relation to the Estimates and Apportionment for the support of the government of the City of New York," passed May 1, 1874-a meeting is hereby called of the Mayor, Comptroller, President of the Board of Aldermen, and the President of the Department of Taxes and Assessments, constituting a Board of Estimate and Apportionment, to be held at the office of the Mayor, on Thursday, February 1, 1883, at two o'clock P. M., for the purposes specified in request of the Comptroller, dated January 30, 1883. FINANCE DEPARTMENT-COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE, Hon. FRANKLIN EDSON, } Mayor: Sir,-You are requested to call a meeting of the Board of Estimate and Apportionment for Thursday, February 1, 1883, at 2 o'clock P. M., for the purpose of authorizing the issue of "Additional Croton Water Stock of the City of New York," to the amount of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars ($250,000), under Chapters 56 and 328, Laws of 1871; Chapter 477, Laws of 1875; Chapter 445, Laws of 1877, and Chapter 516, Laws of 1879, to provide for the further supply of pure and wholesome water for the use of the City of New York, upon the requisition of the Commissioner of Public Works, dated December 13, 1882, and also for the transaction of any other business that may be brought before the Board. Respectfully, ALLAN CAMPBELL, Comptroller. INDORSED: Admission of a copy of the within, as served upon us this JOHN REILLY, the President of the Board of Aldermen. THOMAS B. ASTEN, the President of the Department of Taxes and Assessments. The minutes of the meeting held January 10, 1883, were read and approved. The COMPTROLLER offered the following resolution : Resolved, That the amounts following be and hereby are appropriated from the Excise Fund, for the support of children in the month of December, 1882, committed to the institutions herein named by police magistrates, pursuant to law : The appropriations are made in accordance with the opinion of the Counsel to the Corporation, dated January 16, 1877. Which was adopted by the following vote: Affirmative—The Mayor, Comptroller, President of the Board of Aldermen, and President of the Department of Taxes and Assessments-4. The COMPTROLLER offered the following resolution : Resolved, That the sum of two hundred and eighty-one dol lars and nine cents ($281.09) be and hereby is appropriated from the Excise Fund to the "Home for Fallen and Friendless Girls," for the support of twenty-nine inmates for the month of December, 1882, aggregating 684 days, at the rate of $150 each per annum, pursuant to Chapter 868, Laws of 1873. Which was adopted by the following vote: Affirmative— The Mayor, Comptroller, President of the Board of Aldermen, and President of the Department of Taxes and Assessments-4. The COMPTROLLER offered the following resolution: Resolved, That the Comptroller be and hereby is authorized to issue, from time to time, as may be required, and at such rate of interest as he may determine, not exceeding four per centum per annum, "Additional Croton Water Stock of the City of New York," to the amount of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars ($250,000), under the provisions of Chapters 56 and 328, Laws of 1871; Chapter 477, Laws of 1875; Chapter 445, Laws of 1877; Chapter 516, Laws of 1879; and in full of requisition of the Department of Public Works, dated December 13, 1882. Which was adopted by the following vote: Affirmative-The Mayor, Comptroller, President of the Board of Aldermen, and President of the Department of Taxes and Assessments-4. The COMPTROLLER presented the following: POLICE DEPARTMENT OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, NEW YORK, January 9, 1883. The Honorable Board of Estimate and Apportionment: Gentlemen,-At a meeting of the Board of Police, held this day, it was Resolved, That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment be and are hereby respectfully requested to transfer from the appropriation made to the Police Department for the year 1881, entitled account "Alterations, fitting up, additions to and repairs of Station-houses," the sum of one thousand dollars, which is in excess of the amount required for the purposes and objects thereof, to the appropriation made to the same Department for the year 1883, entitled account "Alterations, fitting up, additions to and repairs of Station-houses," to enable the Board of Police to erect fire-escapes on the Fourteenth Precinct Station-house and the House of Detention, in pursuance of orders received from the Inspector of the Department of Buildings. Very respectfully, WM. H. KIPP, First Deputy Clerk. Which was referred to the Comptroller. The COMPTROLLER presented the following: POLICE DEPARTMENT OF THE CITY OF NEW York, NEW YORK, January 26, 1883. The Honorable Board of Estimate and Apportionment: Gentlemen,-At a meeting of the Board of Police, held this day, it was Resolved, That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment |