14 $566,652.54
Disbursements. $463,528.19 On hand Nov. 1, 1862. 103, 124.35
$566,652.54
The city reduced its debt this year $20,000, leav- ing a balance November 1, 1862, of $380,850.
An organization of the New Board was made May 5, 1863. Eli Perry, Mayor.
Aldermen : John Tracey, First Ward; Lemuel M. Rogers, Second Ward; James McIntyre, Third Ward; Francis N. Sill, Fourth Ward; Erastus Corn- ing, Jr., Fifth Ward; John R. McCollum, Sixth Ward; Edward Mulcahy, Seventh Ward; James C. Nolan, Eighth Ward; Richard Barhydt, Ninth Ward; William Gould, Tenth Ward. Martin Del- ehanty, Clerk ; Samuel Hand, Attorney; L. P. Van Hoesen, Alms-house-Physician; Owen Golden, Superintendent of Almshouse; Joseph Whalen, In- spector of Weights and Measures; Patrick Powers, Superintendent of Lamps; Erastus Corning, Vis- scher Ten Eyck, Henry H. Martin, James Kidd, Peter Cagger, Water Commissioners. The other city officers are the same as last year.
In June, 1863, an able paper was laid before the Common Council, requesting their immediate at- tention to a plan for providing and opening a pub- lic park in the City of Albany. . The paper is long, but is ably written, urging the necessity of a place of beauty in which the working and the business men of the city might seek rest and pleasure, with their families, within their own city.
On September 12, 1863, Articles of Association were made and entered into, under and pursuant to the provisions of an act entitled " An Act to Au- thorize the Formation of Railroad Corporations, and to Regulate the Same." The name of the said as- sociation or company was to be the Albany Railway.
City finances from November 1, 1862, to No- vember 1, 1863:
Balance on hand, Nov. 1, 1862. . $103, 124 35 Receipts for current year .. 608,422 86
$711,547 21
Disbursements.
$607,946 69
On hand Nov. 1, 1863 103,600 52
$711,547 21
On May 3, 1864, the Board met at their an- nual meeting. Eli Perry, Mayor. William S. Paddock, Recorder.
Aldermen : Bernard Reynolds. First Ward; Thomas McCarty, Second Ward; John Kennedy, Jr., Third Ward; Le Grand Bancroft, Fourth Ward; James I. Johnson, Fifth Ward; Lemon Thomson, Sixth Ward ; Bartholomew Judge, Seventh Ward; Edward J. Kearney, Eighth Ward; George I. Amsdell, Ninth Ward; William Gould (to fill vacancy), Edmund L. Judson (for full term), Tenth Ward.
Jeptha R. Boulware, Alms-house Physician.
Annual report of the Chamberlain's office for the year ending November 1, 1864:
Balance on hand, Nov. 1, 1863. $103,600 22
Receipts for current year.
756,936 82
Disbursements.
$796,981 34
$863,737 04
On hand Nov. 1, 1864
66,555 70
$863,737 04
CITY BONDED DEBT PAID SINCE 1851 .- The city debt proper amounted on November I, 1841, to $626,532.03. June 14, 1864, issue of City Bonds, $100,000, making a total of $726,- 532.03. Since November 1, 1851, there has been paid $295,682.03, leaving a balance November I, 1864, of $430,850.
On May 2, 1865, the Board convened for the annual meeting, at which time the new members of the Board were sworn in by Mayor Perry. Wm. S. Paddock, Recorder.
Timothy Sullivan, First Ward; Thomas Mul- hall, Second Ward; John C. Ward, Third Ward; H. D. Burlingame, Fourth Ward; John N. Parker, Fifth Ward; William Dalton, Sixth Ward; An- drew Kean, Seventh Ward; Charles T. Shepard, Eighth Ward; Richard Barhydt, Ninth Ward; John B. Sturtevant, Tenth Ward.
James McIntyre, Deputy Chamberlain and Re- ceiver of Taxes; Charles A. Hills, Assistant; L. M. Rodgers, Superintendent of Alms-house.
Alderman McCarty offered a resolution in rela- tion to the application made by the Legislature concerning the terms that the City of Albany offered for having the New Capitol located in the city.
The Mayor, on February 23, 1865, by the authority of the Common Council, made a com- munication to the Legislature of the State offering, on behalf of the State, the property known as "Congress Hall Block, in case the Legislature should pass a law for the erection of a New Capitol, and locate the same upon the site of the present Capitol and the grounds adjacent.
