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Town expenses : Bushwick, $1,303.26; Flatbush, $201.04; Flatlands, $88.37; Gravesend, $135.17; New Utrecht, $265.13.
During this year several murders had been committed within the county. As none of the perpetrators had been arrested, the Board authorized the Sheriff of the county to offer rewards for their apprehension and conviction equal to the amount offered for the same purpose by the city of Brooklyn.
1839. SUPERVISORS : Jeremiah Johnson, Chairman, Cyrus P. Smith, John Dikeman, David Cooper, Samuel M. Moser, for the first seven wards of the city of Brooklyn; Gerrit Kouwenhoven, Flatlands ; Tunis G. Bergen, New Utrecht ; Samuel G. Stryker, Gravesend ; Jacob Rappelye, Flatbush ; Abraham D. Soper, Bushwick ; Jeremiah Lott, Clerk, and John A. Lott, Treasurer.
The Judges of the county this year were John A. Lott, 1st Judge, Joseph Conselyea, Tunis Joralemon, Samuel Smith, and John Bergen. Under a recent act of the Legislature creating the office of County Sealer of Weights and Meas- ures, the Supervisors appointed Barzillai Russell, of Brooklyn, to that office.
The committee appointed to investigate the affairs of the Building Committee of the new jail reported favorably on the said Building Committee's bill, amounting to $10,- 019.88, and the County Treasurer was authorized to pay the same. The compensation of grand and petit jurors attend- ing the various courts of record in the county was fixed at $1 per day.
The contingent expenses of the City of Brooklyn this year amounted to $63,815.55, and a resolution that the said amount be raised by a tax on the whole City of Brooklyn, and that the sum of $30,700 be raised by a tax on the first seven wards of the said city, to meet the expenses of the fire and watch districts, was adopted.
Town expenses : Bushwick, $1,708.12 ; Flatbush, $414.40 ; New Utrecht, $410.53 ; Gravesend, $240.69; Flatlands, $278.48.
Corporations existing in Kings County this year : Long Island Bank, amount of stock, $290,000 ; Brooklyn Bank, $107,000; Atlantic Bank, $470,000 ; Brooklyn Fire Insurance Company, $102,000 ; Long Island Insurance Company, $183,555 ; Brooklyn White Lead Company, $52,460, se- cured by real estate ; Union White Lead Company, $36,600, secured by real estate; Williamsburg Fire Insurance Com- pany, $147,400 ; Newtown and Bushwick Road and Turnpike Company, $5,727; Gravesend and Coney Island Road and Bridge Company, $6,000.
According to a report submitted to the Board by a proper committee, the number of acres of land in the county was 19,220, the valuation of which was $27,198.069. The valua-
tion of the personal estate in the County was $3,905.144. The aggregate amount of taxation was $155,644.91.
By a resolution of the Board, Coroners were allowed the sum of $3.00 for every inquest held by them, and the sum of $5.00 for coffin, burial of the corpse and incidental ex- penses.
1840. SUPERVISORS : Jeremiah Johnson, Chairman ; Da- vid Cooper, Samuel H. Moser, Nicholas R. Van Brunt, Syl- vanus White, for the first seven wards of the City of Brook- lyn ; Tunis S. Barkaloo, 8th and 9th Wards; Tunis G. Bergen, New Utrecht; Samuel G. Stryker, Gravesend ; Jacob Rapelye, Flatbush ; Leonard F. Coles, Williamsburg ; Andrew Emmans, Flatlands ; Nicholas Wyckoff, Bushwick ; Jeremiah Lott, Clerk; and John Skillman, of Brooklyn. Treasurer. John A. Lott was made Taxing Officer of the Board, to tax the District Attorney's, and all legal bills.
The contingent expenses of the County this year were $32,500, which the Supervisors directed to be raised by taxa- tion on the property of the County.
1841. SUPERVISORS : Jeremiah Johnson, Chairman, David Cooper, Sylvanus White, Nicholas R. Van Brunt, Samuel Oakley, for the first seven wards in the City of Brooklyn ; Peter G. Bergen, 8th and 9th Wards ; Tunis G. Bergen, New Utrecht; Samuel G. Stryker, Gravesend; Nicholas Wyckoff, Bushwick ; Andrew Emmans, Flatlands ; Leonard T. Coles, Williamsburg ; Isaac Cortelyou, Flatbush ; Jeremiah Lott, Clerk ; John Skillman, Treasurer.
