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BOARD OF ALDERMEN, MONDAY, AUGUST lS lS45.


Mr.. ADAMS, the President of the Board being absent,
Mr.. BARCLAY, the Vice President, took the chair.


A communication received from the Mayor.
nominating Benjamin +. Gettings as Commissioner of
the Third Ward; which nomination was confirmed.


A communication was received from the Mayor in
reply to the resolution of this Board of the th in
stant respecting the paving of the carriage-way of
Seventh street; which read, and referred to the
members from the Third Ward.


Mr. Wilson, from the committee to which was refer
red the bill authorizing the erection OF market-house
on the open space formed by the junction of New
York and Massachusetts avenues with street NORTH
reported the same without amendment.


Mr.. FITZPATRICK then moved to lay the bill on the
table; and the question being taken by yeas and nays
it was decided in the affirmative, as follows:


YEAs-Messrs. Barclay. Beck, Fitzpatrick, Thornly,
and Doves.


NAYs-Messrs. Orme, Wilson, Maury, and Bying-
toni.


Mr.. FITZPATRICK offered the following resolution


Resolved That the estimate of the cost of improving
the Washington canal prepared by the Commissioner
thereof and mentioned in the annual communication
of the Mayor, be referred to q committee.


Which was read and adopted, and Messrs Fitzpat-
rick, Byngton, anu Wilson were appointed the COM
mittee.


On motion of Mr.. BECK, the Board resumed the con-
sideration of the resolution authorizing the appoint
ment of an additional police officer for the Fourth
Ward and was then read the third time and passed


On motion of Mr.. FITzPATRIcK, the Board resumed
the consideration of the resolution reported by the
committee on the contested election in the Sixth
Ward.


The CHAIR then laid before the Board and read
communication from Mr.. Queen on the subject which,
having been read, it was, on motion Of MIR. LENox,