"The Legislature accepted the proposition and passed the law for erecting the New Capitol at Albany; therefore
" Resolved, That the provisions of the Act of the Legislature be and the same are accepted by this Board, and this Board do purchase and canse to be conveyed to the State the property before specified." This property was purchased by the Common Council for the sum of $125, 555, and in September of that year was deeded to the State.
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MUNICIPAL HISTORY OF THE CITY OF ALBANY.
The Chamberlain's report for the year ending November 1, 1865, is as follows:
Balance on hand Nov. 1, 1864. . $66,555 70
Receipts for current year 905,457 60
Disbursements.
$883,210 77
$972,013 30
On hand Nov. 1, 1864. 88,802 53
$972,013 30
A special meeting was called January 22, 1866, to consider the method of providing for the pur- chase money of the Congress Hall Block, and to authorize the issuing of City Bonds for the payment of the same. The following resolution was adopted:
" Resolved, That, pursuant to authority conferred upon the Board by Chap. 2, Laws of New York, passed January 12, 1866, the Chamberlain, under the direction of the Finance Committee, be and he is authorized to negotiate, upon such terms as may be deemed best for the interests of the city, a loan of $190,000, bearing interest from the first day of February next, at the rate of six per cent. per annum, payable semi-annually, and the principal to be reimbursed as follows: $10,000 at the expi- ration of nineteen years from the first of February, and the sum of $20,000 in each succeeding year thereafter till all is paid."
May 1, 1866 .- Hon. George H. Thacher, Mayor.
Aldermen: Michael Murphy, First Ward; Thomas Farrell, Second Ward; William H. Tay- lor, Third Ward; William M. Gregory, Fourth Ward; Peter M. Carmichael, Fifth Ward; Lemon Thomson, Sixth Ward; Bartholomew Judge, Sev- enth Ward; James D. Walsh, Eighth Ward; Bor- den H. Mills, Ninth Ward; Edmund L. Judson, Tenth Ward.
CITY OFFICERS. - George W. Warren, Clerk; Joseph C. Y. Paige, Chamberlain; Samuel Moffatt, Charles A. Hills, Deputy Chamberlains and Re- ceivers of Taxes; Henry McBride, Marshal; William H. Greene, Attorney; R. H. Bingham, Surveyor; Henry T. Carpenter, Assistant Surveyor; William Craig, Alms-house Physician; James Pet- tit, Overseer of Poor; Lemuel Rodgers, Superin- tendent of Alms-house; Richard Groom, Inspector of Weights and Measures; Albert Goodwin, Super- intendent of N. S .; Cyrus L. Woodruff, Superin- tendent of S. S .; Frank E. Cuyler, Clerk of Su- perintendents; George Searles, Superintendent of Markets; James McQuade, Chief Engineer of Fire Departments; William Thompson, J. C. Griffin, Patrick Campion, William H. Smith, Assistants; Edward Scannell, Superintendent Hose Depot; James H. Mulligan, President Fire Department; Vischer Ten Eyck, Treasurer; John R. Stewart, Secretary; George W. Carpenter, Superintendent of Water - works; Erastus Corning, James Kidd, Visscher Ten Eyck, Henry H. Martin, Peter Cagger, Water Commissioners.
William C. Schuyler, Henry P. Nugent, John J. Gallup, Justices of Justices' Court; John O. Cole, S. H. H. Parsons, Police Justices; Marshal Teb- but, Superintendent of Lamps; Campbell Allen,
Superintendent of Police; John L. Hyatt, Dock- master.
Receipts and disbursements at the Chamberlain's office from November 1, 1865, to November 1, 1866:
Balance on hand Nov. 1, 1865. . $88,802 53 Receipts for current year. 961,026 75 $1,049,829 28
Disbursements. $978,037 71
On hand Nov. 1, 1866. 71,791 57 $1,049,829 28
The Common Council met May 7, 1867. George H. Thacher, Mayor; William S. Paddock, Re- corder.
Aldermen: Timothy Sullivan, Thomas Mulhall, Nehemiah Osborn, Adam Cook, John N. Parker, Abraham A. Wemple, Oscar L. Hascy, George E. Latham, Robert Lenox Banks and John B. Sturte- vant.
William Morgan was appointed Assistant Over- seer of the Poor, and T. J. Grogan, President of the Fire Department.