A Jail Committee was appointed this year, consisting of three members of this Board, to wit, David Cooper, Sylva- nus White and Isaac Cortelyou.
The County Treasurer was directed by the Board to ascer- tain whether it was lawful for the judges of the county conrts to charge for two days' services, when a court of sessions, and a court of common pleas, or county court are both held on the same day. Subsequently the Treasurer re- ported that it had been the custom for a long time to make such charges, but that there was no statute to authorize the same. Whereupon, the Treasurer was directed to pay each judge for every day he had actually attended court, and no more.
The contingent or incidental expenses for especial pur- poses, for the City of Brooklyn, amounted to the sum of $81,000. The Board also resolved to raise the sum of $12,600 for sites and school-house in districts No's 1, 4, 5, 8, and 9. An appropriation of $6,925 was made for the various school districts in the city. The further sum of $34,500 was raised by tax on the first seven wards of the city to meet the ex- penses of the fire and watch district.
Town expenses : New Utrecht, $99.50 ; Gravesend, $99,75 ; Flatlands, $49.50 ; Bushwick, $82.57 ; Williamsburg, $1,200; Flatbush, $100.
It was ordered that the respective amounts be raised by the town in which the expenses accrued.
1842. SUPERVISORS : Joseph Sprague, William M. Udall, William Ellsworth, John E. Cammeyer, Stephen Haynes, for the first seven wards of Brooklyn ; A. O. Millard, 8th and 9th Wards ; Tunis G. Bergen, Chairman, New Utrecht ; Leonard T. Coles, Williamsburg; Samuel G. Stryker, Graves- end ; Nicholas Wyckoff, Bushwick ; Andrew Emmans, Flat- lands ; Isaac Cortelyou, Flatbush ; Jeremiah Lott, Clerk ; and John Skillman, Treasurer.
At the annual meeting, the thanks of the Board were unanimously tendered to Hon. Jeremiah Johnson, late its Chairman, for the distinguished ability with which he had from time to time discharged the responsible duties of that station, and also for the eminent services he had rendered the county of Kings as Supervisor for more than forty years.
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At the same meeting, John F. Garrison, of the city of Brook- lyn, was elected Treasurer in place of John Skillman.
The County Treasurer reported a balance in the Treasury in favor of the county, arising from all sources, of $53,930.23.
Ordered, That the sum of $28,000 be raised to meet the contingent expenses of the county for the ensuing year.
At a meeting of the Board on the 1st day of September, 1842, pursuant to adjournment, the additional sum of $35,000 was ordered to be raised by tax, to meet the contingent ex- penses of the current year.
Town expenses : New Utrecht, $272.82 ; Gravesend, $229 .- 21; Flatlands, $162.21; Bushwick, $242.84 ; Williamsburg, $1,676.74 ; Flatbush, $280.16.
By resolution, the office of Deputy Superintendent of Common Schools, having been attended with beneficial re- sults, was continued ; and it was further ordered that the Board of Supervisors fit up court and jury rooms in the county jail, the cost not to exceed the sum of $2,000.
1843. SUPERVISORS : William M. Udall, Chairman, Wil- liam Ellsworth, Stephen Haynes, Daniel A. Robbins, James Freel, for the first seven wards of Brooklyn ; A. O. Millard, 8th and 9th Wards ; Tunis G. Bergen, New Utrecht, Presi- dent ; Samuel G. Stryker, Gravesend ; Andrew Emmans, Flatlands ; Jacob Rapelye, Flatbush ; Martin R. Meeker, Bushwick ; Jeremiah Lott, Secretary of the Board ; John Garrison, Treasurer ; and Hon. John Greenwood, Taxing Officer of the Board.
A Committee on Accounts was appointed this year to esti- mate the necessary sum, to be raised by tax, to pay the con- tingent expenses for the present year ; a Committee on the Equalization of the Assessment Rolls of the several towns, wards and districts, in the county ; also one ' to examine the assessment rolls for the purpose of ascertaining whether the valuation of real estate, in the several towns and wards, bear a just relation to the valuation in all the towns and wards in the county."
At a Board meeting, September 1st, $45,000 was ordered to be raised by tax, to defray the contingent expenses of the county for the ensuing year.
Town expenses : New Utrecht, $61; to support of common schools, $145.26 ; total, $226.26. Gravesend town expenses, $91; to support of common schools, $90.46 ; total $181.46. Bushwick town expenses, $151,50 ; support of common schools, $146.62; total, $262.12. Williamsburgh town ex- penses, $1,300; to support of common schools, $576.74; total, $1,876.74. Flatbush town expenses, $63.50; to support of common schools, $237.66 ; total, $301.16. Flatlands town ex- penses, $119.13; to support of common schools, $91.71; total, $210.84.
1844. SUPERVISORS : Cornelius B. Bergen, Chairman, Wil- liam M. Udall, Daniel A. Robbins, James Freel, Amos P. Stanton, for the first seven wards of Brooklyn ; Peter Wyc- koff, 8th and 9th Wards : Tunis G. Bergen, New Utrecht, Jacob Rapelye, Flatbush ; Martin R. Meeker, Bushwick ; Francis V. Morrell, Williamsburgh ; John A. Voorhees; Flatlands ; Bernardus I. Ryder, Gravesend ; Jeremiah Lott, Clerk; John F. Garrison, Treasurer.
The Supervisors at this meeting provided for the erection of a new Lunatic Asylum, under the provision of an act of the Legislature, passed April 26, 1844.
The Board ordered that the sum of $64.722.25 be raised by tax the present year on the whole city of Brooklyn to meet the expenses of the said city generally, and that the sum of $31,000 be raised by tax on the first seven wards of Brooklyn to meet the expenses of fire and watch district, and that the sum of $5,660 be raised by tax on school districts No. 1, 4, 6, 8 and 10,
Town expenses: Gravesend, $391.26; Flatlands, $245.46 ; New Utrecht, $663.32 ; Williamsburgh, $1,988.88; Bushwick, $312.62 ; Flatbush, $335.91.
1845. SUPERVISORS : William M. Udall, Daniel A. Rob- bins, James Freel, Amos P. Stanton, Henry C. Conkling, for the first seven wards of Brooklyn; William H. Campbell, 8th and 9th Wards of Brooklyn ; Tunis G. Bergen, New Utreclit ; John A. Voorhees, Flatlands ; Bernardus I. Ryder, Gravesend ; Philip S. Crooke, Flatbush ; Eusebius Hopkins, Williamsburgh ; Henry D. Woodward, Bushwick; Jeremiah Lott, Clerk; John F. Garrison. Treasurer.
The Brooklyn Eagle and Democratic Advocate were chosen as the newspapers to publish the laws of the county under an act of the Legislature.
At a meeting of the Board of Supervisors in the county court-room, iu Brooklyn, after the minutes of the last meet- ing were read, an incident occurred in relation to the present and past history of the Supervisors, of which an ac- count cannot fail to deeply interest all who read it. This was the resignation of Mr. Jeremiah Lott, the venerable clerk of the Board. His letter read as follows :
" To the Board of Supervisors of the County of Kings :
Fellow Citizens :- Having officiated as clerk of the Board of Supervisors for a period of over forty-four years, it cannot be surprising that I should have acquired a growing attach- ment to a body forming such an important link in the inter- nal administration of this State. I can bear ample testimony of the wisdom and intelligence which the people of this county have constantly displayed in their judicious selection of Supervisors. Men have been invariably returned to the Board, fully competent to regulate and control the fiscal con- cerns of their constituents with prudence, economy, ability and with due regard to public interest. In looking upon the various Boards of Supervisors, with whom I have from time to time been associated, many of whose members are numbered with the silent dead, I am induced to indulge in the pleasing consolation that I have, in some good degree, merited their approbation and esteem, a renewal of which I have so recently received from you. A few days ago I was attacked with a fever which has now in some measure abated-yet, my recovery must of necessity be slow and un- certain. The apportionment of taxes, one of the important duties of the clerk, will soon have to be attended to, and cannot admit of delay. I have therefore thought it an im- perious duty on my part to resign the office of Clerk of the Board of Supervisors of the County of Kings, and now re- spectfully ask your acceptance of my resignation. The books and papers appertaining to the office, I will deliver to the person who shall be authorized by you to receive them."
