RULES AND ORDERS

OF THE

BOARD OF ASSISTANT ALDERMEN

OF THE

CITY OF NEW YORK.

PASSED JANUARY 7, 1850.

I. UPON the appearance of ten members, including the President, the members shall be called to order.

II. In case the President shall not attend, the Clerk, on the appearance of ten members, shall call the Board to order, when a President pro tem. shall be appointed by the Board for that meeting, or until the appearance of the President.

III. Immediately after the President shall have taken the chair, the minutes of the preceding meeting shall be read by the Clerk, to the end that any mistake therein may be corrected by the Board.

IV. The order of business, which shall in no case be departed from, except by the consent of ten members voting therefor, shall be as follows:

1st. Presentation of Petitions.

2d. Reports of Committees.

3d. Communications and Reports from the Departments or Corporation Officers.

4th. Motions or Resolutions.

5th. Unfinished business of the preceding meeting.

6th. Special Orders of the day.

7th. General Orders of the day.

8th. Messages from the Mayor or from the Board of Aldermen, may be considered at any time.

V. Whenever the President may wish to leave the chair, he shall have power to substitute a member in his place, provided that such substitution shall not continue beyond the day on which it is made.

VI. When the Board shall be equally divided, including the vote of the President, the question shall be lost.

VII. Whenever any five members shall require the Board to go into Committee of the Whole, the President shall leave the chair, and shall appoint a Chairman of the Committee of the Whole, who shall report the proceedings of

the Committee. The rules of the Board shall be observed in the Committee of the Whole, except the rules respecting a call for the ayes and noes, and limiting the time of speaking.

VIII. On motion in Committee to rise and report, the question shall be decided without debate.

IX. No amendment shall be allowed in the Board on any question which has been decided in Committee of the Whole, unless by the consent of twothirds of the members present.

X. The President shall cause the Clerk to make a list of all the messages, ordinances, resolutions, and reports not finally disposed of, which shall be considered "the general orders of the day."

XI. If the question in debate contains several points, any member may have the same divided.

XII. A motion to refer or lay on the table, until it is decided, shall preclude all amendments to the main question.

XIII. When a question has been once put and decided, shall be in order for any member who voted in the majority to move for the re-consideration thereof; but no motion for the re-consideration of any vote shall be made after the ordinance, resolution, or act shall have gone out of the possession of the Board; and no motion of re-consideration shall be taken more than once.

XIV. No act, resolution, or ordinance, sent to this Board from the other Board for concurrence, shall be called up for final passage on the same day it passed the other Board, unless by unanimous consent of the members present, except in case of invasion, insurrection, or pestilence.

XV. It shall be the duty of the Clerk to publish all ordinances and amendments of ordinances which shall be passed, and also the proceedings, in the newspapers employed by the Corporation, except such parts as may require secrecy; and whenever a vote shall be taken upon the passage of a resolution or ordinance, which shall contemplate any specific improvement, or involve the sale, disposition, or appropriation of public property, or the expenditure of public money, or the income therefrom, or lay any tax or assessment, he shall, before the same is sent to the other Board, and immediately after the adjournment, cause the same to be published, with the ayes and noes, with the names of the persons voting for and against the same, in at least two newspapers, as a part of the proceedings, and shall thereafter certify and send to the other Board every act, resolution and ordinance, which has originated in and passed this Board, and which requires a concurrent vote of the Board of Aldermen, and shall deliver to the Mayor, certified in like manner, all such ordinances and resolutions which shall have been received from the Board of Aldermen, and concurred in by this Board, and which are required to be submitted to him for his approval, and shall certify to the other Board the proceedings of this Board in reference to all acts or business originating with the other Board.

XVI. The President shall preserve order and decorum, and shall decide questions of order, subject to an appeal to the Board.

XVII. Every member, previous to his speaking, shall rise from his seat, and address himself to the President.

XVIII. When two or more members shall rise at once, the President shall name the member who is first to speak.

XIX. No person shall speak more than twice to the same question, without leave of the Board; nor more than once, until every member choosing to speak shall have spoken; nor more than once upon the previous question.

XX. No question on a motion shall be debated or put, unless the same be seconded. When a motion is seconded, it shall be stated by the President be

fore debate; and every such motion shall be reduced to writing, if any member desire it.

XXI. After a motion is stated by the President, it shall be deemed to be in possession of the Board; but it may be withdrawn at any time before decision or amendment.

XXII. When a question is under debate, no motion shall be received, unless,

1. To amend it.

2. To commit it.

3. To lay on the table.

4. To postpone it.

5. For the previous question, or
6. To adjourn.

XXIII. A motion to adjourn shall always be in order, and shall be decided without debate.

XXIV. The previous question, until it is decided, shall preclude all amendments and debate of the main question, and shall be put in this form-" Shall the main question be now put ?"

XXV. Every member who shall be present when a question is put, shall vote for or against the same, unless the Board shall excuse him, or unless he be immediately interested in the question, in which case he shall not vote; but no member shall be permitted to vote upon a question when a division is called, unless to vote when his name is called in its regular order.