The annual report of the Chamberlain was as follows:
Balance on hand Nov. 1, 1866. $71,791 57 Receipts for current year 807,657 17
Disbursements. $800,816 27
$879,448 74
On hand Nov. 1, 1867 78,632 47 $879,448 74
Regular meeting of the Board, May 5, 1868- Charles E. Bleecker, Mayor; Simon W. Rosendale, Recorder.
Aldermen: Hugh McCann, Alexander Kennedy, Jonathan E. Herrick, Charles D. Mills, George Evans, James E. Walker, Michael Lyman, Michael S. McGue, Adam W. Smith and Charles G. Craft.
CITY OFFICERS .- Isaac Vanderpoel, Attorney; Charles P. Staats, Alms-house Physician; A. Cuyler Ten Eyck, Marshal; William L. Osborne, Overseer of the Poor; Daniel O'Keefe, Inspector of Weights and Measures; James Brennan, Superintendent S. S .; Richard Barhydt, Superintendent N. S .; Will- iam E. Murphy, Clerk of Street Superintendents; J. J. Huber, Superintendent of Lamps.
Fire Commissioners: C. E. Bleecker, Mayor, President; J. C. Cuyler, Secretary; Lansing Pruyn, M. B. V. Winne, George Cuyler and Edward Wil- son. James McQuade, Chief of Fire Department.
The Common Council, in December, 1867, ap- propriated the sum of $15,000 for the construction of a fire alarm telegraph for the City of Albany, and in June, 1868, the working of the fire alarm tele- graph, which had been constructed, was voted placed under the control and direction of the Board of Fire Commissioners.
On March 16, 1868, proposals were advertised for the erection of a public building, to be erected on the Market lot. On June 30th, it was ordered that the sum of $50,000 be appropriated for the erection of a building on the present market site in South Pearl street, to accommodate the Second Police Precinct, Police Commissioners, Fire Com- missioners, Chief of Fire Department, Police Court, Justices' Court and Overseer of the Poor.
The Chamberlain's report for the year shows:
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HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF ALBANY.
Balance on hand Nov. 1, 1867 $78,632 47 Receipts for current year. 890,307 19
$968,939 66
Disbursements. $871,155 63
On hand Nov. 1, 1868. 97,784 03 $968,939 66
The new Board was organized May 4, 1869- Charles E. Bleecker, Mayor; Simon W. Rosendale, Recorder.
Aldermen: John Burke, Thomas Mulhall, Nehe- miah Osborn, Peter Foland, John N. Parker, Ralph W. Thacher, Terence J. Quinn, Wm. B. Scott, Albert C. Judson, Andrew M. Combs.
CITY OFFICERS .- Martin Delehanty, Clerk of the Common Council; Joseph C. Y. Paige, Chamber- lain; Thomas A. Stuart, Deputy Chamberlain and Receiver of Taxes; A. C. Ten Eyck, Marshal; E. J. Meegan, Attorney; James Browne, Surveyor; Charles P. Staats, Alms-house Physician; William Osborn, Overseer of the Poor; Lemuel M. Rodgers, Superintendent of Alms-house; Thomas Whalen, Inspector of Weights and Measures; Richard Bar- hydt, Superintendent of Streets, S. S .; J. J. Huber, Superintendent of Lamps; John Flood, Clerk of Strect Superintendent. Fire Commissioners: C. E. Bleecker, Mayor, President; J. C. Cuyler, Secretary; M. N. Nolan.
CHAMBERLAIN'S REPORT.
Balance on hand Nov. 1, 1868. . $97,784 03 Receipts for current year 1,367,647 0I $1,465,431 04
Disbursements. $1,338, 109 52
On hand Nov. 1, 1869 127,321 52
$1,465,431 04
At a meeting of the Common Council, held March 19, 1870, His Honor the Mayor said, that on account of the passage of the New Charter by the State Legislature, it became necessary to re-dis- trict the wards, appoint Inspectors of Election and designate the places for holding polls for the com- ing charter election. The meeting was devoted to these purposes.
The Dongan Charter in 1686, with few amend- ments, came down to the revolution. After the revolution, with such amendments as the State Constitution and Laws required, it continued to be the fundamental law of the city until March 16, 1870, when the Charter was largely amended by an Act of the Legislature, passed on that day.
This Act provided that the Corporation, hitherto known by the name of the Mayor, Aldermen and Commonalty of the City of Albany, shall continue to be a body politic and corporate in fact and in name, by the name of the City of Albany, and shall have per- petual succession, with all the grants, powers and privileges heretofore had by the said Mayor, Alder- men and Commonalty of the City of Albany, and be subject to all the restrictions and conditions and possess all the powers of a municipal corpora- tion, under and by virtue of the General Statutes of the State.
2d. The Corporation of the City of Albany shall continue to own, hold and possess all the prop- erty, rights, privileges and franchises now owned, held and possessed by the corporation heretofore
known as the Mayor, Aldermen and Commonalty of the City of Albany.
At the annual meeting, May 3, 1870, George H. Thacher, Mayor.
Aldermen-at-large: Philip Fitzsimmons, John Evers, Robert H. Moore, William M. Van Ant- werp.
Aldermen: John Burke, First Ward; James H. Simmons, Second Ward; James Quin, Third Ward; John Stuart, Fourth Ward; Matthew Quin, Fifth Ward; Royal Bancroft, Sixth Ward; John N. Parker, Seventh Ward; James Morris, Eighth Ward; Terence J. Quinn, Ninth Ward; John Laughlin, Tenth Ward; William B. Scott, Eleventh Ward; James Allen, Twelfth Ward; Albert C. Jud- son, Thirteenth Ward; Charles Senrick, Fourteenth Ward; Benjamin V. Z. Wemple, Fifteenth Ward; Cornelius Hill, Sixteenth Ward.
CITY OFFICERS .- Thomas J. Lanahan, First Clerk; Thomas Hogan, Second Clerk; Lucius G. Hoyt, Inspector.
Street Department: George H. Thacher, Mayor; Philip Fitzsimmons, President of Common Council; John Stuart, James Allen, Albert C. Judson, Alder- men; A. M. Combs, Street Commissioner; R. H. Bingham, City Engineer and Surveyor; J. C. Y. Paige, Chamberlain.
Finance Department: George H. Thacher, Mayor; Philip Fitzsimmons, President of Common Council; John Evers, Terence J. Quinn, William M. Van Antwerp, Aldermen; J. C. Y. Paige, Cham- berlain; Charles A. Hills, Deputy Chamberlain.
Law Department: John Evers, B. V. Z. Wem- ple, Aldermen; E. J. Meegan, Corporation Coun- sel.
Daniel M. Stinson, City Physician; George W. Hoxie, Overseer of the Poor; James Farley, Super- intendent City Buildings; Edward Brennan, John Daly, James Rice, Assessors; George W. Carpen- ter, Superintendent Water-works.
In the Mayor's address he particularly mentions the condition of the various departments of the city. During the two last years $350,000 was added to the bonded debt. The valuation of prop- erty, previously high, had been increased to the ex- tent of $2,234,000, and the rate of taxation for 1869 was $3.54 per $100.
For the first time in the corporate life of the city, then over 183 years, the veto power was conferred upon the Mayor.
About thirty suits were at this time pending against the city. The aggregate claims exceeded $ 160,000.
On Monday, February 13, 1870, the annual re- port of the City Chamberlain showed the following: Balance on hand Nov. 1, 1869 .. $127,321 52 Receipts for current year. 1,510,538 37 -$1,637,859 89
Disbursements.
$1,448,487 36
On hand Nov. 1, 1870. 187,372 53 $1,637,859 89
The Park Commissioners show progress in the improvements of Washington Park; and in the first annual report show the total receipts to January 20th to have been $55,970. 39.
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MUNICIPAL HISTORY OF THE CITY OF ALBANY.
The annual meeting was held May 7, 1872- George H. Thacher, Mayor.
Aldermen: Robert H. Moore, William Casey, Thomas Mulhall, Richard Bortle, David N. Gla- zier, Henry S. Van Santford, Philip Mattimore, John G. Burch, James A. Fahy, Robert Aspin wall, Thomas Cavanaugh, Townsend Fondey, Royal Bancroft, Joseph McCann, Albert Brumaghim.
CITY OFFICERS .- John G. Burch, President; Hale Kingsley, Clerk; James L. Babcock, City Physi- cian.
The Chamberlain's report for the year ending November 1, 1872, is as follows:
Balance on hand Nov. 1, 1871 .. $366,989 14 Receipts for current year 1,080,323 18
$1,447,312 32
Disbursements $1,266,410 28 On hand Nov. 1, 1872. 180,902 04 -$1,447,312 32
William N. S. Sanders was appointed Chamber- lain of the City, and John F. Batchelder, Deputy Chamberlain and Receiver of Taxes.