After refering to some matters of unfinished business, per- taining to his office, Mr. Lott closes his letter as follows :
" In taking a final and affectionate farewell of you, my fellow citizens, in your collective capacity of a Board of Supervisors, I am truly sensible that I am cutting a tender tie. But duty to the public, duty to you, and duty to my- self demand it, and I obey its mandates. Accept of my best wishes for the health and happiness of every individual member of the Board, and with unabated esteem I subscribe myself Your obedient servant,
Flatbush, Sept. 9th, 1845. JEREMIAH LOTT."
It would be useless to attempt any description of the emo- tions which the reading of this admirable letter produced in the minds of every member of the Board. Mr. Lott's resig- nation was accepted in appropriate and feeling language, uttered by several members, and a resolution ordering the letter to be inserted in the records of the proceedings of the Board was unanimously adopted. The Board elected Philip S. Crooke its Clerk in place of Jeremiah Lott, resigned.
The Board of Supervisors having assumed the proportions of a large legislative body, in which a rapidly growing city, with its many diversified interests is represented, we shall hereafter only give the names of the members of succeed-
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ing Boards, their officers, the names of the treasurers of the county; and, once in every five years, a brief tabulated esti- mate of the value of the personal and real estate, in the county; with a list of the corporations, and a few other incidents that should have a place in the history of Kings County.
The proceedings of the Superintendents of the Poor, inti- mately connected with that of the Supervisors, forming an exceedingly interesting and instructive part of the history of the county, will be found in another chapter, under the head of "Superintendents of the Poor."
From a table prepared by the Clerk of the Board, show- ing the value of the real and personal estate in the county, we extract the following:
Value of real estate, $26,708,402; value of personal estate, $4,039.870. Aggregate taxation, $182,436,55.
The following were the corporations existing in the county in November, 1845.
Long Island Bank, stock, $31.000;" Brooklyn Bank, stock, $11,260 ;* Atlantic Bank, stock, $37,387 ;* Brooklyn Fire In- surance Co., stock, $13,416; * Long Island Insurance Co., stock, $15,000 ;* Williamsburgh Fire Insurance Co., stock, $2,100 ;* Brooklyn White Lead Co., stock, $52.250 ;* Union White Lead Co., stock, $30,490; * Red Hook Cotton Manu- facturing Co., stock, $7,300; Gravesend & Coney Island Road and Bridge Co., stock, $6,000; Bushwick & Newtown R. R. and Bridge Co , stock, $1,200; Atlantic White Lead Co., stock, $15,000 .*
1846. SUPERVISORS: Seth Low, Chairman, Charles J. Taylor, George S. Howland, John Skillman, Barnet John- son, for the first seven wards of Brooklyn; John G. Bergen, 8th and 9th Wards; Tunis G. Bergen, New Utrecht; Philip S. Crooke, Flatbush; Bernardus I. Rider, Gravesend; James De Bevoise, Bushwick; Andrew B. Hodges, Williamsburg; John A. Voorhees, Flatlands; A. B. Hodges, Clerk ; John F. Garrison, Treasurer.
At a special meeting of the Board, held June 15th, 1846, A. B. Hodges, Clerk of the Board, resigned, and Charles C. Bulkley was elected to fill the vacancy. At a subsequent meeting, Crawford S. Smith, of Brooklyn, was elected County Treasurer, in place of John F. Garrison.
A meeting of the Board of Supervisors for 1846 was held at the court-house in Brooklyn, January 4, 1847, pursuant to the directions of the 5th Section of the 3rd Article of the Constitution of 1846. President Low in the chair.
This was the first meeting of the board under the new constitution of 1846, which, with subsequent acts of the legislature, made several changes in the legislative and other powers of the Board of Supervisors. Among other duties assigned to Boards of Supervisors by that Constitution, was that of dividing their respective counties into assembly districts, in such counties as were then entitled to more than one member of Assembly.
The said boards were directed to meet on the first Tuesday of January following the adoption of said Constitution.
Another duty assigned them was fixing tlie salary of the county judges and surrogate in counties where the office of judge and surrogate was combined in one person, and of those officers acting separate.
Section 17, of Article 3rd of said Constitution, empowered the legislature to confer on Boards of Supervisors such further powers of local legislation as they shall from time to time prescribe.
By a subsequent act of the legislature, the Supervisors were to meet on the Tuesday next following the election, and
canvass separately the votes for Governor, State Senators, Representatives in Congress, Members of Assembly, Sheriffs, and all other county officers, and for any proposed amend- ments of the Constitution.
In the early history of the State, as we have seen, Boards of Supervisors were given power to canvass the votes cast for members of Assembly only. The duty of canvassing the votes for all other officers above Members of Assembly was conferred upon the Secretary of State.
At the meeting on the 5th of January, 1847, the question of dividing the county into assembly districts under the pro- visions of the new Constitution, came before the Board, and after a long discussion, on motion of Mr. Tunis G. Bergen, the county was divided into three assembly districts. The First, consisting of a population of 21,570, was formed from the First, Second, Third and Fifth Wards of Brooklyn ; the Second, representing a population of 21,093, was formed from the Sixth and Eighth Wards of Brooklyn, the towns of New Utrecht, Flatbush, Gravesend, Flatlands and Bushwick. The Third District, representing a population of 19,239, was composed of the Seventh and Ninth Wards of Brooklyn, and the town of Williamsburg.
As the population of the County of Kings exceeded 40,000, it was left to the Board of Supervisors to decide whether the duties of the county judge and surrogate should not be divided and be performed by separate individuals, to wit, a county judge and a surrogate. Having decided that these two offices should be divided, the Board fixed the salary of the county judge at $1,200, and that of the surrogate at $1,500, the same to be paid quarterly.
1847. SUPERVISORS: Charles J. Taylor, Chairman, Barnet Johnson, David Barker, David B. Baylis, John I. Studwell, for the first seven wards of Brooklyn; Rem. Lefferts, 8th and 9th Wards; Philip S. Crooke, Flatbush ; Tunis G. Bergen, New Utrecht; Bernardus I. Ryder, Gravesend ; Charles I. Debevoise, Bushwick ; Andrew B. Hodges, Wil- liamsburg ; Charles E. Bulkley, Clerk; Crawford C. Smith, Treasurer.
The treasury receipts for the fiscal year, ending July 31, 1847, were $115,191.41, and the disbursements were $114,- 284.17, leaving a balance in the treasury of $907.24.
Sheriff Voorhees was paid this year the sum of $500 for board of prisoners in the jail.
It was ordered, on motion, that the sum of $71,400 be raised by tax during the present year on the whole city of Brooklyn, to meet the expenses incident to the said city ; and that the further sum of $50,250 be raised for the expenses of the fire and watch districts of the said city.
1848. SUPERVISORS : Charles J. Taylor, Chairman, Barnet Johnson, David B. Baylis, George W. Prince, Nicholas B. Rhodes, for the first seven wards of Brooklyn ; Rem. Lefferts, 8th and 9th Wards ; Philip S. Crooke, Flatbush ; Tunis G. Bergen, New Utrecht ; Bernardus I. Ryder, Gravesend; John A. Voorhees, Flatlands; Leonard T. Coles and Daniel Maujer; Williamsburgh ; Charles I. Debevoise, Bushwick : Charles E. Bulkley, Clerk; Crawford C. Smith, Treasurer.
By an act of the Legislature, the Board of Supervisors were authorized to employ the prisoners sentenced to hard labor in the county jail in the erection of the penitentiary and work-house. This caused a spirited debate, but finally the provisions of the act were complied with.
Treasury receipts this year, $144.988.95 ; Disbursements, $144,985.95. Ordered, on motion, that the sum of $91,185 be raised by tax, to defray the ordinary and contingent expenses of the county, and for the erection of a new hospital.
The following is a list of the corporations existing in Kings county January 1, 1849, according to a report pre-
* Secured by real estate,
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sented to the Board of Supervisors, and adopted by that body:
Long Island Bank, amount of stock, $288,000 ; Brooklyn Bank, stock, $85,000 ; Atlantic Bank, stock, $24,000 ; Brook- lyn Fire Insurance Co., stock, $88,816 ; Long Island Insur- ance Co., stock, $185,000 ; Williamsburg Fire Insurance Co., stock, $50,000; Kings County Mutual Insurance Co., stock, $25,000 ; Brooklyn White Lead Co., stock, $52,250 ; Union White Lead Co., stock, $32,270 ; Atlantic White Lead Co., stock, $50,000 ; Gravesend and Coney Island Bridge Co., stock, $6,000.