XXVI. A member called to order shall immediately sit down, unless permitted to explain; and the Board, if appealed to, shall decide on the case, but without debate. If there be no appeal, the decision of the Chair shall be submitted to.

XXVII. All questions shall be put in the order they are moved, except in filling up blanks-the longest time and the largest sum shall be first put.

XXVIII. Upon a division of the Board, the names of those who vote for, and those who vote against the question, shall be entered upon the minutes; not only in the case required by law, but when any two members require it.

XXIX. In all divisions taken by the Board by ayes and nays, on the call of the member, it shall also be the duty of the Clerk to enter on the minutes the name of the member so calling for the division.

XXX. All appointments of officers shall be by ballot, unless dispensed with by the unanimous consent of the Board, and a majority of the whole number present shall be necessary to constitute a choice.

XXXI. No member shall absent himself without permission from the Presi dent.

XXXII. All Committees shall be appointed by the President, unless otherwise ordered by the Board.

XXXIII. Committees appointed to report on any subject referred to them by the Board, shall report the facts in relation to the subject referred, with their opinion thereon in writing. And shall attach thereto all resolutions, petitions, remonstrances, and other papers relative to the matters referred; and no report shall be received unless the same be signed by a majority of the Committee. And no report shall be printed unless by the express direction of the Board, specifying the number of copies to be printed.

XXXIV. Whenever the doors are directed to be closed, all persons, except"ing the members and the Clerk, shall retire.

XXXV. Every petition, remonstrance, or other written application, intended to be presented to the Common Council, is to be delivered to the President, or any other member of the Board, on any day, but not later than four o'clock on the day on which the Common Council convene, except on extraordinary occa

sions; and the President or other member to whom it shall be given, shall examine the same, or endorse thereon the name of the applicant and the substance of such application, and sign his name thereto; which endorsement only shall be read by the President, unless a member shall require the reading of the paper, in which case the whole shall be read.

XXXVI. The STANDING COMMITTEES to consist of three members each, shall be as follows:

17. Public Buildings on Blackwell's Island, Randall's Island and Bellevue Establishment.

XXXVII. The President may call Special meetings of the Board, whenever, in his judgment, the interests of the City may require it.

XXXVIII. The President shall be, ex-officio, a member of all Committees ; but a majority of the members of such Committee, exclusive of the President, shall be sufficient to agree upon a report.

XXXIX. The members of the Board shall not leave their places on adjournment, until the President leaves the chair.

RICHARD SCOTT, Clerk.

CITY GOVERNMENT,

1850.

Hon. CALEB S. WOODHULL, Mayor,

Office, No. 5 City Hall, Residence, No. 24 Beekman-street. DAVID T. VALENTINE, Clerk of Common Council,

Office, No. 8 City Hall, Residence, No. 78 Seventh-street.

BOARD OF ALDERMEN.

7th..Morgan Morgans, (Pres't,)......125 Madison-street.

1st..Edmund Griffin.. 2d... Daniel Dodge.. 3d...James E. Wood... 4th..Jacob F. Oakley. 5th.. Warren Chapman. 6th..Patrick Kelly. 8th..Ezra Smith.. 9th..James R. Ball.. 10th..Robert T. Haws.. 11th..Jedediah Miller... 12th.. Henry Shaw... 13th..James H. Cook... 14th..James M. Bard... 15th..Joseph Britton.. 16th..Samuel Delamater.. 17th.. George H. Franklin.. 18th..Jonas F. Concklin..

WARDS.

54 Greenwich-st.....22 Albany.st. 34 Park Row.

289 Washington-street.

8 Dover-st........340 Pearl-st. .437 Greenwich-st.....92 Liberty-st. 74 Bayard-street.

77 Thompson-street. 229 Bleecker-street.

95 Allen-st.........8 South Wm. st. 17 Avenue D.

Fort Washington.

100 Broome-street.

.201 Hester-street.....10 Canal-street. 224 Wooster-st....586 Greenwich-st. West 23d-st., near 10th Avenue. 52 First-street......173 West-street. .332 Third Avenue, cor. 27th-street.

BOARD OF ASSISTANT ALDERMEN.

NAMES.

61 Broadway.

......234 Water-street.

33 Madison-street.

..320 Greenwich-st...227 Fulton-street. 50 Franklin-street.

.271 East Broadway..718 Water-st.

......284 Hudson-street....103 Nassau-st.
...736 Washington-street.

..123 Forsyth-street....39 Bowery.
69 Avenue D.... foot of 13th-st., E. R.
Third Avenue, near 86th-street.
484 Grand-street.

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Corner of Spring st. and Bowery. 246 Fourth-street.....95 Cedar-street. 228 W. 19th-st....foot of 22d-st. N. R. 9 East 11th-street..2 Ann-street. 31st-st., near Fifth Ave..10 Bowery.