In 1874 Mayor Thacher was declared re-elected, but his seat was contested by E. L. Judson. John G. Burch acted as Mayor from January 28 till April, 1874, when E. L. Judson was decided elected for the unexpired term of Thacher and also the full term.
The proceedings of two years of the Common Council are missing from the reports.
1876 .- A. Bleecker Banks, Mayor; John A. Luby, President of Common Council.
Aldermen: George Krank, First Ward; John G. Schneider, Second Ward; James H. Simmons, Third Ward; Wm. H. Keeler, Fourth Ward; Henry Van Hoesen, Fifth Ward; Robert K. Oliver, Sixth Ward; S. H. H. Parsons, Seventh Ward; Thomas A. Becket, Eighth Ward; Patrick Dillon, Ninth Ward, Conrad Degen, Tenth Ward; John A. Luby, Eleventh Ward; Thomas Cavanaugh, Twelfth Ward; Christian Schurr, Thirteenth Ward; John P. Bradt, Fourteenth. Ward; Michael J. Gorman, Fifteenth Ward; Hiram Bender, Sixteenth Ward.
Executive Department: A. Bleecker Banks, Mayor; Francis S. Pruyn, First Clerk; A. Douw Lansing, Second Clerk; James Farley, Inspector.
Street Department: A. Bleecker Banks, Mayor; John A. Luby, President of Common Council; Thomas Cavanaugh, James H. Simmons, Christian Schurr, Aldermen; R. H. Bingham, City Surveyor and Engineer; Robert H. Waterman, Chamberlain; Joseph McCann, Street Commissioner.
Law Department: S. S. H. Parsons, Thomas Cavanaugh, Thomas A. Becket, Aldermen; Gren- ville Tremain, Corporation Council.
Finance Department: A. Bleecker Banks, Mayor; Robert H. Waterman, Chamberlain; John W. Har- . . court, Deputy Chamberlain; John A. Luby, Pres- ident of Common Council; S. S. H. Parsons, Henry Van Hoesen, Thomas A. Becket, Aldermen.
CITY OFFICERS. -- Martin Delehanty, Clerk; Robert H. Waterman, Chamberlain; Joseph S. Paige, Chamberlain's Clerk; John W. Harcourt, Deputy Chamberlain and Receiver of Taxes; Charles A. Hills, Deputy Receiver of Taxes; William S. Pad-
dock, Recorder; Reuben H. Bingham, City Sur- veyor and Engineer; Henry Fitch, Superintendent of Alms-house; Thomas J. Lanahan, Clerk of Board of Contract and Apportionment.
1877 .- The City Officers for the year 1877 are the same as those of 1876, with the exception of the following:
Abraham Lansing, Corporation Council; Joseph McCann, Street Commissioner; Daniel V. O'Leary, City Physician.
1878 .- M. N. Nolan, Mayor; Thomas Cavan- augh, President of Common Council.
Aldermen : John Zimmerman, First Ward; Thomas B. Franklin, Second Ward; William A. Donahoe, Third Ward; John T. Gorman, Fourth Ward; Isaac Brilleman, Fifth Ward; William Manson, Sixth Ward; James McKinney, Seventh Ward; James H. Harrigan, Eighth Ward; Patrick Dillon, Ninth Ward; Conrad Degen, Tenth Ward; David M. Alexander, Eleventh Ward; Thomas Cavanaugh, Twelfth Ward; Theodore M. Amsdell, Thirteenth Ward; William Deyermand, Fourteenth Ward; Michael J. Gorman, Fifteenth Ward; Allston Adams, Sixteenth Ward.
Executive Department: M. N. Nolan, Mayor; Desmond S. Lamb, First Clerk; William D. Dickerman, Second Clerk; John J. Norton, Third Clerk; Charles Senrick, Inspector.
Street Department : M. N. Nolan, Mayor ; Thomas Cavanaugh, President ; James H. Harri- gan, David M. Alexander, Conrad Degen, Aldermen; William H. Keeler, Street Commissioner; Reuben H. Bingham, City Surveyor and Engineer; Lucien Tuffs, Jr., Chamberlain.
Finance Department: M. N. Nolan, Mayor; Thomas Cavanaugh, President; Michael Gorman, William Deyermand, Conrad Degen, Aldermen; Lucien Tuffs, Jr., Chamberlain; Charles A. Hills, Deputy Chamberlain.
Law Department: James H. Harrigan, John T. Gorman, Allston Adams, Aldermen; Simon W. Rosendale, Corporation Council.
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