Valuation of the real estate in the county, per report made to Board, January 2, 1849, $33,770,772 ; valuation of personal property, $4,519,842.
At the last meeting of the Board for the year 1848, held March 30, 1849, the new hospital was reported as completed, at a cost of $20,894.80.
1849: SUPERVISORS : Nicholas B. Rhodes, Samuel Smith, Anthony P. Ostrom, Wm. S. Dillingham, William Seaman, for the first seven wards of Brooklyn ; John G. Bergen, 8th and 9th Wards, Chairman ; Tunis G. Bergen, New Utrecht ; Philip S. Crooke, Flatbush ; Bernardus I. Ryder, Gravesend; John A. Voorhees, Flatlands ; Charles I. Debevoise, Bush- wick; Daniel Maujer, Williamsburg; Charles E. Bulkley, Clerk, and Crawford C. Smith, Treasurer.
At the annual meeting, August 7, 1849, the Brooklyn Daily Advertiser and the Democratic Advocate were appointed for publishing the laws of the State.
Received into the treasury for the year ending July 1, 1849, $156,347.09 ; disbursed $155,659.76.
An act was passed by the Legislature of the State, April 27, 1847, authorizing the opening of Washington Park, and, at a meeting of the Board of Supervisors, held October 10, 1849, a resolution was adopted ordering a tax upon the sev eral wards of the city to raise the funds for paying for the same, the estimated cost of which was $121,540.42.
1850. SUPERVISORS: Joseph Sprague, Samuel Sloan, Abram Verplanck, James M. Seabury, John G. Bergen, Chairman, Brooklyn ; Philip S. Crooke,, Flatbush ; Tunis G. Bergen, New Utrecht ; Bernardus I. Ryder, Gravesend ; John A. Voorhees, Flatlands ; Charles I. Debevoise and Abram J. Berry, Williamsburg; Charles E. Bulkley, Clerk.
At a special meeting of this Board, a law was passed for the protection of game and fish in the county.
The Brooklyn Eagle, and the Independent Press, of Wil- liamsburg, were designated as the newspapers in the county to publish the laws of the State.
The Treasury Receipts were $212,055.85, and the dis- bursements $184,729.67, leaving a balance of $27,995.30.
1851 .- SUPERVISORS: Conklin Brush, 1st ward, Brooklyn ; Francis B. Spinola, 2d Ward ; Samuel Booth, 4th Ward ; Frederick Morris, 5th Ward ; George W. Stillwell, 6th Ward ; Henry A. Kent, 8th Ward ; John S. Rider, 9th Ward ; John Williams, 10th Ward ; William M. Muchinore, 11th Ward ; Tunis G. Bergen, New Utrecht ; James V. Schoonmaker, Flatbush ; John A. Voorhees, Flatlands : Bernardus I. Ryder, Gravesend ; Charles I. Debevoise, Bushwick : Abra- ham J. Berry, Chairman, and James D. Sparkman, Williams- burg ; Charles E. Bulkley, Clerk ; Crawford C. Smith, Treasurer.
The salary of the County Judge was fixed at $1,600 per year.
The treasury receipts were $238,519.56, and the disburse- ments $227,550.
1852 .- SUPERVISORS : Conklin Brush, Francis B. Spinola, Samuel Booth, George W. Stillwell, Jolın S. Rider, John Williams, William M. Muchmore, Brooklyn ; James V.
Schoonmaker, Flatbush ; Ferdinand L. Wyckoff, New Lots ; John A. Voorhees, Flatlands ; Bernardus I. Ryder, Graves- end ; Charles I. Debevoise, Bushwick ; Abraham J. Berry, Chairman; Thomas J. Van Sant, Edwin S. Ralphs, Williams- burg ; Crawford C. Smith, Treasurer ; Charles E. Bulkley, Clerk.
By an Act of the Legislature, March 19th, 1852, the County Treasurer was authorized, under the direction of the Board, to borrow, on the credit of the town, $50,000 for the building of a Penitentiary, and by an Act passed April 14th, 1852, an equal amount for the erection of a Hospital building on the County farm at Flatbush.
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